September 2011
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Need a change.
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Let the Spirit form you
The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
–Genesis 1:1-3
Currently, You are a sea.
If only you could harness yourself, You’d be a HURRICANE, You’d sweep me up with you.
Let the Spirit form you.
Today is cold.
Today the steam of tea Does little to fade the Knowledge of vaporous things.
Today my heart folds. Today I sit alone.
Today I need The sounds of others To still my moan.
So many things I wish to say. No words with which to say them.
“Learn to be born from the pain and be bigger than the biggest obstacles.”
– Pablo Neruda
“Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we...”
– Henry David Thoreau
Villalbilla
When I close my eyes, I smell the aroma of licorice and taste the steam of tea on my skin, and I am transported back to Villalbilla, Spain. Early September sun silently dances behind the veil of my eyelids, and I can hear the rustle of grape vines.
“My days have passed, my plans are shattered.
Yet the desires of my heart
turn...”
– Job 17:11-12
Ache
Though I said goodbye, the ache in my heart still testifies, that he is still here, in me.
Faintly on my lips, In the small of my back, in the cave of my ears.
But the ache in me is louder still, about where he is not. He will never be around my shoulders again.
He is gone, the ache remains.
“May my cry come before you, O Lord;
give me understanding according to your...”
– Psalm 119:169
Remain.
As hard as things feel sometimes, feelings are rarely to be trusted. When my feelings rush around me and threaten to quench my heart and breath, I say to myself, “remain, just remain, and soon it will be your feelings that will pass away. Not you. Stick it out. Everything will be fine.”
And it will be.
“Remain in me, and I will remain in you….apart from me you can do nothing.”
– Jesus
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