Sunday, April 30, 2006

Seriously.....sometimes you gotta' get stuck in order to get unstuck....


It's been a while....

Sometimes you gotta' get stuck in order to get unstuck. Have seen graphic examples of this in others and myself recently.

Moving on requires humility - pride is systemic.

Is possible through grace - how important grace becomes, every day.

And what about the faithfulness of God....

We pray, get answers and don't accept them.

Sin management, managing God.

Sometimes you gotta get stuck, really stuck, helplessly stuck, in order to get unstuck.

Ecclesiastes is a dark book, and by its darkness, points us to the light.

Desire......

I'm starting to sound like an artist....an artist who has tasted grace once again, the banquet has been prepared.....

The darkness....sometimes in getting stuck, we can get unstuck....grace....grace....

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

You could have the whole world, and lose your soul...


A young spiritual pilgrim seeks out the holy man and finds him in his sparse digs - "wise man where is your stuff" - the wise man responds "where is yours". The young pilgrim replies I'm just passing through - the wise man replies "so am I."

Heard a choir sing an old gospel tune "Give me Jesus" on Sunday. During this Lenten time there have been times of creating space for Jesus, some irritations, weariness, tension, but there has been Jesus.

O how I love Jesus, I'm desperate for Him, I'm lost without Him.