simply to hear a whisper
pressing hard
from His own heart
into our hearts
run a bit ragged
in a world weary and hurting
sometimes we need simply to stop
to listen
to ponder
to let go
to press into
to be reminded
of love so boundless
sometimes we need
simply to sit by the ocean
watching wave after wave
crash in rhythm to His heart
beating with love ceaseless
and does not each wave
contain millions upon millions of
drops of water?
and is not each drop
a tangible and touchable
symbolization of His love so deep
so unfathomable?
and the sand...
the grains of sand
as they run through fingers
created by the same One who
numbers each grain of sand
a number our minds cannot begin
to comprehend...
and we stand in awe
we fall in worship
as His love in all its
vastness wraps us as
securely as the
sandy shoreline
hugs the ocean
and sometimes a mist hugs
that same shoreline
a mist making the line
dividing horizon from water
and water from horizon
impossible to distinguish
and all is shrouded
and all feels uncertain
and all blends into varying
shades of one color
and that color is gray
and could it be that in those seasons
when our vision is blurred
the future obscured
the wait going on and on...
could it be that in reality
Jesus is simply pulling
us closer to Himself?
for if all was always
clear and defined
would we not
tend toward
self reliance?
and perhaps He simply
waits for us so prone to
running
controlling
maneuvering
and a multitude of other ings...
is perhaps He not waiting for us
to let go
to be still
so His love so boundless
can simply pour over our hearts
run a bit ragged
and flood our hearts
with reminders
oh so beautiful
that we are cherished
and loved
and priceless
and precious
and spotless
and radiant
that we are His
and He is ours
now and forevermore
all because of His love poured
out for every ragged heart ever beating
once and for all on the cross
we are redeemed
once and forever
and sometimes that
redemption looks
and feels a bit
messy as we
walk this road
yet never are we
unredeemed
for the love of Jesus
covers all with grace
upon grace
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