Wednesday, May 10, 2017

of ebb and flow

                           ebb and flow:
            a rhythmic or recurrent pattern of
                        coming and going or
                        decline and regrowth.

                                   waves crashing
                             over and over.
                        continuous.
                   never ending.
              one after another
          in a rhythmic and
      recurrent pattern.
           mesmerizing. 
                 comforting.
                      soothing.
                         something
                     akin to the
                 reassuring
             steadiness
         of a heartbeat.

         water flows up onto rocks or sand,
             then is drawn back into the
                 ocean as another wave
                         crashes
                                       over.

                          the ebb
                   and flow
              of the
          ocean.
             the ebb
                   and flow
                         of life.



          seasons exist when
       the ebb simply
    overwhelms
  the flow.
               the motion seems to be
                            d
                                 o
                               w
                           n
                              w
                                    a
                                 r
                              d
              rather
              than
              upward.

       backward
                     rather than
                                       forward.

and in all honesty, 
   I much prefer the 
       season of the flow
           over the
               season of the ebb.

               yet the longer I live
               the more clearly
               I see that if
               life was
               always
                          flowing
                                with no ebb,
                                the ocean would
                                no longer stay within
                                the boundary of the ocean.

                      the Creator of the oceans
                  knows all and understands.
              He holds our aching hearts
          when life feels broken and
       fractured and spinning out
                                       of
                           control.

 He gently whispers words of assurance:

      "I saw you before you were born.
            Every day of your life was recorded in
                  My book.
       Every moment was laid out
            before a single day had passed."
                  Psalm 139:16 (pronouns changed)

      so rest in the sound of the waves
            crashing
                         and know that
                 His love holds
            you in the
        ebb and flow of life. 
    and remember that His heartbeat
underlies all of life.

              

                                                 

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