these words #3

these words
on the screen
burn
more than electricity,
Lord.

not rising to the level of
poetry
instead they pray
their way into the
deep
inside my heart
then...they come
to You, Jesus.

they burn me
deep inside.

it is a good burn...
making me into
more
than i already am...
instead of
less.

is this how the bush
felt?
the one that
moses saw on mt. horeb?

turn me into
flame!

i'm okay with being
nothing
more
or
less
than flame.

these pages #2

these words
on pages electric
burn
the air i breathe,
Lord.

they are not poetry
instead they are
prayer
visible enough to be spoken
like my heart should say
them
to You, Jesus.

let them burn me
from the inside
out
into a shape
able
to be with You
in places ELECTRIC
with Your Presence.

i want to be like You
in every way
conceivable.

should my words
burn
none other than
me
may they burn me
brightly...
may they
turn me into
flame!

these pages #1

these words
on pages electric
burn
holes in my heart,
Lord.

they are not poetry…
they are
prose
&
prayer
visible to be spoken
like my heart would say
them
to You, Jesus.

let them burn me
into a shape
ready
to be with You
in courts ELECTRIC
with Your never-ending
LIGHT
LOVE
GRACE.

should my words
burn
no one other than
myself
they are still worth
igniting.

may they turn me into
flame!

God's voice #2 (Matthew 4)

like You,
Jesus...
we often need the quiet
of the desert
to hear clearly the
heart-voice of
our Abba-in-the-heavens.

we need a retreat from the
hustle of a fast life
so
we recognize at once
the sound
of YaHWeH's Voice...
and
in hearing...
we know all other voices
to be less...

was that Your secret,
Lord,
when the Tempter came?
was his voice so much
less...
than YaHWeH's Voice?

i think so...

God's voice #1

YaHWeH’s voice,
His calling
takes many forms…

many times it looks just like a
paycheck…
at other times
we hear Him call to us in
the voice of
a stranger…
a loved one…
a little one…
and
always in the voice of
the one who
hurts…
the little ones with
no power,
no prestige…

it is in these helpless
places
in these over-looked
hearts
that You call most loudly
to us...
am i right,
Lord?

life as dialogue #2

to see our lives
as a monologue
causes us to miss ALL of You,
Lord.

since
we live in Your gigantic story
which we
call “history”…
&
every story worth telling is...
dialogue

and
every time we call on You
we find You
already to be listening
&
at work
for the very best
all around us…

what is it that You
see in us,
Lord?

when God is silent

Isn't it just fun being
in a place where ONLY Jesus knows
what's going on?

and like He's asleep
in the back of the boat?

and like the waves are coming in
over the side of the boat?

and....

Lord, save us!
we’re drowning…
don’t You care
what happens to us?

and…