Discouragement, delay
God answers:
Deuteronomy 31 verse 2.
I look it up
“2 I am 120 years old, and I am no longer able to be your leader. And besides that, the Lord your God has told me that he won’t let me cross the Jordan River.”
I wonder how did Moses feel?
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Discouragement, confusion
How did Moses feel?
He spoke with God like a friend
yet how did he
feel at this end of this life?
To follow my King
though death and evil stalk me
to follow my King
through darkness and fear and doubt
to follow my King
through paths of difficulty and pain
to follow my King
He’s promised presents beyond His presence – which alone is amazing.
To those who’ll stick to it through the end,
to follow my King
Joy, and Life and Reward
I long for the Feast of the Lamb
A bride waits eager for her groom
I wait for my LORD, His day
A feast of hope and joy
I long for the Feast of the Lamb
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I long for the Feast of the Lamb
The Feast is beyond my imaging,
a time of Joy and Reward.
To see the long departed,
the Living again, the resurrected
I long for the Feast of the Lamb.
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I long for the Feast of the Lamb
The Lamb’s Feast, a banquet of God
Heavenly Joy, beyond human limits
capacity of joy and pleasure,
Connection beyond flesh,
Spirit to Spirit intimacy
I long for the Feast of the Lamb
These are not my native language
not my pure expression,
action, deeds, movement,
is my thoughts
Yet I need words–
Scratched in dead trees, carved in electrons on screens,
absorb through the eyes– the forward section of brain
perceived through vibration through the liquid of air
words are not my native care.
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I learned them secondary, a need to express–
a thing I need,to get
a caress of care,
love,
of correction,
and food.
words are important
vital to shaping
the good
both myself and others
the world and my gut.
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words become my world
have words invaded me? have words colonized?
They have been absorbed regardless
were they are ambassadors? diplomats?
a thing that surrounded,
from conception to now
words are not native, to me.
yet I love them. Hold them dear.
Helps me connect to my peers.
words are my, natural expression. Now.
Though they are not yet my first preferred tool
lies
cause damage,
the pain and strife
what lies to I believe of myself?
What lies do others believe of themselves?
You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make them drink.
They must be willing and seek on their own,
in their own way
in their own time.
All you can do is be there–
ready to give them the water when they seek it
that’s all
And let God the Father do the rest
I sometimes think I imagine
I have a small taste of Christ
to wait in faith
to be eager for the wedding
but to have a bride, unsure
she is unsure it will not happen
but I have faith that it will.
My Father in Heaven has said it
to be so eager
and to still be me
for that is all I can be
dreams shatter
collide build
reassemble
mighty and small.
different than they were.
together, two wills give birth
to creation.
to collaborate
I am your Fiance
The wedding hasn’t happened yet
I wonder how many realize we aren’t yet married.
The Wedding Feast of the Lamb is when that happens
For now, I am part of your dedicated fiancé
I look forward to that day
renew the flame, renew the fire
Encouragement
feeds the heart of warmth
my beating heart.
passion unattended grows cold, grows mold.
encouragement
to feed the kindling
His blood is on the mercy seat
a sacred act never to repeat
a sacred act, to me complete
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A holy act never to repeat
sacrifice made for you and for me
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His blood is on the mercy seat
a fuller act unable to compete
are those who try but are less worthy,
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His blood is willing, he lives in me,
his blood covers me
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his blood is on the mercy seat
a Fuller act, that cannot be beat.
Full and complete, the whole promise is kept
our distance from him can now be swept aside.
Martin Write 