Tuesday, May 28, 2013

For the Joy Set Before Him (and Us)

On this side of forever, there are those who cannot see it. They cannot comprehend perfection, cannot  aspire to miracles. Their god is no more than a projection of their own pain and anger, and limited to the futility of perishable objects. Any urging to the grander vision is sloughed off as manipulation. Wouldn't they do the same? Love's pleading is reduced to animal noises.

There is One who has breached the barrier, taken the initiative! "For the joy set before Him," He encompassed our shame. He has totally owned death and it's utter hopelessness! Pointlessness has turned into purpose! What was His motivation? Why does He celebrate in perpetuity? His joy is that we join Him there! His satisfaction is to see us ecstatic and glorying in His victory for us! His joy is to witness our rejoicing, as He rejoices, because we are reconciled!

Oh, the sweetness of relinquishing what we were not strong enough to carry, that catastrophic horror of our sin! Found in the depths of it's despairing slavery is the earnest sincerity of choice, to commit ourselves to joyful freedom! How blessed is the hunger for THAT joy, for when we are finally satisfied! The beautiful, the unquenchable joy! He is it's apex, it's object, the goal! The long road will take all His children home!


Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Nameless

When I was young, I felt rejected.
Other's scorn, I just accepted.
Who could know if it was me?
Why they didn't like, what they could see?
There are those who mistake gentleness
for fear, in their eagerness,
to use force, to repress
anything but their own progress.
I had no force, of my own,
only humbleness, did Your word condone.
I used prayer, as my recourse.
Submission to You, only love could enforce!
Treasures mined from humbleness
No apologies, for my awkwardness,
Envy and jealousy will not progress,
to achieve victory by gentleness.
Acquiring wisdom can be tough.
Esoteric facts are never enough.
Understanding has a high price,
The end of naivety! Satan doesn't play nice!
The thing is, he doesn't control
The inheritance of the godly soul.
God ultimately brings only good
out of evil, as He said He would!