rest

as i rest

in this

night watch

i remember

faithful provision

strength in

my weakness

a light for

my path

care for

each detail

comfort and

peace in

submission to

Your plan

and though sleep

does not blanket

my mind

until dawn

in Your promises

i rest

psalm 63:5-7, genesis 22:14, 2 corinthians 12:9,  psalm 119:105, psalm 139:1-2, isaiah 40:1-3, isaiah 30:15

linking with Sandra and

the community at

overflow

combustion

supplies

one

more

drop

to

overflow

and

burn

my

finger



waiting

Psalm 130:5 

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
And in His word I do hope.

linking with Sandra and others at

entranced

sometimes i find myself

frozen at the mouth of the

empty tomb staring into the

darkness with the sound

of a pounded spike

tearing through flesh and

cartilage crushing bone on

its way into the tree

endless echoing in my ears

i stare into the

death space wondering where

you are and why things happen

the way they do

i try to succumb to lay

down my head in

that void but

instead i surrender

my pain for Yours and

when i finally

dis-entrance and turn my

gaze toward the sun You

are there engulfing me and

in fact You always

keep me from being

swallowed whole by death

renewing me in

Your resurrection

i breathe in Your grace

let You hold me close and

i am alive again

the second day

on the third day

You rose again

but on

the second day

i rest

trusting

the tomb

will be empty

tomorrow

linking today with Sandra and others at

patina

 

buffing away 

 stubborn whitewash

creates cool patina

amidst

 golden luster

written in response to the prompt:

"People don't change from the past; they simply become the essence of who they are." ~The Mentalist

i am one

i am one

who waved palm leaves

with the crowd

unsure of

what was happening

but wanting to belong

i am one

who cheered "hosanna"

with the crowd

because of

what i thought

i was seeing

i am one

who cried "crucify Him"

with the mob

because i

did not want

to seek His face

i am one

who is face-down

at the foot of the cross

receiving His sacrifice

so freely given