May our pursuit be you.
May our dream be of you.
Life with you.
Loving you.
Prepare us for you.
Make us ready for you.
May we see you.
May we choose you.
When the time comes.
When the time comes.
Laying down our lives for you.
Picking up this life with you.
May we plan our life for you.
May we share our life of you.
May we talk about this life by you.
May we learn about others from you.
May we learn to love others through you.
May we downplay ourselves near you.
May we stand in the strength of you.
May we embrace our part of you.
May we be healed by you.
May we reach out for you.
May we believe in you.
May we forgive from you.
May we be free through you.
May we dance in the storm with you.
May we smile through the tears for you.
May we shine in the dark by you.
May we set aside all for you.
May we follow hard after you.
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Watching the sky at dawn.
Before the sun actually crests the horizon
The dark black of the night becoming the dark blue of the morning
Heralding the new day, like a trumpeter the king, a bird sings out
Wake up and see what I see
Minute by minute the blues are shifting
I am sitting, watching
My naked sad weak human eye cannot see the imperceptible changes that are taking place in front of me
Staring intently
Measuring the hue
Comparing the tone
But I cannot see the changes
And yet I know
The sky is getting lighter
The darkest of blues are becoming so bright
The brightest of blues become white
For a long while we stay in this place of white
The whites begin to take on gold that screams the sun, the sun, he comes, he comes.
This cloud becomes a hot pink banner in the sky
That gold sharpens to bright orange…
I am sitting, watching
All that I see formed from all that I cannot see
We do not see growth
Growth is a change that is not spontaneous
And yet the impact of it is profound
The tree grows silently
The sky changes slowly
All the while screaming glory majesty
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Psalm 20
You are having a troubled day
… in the midst of a troubled life.
You are looking for answers.
You are in need of protection.
You are waiting for help.
You long to be supported.
You want to be remembered.
You wish for favorable regard.
You desire these things as they rise up in your heart.
There are folks surrounding you…
Share it.
We want to celebrate that the Lord has faithfully fulfilled all your petitions.
Through the intercourse of relationship,
we see that all this comes from the Lord.
He saves.
He answers.
All we do is trust.
… in the whispered name of God written on our heart.
Outside there is a collapsing, crumbling failure.
Inside there is a strong, uplifted stance.
We call.
He answers.
Do you hear it?
You hear it.
Violently pitiful, frightful, shaking and reverberating
My crying!
Please pay attention.
Do you see it?
You see it.
My cause is justice
You make it so
I am not trying to deceive anyone.
Into my heart
You see everything.
You whisper your reminder
The assurance.
You listen.
You hear.
You vindicate
You love.
You shelter.
You answer
Coming into your presence
the fear of knowing
that you hear
that you see
what is right
what is just
what is deceitful
what warrants vindication
The ones who have closed off their hearts
Speaking arrogantly
Throwing to the ground
Tearing apart
Lurking in ambush
The Lord will be stirred to confront and subdue
These are the enemies
All they have is in this life
As for me
When I wake up
I will look into your face.
Look up.
… That sky
Speaking the silent words of glory
Close your eyes
… that sun
Stretching out the strength of revelation
Listening to the words that the sky speaks
Embracing the strength of the light of the sun
One day rolls into its night and continues on in this way
Running an endless course like the strongest of men
Always.
This is what I hear…
He revives the soul with his perfection
Establishing wisdom in the simple things
Bringing joy and celebration to the heart
Bringing light to the eyes through his purity
Sustaining forever the fear that is clean.
Ever so much more than all the fine gold that this earth has created we desire these things.
More valuable than what the earth considers most valuable
Sweeter than the sweetest thing
There is great reward to be had in living without what is valuable and sweet
Holding to what is perfect and sure, right and pure, clean and true as declared by the sky above.
There is no guarantee that what we deem valuable and sweet is really so
Things are still hidden from us – even in our heart
… But to the sky above and the light embedded within, we put our lives and our selves at His mercy
Trusting that His guidance would keep us from error, presumption, slavery, transgression.
Writing from Life, for Life. 
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