Author: Jessica L. Morris
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I Will Not Run Again
You came to me once – more terrifying and mighty than the darkest corner of my muffled imprisonment – that self-imposed prison momentarily opened and offered… …I cannot say what – for I ran so swiftly away… …yet not swiftly enough to avoid the seed of Truth that then laid waiting on top of the…
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Love*
without cutting the grass grows wildly without pruningthe rose bush weakens without truth we wear crowns proudly without love we learn nothing new oh, that the thorns did not pierce! oh, that the blood did not stain! stay not with the woein those longing linesHis life conquered death for His glory we rise *With thanks…
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Prayer for His Righteousness
Dear God,How is it that my heart can be so filled with You that it is overflowing, and still, I find myself behaving badly? How is it that You quench my spirit with the fruits of following Your Son, and still I watch myself hurting my fellows with words of frustration, resistance, and pride? How…
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Prayer of Thanks
Dear God:You are my rock, my salvation, my one true love. I thank You for everything in my life – the good and the not-so-good – for You, in Your amazing grace, use both to light my path. I pray You will bless me with continued trust in Your sovereignty.Amen.
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In the Quiet*
In the quiet, non-responsivenessof the LordI rest.There is nothing else to do when I am there – for I have exhausted worry begging and pleading and tears of suffering unending and have found them wanting and onlyrobbing me of the beauty in the quiet, non-responsiveness of my Lord – that place where I find peace…
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Secure Footing*
She once said: “You can keep your head in the clouds, as long as your feet are firmly planted on the ground.”Who knew then that her words reflected those of the rock on which He built His community? Perhaps even she was unaware.No matter – He knew I’d listen when she spoke.*See 2 Peter 3:17-18
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The Meeting Place
If I could tell her anything – that traumatized little girl, the one with the most vibrant laughter and the most despairing eyes – I would tell her of the most precious of meeting places and how, though she may not know it, she has been gifted with it so much sooner than most –…
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Prayer for the Human Heart*
Dear God: May I see today what You see – in myself and in others – so that I may be as You created me to be, and I may love with the heart of Christ – generously. Protect the eyes of my heart from pride and ego and selfishness, so that someone in need…
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This Woman’s Deed*
There is no more than allThere is no less than thisThere is only all that I have to give – my small, pitiful self… …a meager offering – but in Him a life of abundance to live.*With thanks to Mark 14:9 Painting by Jordan Ring-Sakabe entitled: “She Who Anointed the Lord”
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Challenged
All through lifewe are challengedstrangers, family, friends what we saywhat we dowhat we knowhow we livechallenged…And the further along we gothe louder the challengers soundnow not even around yet still squatting, rent-free in our psyche…Until the day we finally meet the only Voice that matters – He loves us all the same the challenged and…