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Waiting is an Act (or, Some Haikus to Read – Together or Split Apart – Following Your Heart)
Waiting is an actBreathing into the momentTrusting God’s outcome Trusting God’s outcome Brings about rest for the soulOh, to sleep soundly Oh, to sleep soundly Waking to the light of dayA pure gift of faith A pure gift of faithThe peace in my redeemed heart only One can give only One can give What cannot…
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To Pray When Thinking of Myself
Dear God:How I long to think of You and Your Kingdom first – and yet my own desires and my own needs always pop into my mind before anything else.I pray that You will intercede for me in my thinking so that I may know the peace of living, breathing, serving, and thinking of You…
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Matthew 5:6
I know I’m right!Anyone who is sane knows I’m right!I see through sober lenses. I hear through open senses.I know I’m right!My giving proves loyalty.My serving shows charity.My living shines purity. I know I’m right……just like Peter,who knew he would never deny the Lord;…like James and John,who knew they were equipped for suffering;…and like Judas,who…
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Only Through Thee
What lies in the heart of a man – or in his pastof many years agooryesterday?Does it matter – as you view himwith the eyes ofa heart clouded byself-absorbed righteousness? Oh, dear Lord, I praythat we may seeand be seenonly through Thee.
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Advent Ended
Waiting and anticipatingwhile sharing stagnant verses and sayings and prolific quotes – STOP IT! Waiting is nota placeora season – it is an action, a healing of the pain and pride deep within the peopleandthe ego.WAKE UP! LIVE LOVE!WALK TRUTH! BE your waiting and watch – as He births His world in your heart.
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That’s How He Rolls
Amidst the stench of a stableinto the arms of the unwed,He arrived screaming birthfluid smothering His head… …into the prison of humanityjudgment, shame, hateknowing full-well the outcome:the testing, the batethey’d dangle before Him;and fleeting reverenceof those who loved Him,yet ran away into the nightfor fear they’d be snaggedand experience His plight.He camefor His love of…
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To Be Like Jesus
Dear God:I pray today for a heart like Jesus, a mind like Jesus, a Spirit like Jesus – Who always knew what to say, when to say it,when not to speak at all, when to listen, and when and how to act. Give me the grace I need – and You and I both know…
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The Hero of Christmas
The following piece of writing is something that came to me in 2017. I have posted it more than once here during the Advent seasons since then. I’m posting it again this morning because I just can’t help it – this is the time of year that I am most fascinated with the actions of…
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Let It Snow
As the fresh falling snow hushes even busy traffic in the city, may Advent silence our disconcerted hearts into a welcoming place for our Lord – as He comes again and again each year, each month, each day – in the beggar, in the leper, in the one we all despise – for it has…
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What If We Always Waited Like It Was Advent?
What if we treated all waiting in the same way we breathlessly anticipate the coming of Christ during Advent? Just imagine with me, for a moment, the change in our attitudes as the following manner of thought and feeling would overcome the darkness in our lives, as the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus overcame…
Jessica L. Morris
The seeking is everything…
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