the hard parts

This week Diana has us pondering what we do with the hard stuff in the Bible.

there are so many books to read

page after page after page

of words, facts or fiction

all of questionable veracity

all, but one

this, a letter written

from a heart of love

mercy, grace

a verbal portrait of the author

the perfector of our faith

given to be read

again and again and again

but never alone

with our own eyes and reasoning

the words are flat

ink on paper

beyond comprehension

all of it hard stuff

so I read with an interpreter

the Holy Spirit

gifted, poured out 

and into me

there are words of love

easy to swallow, sweet

and satisfying

but words of correction

direction, can taste dry

stuck in my throat

I can struggle to understand

make sense of things

on my own, choking

and remain unnourished

how much better

to request living water

and let go, trusting

He will make all things

the hard, complicated

sticky things

clear in His perfect timing

help me then, Lord

to remember to release it all

that my answer to 

what do I with the hard things?

would be

I lay them at His feet

living into the answers with Diana