first and always

In the quiet of the morning - I was listening --

If you allow Me to set the course

set the schedule

order your steps and your days

you will face them with both energy and joy

instead of the anxiety and hesitance

that is dragging your spirit low

Even if this calls you

to stand against the plans of men

you will not stand alone

seek Me --

first and always

ask Me --

I Am faithful to answer

listen -

trust our connection

you do hear Me

obey - step out in faith

When they deliver you up, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say; 

for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour 

Matthew 10:19 RSV

 

While you may...

Today I feel fragmented and scattered

my heart is listening:

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may

from To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick

and my spirit hears:

Seek, inquire for, and require the Lord

while He may be found

[claiming Him by necessity and by right];

call upon Him while He is near.

Isaiah 55:5 Amplified

and time stands still and runs away all at once

and I think that trust is often more like this fragile flower

than something hardened

and I will seek

and I will inquire for

and surely I require Him

for every choice, for every breath

and faith is the knowing

that He Is here

 

Summer Farewell

Why do I mourn the fading of summer
the bright, the bold, the hard to miss
"in your face" colours?
I need not seek for beauty
it shouts out and finds me
creates a perfect laziness.

Autumn is softer
even its chill
edges lose their focus
more effort is required
I don't see until I look
but glory waits to be found.

So too, in riotous summers of my spirit
over-filled with His goodness
I tend to grow dull, taking Him for granted.
My words of repentence
crackle as the fallen leaves
calling out my mistake
as I more gladly now
bid farewell to Summer's ease
and step into the Autumn toil.

Yes, I will seek You.
With all my heart
with all my soul
with all my strength
and You will Be my all
as Winter comes.

Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near Isaiah 55:6 NIV

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being and with all your might.  Deuteronomy 6:5 Amplified





Jamming with Bonnie about Autumn's Song

Joining Emily and the broken redeemed