seeking first

a matter of trust

one day to the next

or moment by moment

as we begin our journey to Canada

in two weeks

we will be in flight

though I have felt mid-air

for months

what to drive

where to sleep

are not yet settled

leaving me tipsy

and grabbing hold

of the only One Who knows

seeking first, last

always

So above all, constantly chase after the realm of God’s kingdom

and the righteousness that proceeds from him. 

Then all these less important things will be given to you abundantly.

Matthew 6:33 The Passion Translation

inside out

we have shifted

to another new home

in Zambia, here

a view from our dining room

to the enclosed veranda

where we are bringing the inside out

or the outside in

which seems only fitting

for our life these days

driving on the wrong side of the road

summer steaming rain instead snow

dawn rising when back home friends ready for sleep

just a shadow of the Kingdom

where last will be first

giving to gain, dying to live

ever a bit of a bumpy ride

but eyes fixed on Him

Not that I have already obtained it [this goal of being Christlike] or have already been made perfect, but I actively press on [a]so that I may take hold of that [perfection] for which Christ Jesus took hold of me and made me His own. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have made it my own yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the [heavenly] prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:12-14 Amplified


 

life upside down

work in the fields

continues here

in plus 30C 

sizzling sunshine

praying to plant

before the rains

news from home

speaks snow

cold knocking bitter

as winter proclaims itself

life for us

is upside down

much the same

as Jesus preached

His Kingdom was

is, will be

then we are right in His midst

 

Consuming fire...

Do you see what we’ve got? 

An unshakable kingdom! 

And do you see how thankful we must be? 

Not only thankful, but brimming with worship, 

deeply reverent before God. 

For God is not an indifferent bystander. 

He’s actively cleaning house, 

torching all that needs to burn, 

and he won’t quit until it’s all cleansed. 

God himself is Fire!  

Hebrews 12:28-29 The Message

 

 Joining Deidra and the Sunday singers

 

Let go to hold on

I keep trying to grasp hold of time

and the intro to the old soap opera repeats in my brain

"like sand through an hourglass, so are the days of our lives"

I keep trying to grasp hold

I keep trying to

grasp

and it slips

slips faster

my fingers stretched tight

strained, tension cramping every fibre

yet in the Kingdom of my citizenship

the place that seems so twisted,

upside down

when compared to this world
I have so much to learn

for here
one must let go
to hold on

trying to grasp hold

of anything

but Him

is like attempting

to trap

the wind

and He is always

here, right here

in my hand

in my heart

no stretch, no strain

palms open

breathe

 

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