even the rocks cry out!

REJOICE! salvation is near. Rejoice! for you have been given the oil of gladness. Rejoice! for the light will overcome the darkness. JOY! for the sackcloth has been torn. Joy! for the Heavens cry out with song. SING! for good news has been proclaimed to the poor. Sing! for freedom has come to the captives. SHOUT! redemption draws near! Shout! you have been given a garment of praise. Sing! for what was devastated will be rebuilt. SING! you have been clothed in righteousness. Joy! for your head has been lifted of shame. JOY! for you have been made clean. Rejoice! There is no need for despair. Rejoice! you have been crowned with beauty. REJOICE! for eternity is written on your heart and HE has come that you might know him!

"these things i have spoken to you that in me you might find peace. in this world you will have trouble. BUT be of good cheer! for I have overcome the world." ~

isaiah 64
ecclesiastes 3
john 16

worshipping, honoring and petitioning the Almighty

my God. my Father. my Abba.
you are BLESS-ED. you are exalted.
there is none like you.

your Reign we want. your Will- our desire.
we want YOU, your goodness, justice and righteousness for earth
the same way YOUR character resounds through the streets of HEAVEN.

we have not done your righteousness, we have failed- forgive us;
but may we also forgive others in the same way you forgive.

protect us and make us aware when temptations and our desires
cloud judgment and lead us from honoring you.
save us from that which is far far from you and your goodness.

For you are the power of powers. the glory of glories.

come Lord and rule with grace and mercy and justice.

tsunami

Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.

flood me.
consume me.
devour my pride.
dig your claw in my dragon skin
and release me of this
putrid hide.
shatter the glass
of pretense
of shallowness;
break it into a thousand pieces.
my bones they cry out for resplendence.
my flesh it cries out for goodness.
my heart it cries out for wholeness.
walls still remain. demolish them.
reek havoc on their foundations.
take the mortar and make it pliable.
take the stones and make them like dust
between your index finger and thumb.
vaporize my blindness.

but do not leave me unprotected, naked, trembling.
cover me. blanket me. lead me. hold me.
hide me in your iron grip.
when you do these things, i will be raw, exposed.
please, make a nest for me in grace. in peace. in mercy.

in unfailing love.

as the deer pants for streams of water

so my soul longs, thirsts for living. for reality. for truth. for an astonishing wave of mercy that i can do nothing but weep oceans of living water.

may supplications

today
i want the snow to melt
and spring to come;
today
i want all things new,
a fresh move,
a joyful beginning;
today i want to know
tidal waves and tsunamis
of heavenly water,
to sit on the starry shore
basking in the radiance of kingly love;
today i long for rain,
for red to be sated,
hannah's promise fulfilled;
today i want to walk washed bright by light
and not out of it,
to follow a path etched in time,
a hope and future;
today
i long for an end of darkness and shadows,
for an end to hidden attacks and cowardly enemies;
today
i long to boldly walk up the mountain
holding your hand.