I find myself
Hacking my way through a jungle
I cannot see clearly
But my heart compass is set north
Deep calling to deep
All of a sudden
Breaking free
Onto a well-worn
Path
Sprinkled with Saint and Angel dust
I am not alone after all
© 2013 Julie Clark
They’ve been waiting
Anticipating
This moment
Ready to move
High alert
Waiting
Anticipating
The feeble prayer
Forms in the heart
Barely makes it
To the lips
If at all
A mere
Seed of faith
Commotion
In the cosmos
“She asked!
We are moving in!”
The cogs begin to turn
Heaven moves earth
Surely help is on the way
© 2013 Julie Clark
Have I loved well today?
The unexpected guest who shows up
When my house is a mess?
The beloved spouse or irritating boss
Who gives me a list of extra things to do
When I am already overwhelmed?
The child who just does not
Seem to understand the meaning
Of the word “No”?
What about the media inflated or created
Unseen enemies?
Have I loved them well?
Prayed for God’s mercy and love to shower them?
Have I loved well today?
Those who don’t get me
Misunderstand me
Judge me
Think I am wasting my time?
What about those who snub me
Forget me
Don’t find me important enough
For their time of day?
It’s really all that He has asked me to do.
His one last dying request
Some days are better than others.
I have to confess
I have not loved well today
Lord have mercy
He does
He always does.
© 2013 Julie Clark
Remain in Me
Keep in step
Keep in touch
Take my hand
Don’t lag behind or rush ahead
No lolly-gagging or reckless driving
Stick with Me
Close to Me
Stay connected
Abide in me
Walk with me
Every day
Every hour
Every minute
Breathe me in
Like your breath
Breathe me out
To another
Don’t slough me off
Disregard me
Close your ears
When you get tempted
Or enticed
Don’t veer off to the left
Or the right
Take a detour
Or a short cut
Don’t get caught in an eddy
Don’t get stuck or left behind
Double your efforts
To rest in me
Fill your thoughts
With thoughts of me
Love me
I love you
Let my love flow in you
And out of you
Come back for more
There’s always more
You in me and I in you
And this is what it means
To live a life
Of prayer
© 2013 Julie Clark
My amazing daughter and her wonderful husband came from Omaha for a quick visit this weekend. They had a wedding to be a part of in Bellingham. We were delighted! It was another chance to be with them. We happily picked them up at the airport and drove them where they needed to go. We were even invited to the wedding because my daughter has always been a great sharer of her friends. When they left in the wee hours of Sunday morning, they thanked us for everything. It was like thanking my lungs for breathing or my hands for feeding me. Of course! I love you! I love being with you!
This was over-laid in my mind with our scripture reading and sermon topic for the second Sunday of Lent. John 13 where Jesus washed His disciples feet. “What you will never wash my feet!” Peter impulsively shouts out. Jesus loved his disciples to the full extent. God loves the world to the full extent. Washing his disciples feet was not so hard for Jesus because he loved them. A greater and much harder sacrifice lay just ahead. Even though he agonized over it more than we can imagine in the garden, love won and Jesus picked up his cross and headed for the hill. “For the joy set before him he endured the cross.” We are his joy.
The voice
For us
Evidence of God
For all to hear
Some think it thundered
Others say an angel spoke
Am I missing it
Dismissing it
Because it’s not what I want
Am I confused
Disoriented
Distracted
Because I haven’t been listening
Caught up in my life
My ideas
Of who and what
I want
My Messiah
Savior
To be
© 2013 Julie Clark
How can I get through this,
Seemingly impossible situation?
The eye of the needle
Becomes the way of the cross
Stripped down
Bare essentials:
Me
Following the light
At the end of the tunnel.
© 2013 Julie Clark
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