Known

"I Shall Know Him"
I enjoyed the song today
Showed up on my FB feed
"...by the prints of the nails in His hand"

I get it...it's a song of thankfulness
For what You've done Jesus
And I thank You

But I don't think I'll need to search
To look at Your hands
To check
To make sure it's You

I suspect
I'll know You
Just by looking in Your eyes
Knowing that You know me
You, the only One who has known me completely
Loved me completely

I shall know You, 
And be eternally thankful
For how You have known me
And walked with me
Ever-loving
Ever-guiding
And all You've done for me
I shall know You
And I shall love You

Wrecked

Wrecked
Again
By a vision that wasn't mine
It was theirs
They were supposed to do it
But now it falls to me
To carry
Until the time is right
Until the Lord parts the sea
Opens a way

Wrecked
Not just by that vision, their vision
But also by...the original one
How it pulls at my heart
How it embodies so many stories
So many hopes and dreams

And wrecked
By how "impossible" it all is

I submit myself, again Lord
To You
And an impossible dream
An impossible vision
That can never happen
Unless You enable
Unless You empower
Unless You provide the resources

And it will never produce fruit
Fruit that will last
Unless You breathe into it
Unless You give it life
Unless You are the one that directs
Unless Your wisdom leads all decisions

Lead Lord
And continue to "wreck" me in the process

This post started and felt Aug. 25...written Sept. 1

How long do I have?

How long do I have
How long will I live
People die all the time
Some young
Some old
Thinking I have a 'vision' that will take another 15 years
Is no guarantee

When I go
What will I leave
What will remain
What will keep living
Long after I have breathed my last

Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground
   and dies...

May there be something
    much even
That lives on, and on, and on
Forever
Never dying

(rambling thoughts after seeing a news piece...someone dies at 49...just 4 years older than I...)

23?

Twenty-three
Is that how many You want us to take in?
Who are they?
Please bring them
We've already met most of them
Help us discern
And if we haven't met them yet
Bring them to us

Who are they?
Lord, let them be the ones
Who need healing
Who want to be free
Who are willing to receive
Who will grown
   learn
   become strong
And then be the ones
Who will be strong to help others
Who will be truly transformed

Only twenty-three?
Choose them well
For the future
Ones who will invest their talents
And reap great reward
Who will return the "much" that you require of them
Because You will give them much
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