I’m not quite sure what compelled me on a day like today, 20 degrees, to go out.
But there was something about this ice filled valley that compelled me
Something about this life in apparent death
Something about how life can come out of death
That branches are willing to sway and move to a rhythm dictated by the wind
And how they really almost whisper a secret
The secret that there is a river running through this valley, this ice filled valley.
And perhaps the builders of the damn that collapsed almost 70 years ago
They should have taken note that this life, in this valley, is quite powerful.
...
You numbered the houses of Jerusalem, tearing some down to strengthen the wall;you made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to the city's Maker, nor did you consider him who built it long ago.
-ISAIAH 22:10-11
A valley is a reminder that a river has flown for thousands of years to make the very path which God wishes the water to continue in. Perhaps we recognize even more of God's power and might in the valley.
JG
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
.SIMPLE.
It's been a while since I actually sat down and got something I like to come out of my fingertips here. I think I finally got something tonight though. It is short.
. I write a lot. I don't really ever stop. You don't get to see most of that writing though. Especially when Life is normal. In those times I don't feel like I should frame life here. God is in the normalness of it all though and I kinda like that I don't have to write it down here.
I like the fact of the simpleness that my normallness is lived out in letting people into my life and letting God do something wonderful with each day in the normal. I like that regarding a number of core issues, the seem resolved all of a sudden. I like that I feel like I finally have made some progress and am where I feel I should be at. I like He is dumbing down my faith...to a pure simple thing , like it should be and showing me his sovereignty in charting an awesome path for my life. I like that too.That there is great responsibility but a great peace and rest too.
Nothing seems too complicated its just God me and the rest of the world. Me loving people and loving Him.
It's beautiful. It's simple.
JG
. I write a lot. I don't really ever stop. You don't get to see most of that writing though. Especially when Life is normal. In those times I don't feel like I should frame life here. God is in the normalness of it all though and I kinda like that I don't have to write it down here.
I like the fact of the simpleness that my normallness is lived out in letting people into my life and letting God do something wonderful with each day in the normal. I like that regarding a number of core issues, the seem resolved all of a sudden. I like that I feel like I finally have made some progress and am where I feel I should be at. I like He is dumbing down my faith...to a pure simple thing , like it should be and showing me his sovereignty in charting an awesome path for my life. I like that too.That there is great responsibility but a great peace and rest too.
Nothing seems too complicated its just God me and the rest of the world. Me loving people and loving Him.
It's beautiful. It's simple.
JG
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
The Pheonix Spreads its wings and forms my heart
Words are fickle things. Every one takes each one a different way. To convey to an audience the full meaning proves to be an impossible task all the time in the great broken world we all live in.
So I apologize if my words offend. I pray my heart comes through them. I pray that you can make your ways around the maze of walls I unknowingly put up in this land of communication and the walls Satan puts up in his twisted meaning on my words and that they can be navigated without too much effort
I have this tendency to make it difficult for people to enter into my life. I have a concrete walled maze around me most of the time. A lot of my life has been this mega lesson of trying to knock down those walls and in turn not being so alone and independent.
God blew me away last night though. I have a friend named Kyle, he makes me explain everything clearly.When I talk with him God has this way of making those concrete walls of my life turn to glass and he's able to help me see what is actually going on with me. And somehow my words comes out cohesive and not a mess, its a miracle.
Last night in explaining things clearly and God turning concrete to glass I was able to see a lot of the wounds that I still have and certain propensities I have which are so clear now, clear enough I think I can actually begin tackling them head on.
I'm tackling things differently though as of late...
I feel like I'm just now truly learning to do that and in turn am truly beginning to spread my wings and fly : soaring one moment and dive bombing in others. But I"m flying for the first time...poorly....but I'm flying.
I don't know quite how to orientate myself as of late and that probably explains the lack of blogs like this but I think it has been a good time of rest for God to turn my gaze upward and for him to say dare to do the impossible, "John, jump..." to know God, to enter into relationship with him and learn to love others out of His love. Truly learn how to love, learn how to be in relationship with Him where every day I am constantly baring in mind I have a friend in heaven. Screaming at the top of my lungs that Christ is so incredible just simply enjoying being in love and nothing else mattering. To bear in mind the love He showed as he died and the love He still has for me.Simple,joyful doing good and not worrying about impure motives and being crippled by my self analyzing inaction. Entering in.
JG
So I apologize if my words offend. I pray my heart comes through them. I pray that you can make your ways around the maze of walls I unknowingly put up in this land of communication and the walls Satan puts up in his twisted meaning on my words and that they can be navigated without too much effort
I have this tendency to make it difficult for people to enter into my life. I have a concrete walled maze around me most of the time. A lot of my life has been this mega lesson of trying to knock down those walls and in turn not being so alone and independent.
God blew me away last night though. I have a friend named Kyle, he makes me explain everything clearly.When I talk with him God has this way of making those concrete walls of my life turn to glass and he's able to help me see what is actually going on with me. And somehow my words comes out cohesive and not a mess, its a miracle.
Last night in explaining things clearly and God turning concrete to glass I was able to see a lot of the wounds that I still have and certain propensities I have which are so clear now, clear enough I think I can actually begin tackling them head on.
I'm tackling things differently though as of late...
I feel like I'm just now truly learning to do that and in turn am truly beginning to spread my wings and fly : soaring one moment and dive bombing in others. But I"m flying for the first time...poorly....but I'm flying.
I don't know quite how to orientate myself as of late and that probably explains the lack of blogs like this but I think it has been a good time of rest for God to turn my gaze upward and for him to say dare to do the impossible, "John, jump..." to know God, to enter into relationship with him and learn to love others out of His love. Truly learn how to love, learn how to be in relationship with Him where every day I am constantly baring in mind I have a friend in heaven. Screaming at the top of my lungs that Christ is so incredible just simply enjoying being in love and nothing else mattering. To bear in mind the love He showed as he died and the love He still has for me.Simple,joyful doing good and not worrying about impure motives and being crippled by my self analyzing inaction. Entering in.
JG
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