what you make of things

i wrote this exactly three years ago on a different blog. it resonated, so i decided to re-post. when i first re-read it i thought it may have been about a specific person. but it just occurred to me that this is about every person.

From artist to human:

I want to travel inside your soul and explore.
I want to know what it is like
to make meaning the way you do.
Witnessing your soul under pressure,
will tell me what volumes of facts cannot.

From human to artist:

Show me
What only you can see.
Express to me
So I might partake of your life
From horror to horror,
From glory to glory.



this is why i'm an actor.

i just want to say...

i am thankful for today. too often, i am guilty of grumbling about the current state of things and for now, i want to resist jumping into that abyss. yes, i am enthralled by the pace of urban life. i like busy. i like intentionality. but not for the sake of scrambling to make a name for myself. not for the sake of impressing the masses. instead, i want to absorb more nuances of the Great Story. they are all around me and ever constant. do they all collaborate for my glory? absolutely not. but for God's glory they do. and if one were to call indulging in these happenings a waste of time, i might inquire of them, "On what basis are you claiming to be the Author of Significance?"

a different economy

My child, this is what life is about: It is about serving one another as long as it is called "today". It is about risking being hurt for the sake of another; unashamed vulnerability. it is about losing for the sake of another; sacrificial love. It is about laying down your pride and surrendering to the reign of the True King, your loving God. It is about loving fiercely and holding loosely, for it I who hold all things in the palm of My hand.

constancy

how shall i rest my heart on your graces?
how shall i make my dwelling
in the midst of your glory?

rehearse, rehearse, rehearse:

you sustain me
when inadequacy depletes my livelihood.
you shape me subtly
as a stream embraces a stone.