Dwelling...Carving...

How lovely are YOUR Dwelling Places, O Lord!
I am your sparrow hiding in the craigs of the Rock,
Longing to stay close and secure in Your embrace
Breathing in and out Your sustenance...



Yet Deep calls to deep in this season
The waves crash over me relentlessly
Even as I crawl into Your refuge and shelter...
Thus I am carved into Your image

Oh God you have been carving very deeply
You have overflowed into every crevice
Of my often unknown heart
And washed and washed my very soul...

I am overwhelmed by Your Mercy
I am overwhelmed by Your Goodness to me...

I am overwhelmed by How You Will Not Let Me Go

God-Painted Colors

There's something so beautiful about autumn -
Gloriously God-painted in rich saturated colors,
Sparkly blues of sky and shiny glints of sunshine...

And even now when I think about the beauty of it all,
My eyes well up with tears...
Because You planned it this way,
Didn't You, Precious Lord?

And how I used to tumble through my days
Without even noticing --


Why now so spectacular?
Why at this time is it all so wonderful
To pause, to reflect, to saturate myself
In Your saturation?

I cannot but even imagine why...
Except that I almost feel like
I was never so alive as in
This moment...

Never so keen to listen to the rustle of Your voice
As in listening to the crackling leaves...
To breath in all of You
As much as the musty ripeness of harvest...
And never so aware of the brevity of time
As in watching Your ever-deepening display...

I hush my day to marvel and praise
Overwhelmed by all that You are.

(,,,I whisper an awestruck, "I love You",,,)

Not by might, not by power, but by My Spirit says the Lord

Your Love pierces the darkness, O Lord....

And this morning, Your Spirit rose up in me
With such intensity in worship
That it pierced me...

I feel like I am coming alive again.