Miss kate’s word of the day Both challenged my heart and mind with what to write. I ended up with thinking about the juxtapositions of life I guess. The things that people often struggle with. How does one combine or should one even try? It’s sometimes hard to live in the world and yet, not be of the world we are so much a part of.
How Does one Combine?
how does one
combine the picture
of Jesus gentle and lowly
with the Jesus
in wrath driving
out the sellers in the temple
using a whip and harsh tones?
how does one
combine the heart knowledge
of being a child
fully and completely loved
and yet
knowing the sin within
is hated fervently?
how does one
combine the awareness
of God the father
exhibiting all the patience
and tenderness of a mom
gently coaching and encouraging
their child?
how does one
see God in the world
around us when
everywhere is the bleating
of people proclaiming
evolutionary thoughts
into every sphere of life
whenever where I look I see
God in beauty and action?
how does one
feeling the breathe of God
have to constantly remind
oneself of his
history throughout
time, trying to grasp the
very scope of God’s eternalness
when we are so limited
by time and space?
how does one
combine the notion that
we are to live in this world
and yet,
and yet,
not be of the world?
this balancing act is
one that is hard to master.
Both war within
Both challenge thought
and heart and
drive one deeper into
God’s word.
Seeking out his very
heart, seeking to make
our own so much closer to it.
God’s word speaks
Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Colossians 1:16
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
Thank you for this poem, Annette. There is a paradox at the heart of our faith, which cannot be resolved, of a loving and just God. All we can do is be thankful for the grace of that paradox.
yes indeed. 🙂
These th9ngs can only be combined by faith! Otherwise, we live a life of sin with our thoughts spinning out of control.
our faith makes such a difference, doesn’t it? 🙂
Great thought provoking words. Bless you. Your fellow FMF wrier.
thank you for stopping in Rebekah
It’s all juxtaposition,
mind-railways running everywhere
through glory and sedition,
through evil days and hours fair.
It’s all a great confusion,
smiles and horrors in the heart;
is goodness an illusion,
or can I really be a part
of that shining distant place
called Heaven, God’s bright home?
Can I look upon His face
and not hide my own
when all the sin is gone and done,
and I stand before Him, with His Son?
my thoughts indeed
Knowledge of God strengthens the knowledge of how to combine, or not, any two ideas that sit in contrast to each other. You did a great job showing a number of these contrasts.
yes, and thank you.