coffee shop prayer

Sitting in a coffee shop this morning, getting re-centered and recalibrated, scrawling out a prayer to the One who can soothe me, steer me, and draw my unsettled soul back home.

Lord 

Teacher

Healer

endpoint of my longing

hear my silent secret cries

heart to heart

deep to deep

wordlessly, longingly

without You who am I

chaos in flesh and bone

scrambling in all directions

accelerated heartbeat with no point

no direction

no substance

but this morning You call 

and with Your help

I focus on Your voice

and at last 

I come 

like a puppy

wanting to please You

wanting to bring that smile

and to stop the running for long enough

to land and settle

in Your broad joy

and laughing approval

to rest content 

and feel Your heartpulse

following You

listening and responding

linked by soul

a holy artery

I sense the steering inside

and wait

for the next command

pliable

and at peace

it's IN me

For prophets, poets, artists, and anyone with a voice that needs to be heard... it IS in you, isn't it.

 

But if I say, “I will not mention him or speak any more in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.

         Jeremiah 20:9

it’s IN me

it’s IN me

can’t help it

God gave it

woe be to me if I don't proclaim it

I’ll bang it out on a drum

take away my drumsticks

  I’ll pluck it on a guitar

take away the guitar

  I’ll plunk it on a keyboard

take away the keyboard

  I’ll click it on a keypad

take away the keypad

  I’ll scrawl it out in pen and ink

take away the pen

  I have a voice, I’ll sing it out

stop up my voice

  I’ll dance it out with my feet

trip up my feet

  I’ll make signs with my hands

bind my hands

  it’ll shine in my eyes

shut my eyes

  you can’t shut my soul

so give it up

and let it go

woe be to me if I don't express it

God gave it

can’t help it

it’s IN me

and it's got to come out

kept

Hey friends.. sorry I haven't posted for a while... I've been working intensively on arts content for the Leadership Summit... and also absorbed with this situation, always on the back burner of my mind:


I have a friend who's in a physical battle for his health and his life.  A network of good friends are praying intensively for his body.  This prayer, imagined from God's point of view, is for his spirit.  


(maybe it's for you, too, or someone you know)....


kept

Keep your mind 

on what you know 

to be true

Keep your soul

held whole

in this place 

in this peace

where none can break down the door

I am your Father

I am your family

I will hold you

warm under my wings

in this space

No matter where you must go

hold this home in your heart

I will keep your secrets holy

your dreams intact

until you can pick them up again

I will keep you together

give you the reason to rise tomorrow

secured in this warmth

and this truth

Look into my invisible eyes 

hold my gaze now 

and know

I will enclose your beating soul

in this inner protection 

the hint of which you now feel

know it is solid 

forever 

and real

Let go of you

into my hands

Give over your heart

Release what you think you need

into the arms of your perfect Provider

I will see to it 

and see to you

The life is in letting go

You find your life in the letting go

song lyric: enough

I wrote this song as a way to communicate trust in God--right when it seems that there's not enough of anything.


enough

what You give me is enough
i'm empty now but nothing is beyond You
You feed thousands easily
and You'll move mountains if i believe
You'll move mountains if i believe

how You made me is enough
there's no point in being a pretender
to play the role of someone else
it's enough just to be myself
You invite me to be myself

how You use me is enough
i don't need a greater reputation
i will harvest gratefully
the plot of land You gave to me
the plot of land You gave to me

my best is all You ask of me
i don't need more than You provide for me
i'll do the best i can
with what i have
and what i have
will be enough for me.