Poem, Beyond

Me.

I tend to be

Split into a dozen disparate rays,

Attention dispersed,

Distracted.

You

Rein me in

Gather my meandering musings

Into one beam,

Laser locked,

Stillness.

Here I am the mirror

Reflecting eternally emitted radiance.

and shadows retreat

so I can see

Your hope

Alive inside,

Dispelling distraction, darkness, dread,

Unlocking the door

To eternity.

That was then … This is NOW.

Today I grab hold of that which pulls me up and into YOU, my LORD and my GOD. 

I do not rely on yesterday’s experiences and yesterday’s manna.  They fed me, encouraged me, and built me up; I am forever changed.  Yet here I am today, hungry and thirsty, with the need to:

1.   Drink deeply from the wells of salvation
2.  Commune with my Lord
3.  Receive a fresh impartation of Holy Spirit wind and fire

Today is the day of salvation for me – for us all.  I will drink deeply from salvation wells, relishing in the delicious living water, the one who is my Lord. 

Today is the day of repentance – turning from what I need to leave behind and turning toward what I want to pursue – MORE of HIM.

Today I walk out my salvation in fear and trembling.  Far be it from me to settle for less.

Today I call out for a fresh baptism of Holy Spirit fire.  Why settle for less today than fresh wind and fresh fire?

Today I call out for deep abiding and awareness of that abiding.  I am my beloved’s, today.  He is mine, today.   

Yesterday is but memory.  Tomorrow is but hope.  Right now I embrace the reality of abiding in Him.

And tomorrow, Lord willing, I will do it all over again.