REFLECTIONS

Engulfed within the flames of love

Consuming all I am

What stands beyond the fire’s heat

Reflections of I Am

Let me understand Your beauty

The splendor of Your beauty

Let the revelation of You

Set me apart

Let me understand Your beauty

I long to see Your beauty

Let the revelation of You

Reveal my heart

Let me understand Your beauty

I need to behold Your beauty

Let the revelation of You

Tear me apart

Let me understand Your beauty

Consuming, passionate, beauty

Let the revelation of You

Ignite my heart

Let me understand Your beauty

Radiant, glorious, beauty

Let the revelation of You

Overflow my heart

If truth be known and truth be told

This is all that I am

Love scorched earth revealing Your worth

Reflections of I Am

ETERNITY

How long is forever

Is it possible to know

Can it be exactly measured

This time plus time untold

Is it like our wondrous universe

Continuing to expand

Defying human logic

Defying the mind’s command

As light released into the night

Ceaselessly wanders space

My eternal life will surely be

A ceaseless timeless place

How can I grasp this treasure

This wondrous gift of grace

How can my heart understand

What my mind cannot translate

If all the water of the seas

Is eternity to be

Then one small drop is as my life

And relatively, now I see

And so our dear ones gone before

Shall meet us when we arrive

Together to share God’s glory

In the sea of eternal life

LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY... COL. 3:16

Let the entire truth of the new covenant writings find its home in your heart in abundance and have unrestricted liberty in guiding your life. “Studying the Bible is like gathering apples.  First you shake the tree, then you shake each limb, and then you shake each branch and twig.  Then you look under every leaf” (Martin Luther).  The Bible is shallow enough to wade in and deep enough to drown an elephant.  It is truly a paradox that a well worn passage, often read, memorized and quoted can suddenly, under the “apokalupsis”-- the unveiling of the Holy Spirit, reveal a hidden treasure that delights and nourishes our spirit.  Drink deeply of the living water of life, God’s Word, for shallow droughts intoxicate the brain but drinking deeply sobers one again.