Monday, May 21, 2018

Prisoner's Paradox




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We write
Like Paul
Out of our own imprisonment
Which 
In the end
Is what makes others
Free

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"The spirit of the Lord is upon me...to proclaim freedom to the captives."
-Luke 4:18

Sunday, May 20, 2018

Saved




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I am the woman at the well
I am Mary
 I am the one caught red-handed, 
The Pharisee in me poised with stones,
Saved by Grace alone 
By The God Who Sees
 And loves anyway

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"I have loved you with an everlasting love."
-Jeremiah 31:3

Saturday, May 19, 2018

Gambler




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We all play our cards
As best we can
All we're made up of,
For better and worse,
Informing each move

We sometimes play cards we desperately wish we hadn't
We despair at the cards
We did not play instead
Our hindsight a merciless taskmaster
Keeping us fettered to the futility of regret

It is not a new hand we need
 or even a new game,
But faith in The Dealer Who still holds an ace up His sleeve 
Faith in the fact,
 that when all is said and done,
 It is His hand which will play out,
His hand, which so tenderly holds us,
which also holds all the cards
And in the end,

Wins.

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"I am the Alpha and the Omega
The beginning and the end,
The first and the last,
I am He."

Revelation 22:13