See what turns a man’s head and know how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you? Lovely… a bookophile. (Proverbs 25:2) Bookophile isn’t a word but it’s most definitely a thing. If you are one then you know what it is and why you are until someone asks you to explain. Then words […]
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…a forgiver
See what turns a man’s head and know how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you? Lovely… a forgiver. (Matthew 5:7) It’s not what you’ve been given, it’s what you do with what you’ve got. Did you know the power to grant eternal pardons lives in you? I know, crazy. Bunch of folks […]
Philippians 4
Dear kindred, my love and longing,my joy and crown of delight;stand with our Master. Let the feet of your heart raise a cloudof joy every moment, rejoice!In YHWH, in Love, rejoice! Put on your Sunday Best,that favorite dress, gentleness.He is here, offering warmly his coat. Pin your cares with wings of sparrows.Press the fruit of […]
…a waiter
See what turns a man’s head and know how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you? Lovely… a waiter. (Micah 7:7) They say man is the initiate, or should be. They started reading in the second chapter, I guess. Ruth waits the night on the floor.Rachel weights water at the well. The noblewoman […]
…a steadiness
See what turns a man’s head and know how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you? Lovely… a steadiness. (Romans 5:3-5) Rocks are steady things. Steel does steady things. Passive strength. Adjective.Active strength. Verb. The brightest buildings, the ones that really ladder to the sky, steel. Strong enough to stand with the sun. […]
Hard Questions
They say Jesus is our example in everything. But that can’t be totally true. If he is my example for how to choose a church, I should probably join the flower children or a mosque or something. And that can’t be right. Right? Two years ago I was looking for church. Two years ago I […]
…a magi
See what turns a man’s head and know how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you? Lovely… a magi. (Philippians 4:8) The kingdom of your mind is a frighteningly real place. You might not believe it. In the kingdom of your mind there are many powers that be.Hoofed dragons and winged pigs and […]
…a warrior
See what turns a man’s head and know how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you? Lovely… a warrior. (Proverbs 4:23) You’ve heard you don’t have to believe everything you hear. I’ll tell you you don’t have to believe everything you see. Your heart has eyes and ears. The gates to your innermost. […]
…a creator
“Show me what turns a man’s head and I will tell you how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you?” Lovely… a creator. (Proverbs 25:11) Do you see the glowing words she wields? There, see the shower of sparks from the swords she swings? It is power. Spread like the glass sea never […]
…a wonderer
“Show me what turns a man’s head and I will tell you how he’s steering his heart. What is Lovely, to you?” Lovely… a wonderer. (Psalm 139:14) The smartest person is full of answers. The wisest person is full of wonders. It’s a wonderful thing to wonder and why, to question and query and wrestle and […]
Heavy feathers
“God’s commands are burdensome to me like feathers are burdensome to a bird.” I believe it’s a Treasure to be under Godly authority.Obedience may be one of the most difficult things we learn.(If it’s what I want to do, is it really obedience?)Obedience isn’t easy. It’s rewarding. I can’t walk by faith when the path […]
Nehemiah 1
So a messenger came from the Deep. From this Promised Land, a far away part, from my Inheritance, this eternal Heart. “Things are not-so-good down here.” And I did weep. Enemies find every bit of fruit to reap. There’s no Wall of The Word to guard. Gates for things Set-Apart, charred. “We may not ever […]
Hebrews 10
Just penance, You have not desired. My whole being You would take up with fire. You chisel Your laws on my heart. I am to be wholly Yours, and set apart. Then all my wrongs You keep no record of. Listen now courageously. Here is true love: Precious entrance and like a flood, the tearing […]
Isaiah 30
A warning to those who would lean on their own understanding… …who would trust in man’s wisdom and might. …who would go without God. These false sons reject instruction. They trust in oppression and guile. They manipulate others in selfishness. Their fall will be great, says the LORD. “In repentance and rest you will be […]
Hiding
Was fear hiding this because it’s an evil thingOR because it’s a foreign thing and vulnerable to rejection?—Once a man found sugar cane in a secluded place and didn’t tell his family. He knew sugar was no good. They did too. But he couldn’t put evil sugar away from him. So he hid from […]
Breaking patterns
“Vanity and narcissism are the enemies of courage. We define vanity and narcissism as the compulsive need to be praised, to be liked: for this people give up their courage.” “The vain and narcissistic person seems on the surface to overprotect himself, not to take any risks and in other ways act as a coward […]
Hard Emerson
I wonder what would you think if I had these words…Danger, Will Robinson.—I must be myself. I cannot break myself any longer for you, or you. If you can love me for what I am, we shall be the happier. If you cannot, I will still seek to deserve that you should. I will not […]
Cleansing
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Something I learned lived… Your light shined in my life and it wasn’t pretty. In old stories (like the bible) and throughout mythology, “light” is a metaphor for “consciousness.” I have been hiding […]