Reaching the Heart of God

Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. Colossians 4:2 NIV

Today the heart of God is an open wound of love...He longs for our presence...And he is inviting you---and me---to come home, to come home where we belong, to come home for that which we were created...The key to this home, this heart of God, is prayer.  From Richard Foster in Full Service by Siang-Yang Tan

Through the Day

From: From the Heart by Helen Steiner Rice

I rise before dawn and cry for help; I
have put my hope in your word.  My eyes
stay open through the watches of the night,
that I may meditate on your promises.
               Psalm 119:147-148

I meet God in the morning
and go with Him through the day,
then in the stillness of the night
before sleep comes, I pray.

Jesus Came to Teach Poise

from Jesus in Blue Jeans by Laurie Beth Jones

Poise is a red-winged blackbird balancing ever so lightly on a reed by the river... Jesus came to teach us poise---to make us ever mindful of our wings and God's clear open sky.

The Kingdom

"But when the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne.  All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.  He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left.

Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.  For I was hungry, and you fed me.  I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink.  I was a stranger and you invited me into your home.  I was naked, and you gave me clothing.  I was sick, and you cared for me.  I was in prison, and you visited me.'

Matthew 25:31-36 NLT

Christ the Beloved

Place me like a seal over your heart,

like a seal on your arm;

for love is as strong as death, 

its jealousy unyielding as the grave.

It burns like blazing fire,

like a mighty flame.

Many waters cannot quench love;

rivers cannot wash it away.

Song of Songs 8: 6-7 NIV

Christ's love for His people is stronger than death.  He died for us.  He lives again, for us.  

Come, Lord Jesus, come!

The Heartbeat

...And this is the secret: Christ lives in you.  
Colossians 1:27 NLT

O Lord, Creator of heaven and earth
You are...
one whisper
one heartbeat
away.

O Lord, Creator of heaven and earth
You are...
the whisper
the heartbeat.

Come, Lord Jesus, come.

When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the LORD God walking about in the garden. Genesis 3:7 NLT

Come the breaking of dawn
You spread Your love
Through sunbeams and bands
of brilliant color.

Come the cool of the evening
You whisper Your love
Through gardens showered
in soft twilight.

Come, Lord Jesus, come.