Monday, June 24, 2013

My Jetty Walk


God’s Nature is part of me, part of all of us.  It is life and brings a life-force to us because God encompasses all.  He is the all-consuming presence that surrounds us, His breath within every living thing for He is the Great Creator.  I feel God more outside of the four walls of any religious infrastructure.  His presence I feel strongly when I am one with nature than with people.  People have a lot of invisible baggage that they carry around with them that they unknowingly transmit to others.  The nature doesn’t do that – it’s pure and giving, its power is real because the source is God who gives and takes away.  This personal conviction is reinforced by a brief but profound experience I had recently.  I felt His seashores calling me in my hour of need and I yielded.  At that moment of connection, my spirit was again compelled to write JC another love letter:

YOU COME TO ME LIKE THE GENTLE OCEAN TIDE
WASHING MY CARES AWAY,

I FEEL YOU PLANT THE SOLES OF MY FEET
I WALK FIRMLY ON YOUR SANDS BENEATH.

 
YOU DELIGHT ME WITH YOUR DELICATE SEA CREATURES,
THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL AND INTRICATE – DEBRIS FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR.

IT WAITED THERE PATIENTLY FOR ME,
THEIR PURPOSE TO BRING IN THE MORNING SMILE AND TO FOSTER

THIS SOUL’S DIMINISHING HOPE.


YOU’VE HEARD MY HEART’S FAINTEST WHIMPERS,
YOU ARE THERE IN MY DEEPEST NEED.

YOU MAKE MY SPIRIT GLAD,
YOUR GREAT LOVE FOREVER MINE.

 
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble”.  Psalm 46:1

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