Sand
Through the hour glass
Each grain
An event
A day.
Each one
You can never get back
You cannot hold onto
You can look at them through the glass
Some obscured by others
Some shine brighter and more distinctly than most
You can look at them
And replay them in your minds eyes
But they will never be yours again.
Sand
Through the hour glass
Each grain
An event
A day.
Written by one of my co-workers who claims he’s not a writer..tsk tsk…isn’t this beautiful?
... So I've been instructed to worship Christ in all I do. What I'm learning is that worship is a discipline. Worship requires relationship. It requires an intimate relationship with God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. In the Bible, it says that we must worship God in spirit and in truth? So where do we get truth from? The word of God! I was listening to "gospel radio" on my television and I think I went through five songs and not one of them was an expression of worship. I even went through one of my poetry journals and I could hardly find a piece that totally focused on my adoration and exaltation to God. That's when I realized that God is taking me to another level, where He is moving me from being an artist, to becoming a worshipper. He's bringing from just writing about my struggles and my pain to writing about His love and mercy, and from writing about what He has done for me to WHO HE IS!
This is going to require more of me, not just talent but discipline. I know that I'm going to have to be in my word more and in His presence as well.
I'll post my new poetry in the Dear God Poetry Blog for you worshippers out there. If you see something that's not exalting the name of the Lord, you have my permission to throw jello at me. ( For those of you on facebook, you know what I mean :-)
On February 15, 2009 we started a 21 day purification fast at my church; focusing on the body, soul, and spirit. The foundational scripture for the fst came from the book of Isaiah Chapter 58 verse 6 which states " is this not the fast that I have chosen; to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bonds of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every enslaving yoke?". As the body of Latter Rain Family Worship Center gathered together to fast and pray, I began to experience the manifestations of Isaiah 58:6. It was amazing for me to set myself apart from the rest of the world and it's vices to bring myself before the Lord, and He met me where I was and blew my mind. During the times of prayer, God revealed things to me about myself that I had no idea were affecting my growth in Him as well as an individual.
To make a long story short, through the fast, God delivered me from the spirit of rejection, healed me both internally and physically, and awakened my spirit and gave me a new drive!
Now, I'm so conviced that the old foundations that hindered me have been dug up and rooted out for good, and now the Lord God Almighty Himself is laying down His foundation in me and doing something comletely new in my life individually as well as for the ministry that I've been called to.
I am being re-built by the Master, and I'm expecting to come out as a Masterpiece!
So during this time of rebuilding and restoring, I am protecting my eyes and ears and setting myself apart from the things that will defile me or stunt my progress. As a born again believer and follower of Jesus Christ, no one should be able to compare me to the rest of the world. I am a peculiar being. The world does not dictate who I am nor what kind of life I should be living, only God can, and He has!
According to Him, I am a worshipper. I cultivate His presence in my life on a daily basis. As a worshipper, I am to prepare the way for the return of the King. For only He is worthy of our worship. He is worthy of our praise....
