The Lord is my light
and my salvation
Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the 'strength' of my life
of whom shall I be afraid?
My 'heart' shall not fear
though war may rise against me
in this I will be confident
One thing I have desired of the Lord
that will I seek
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life
to behold the beauty of the Lord
and to inquire in His temple
For in the time of trouble
He shall hide me in His pavilion
In the secret place of His tabernacle
He shall hide me
I would have lost 'heart'
unless I had believed
that I would see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living
Wait on the Lord
be of good courage
and He shall 'strengthen your heart'
Wait, I say, on the Lord
Psalm 27:4
again
my favorite prayer
always desiring the beauty of the Lord
but of late considering 'strength'
today as I read the word 'strength' again
I notice that He will strengthen 'the heart'
and as I go back and re-read from Sunday
I see that it is also 'the heart'
which is strengthened
I didn't catch that at all on Sunday...
only noticing 'strength'
today I see 'the heart'
a brave heart
that does not loose hope...
but continues to be believe...
and to look for the Lord
not only in the world to come
but in the land of the living
our heart
our hopes
our desires
our dreams
our longings
our yearnings
our sentiments
the place deep in us
that holds our emotions
our pain
our fears
our hurts
our worry
our anxieties
our addictions
that place in us where love resides
our desire to be loved
our desire to love
and He shall give you the desires of your heart
Psalm 37:4
For the Lord delights in you...
Isaiah 52:4
God wants to free us from our brokenness
and give us the desires of our heart
a pure heart
Advent
asks us to be
alert
aware
awake
attentive
fully conscious
fully alive
revealing our heart to us
and preparing us to receive
what it is that we desire
what is it that we need
to heal us
to help us
be fully alive
a new bike
a new doll
a smart phone
an ipad
the right college admission letter
someone to love
someone to love you
a home
a beautiful Christmas wedding
a healthy full term baby
enough food on the table
everyone home for Christmas
good reports from your spouses biopsy
a peaceful passing
peace on earth
and so we live
and come to eternity
hoping
believing
expecting
we may not have...'this'....now
but patiently we trust
that all will be well
come to closure
and be resolved
in God's time
we are
'strengthened'
in our 'hearts'
to continue to believe
to have faith
to have hope
and to love
even when the journey is long and unbearable
when upon arrival the Inn is full
when it looks as if we are alone
and forgotten
when the lofty promises of angels
seems long ago and far off
when we feel deceived and delusional
He will come
kings will come...
He is with us
his pilgrim people who are practicing presence
His presence
Emmanuel
accomplishing His will
for faith is the substance of things hoped for
the evidence of things not seen
Hebrews 11:1
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