Forever, Unchanging

Ebb and flow. Here today - gone tomorrow.
It depends on the mood I am in
or the kind of day I've had.
Sometimes it's shy and distant.
Other times it burns hot like a wild fire-
searing, cleansing and intentional.

But, the ravaging fire turns into a
vulnerable little flame, barely shedding light.
Be careful! Don't stand in the wind!
Stand in the soft breeze, gently
fanning the flame back to health.

Not so with Him. It's not inconsistent.
No! It's always constant, just like the
waves washing on the beach.
Forever in rhythm with His heart,
beautiful song.
Never dependant. Always ready to be received
if we are courageous enough...
Warm, peaceful, forgiving and never ending.
Always transforming, covering past regrets.

It's so far beyond mere mortal expression.
We look right past His offering,
forever seeking it from broken others,
in it's flawed state, never satisfied.
Birthing temporary joy or devastating pain.

But not so with Him.

Open wide your heart
and receive His loving and tender gift.
It's forever, unchanging.

Desert Island

Desolate, dry, very little life.
Surrounded by acres of water
but no moisture makes it to land.
An island, all alone, drifting.
Drifting because it is not safely
anchored to the Earth like all other islands.
Drifting, lifeless, hot and dry.
No greenery, no waterfalls,
no mountain peaks of snow.
Only dust.
Lonely dust.
Other islands try to welcome the free floating desert, but it chooses to move away,
farther away. Becoming not just lonely,
but all alone.

Observation

I have just finished a book that took me on an unexpected adventure to places I rarely go. Even though the book is closed, every page read, I can't seem to remove myself from the places my mind wants to take me, places too mysterious for my limited human brain to comprehend. Usually in these moments, I walk away from such thoughts because I can not "figure them out" and that frustrates me. (not the walking away, but the not being able to figure them out.)

But this present mindful adventure is different. It's set me on a journey to think bigger of our God, the Creator of our Universe - filled with super nebula's, never ending black holes and forever blackness of Space. This same God created the gazillion atoms that make up the period at the end of this sentence. How does He do it? He's so mysterious. God is in all of it - the exploding star 4 million light years away AND in the electron's that rotate around the atoms nucleus of the air you just took into your lungs. It all exists because of Him and His non-stop creativity.

We live in a world of four dimensions: Height, Depth, Width, and Time. It's believed that there are up to 11 dimensions. But we mere humans can only detect and live with four of them. What are these other dimensions? Why can't our minds conceive them? What I do know is that God is in them, as He's in everything. It's mysterious.

Sometimes we think we have God figured out. We don't "need" Him anymore because we are in control of the situation. Or we think of Him as too small - like He can't handle our messy daily life with all it's challenges and deadly struggles.

On this forced mental journey this particular book has sent me on, I find myself looking at many aspects of my life differently - that's it! That is it! I spend too much darn time "looking" at my life, my world. With these grand thoughts of our Massively Creative and Wonderful God - I find myself desiring to "experience" my life, my world - with deep sensitivity to His Hand, His Work.

I would like to better understand our God and experience the wonder in it's fullest. But, I can't do that if I'm zooming too fast through the dimension of time and clogging my head with "to do" lists and strategic thoughts about how to afford things I can't afford. This darn book I just completed has me making more room for His Awe, pondering the depths of the space our planet floats along in. It's also challenging me not to look at the simple items of life, such as a paper clip, a kibble of cat food, spilled coffee, or that hard toothpaste that gets stuck on the side of the bathroom sink, as dumb or annoying that eventually leads me to a task. But, instead, for a moment I consider the microscopic atomic particles that make up these items, so small our eyes can not see, and remember that God also created them.

I love thinking abstract thoughts of our God. He's not simple - He Himself is abstract and beyond our capability to understand. He is multidimensional, not flat and boring. He is colorful and creative, that's proved by the natural beauty that speckles our breathtaking Earth. God is not too small to handle my "issues" - He simply asks "can I please have them? I want to fill your soul with deep shalom. I Am your God."