when great grief is good

GRIEF...

from Latin gravare to burden, from gravis heavy
...to carry a heavy burden

I am grieved
sorrowful over the ignorant state of God's children

I am grieved
because without a vision God's people perish

I am grieved
that we give up, give in, to easily

My heart is heavy...
...at times distressed

I carry the burden that I asked God for
and He allows the weightiness of the matter to rest upon my heart

My heart responds
My emotions feel it too

And my body weeps
Tears continuously fall...
                                down,
                                       down,
                                               down...

In this place
     of desperation
     fasting comes easy...

In this place...
    I am utterly free
      to fully abandon myself  to You
      to really trust You
      to really feel You
      to be one with You

to know Your heart
to share in Your sorrow
to carry Your burdens

to love You more
to intercede for Your people
...for all of those that You so loved...
          and in doing so I find Your heart
          deeper, deeper, higher, higher, lower, lower,
          and in the process I love them more too...

         ...Your arrow has pierced my heart and I am grateful...
                                                                  .........selah.........

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deeper still

as we come to Him
He comes closer

as we seek His heart
He speaks clearer

sharing His deepest desires
He beckons us to respond

to yield our will, our ways,
our plans, even our promises...

humbly, joyfully,
choosing the high road
          ...to go deeper still

             "Because of your unfailing love,
                    I can enter your presence;
                          I will worship You with deepest awe..." Psalm 5:7
                                                                                                      ~selah

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