Juxtapose

12.22.2003

Praise the Lord!!!!

For His mercies are from everlasting to everlasting and He hears the sorrows of every man, woman, and child. He considers us daily, taking account of our doings and walkings and He sees our lips move, spouting off foolish prayers, but hears the voiceover of the Spirit, making intercession for us when we cannot even hear Him. He pours balm on our wounds, shadows us from the wind and rain, and gives us water and honey from the rock, flowing streams of nourishment from the Rock. He rules with greater than a iron fist, but allows the grungy beggar an extra measure of mercy. He gives us all an extra measure of mercy, and somehow, despite the fact that we all, every one of us, receive that extra bit, it never becomes commonplace. His grace covers our stink, our stench, and our hollow vanity and works, and His love and blood has covered our sins. There is none like unto him, the eternal, ineffable, altogether Almighty God of heaven. We fall at His feet while He reaches to lift our chin. He gives us dignity that shines while we wallow in the slop. He is with us from birth as we slip-slide into the world, covered in blood and amniotic fluid, He is with us as we are little ignorant children. He follows us as we leave Him, only to return on our knees again and again, and His face remains the same, His manner towards us is unmoving and unchanging with the tides. He is at our side in death. For some He pleads to turn, for others He awaits their arrival. In the end, our faces will turn to His and we will see that it has remained as He has, eternally characteristic of Him and of His so great love.

Dio legei egeire ho katheudon kai anasta ek ton nekron kai epiphausei soi ho Xristos.

"Therefore, it is said, Awake up, O Sleeper, and rise out of the dead ones, and the Christ will give you light." Ephesians 5:13