G O D

G   O   D

 

I haven’t had time to begin blogging about all that squad leading in Costa Rica has been so far; it’s been abundant and about giving more of myself than ever before. Oh, how I love to know and be known by these individuals. I’ll start here with a written piece about a moment I had with God today on a bus ride

“Come and Behold” - New song Maverick City/Upper Room

Just one glance, can change my whole perspective

You’re beautiful 

See you, see you rightly

Just as you are

Isn’t he fascinating 

Isn’t he captivating  

 

One morning I woke up 

These lyrics offered to me

 

And then I listened again 

For real

 

Eyes closed

God showed me 

What He wanted me to know

About Him

 

 

Before my eyes flashed 

the rectangle carved leaf

Elegant, folded toward the sky

The light hit the side of the leaf

In white and yellow dust 

 

G O D

Artist and architect 

Creator

Potter 

Glory, splendor, beauty, light

 

Now along the path we walk

Everyday in Costa Rica 

A glass armoire showcase

Like you find at Grandma’s house

Full of valuable memorabilia 

At the corner of this piece of furniture

His light 

Shined before, through, and after 

The glass 

 

G O D

Cornerstone of remembrance and intrigue

Treasures you, what he’s made

Doesn’t lose track nor let go

 

 

On the other side hidden, 

Then zoomed in 

Was a small cracked antique mirror

Looking at me 

My face, somehow said something about Him

 

G O D

Sharer of His glory and purposes

Wonder and life made in His image 

Somehow, we were made to speak of Him, 

to speak to Him 

 

 

The phrase “El mar” (the sea)

Meets my thoughts 

 

G O D

Is a communicator

The best of them

Didn’t want us all to look or be the same, couldn’t have us look or be the same

7 billion + couldn’t even grasp His image in full 

 

 

A whisper of His touch 

Goosebumps and peace surround my body

His Presence, something that has become common 

as I follow Him

 

It was what saved me, 

Never had I found love like what He made me feel

 

G O D

Is Spirit and Truth and Love

One of His favorite love languages 

(Well He is the master and maker of each love language)

is touch

He touches Earth

He is not absent

He sent Jesus that we’d know that

And I enjoy nothing more in life than when I feel the Spirit on me

 

 

And I do see Jesus, His face 

His beautiful face 

The ultimate, the tangible 

God in flesh 

 

G O D

Jesus

Peace, conviction, truth, boldness, welcomer of children, free, compassionate, Healer, Teacher, Counselor

Endless

 

 

Out the window of 

the foreign bus I sit in,

I look at the huge vista and 

Think of the detail and design of the plants up close

 

G O D

A big picture dreamer and attentive to the tiniest detail and specificity

 

 

I noticed the fence posts, we spent hours painting on a farm are painted the same 

In colors and shape 

Across the whole country 

Why? 

My attention then brought to the airy clouds

 

G O D

Obsessed with order and intentionality and consistency 

Ungraspable, intangible, immaterial, mysterious, unpredictable 

 

 

Out of nowhere a teddy bear 

and a cheerleader 

G O D

Values and created comfort 

Our comforter, soft, simple

Loves to celebrate, loves joy, loves expression

 

A real vibrant horse 

Juxtaposed next to a plastic horse on a carousel

 

G O D

Jealous, so jealous for your affection

He’s where freedom and everything you are looking for is found. Following Him is a wild, beautiful adventure 

But people chose counterfeit gods that offer only a moment of cheap, passing pleasure

 

We want the real thing

Like one of the leaders and I discussed this week

How much more than this beauty right 

here

How much more than the infinity of the stars

 

It’s a matter of if you think love and the Big Bang started from something or nothing

 

No it’s more than a matter of thinking; it’s knowing 

It’s knowing the most beautiful

The most fascinating

The most loving being in all the Universe

Who made 

All

That 

Is 

Good

 

G O D