Ducks Don't Stay In Rows
I had a question about doing something and I asked you about it. I felt like You said that it was more than okay to do, but as I look outside the vastness of the sky I how can I know the You that is You? I thought You said something, but just in writing the above, I lost it.
Photo by Dale Cordell, animation by Heather Gill
Trying to get my ducks in a row again.
You trickle down over my head and fill me with lightness.
-- That's okay. Perhaps it wasn't Me who spoke. ---
Silence.
--- I will never leave you, nor will I for sake you.
Not as the world loves, do I love
but with a love that is forever.
Not just lasts forever
because that alone gives it a starting point.
My love is from forever.
It does not abandon, nor does it seek self gain.
My love is for you,
and with you,
and because of you.
From when there was no time
to when there will be not time.
It is constant. ---
What shall I read? I pick up the revolution of character by Dallas Willard.
--- No, not that one. Not today. ---
Then what?
--- Isaiah 42 ---
Oh no. The "not bread" one again. Sigh. I do tend to spend myself on the wrong things.
But it wasn't that verse. Chapter 42 speaks of how Jesus will come: with both mercy and justice. His tenderness will be so great that He will take care not to break up roost read or snuff a smoldering wick. Yet He will be like a mighty warrior.
And we will sing a new song to You while you lead us who are so blind down an unfamiliar path. You do this by shining the brightest light for us and removing the obstacles that would trip us up.
"I will lead the blind by ways they have not known. A long unfamiliar paths I will guide them. I will turn the darkness into light for them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them."
In chapter 43 You say,
"But now Israel, the Lord who created you... ” (and I think of You that way)
“... says 'Do not be afraid.' (I tend to fear)
'I have called you by name; you are Mine' (something I need settled in my head)
'when you go through great waters and deep trouble, I will be with you. When you go through the rivers of difficulty, you will not drown.'"
So often, I have felt like I was drowning. Today it seemed like circumstances would overwhelm me. Thank you Lord for speaking directly to me then showing me in Scripture a place You already said this exact thing.