for saturday

dancing

one day

i tell myself

i will find the magic steps

to find this normal

i hear so much about

this dance of life

so confusing at times

a series of paces

one forward 

three back

four forward

two back

it can be tiring

until i remember

the Lord of the dance

calls each step 

in love and truth

those are the moves

i need to follow

 not magic

love

http://www.soulshepherding.org/2012/07/smile-play-and-laugh-with-jesus/

soft

there are times life feels so hard

then i see ...

a boy whose daddy left him alone in the jungle

a girl whose mama sold her for food

a daddy whose arms empty because there was no money for medicine

a mama who dreams of running water to bathe her baby

a savior who climbed on a cross

and then i remember...

my life is soft

my call is not to worry about buildings

or budgets

or liturgies of blessing

but to feed the hungry

clothe the naked

heal the sick

visit the prisoner

to be Christ to those i meet

even when it is hard

because it is not about me

it is about Christ working through me

and then i must find my knee