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A Place Called There….
Something I wrote back when I was working nights at Abbott Labs and would go hiking every morning. I was struggling with my new relationship with God unable to get balance and I found hiking to be very therapeutic. You’d be surprised at the way nature will speak to you.
I was just beginning my love affair with writing and would end the hike sitting on the side of a stream of water. As I watched Nino (my Rottweiler) splash around, I thought to myself how water was like an army. Wherever God tells it to go…. whatever God tells it to do, it is just obedient.”
As I allowed my thoughts to soar, this is what I wrote.
I consider it very appropriate! My first writing piece for my fist post in my blog!
I hope you enjoy it!
My favorite pic of The Nile River
As I look upon it, I become baffled as to how to explain it…
How do I describe it? Its flow is never ending….Nothing is able to stop it!
It appears thin and weak often misjudged by its vulnerable state.
I becomes the target of many obstacles. However, no matter the barrier, it keeps running
towards its destination. Whatever it takes, it will be there…..
With the greatest determination, it forges forward.
Climbing hills, creeping walls, piercing the earth, pressing in, it surrounds mountains
Slowly and methodically, it works its way through….
On and on it pushes…heading to the place called “There”
It rolls like a well-trained army, unified and in sync…..
Conquer the barrier! Get passed the barrier! It declares….. I’m on a mission…..
I must do what I was sent to do….To everything, I am the sustainer of life!
Some question just how I give life at all.What makes me able to restore?….
What makes me able to replenish?….
How do I strengthen the weak?….
What forces do I posses to empower the depressed?….
What substance do I contain that purifies the poisoned?…..
What is it that allows me to heal the broken-hearted?
Nothing can make me go away!
I can recall all history….
I’ve been here since the beginning of time…..
I have lasted throughout the ages.
I can transform to accommodate each and every season.
Thin yet massive, clear yet filled, I am what i am by the Grace of God!
At times, I’m stiff, frozen and motionless awaiting divine instructions….
Flowing yet controlled, I am able to move with extreme discipline and obedience…..
I can run fast foaming with tremendous aggression…conquering…overcoming!
I can move slow and smooth like a wave of silk leaving behind a shimmer of peace…..
Oh, I am not ashamed of what I have been called to do for I am submissive to the voice of
God….
No, I am not a man for man makes too many excuses and has too many options…..
No, I am not an animal for they remain limited and confined to the snares of civilization…
No, I am not a tree for they remain planted held to the confounds of there environment….
Come! Whoever is thirsty, let him come and whoever wishes, let him take of the free gift of
the water of life (Rev. 22:17)
Yes, I am the free gift…
The river of the water of Life as clear as crystal flowing from the throne of God…
So why do you remain thirsty man?….Even the tree knows of my contents…Even it knows
what I provide….
How long will your life be lifeless?
What is it that makes you choose both life and death at the same time?
Why have you insisted on being stiff-necked and dry?
Even the animals know of my contents…Even they know of what I provide….
Listen….Listen I am passing by. I call out to you, Drink of me!
In Me there is joy!….
In Me there is peace!….
In Me there is guidance and every sense of direction!
I fill…… I heal…..I soothe…..I nourish!
Your soul will be quenched and your spirit will be fed.
Follow Me and I’ll show you the place called There!….
Where aspirations are fulfilled ….
Where dreams are realized….
Where the essence of life becomes understood….
Where the embodiment of the purpose of your life becomes known….
I await the day that you kneel and request to be consumed by Me…..
The Water of Life….
Drink of Me as I pass you by……
A revelation from the mind of God……
Until next time……. Glofly
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