Zechariah 2:10
"Shout and be glad, O Daughter of Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you," declares the LORD.
Zephaniah 3:14
Sing, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem!

come closer

beautiful pain

fuels this deepening passion

for more Jesus,

more

yeah I ache

but I can move far beyond me, myself and all that is going on with me

because just outside

America is crying

babies are dying

hatred is flying

and evil is stealing from all these children of God not yet revealed

I hear the sound

so I will move beyone my own estate

forgetting that which is behind

and pressing on to that which is ahead

because outside

sisters may be getting high for the last time

brothers lost in internet pornography space

and children wondering where in the world daddy is

and wisdom shakes my mind, saying:

For if you remain completely silent at this time,

relief and deliverance will arise for those caught in lies from another place. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

paraphrased Ester 4:14

this is the time

this is the place

He chose you

move beyond

respond.

Courtney

11.1.04

sunrise on bridge over james river... 

you can then just because

you can get lost in a word
you can get lost in a thought
or a book can captivate you
can distract you from reality
you can get lost on a trail
you can see the moon during the day
it is like a frown
maybe it feels left out
when the sun gets all the attention
you can get lost on a tangent
or make sentence fragments
make others confused
whether you want to or not
you can get lost in a stare
and only realize that time goes by
so much faster when you are late
or when you procrastinate
you can be lost and not know it
you can be lost and like it
you can be lost and fed up
then
get caught up in being lost
get caught up on what you missed
or what has to be done
what you could have gotten done
get caught up in the mess
the stress the worry and
lose track of who you are
get caught up in which grass is greener
which mountain is higher
get caught up in comparing and contrasting
to the others caught up in fearing
intimidated by what is only a mask
masking with substance or introversion
temporary pleasure in even hangovers
what is simply covering insecurities
that he has she has we all have
just realize don't penalize
yourself for feeling that you're less
or have to catch up to the one
that might see you as best
just
relax don't worry about anything
instead pray about everything
instead embrace one vindication
His justification
instead be all that you can be
in Him in Christ in the one that made you
His plans for you are to prosper
if you just believe
instead don't think just trust
like a child be unto Him
why let your soul be cast down
instead let Him hold you
and collect your tears in His bottles
instead look in contrast to what He did
to that extent that He would go
out of love for your completion
for your peace and healing
so that you would see you
through the eyes of who created you
because
He knows your weakness
that is where He is strong
He knows the process
that is why first and foremost
Love is patient
He knows you are dark
yet calls you lovely
He knows your sins are like scarlet
they shall be as white as snow
He knows we like sheep have gone astray
we have turned, every one, to his own way
and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all
the Lord does not see as man sees
for man looks at the outward appearance
but the Lord looks at the heart
seek the Lord while you can find Him
call on Him now while He is near
draw near to Him and He will draw near to you
Now you belong to Christ Jesus
though you once were far away from God
now you have been brought near to Him
because of the blood of Christ

Silence

silence, silence, silence
all is still in the presence of god
the silence, silence the stillness covers all
the world fades away my mind slips, slips, slips
into the glory of your presence
silence, silence, silence, be still don’t move, just wait
can you hear?
that’s the song he sings over your life, his will for you his love
he calls you his beloved, his treasure, his heart, the one he couldn’t live without
have you ever wanted to hold your breath,
so there would be no sound, no movement, no nothing
just silence, nothing your flesh could do to distract you in his presence
there in his presence I want to kiss you jesus to tell you thank you
to say I love you more than mere actions or words could say
in the stillness in that silence, silence, silence
you dance with my sprit god, my soul
you burn, burn inside of me, changing me as I sit at your feet
so be sill in the just silence, listen, just listen, just wait, don’t move,
don’t go just sit all you need is there.
in his silence, silence in his presence, where all else fades
so in the quiet oh spirit listen and hear your god
there is bread for you here
the silence, silence, silence rushes like a river
washing away all the hurt, pain, problems, desires, yearnings, filling voids

so be silent, just silent, be quiet, sit at the lamb’s feet
and entangle yourself with your lord
be still my flesh and sit the realm of god’s love
in the silence…

Hear now E.P.
by Emily Peele

and it's E.P.
emily the Proud
hear now E.P.
emily the Pitiful
dieing now E.P.
emily the Pious
but it's J.C.
Jehovah the Counselor
hear now J.C.
Joyfulness the Carrier
DIED for me J.C.
Jesus the Christ

the mystery play
by Lauren D'Auria

Jesus the behind the scenes you
stands behind the curtain
with but a rip down the center
and uses us as your mouth and your body
the controller of the strings smiles
as people applaud our elegance
when yet we are only a tool
to show the radiance of you
there is no intermission in this play
the play continues
every act in the mind of the writer
scenes are seen beforehand
and played and replayed in his head
the title of the play
does not reflect the finale
did you read the program?