Sunday, January 19, 2014

Tim Knipp, Jan. 19, 2014

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
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Circles
  • orbs
  • laps
  • orbits
  • cycles
  • well, worn paths
How many circles
intersect and
exist
in swirls
and vortexes?
Motion moves
in tumbles
and
curves.
Or is it just me?
---
Like a gerbil
running
in an exercise wheel
we
exert energy
in furious spurts
or hours long
determination
and
get
no where.
---
John 1:1
His rescue is
layered across time,
not simply
tossing out
the life-saving ring,
towing us to shore
and
leaving
at the end of his shift.
---
Fleshed out God
moved in
two houses down.
Real and riddled
with human
flaws,
he shared our form:
a nervous system,
digestive tract,
and, yes,
alimentary functions.
God in flesh
cried
and wondered
and grew angry;
was troubled
and moved to pity.
In despair he cried,
"My God, my God,
why have you forsaken me?"

"That which he has not assumed, he has not healed." Gregory Nazianzus

3 comments:

  1. I am amazed at this gift! Thank you Father for these words.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Such a gift. Thank you
    I love this line: Like a gerbil
    running
    in an exercise wheel
    we
    exert energy
    in furious spurts
    or hours long
    determination
    and
    get
    no where.

    ReplyDelete

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