Wednesday, October 31, 2007

008.

There is so much brokenness!!

Monday, October 22, 2007

007.

"Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, 'My way is hidden from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God'?
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the CREATOR of the ENDS of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the faint, and to him who has NO might he increases strength.
Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall EXHAUSTED;
but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not be faint." Is. 40 27-31


You are alone, and you are helpless. No one can aid you. He isn't listening. The world is falling apart, and consequently, or perhaps coincidentally, so are you. You can't see the light. What if there is no light? This thought frightens you. There has to be a light. Otherwise, what is dark?
You are broken. You are fallen. No one understands. WHY does no one understand?

You want to help. You don't understand. WHY can't you understand? There is a light! You know it! But how do you know it? Have you ever seen true darkness? What is light if there is no darkness? What is real if there is no struggle?
You feel guilty. You know no such pain as they do. So, you sit. You sit and you pray. He isn't listening. No--He has to be listening, right?

"O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you, 'Violence!' but you will not save? Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong?" Hab. 1:2-3a

You aren't sure how much prayer is necessary until someone will finally be on the road to recovery. The list of people this applies to grows longer every day. You are just one person. Every night: "Lord, help them!"
You have to believe it makes a difference. It has to. If there is no understanding, what else can be done? You pray to the one whose understanding no one can fathom.

"If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay." Hab. 2:3b

So you are both alone in your endeavors. Alone fighting, and alone trying to intercede.

"fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
Isaiah 41:10

Thursday, October 4, 2007

006.

Once upon a time there was a girl. She was ordinary. College student. Knew nothing. Just trying to figure out what to do with her life and have fun doing it.

One sunny day she was minding her own business sitting under a tree and a shadow was suddently cast over her. An elephant had come out of nowhere and stared at her for a second. After a moment of awkward eye contact, she looked back at her book. It sat on her and said, "Hello, my name is Speech 1100, and you suck at life."


the end.