Going to the Desert

I am going to the desert

to sit with God alone.
I will not take my IPOD,
my laptop, or my phone.

I am going to the desert
with no favorite food or drink.
I'm going there to listen
to the silence and to think.

I am going to the desert
because I hear the voice
crying in my wilderness:
"It's time to make the choice...

To straighten out your crooked heart,
Fill dark valleys in your soul,
Tear down pride's mountains and prepare
a highway for the LORD."

So as the Spirit drives me--
to the desert I will go.
The things I substitute for God
will not be going, though.

I'm asking to be emptied
of all I love instead,
then to come back full of Life--
WORD Incarnate Fed.

Pray for me, my friends, and I
will surely pray for you.
I'm going to the desert as
my LORD called me to do.

The Butterfly Circus

I tried to embed a film for you all, but a link will have to do.. I'd recommend loading the page and pressing pause until it is mostly loaded. It's a 20 minute film that is deeper and richer than most full-length ones that are really trying.

It is worth the effort and worth the wait.. I watched it with my children. We had a fantastic discussion afterward. You may wish to watch it first before showing your kids.

So without further ado:

The Butterfly Circus

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"Learn From Me"

You sit there all alone, the Creator of us all.
"Come all who labor and are heavy burdened" is Your call.
Yet You sit alone in darkness, and in daylight it's the same.
There is no one greater, yet alone here You remain.
Some scattered, faithful souls come to sit alone with You,
But many don't acknowledge GOD when they are passing through.
Yet you, my Creator, still will sit here all alone--
Whispering your majesty upon this marble throne.

"Learn from me," You whisper, as I'm sitting here today,
"Learn how much I love you to be treated in this way.
If I come as King of Kings, this sight the world can't bear.
No, I'm changing hardened hearts in silence, sitting there.
Learn from me--do not demand the treatment you deserve.
Make a tabernacle in your heart and learn to serve.
And then I will not be alone, in darkness or in day,
And nor will you, my child, for I go with you on your way.
Let your actions be like mine, through tabernacle shown.
Learn from me, for I am meek and humble on this throne."

Jesus, let our hearts become an ark for You, our Lord,
And may Your meek and humble Heart forever be adored. Amen.