I’m in the Walmart buying lightbulbs
when the heaven’s break loose
and pour down rain so fierce
it rumbles and makes a deafening roar against the roof
and all the shoppers stop and look at each other
and when we look in each other’s eyes
I know we are all thinking the same thing
that this earth we stand on can just rock, and reel, and split clean open
and there’s not a thing we can do to stop it
and aren’t we all just insignificant specks
and isn’t this body of flesh so weak, so vulnerable
All day long the storm rages and the skies pour and boom and flash
and it seems like the creation around me really is groaning, is mourning
and that all creation is in the time of Lent
waiting for the Resurrection
when He makes all things new
Still following,
Elizabeth
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI feel that Walmart moment with you. Beautifully written, Elizabeth. Waiting hard for his fullness in us.
ReplyDeleteLovely! Thank you for posting this!
ReplyDeleteBreathtaking.
ReplyDeleteYes! Waiting!
ReplyDeleteand pondering, ~ linda
I've had of those thoughts this week. It's close! I'm waiting.
ReplyDelete~Adrienne~
Yes. It does seem that. And yes, yes it is!
ReplyDeleteand what a beautiful day it will be when he does....
ReplyDeleteChills! This sent chills, beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThanks Elizabeth for sharing your heart!! Oh, how we truly are experiencing Birth Pains as God's Word tells us....and how I pray for Japan, and am quickly reminded These things, Jesus said, will be the beginning of birth pains. As a pregnant woman’s birth pains indicate that her child will soon be born, so these universal conflicts and catastrophes will mean the end of this interadvent Age is near.
ReplyDeleteOh how I await the day of rejoicing!! Face to face with Him!!!
Sharon :)
jesus, bring it on...
ReplyDeletebeautiful words and photos...
The idea of the earth's resurrection makes my pulse quicken. To see, not just know or believe, but to see Him restore, set aright and anew.
ReplyDeleteYeah, especially at this particular moment in history! Can we go 3 months without a major earthquake reshaping a continent, or a war breaking out?! As a humanitarian aid worker, we track the world's disasters closely - unfortunately, the next disaster is likely to be my next job. Among my colleagues, we've been beginning to wonder if it's the end of the world! But I don't know... this is the cycle of Creation, so I actually like your drawing a parallel between the weather and God's Lent.
ReplyDeleteHe is our Hope! Hallelujah!
ReplyDeleteThis is breathtaking Elizabeth! :-)
ReplyDeletefriend... this made me shiver, and gasp... i think it's my favorite of yours yet. such power, in these words. oh Lord, render the heavens, come down... i'm ready. (love to you, dear elizabeth)
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