She has this way of presenting questions that stir the soul to look below the surface. And it doesn’t take many words. “Are you picking up your pen?” That’s all it took to shake me.
Peeling back layers of the unnecessary and swimming through murky waters of confusion that lie between the surface and that place where the soul finds peace. Situations do not remove that peace, only the one that allows situations to bombard and discombobulate allows the peace to be removed. Salvation attention deficit disorder. SADD.
The sacred begs for attention but the world pulls and tugs and grabs the face to look away from the holy. The neck muscles strain. Peripheral vision can only reach so far. To have the greedy hands of the world removed from the face so holy can be gazed upon straight on is where liberty is found. Peace is found. An unobstructed view of holy.
Too much exposure to the world binds and enslaves. A vice-grip constricts and confines. Chains drag heavy and burdensome. Because the view of the holy becomes marred in allowing those greedy hands to steal the show.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8 (NASB)
The longing of the heart. The heart cry.
As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God, with the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival. Psalm 42:1-4 (NASB)
The greedy hands of the world only hold as long as allowed. Understanding the diagnosis of salvation attention deficit disorder is the beginning of recognizing the need to refocus perspective. Shifting the gaze back to the holy and finding the precious gift of peace.
The greedy hands fall away. The murky clears. Organization in chaos. No better muscle relaxer. Son-block! Perfect rest. Perfect peace. Thanksgiving.
