The Lord Remembers

The Lord Remembers ~

The horizon disappears into the clouds

Doves cry out as the rain comes down

Strong coffee in a small mug, strong pen in a small hand

Slow reveals of big conceals, yet still so little I understand

I count the days again, I count the miles and then

I recall as many dreams as I can 

The waves so powerful last night they shook my bed

Something broke free and all the words filled my head

Awake Awake your dream is here

That unseen place, that unknown time is near

Look through the mist

Look through the distance

The rain has washed away the dust making everything glisten

The pause has resumed, quiet yourself and listen 

Isaiah 43:19; 55:8-9, Jeremiah 33:3, 2 Peter 3:8-9

"Listen Carefully, I am about to do a new thing, now it will spring forth; Will you not perceive it? I will even put a road in the wilderness, rivers in the desert." 

"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways" declares the Lord. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways."

"Call to Me and I will answer you, and tell you and even show you great and mighty things, things which have been confined and hidden, which you do not know and understand and cannot distinguish."

Nevertheless, do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day. The Lord does not delay as though He were unable to act and is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is extraordinarily patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. 

The Nest

The Nest ~

Home near the water and in the trees

Hear the birds and taste the seas

Bring moss and twigs and flowers

We'll be weaving and twisting for hours

Search out the world for green materials

Coastal edges, Mountain ledges, and ethereals 

Finally, it is done, it is finished, but only almost complete 

Soon A round one, then a new one, a teeny tiny tweet

A tiny Finch nest I came across today while pruning the Ixora. Barely big enough to hold one chicken egg. I was most impressed by the Moss. It's a dry coastal climate here. That’s a special order item, mountain trip for daddy bird or Amazon delivery. There's an array of Finches in close vicinity, some smaller than the hibiscus flowers or as big as the flying cockroaches. Some dandy in tuxedos, some flower lovers in yellow, or green or red. Most with a Hawaiian name beginning with "A". 

Finch Nest Hanging in Ixora

Orange and Pink Ixora 

Matthew 13:32

and of all the seeds, the mustard seed is the smallest, but when it has grown it is the largest of the garden herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air find shelter in its Branches." 

Becoming New...Together

 They came out of their shells together. :) 

For the first time I saw two empty shells together, side by side. 

Leaving the old behind and becoming completely new...together. 

Will he cross the sea to reach me

Stripped down to only what I held back

For the one made for me

That I will finally sink into

Singing healing songs, he's mending with melodies

Quavering love and shouts of jubilee

We'll come out of our shells together

Leave our past behind on the Rock

Live forth brand new, transformed, unlocked  

I awoke before the sunrise hearing, "Arise, shine for your light has come...come alive dry bones". Seeing these empty shells. It is done. Today is the 17th of Nissan, the day of the ultimate resurrection. How timely. =) 

Today also marks 7 years since that night in Nashville when my whole life changed. 

Awake, arise and shine for your light has come. 

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things have passed away. Behold, new things have come because spiritual awakening brings new life. 

Isaiah 60:1 (Amplified) 

"Arise [from spiritual depression to a new life] shine; for your light has come, 

and the glory and brilliance of the Lord has risen upon you."

Perfect Timing

The urge to be enveloped by the ocean depths was unusually strong in the late afternoon. As if I simply had to be in the water. It was a peaceful Sunday morning and for the first time in weeks the construction noise next door was on hiatus. I'd been writing on the lanai and watching the ocean, the surging fairly consistent and not the glassy stillness I'd been jumping into as of late. And yet I couldn't shake the longing to jump in. I walked down and stood on the edge of the rock face and watched, waiting for a lull, a settling. But the timing was too close together so I choose to wait longer on the shore, a little cove of sand with a shallow pool of salt water. Wearing my swim shirt I laid on my stomach thinking about my last dream.

My right shoulder became suddenly hot and I turned over to splash cool water on it. My legs now barely under water on the sand and I noticed something sparkle, then another and another. Star shapes were moving across the sand, perfect mini north stars. I looked above me half expecting to see someone on the rocks with faceted crystals or holding a pair of thick glasses. But it was only blue sky, the sun and a few puffy clouds. The sun was doing this but what was it shining through? Then I noticed a tiny piece of sea foam floating on the water above the star. It was shining through the tiny bubbles. Just then, a larger wave came rolling over the rocks, filling the tiny beach with agitated sea water. When the sand settled, even more stars covered the sand, slowly moving across my legs and feet. As I looked closer, each star enclosed a rainbow and each one unique in size. "Perfect timing" I thought. 

And all the specific timing of things that had to happen in that moment to create this beautifully unique experience for me. A bright sunny day, the placement of the sun in the sky, the timing of the tide, the agitation of the wave, the angle of the light...me turning to cool my hot shoulder. Earlier there was no water in this area, the tide was lower. Minutes later the stars were gone, the sun had moved. Rainbows remind me of promises awaiting fulfillment. Dreams and heart desires. There were so many today, so many coming to reassure me, projecting on my physical body and dancing all around me. "You're only waiting on the timing, when it all falls into alignment...be still and notice the awe."

Psalm 65:7-8 

Who stills the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples, So they who dwell at the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs 

You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.

Genesis 22:17 Indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore...