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Wake-up Call

Our two year old, Enoh, is close to being potty trained.  But he's not quite there yet.  So every opportunity I have to help him remember to go to the bathroom is a valuable one.  For example, today, after his nap I said: "Enoh, what's the first thing we have to do after our nap?" After pausing to rub his eyes, he responded with enthusiasm: "Wake up!" Unable to correct him, I laughed and admitted his answer was better than the one for which I had devised the question.  As I sat and waited for him to finish his business I began to think about the implications his response had on my life.  So I went to the revelation of Truth itself and found this written in Paul's letter to the church in Ephesus: "Wake up sleeper..." As a strong believer in the fact that there's "no text without context" I backed up a bit to find out what it was that Paul was getting at here.  He's talking about being visible.  How are we supposed to be v...

Wonderfully Terrifying

Wonderfully terrifying The measure of which A being Or not yet? Or more so? Is so closely intimate Harrowingly acquainted With our deepest Our blackest Our coldest But infinitely higher And separated Outside of ourselves Oh the heights to which we can reach And grasp! And hold! Not my grip It could not hold the weight Of thick vapor Of massive hollowness No I am nothing And the audacity Which compels my mind to step up On crippled legs Or beaten back That was his doing His perfectly glorious intercession