2/22/13

Run to the Rock



August 27, 2012 
There is a storm brewing in the Gulf today.  For the past few days home owners and businesses have been preparing for Isaac.  Storm surges, high tide and increasing waves precede his arrival like the herald trumpeting the arrival of the King.  But Isaac does not come adorned in fine array.  Unlike the King’s regalia, symbols of power and majesty, Isaac arrives bedecked in the scars of destruction, grief, pain and much sorrow. 
     And here I sit in my tiny home, momentarily safe, quiet and free of the burdensome tasks of batting down the hatches and storing up life essential commodities.  The only tremble of fear I feel comes from the small red dog curled up next to me.  Piper Grace senses what so many creatures of the non-human form sense.  She instinctively feels the storm deep within.  Her body responds in a sequence of quivers and the need to draw closer to that which appears secure.  Piper does not realize how unsteady her rock is.  She has no idea that her safe boulder teeters on the edge of demise.  If she knew this, would she continue to suffocate my lap with her writhing uncertainties? 
     Where is my rock?  Where is mysafe haven?  Who do I run to when the storms of life surge about me?  Into what lap can I leap to find warm comforting arms embracing me?  
The storm has arrived.  I am running to my rock.

From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 

Psalm 61:2
New International Version (NIV)






    
     
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Confession Kiosk

All grammatical errors are mine.
And only mine.
I should have been paying more attention in
Grammar Class
Instead, I was daydreaming about hiking the
Appalachian Trail.
'Nuf said.


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From Proverbs 2 of The Message (MSG)