There's still (time)...

and this year, I'm going to spend more time being myself. Yes, I am.

Failure Does Not Exist

Love sees us according to our destiny, not our history. So, if we can actively cooperate with that reality then we will see that failure does not exist, because the very Spirit of Creation is alive within us helping us apprehend that illustrious future-life.

If a certain decision ends up short of expectations then judgment calls it failure, but Grace calls it faith in action. If a certain strategy does not meet cultural standards then judgment calls it unsuccessful, but Grace calls it faith and initiative. If a line of thought doesn't adhere to normal philosophical rules then judgment calls it deficient, but Grace calls it faith and originality.

Failure does not exist! Love is bending over backwards to make every possibility possible for us. And Wisdom is screaming its desire to give unending help and direction.

Small Change

There is no such thing as small change. Any change is always measured in epic proportions, because of the advancement that it can create. Momentum potential. Movement is agreement with the rhythm of life and by it's very nature disallows stagnation.

Living the DREAM...

What will I be when I can realize
That I've got more than enough
That I am all that You've said

I wonder how long it takes to see the light
And know there's always more up ahead...

You say...I am worthy
You say...that You delight in me
I am...the one who bears Your glory
You died...and live...so I can

DREAM.


I remember crying while writing this first verse of song breakthrough. I am laughing and smiling through the second verse of celebration. I am. Living the dream.

The Wonder of Wings

I had carried my heart like a stone on my back, heavy and immovable, packing the electric dreams like a steady reminder of solid potential fossilized and failing to explore.
Until one day I noticed the little wing sprouts emerging from within the rock heart.

The contrast of the feather softness coming right out of such burdened living was completely astonishing and made a ready believer out of me. Suddenly able and willing to accept 'the becoming' as the true real and the extraordinary as a way of life.

I wondered how I would fly with the weight of such a stony load, but as sure as I AM, those wings began to grow and change and with Almighty strength they cracked that heavy like lightning right down the middle.

Crumbling and crashing, the pieces fell far from me. And when there is no more waiting and you can't be held down, life follows it's instinct...ever and always rising. And there is nothing that can stand against the force of those wonder-wings...inside of you. Let's see what you got.

Counting...

Counting stitches, counting stars, counting children, counting blessings, counting years, counting sheep, counting steps, counting victories, counting everything I can count. I've been counting my life. Every moment, everyday. But when I stop and try to count Love, the counting is done. There is only One... and He is more than the most of anything that can be counted.

Retroactive Grace

Tell God what you need and thank Him for what He has already done...on your behalf...covering every perceived deficit. Retroactive grace.

I started writing a song last night while waiting for children to finish up at an acting class. Just a prayer declaration coming up a song..."I will not worry, no I will not worry, no I will not worry at all..." Unfinished, of course, and simply true. This has become the Way for me.

I've spent more of my life worrying than I have living. Worried about what people think of me, about where the money comes from, about how to be on the outside all that I feel on the inside, how to get it all right. Worried about how to love myself, how to keep everyone happy, what to make for dinner, how to be a friend. How to be whole, how to write a song...

I can rattle these things off so fast. And I could keep them coming. But it's not worth it.

Because...THERE IS NO LACK IN ME... BECAUSE THERE IS NO LACK IN CHRIST.

I LOVE how He paid for it all. I LOVE that I don't have to worry. I love that He's taking away the propensity. I LOVE the surety that I am discovering deep down inside of HIM.

If ever I start to be concerned about anything...I immerse myself in the complex simplicity of retroactive grace...God's ways are undiscoverable. But His riches are mine...body, soul, and spirit. He is the Beginning and the End. And everything in between.

I am COVERED in every moment and in every way. Hallelujah-backflip!

(And that is a monkey in that picture above)