The paths
we trod and daily beat,
though we
are convinced
are
constructed with our own
good
efforts to reach God,
may well
turn out to be
the
clearing of the vines
and
brambles that separate us
from the
selves we've settled for
and the
ones we've spent
our lives
convincing others
are the
real us.
It just
might be that,
once we
journey
through
the wilderness
to our
honest selves,
we will
find that God
has been
there all along,
patiently
waiting for us
to show up
to the life
for which
we were created.
Wouldn't
that be
a joyful
homecoming?
© 2014
Todd Jenkins
interesting enough I had just read this quote: "Just showing up doesn't get the job done." -- Sheriff John T. Chance, played by John Wayne, in Rio Bravo.
ReplyDeleteI guess showing up where God has called trumps showing up with the Duke. :-)
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