Blindsided

Caught off guard. And not for the first time.

So scandalous. So I thought.

But here in the shadow your Light casts upon me

it doesn’t seem so

Overwhelming.

Blindsided by my own heart.

So full

of rules & laws

I can’t make out the

Grace

that’s standing right before me.

What a Pharisee I’ve been. I still am.

What can wash me white as snow?

Nothing but the blood that dripped from the nails

that pierced your hands.

The same hands that ache to hold me

in my brokenness.

My regrets, my sins, my failures.

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

The only scandal that remains

Seems to be

the waywardness in me.

Unaware

Of your steadfastness

In the midst of my circumstances

my selfishness

my humaness.

Your strong and gentle arms carry me through

Unaware

Of the limitless characteristics you possess

you provide

you impart

you ARE

In a fluid movement you reach out

to where I am

And all that I was

gets lost in who you are

undone in all you are

Restoring

Freeing

Trustworthy

Creative

Powerful

Forgiving

Protecting

farther reaching than even these

for I am unaware

Jeremiah 29:4-14