seeing beyond the mess

Opening Prayer: O Lord, help me to gaze upon your beauty today, rather than being overwhelmed and dismayed by the mess.  Amen.

Scripture: Psalm 27:4

Journal: What do you generally focus on, the mess or the beauty?  What is the result of each?  What would it look like to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord, rather than focusing on the mess of your life?

Reflection:

beyond the mess

to gaze upon the

beauty of the Lord

~ps. 27:4

you will never reach 

the promised land

if all you can see 

is the shit on your shoes

you must learn to gaze 

beyond the muck

to be captured 

by a greater beauty

to be pulled along 

by a grace far bigger 

than all the mess

Prayer

Closing Prayer: Help us to gaze upon your beauty, O Lord, and help that beauty pull us into the life and the transformation we most deeply desire.  Amen.