Thursday, March 15, 2012

To Be Fearless

Tippy-toeing on broken glass
Holding new life in my hands
Walking through the creepy forest
of fairy tale lore

Grasping
Wailing
Bleeding
From fear that holds me hostage

Like a rattlesnake poised to strike
Like the family home set ablaze
Like falling in love
For the very first time

Catching air with my fingers
Embracing tightly to a reality
That yields its soul to a memory
now faded

I rise
But only in this outer shell
Inside I am bowed low
Fighting the frailty of my humanity

Yearning to prove to the world
Yet mostly to myself
that I am still
Boundless
Blameless
Relentless
Fearless

I fail
Again
Spinning on the wheel of try-hards and do-betters
I falter
I fall
I come short of the glory


In the hollow echoes of
my empty cries
my lonely nights
Praying
Hoping
Longing for redemption
Grace
Wholeness
Healing

There I am conformed
Transformed
Reformed
into Imago Dei
The Great I AM
knowing that this mercy
for THIS morning
Has arrived


And tomorrow
is another day
to shed this skin
all
over
again.

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7 comments:

Susan in the Boonies said... Best Blogger Tips

Where would we be without the arrival of today's Mercy Delivery? 

Michelle said... Best Blogger Tips

I love that His mercy is new every morning!  

Lisa notes said... Best Blogger Tips

I can get stuck here:
"I fail
Again
Spinning on the wheel of try-hards and do-betters"

But I need to keep remembering this:
"There I am conformed
Transformed
Reformed
into Imago Dei
The Great I AM
knowing that this mercy
for THIS morning
Has arrived"

Beautiful, Lindsey. Thanks!

Amy Nabors (@amykiane) said... Best Blogger Tips

Beautiful!

Nikole Hahn said... Best Blogger Tips

Beautiful. A great expression of fearless.

Jen said... Best Blogger Tips

I just love your gift of writing. It's amazing, Lindsey!

Jamie @ Roubinek Reality said... Best Blogger Tips

So beautiful!!

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