Hospitality: A Haiku

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What are your two favorite things to wear?

My two favorite things to wear are irreverence for worldly convention and hospitality (Johnny Cash singing, “I’ll Fly Away,” comes to mind)….

“We know that the whole creation has been groaning together…inwardly as we wait eagerly for…the redemption of our bodies.”
— Romans 8:22-23

“Hospitality: A Haiku”
Set aside, The Path
So graciously not shrouded,
Takes me thither, home

Music Credit: Johnny Cash, “I’ll Fly Away”
Photo Credit: Lisa Mae, FieryPhotography.com

Certain: A Haiku

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How are you feeling right now?

Right now, and always, I am feeling certain —- and I am certain….

But that you’re my world
And the stars dance when we dance
I know not a thing

Photo Credit: Lisa Mae; FieryPhotography.com

Not Our Own: A Haiku

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What is the most important thing to carry with you all the time?

The most important thing I must always remember to pick back up again and again and carry with me at all times is humility before God and obedience to Him.

Humans, we…loved eternally and unconditionally by God.
And, too, fallen — susceptible to being blinded by our own understandings and to being deceived by external forces.
By God’s grace, we dwell in the “safe-zone” when we commit to continually praying that only His will be done (i.e., whatever HE knows is correct). We are ALWAYS able to pray that prayer, even if we have to whisper it out through clenched teeth or tears. He is always able to honor that prayer. Psalm 72:11 reminds us that we can submit to Him through our prayers, thoughts, words, and actions — whether that be now, or eventually: “Yes, all kings shall bow down before Him….”

“Not Our Own: A Haiku”

Lesser-rulers, all
Stand under God’s loving eye
Yea, we will bow down

Photo Credit: Lisa Mae, FieryPhotography.com;
outside of Denali National Park, Alaska