Friday, June 21, 2013

rhythm

I wish it were more swaying like.

And I think of that word -- sway -- and how I taught The Boy its meaning yesterday. Like a tree, to sway. I picture a mother's stance and the moving of a babe in arms. The steady rhythm of calm.

It's that I would like in a way. Yet, it's not the rhythm of today.

For me, it's a bit clunky. Sometimes a bit crickety.

And there are crickets, too. Jumping up and around me, like popcorn. It's this image I remember from my childhood, walking the hayfield to deliver water to my pop. Crickets everywhichway.

Crickets are my feelings these days. Here, there and everywhere.

I know Truth. It seeps in my bones and courses throughout my veins. It's in me. I know it.

Yet, still, fear pumps loud and angst roars.

These days the rhythm to my days is a bit push/pull.

I'm learning to be honest. Laying truth out on the table and leaning in to love that wraps His arms around me and lets me be as I am.

Shame is sniffling in the corner. She needs a time out.

The rhythm of His heart soothes me and the crickets find rest.


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2 comments:

  1. Poignant. Crickets...now you don't have crickets in your comments...you have a friend stopping by to say hello...I've been trying to be as I am too. Summer can bring quiet and rest. Hope you continue to lean in to His love.

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  2. Shame be gone in the name of Jesus! Life is like this sometimes, more crickety than we'd like. Here's a song for you today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmzo3KxP5wo

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