Day 4: He Won
I am tired of all of it.
When will it be over.
And then I say
"THANK YOU GOD".
Tears run down my face
as they are coming from my heart
as there is so much UN~rest all around.
UN~Rest
in the country
in neighborhoods
in families
in homes
in hearts.
And then I say
"THANK YOU GOD".
Tears are still running down my face
as they are coming from my heart
because
GOD is all WHO I have
and all WHO you have
WHO does not cause UN~Rest.
What if everyone just stopped for a second
and RESTED IN HIM~
would there still be such UN~Rest
in the country
in neighborhoods
in homes
in families
in hearts?
What if everyone just stopped for a second
and said
"THANK YOU GOD"
for CHOOSING to create every single person
in the country
in neighborhoods
in homes
in families?
What if everyone said
"THANK YOU GOD"
that YOU are
LOVE
that YOU are
PEACE
that YOU are
JOY.
What if everyone
stopped for a second and said
"THANK YOU GOD" ~
"Praise the LORD, my soul;
all my inmost being, praise HIS holy name.
Praise the LORD, my soul,
and forget not all his benefits—
 WHO forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
 WHO redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
 WHO satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s" (Psalm 103)
What if it started with me & you & everyone else
by taking this very second and say
"THANK YOU GOD"
would then all
UN~rest stop
in the country
in neighborhoods
in homes
in families
in hearts?
This moment is the only moment
we all have
so let's
go beyond just saying
"THANK YOU GOD"
&
LIVE IN GRATITUDE
because
GOD went beyond creating us
by
saving us all
in that one moment
of UN~Rest
when the pounding hammer
nailed
JESUS to the cross
just so we would never have to hang on a cross.
That is GRACE.
That is JESUS.
Because that is what GOD did.
So take this moment and shout
"THANK YOU GOD"
because
we all have something to shout about
even in the midst of all the UN~Rest
because that is what
"MERCY DID FOR ME" (listen to the song below)
& you & everyone else!