Stone Amidst the Waters

And If you shall not dare to dream with boldness depth and awe, then who will bring your dream to being? The one alone, you saw,

And if you shall deny thyself the vision upon your heart, then would you leave an empty void in the grand creators art?

For by these dreams you hold in secret, He births His mystery. And if these dreams you do not dare, Who will bring the dream to be?

To dance with shackles round your calves taints beauty with constraint. To leap and twirl in freedoms dance, opens victory's gait!

For by your pen a promise

For by your tear a truth

Let empty lips sing melody

leaving critics most aloof

Break free from shadows shackles!

Loose bondage's sorrow grasp!

Beat wildly through the whipping wind,

for His visions plead and ask!

For by His words He formed you

For by His blood you live

Release thyself into His grace

Thy heart is yours to give

The raging river rushes

The plunging tidal flows

A stone amidst the water

In the ripples stowed

I groan to hear the music, stone on water make

As boulder amidst boulder, begin to make a wake.

So would you dare to dream again?

Conspire amidst the stars?

For in the depth of darkness, lies a sparkle that is ours!

A line is forged within the dirt, dust upon thine feet.

Oh would you dredge across the sand? A challenge dare to meet?

The dream is yours to dream my friend

The vision yours to live

Oh would you fuze thyself to Him?

Let mediocrity meet It's end!

-RK

Lingering in the early sunlight. Oh July, how sorrow fills my heart. Weary, lonely, yearning, questioning.

I wonder Lord what reason you have for keeping me here on this earth. I long for you, this is not my home!!! Every fragment of my being groans against every aspect of this culture, every idea and thought of what I should do or be, every reason I'm alive. I'm alive simply for you, but I would rather just be with you in Heaven!!! Why am I still here??

And is this not the point? Is my allegiance to this world? No. Therefore my being yearns for you in a dry and weary land where there is no water. My everything is you. I MUST be dissatisfied with anything but YOU... all of you. For to be comfortable here... is to not be sitting against your chest. For my Kingdom is YOUR Kingdom, and it is no earthly place. Therefore my gaze is set on heaven, my heart is fixed on you. Abba I am coming. Oh how I am coming.

"I want to touch your wounds, I want to see your face
I want to kiss your feet, the very feet of grace.
I long to leave this world! To be complete and free.
To sit before your throne, and forever worship thee.
Yet while I'm on this earth, I want to do the same
Learn to live in grace, forgetting all shame.
To pour myself out before thee, as oil from precious Jar
Scent of my life swirling, lifting honor from afar.
Oh Abba Father teach me! To live and love and be!
On this earth to learn, of being freed to free.
I see the signs around me, the time of earth has past
Oh Father bring your kingdom! your kingdom that will forever last!
Poise my pen and paintbrush, move my tongue and heel
Pour my life out here on earth, that your people would see and feel!
For now I see but through a glass so dimly, than later face to face.
Oh how I long to lift my eyes, up to yours of grace."

Yes, Yes and Amen.