Wednesday, October 22, 2008

You.

There will be nothing gracious about this. Perhaps it is the want of a more extravagant title that belays the simple facts of what's going to come through my fingers from my hands from my head. No, no, it's not elusive poetry that's needed, nor fragmented phrases or elegant prose, but a sort of "beautiful simplicity" that will convey what needs to be said, which by far makes it the hardest to read because of the reader's own thrown-in ambiguity. 
You see, you're the problem and you don't know it. 
Or perhaps I'm the problem and I made you a part of it. I'm not sure. 

2nd Timothy 2:4 (AKJV)
"No man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier."

It is no longer flattering to be praised. It is no longer a joyful thing to offer one's shoulders for a year's walk across the desert. It's a strenuous haul and one that I do not feel I am prepared nor called to make. Because this hall echoes and I hear many voices call from the end, but His voice is not among them and so I pause before my journey takes me another step.  And I detect a presence of slight animosity towards you, for unconsciously breathing too hotly into my ear, leaving my head spinning because your words are broken and tormented and I can do nothing but let them sift through my tissues, needles into tissue paper. My hands are tied and I am only allowed to watch you squirm from a distance and I dissolve but you won't pull yourself from my sight, but yell and I try to close my eyes and yet simultaneously free myself to save you. Which, of course, is impossible. But if I Quit.... what if I Quit? Then who will be there to listen and to save you?
God. 
Oh, but I do love to play the role. I call the role and whenever someone shows up missing I freak. It's easy to wrap yourself in so much that you can't see what's important. And then there is speaking. Speaking to you, speaking to them. One individual and a group. But both are carefully scripted and yet neither turn out how I plan, which I suppose was planned before I thought of my own words, for He has determined how these roles play out. We all have roles to play and scripts to prepare; it's ironic that I'm reading Hamlet in class. Perhaps you can tell I'm punning on the word role, but I caution you, don't think too logically, think human. 
Goodness, how everything is interconnected! Role play, chain reactions, chemistry, body chemistry, human anatomy, human psych, human nature, human. 

Yeah, we're human. But humanism is a poor sport to play on a spiritual playing field. It's the most unscripted play ever written. 

2 comments:

Thomas said...

Now just imagine you could hear every prayer, from every person, everyday! Omnipresent..."Father, I thank you for my sister Kristina and her heart for you. I ask that your will be done in her life, and that she would learn to be reliant and SUBMISSIVE to your spirit. Teach her to be humble, aggressive, patient, and tolerant. For our sins are many, yet your grace is sufficient. I pray for your peace in her. In your Son's name I pray, Amen"
Make no excuse for being His, but remember to point people to Him, not just tell them what He say's!

. said...

It'll be OK. In case you forget in the heat of it all, everything will turn out, because it's easy to forget that.