To Walk, Not Run

Some words by Jon Shirley that have been helpful in a difficult time:

"There is a danger to You
A dimension too complex for the finite mind
An ocean too deep to be explored
This danger is Your allowance for my grief and suffering
It is a crushing that breaks the bones of my faith and I am cast down
And here there is a choice to make: to bless You or to curse You

To curse You would mean to deny that there is any good in You at all
To believe that You have abandoned me in this violent human experience
And that You will never come back to claim me
To hate You for leaving me here, helpless and alone

But to bless You is to believe that though You are not safe, You are good, completely good
And to bless You is to live surrendered to that
which I don't understand about You
To walk, not run, and to trust
To open all of my senses to You God
And to let wonder and awe heal all my wounds
And to restore my hope

And then to join the psalmist, who said,
'I will extol the Lord at all times and His praise will always be upon my lips
My soul will boast in the Lord. So let the afflicted hear and rejoice
Glorify the Lord with me and let us exalt His name together'"