Thursday, April 14, 2011

Isaiah 2

"People from many nations will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of Jacob’s God.
There he will teach us his ways,
and we will walk in his paths.”
For the Lord’s teaching will go out from Zion;
his word will go out from Jerusalem.
The Lord will mediate between nations
and will settle international disputes.
They will hammer their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will no longer fight against nation,
nor train for war anymore."
-Isaiah 2:3-4

I'm too tired to think much...
I just am so tired of internal conflict.
Win wars that matter but leave me broken and unable to move.

So tired of hurting.
There is healing, hope and peace...
It's just...when?
How long is the waiting?
How long staying here and hoping?

I don't want marketing, cookie cutter religion and all the sell out deals waiting there...I just want truth, to cling to it, love and be loved...to refuse to shut down when all the pain says otherwise...

There is inevitable conflict and it all raises and will reach a climax...

Holding onto hope...what more do I have?
Faith that this isn't pointless or a needless exercise...
There is hope, faith and love.
It will endure.
You endure when I do not.
You are strong and I am not.

What point is there in me to stay, unless You are here?
I'm not sure how to pray anymore.
Just this stream of thoughts.
Hard to focus.
Refine anything.
Take what You can, refine and make me new.
You are all I have.
You know it's going to be an interesting day when after you wake up and your first thoughts are "Wow, I wonder if I would be in as much pain if I would have fallen down four flights of stairs instead of trying to have slept." #_#