softly and quietly and some might say … slowly
the child awakens
waking up to love and righteousness
she is waking up to His voice in the morning
she is listening – leaning on His chest
as a child listens with their whole heart
when grown up, she strayed far far from Him
lost in the sea of worlds
broke – she returned
She came up from the way of the wilderness of indifference
through the path of the coldest gardens known to man
of a love- less christianity with her garbage in tow
her bags packed in case of an emergency
arriving at the heavy doors of religion
she stayed way too long and didn’t find the wine
nor the freedom in cold houses smelling of old incenses
broken and lost /she longed for the life promised
she’d lost her fire and life
and even her soul in nights of winters walking in deserts
and wildernesses of the cold
but now… she is waking up
not partially
but in fullness…. the awake of every emotion and all feels
awake to know and to be
awake to hear and respond
with more than a yes to say
with the wind in her hair /sun in her eyes
she is rising up
up from the ground out on the headland
watching sunrise/ sunset
risen up and new and bold
out of her hardness into Christ like softness
learning to be loved and to give
leaning to be kind and to extend
feet to run
hands to hold
hearts to feel
this woman…she is not intimidated
not fearing the darkness
but living in fullness
she is strong and fearless
loving the light /more than life
growing in health… being healed in light
A bride ….carries light of life
warmth of His glory
fire of His belly
in her bones is His life
the heart to see
the heart to hold
she is alive and free
she is a radiant
being in step in freedom
dancing on the stones of resistance
in cities long devastated from wars that never end
for rights all to defend
of strongholds of injustice and witchcrafts bends
she islifting up the arms of the caring ones
being in the midst of creative ones and of the
business men
she is a flaming fire and a warrior heart
she is a lover not a worker and a fighter of freedom
full of vision for the one who is hers
He adores her…..His bride
awakening the piercing sweet truth
and breath of life with beauty of breath itself
lungs to breath
heart to feel
this bride is on fire
she is a flame of fire from the very heart of God
burning eyes and burning feet
let this one sing and know and tell
the Bride is alive and she is awake to love
and now anything can happen
and everything will be fulfilled
ring the bells …..ring them loud and long
to say its time to come home
come let us adore
come let us worship
come let us celebrate the marriage of the lamb
to a loving bride awakened once more