Category: Faith

Hydrants of Love

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He made us to be like water

Our bodies as hydrants of love

Designed to dwell on a diluted sphere

Which consequently is as wet in form

 

He created us to be strong enough to hold ships

Yet feeble enough to slip through cracks

To constantly keep flowing

And to hydrate others in drought

 

When our fruit becomes tasteless and bland

Or our flesh needs to be dampened

We drink of His lubricating word

And soak in His quenching perspiration

 

With each sprinkle our souls are baptized and moistened

And a great flood destroys all unholy land

We are wiped clean to start anew

To be His replenishing well for the thirsty

 

03976841e3700c99ca09d6b902289759Michelle Williams once said in an interview that she wanted to “be like water, to slip through fingers but also hold up ships.” This quote conveys such imagery that it got me thinking about how complex water is and the different forms it takes. Think about it’s significance to our well being and existence. It’s crazy that God created us and created our world simply around a liquid.

In the Bible, God usually used water to cleanse or to baptize people and things that were unholy. So, what if God made us to be like water? To be the solvent that breaks the unrighteousness in each other or the chemical that causes reactions that change the world? Or what if we are meant to be the rain that washes away the mess the darkness leaves behind and furthermore, creates grow in earthly living?

Vision

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Curious to Your plans

I will forge ahead nearsighted

Arm lengths will touch each trespasser

Protecting the gifts You instilled

The zigzagged path bears interruption

Causing lapses of certainty

Yet my thirst has no end

 

Unclear to its intensity

I crave Your purpose to emerge

Solidify this fervent longing

And create farsighted perspective

For I am a daughter of Your light

And Your image is to be fruitful

I was unblinded by Your grace

And to this I will bring sight

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you.” -Walt Whitman

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“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lamp stand and it will give light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 5:14-16

Or in lament’s terms, set a good example by being the light that outshines the darkness and other’s will begin to follow.

Quotes

Pursuit

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Rather a grain of sand than a snowflake

With fleeting attributes that are absorbed and lose shape

A sandy shore gives guidance to uninterrupted tides

It’s never destroyed yet is subject to being carried away

 

In and out with the ebb and flow

East or west with hurricane winds

The drift creates for future uncertainty of place

But it is the nonexistence of time and the immorality that pains

 

The latter is candid and sincerely frank

Pulled slowly south by gravity and quenching in taste

The frozen precipitation piles piece by piece

And it’s inevitable evanescence goes undoubted because of faith

 

Rather a grain of sand than a snowflake

But furthermore breaths will come to an end

Let the circumference be minuscule and existence significant

As long as the pursuit is made

Walk to End Alzheimer’s

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Today was Charleston’s 2013 Walk to End Alzheimer’s at The Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina. My family and I have participated in the walk for the past three years in honor of my Nini, Betty Tallarico. My Nini is 90 years old and although she has had Alzheimer’s and dementia for about ten years, she still is the sweetest, most God-fearing lady I know. Of course we have to constantly remind her of things she doesn’t remember and she barely recognizes me but just thinking of her brings a smile to my face. Currently she lives in Texas and we don’t get to see her that often but when we do, we cherish every second. A lot has happened over the past few years with our family and her care, so it is almost a blessing that she doesn’t retain or remember much. But the bigger blessing is that she is still here. She is so sweet yet very hard headed. Her faith is deep and she loves with every inch of her being. When you tell her you love her, she replies, “I love you more,” which only makes you love her more. I included some of the pictures below of the walk today with my family along with a picture of my sweet grandmother embroidering. Check them out and check out http://www.alz.org to learn more about the fight against Alzheimer’s.