UnShepherd

Experience from the sheepfold:

shepherd and sheep
or celebrity and followers
servant or ceo
first or last

I don’t have questions anymore
because I quit
I quit the showmanship
I quit the lying
I quit the inaccuracies
I quit the fake persona
I quit the entitlement
I quit being last
and I quit my future in the sheepfold

six years of learning what I don’t want to be

Maybe God will be gracious
and one day remind you what a shepherd is
maybe not
my own dreams and hopes were put on hold
to serve in a kingdom
that I was mistaken into believing
was THE Kingdom
but fruits have grown
and are there for all to see
that a business has sprung up
no sheepfold here

as our hearts no longer align
and the bright lights
have lured you away
as your watchmen have slept through it all
I leave
I quit
and I offer my sacrifice no more

Lighthouse

a single beam

illuminating

both danger and safety

in one swoop

 

the secret

is open eyes…

keeping your eyes on the

beam as it sweeps

around and around

 

you look

you lift your eyes

what a fire

what a light

may it be lit by God above

may His Spirit be

what shines the light

 

may we see the people

who are alongside us

with their own agenda’s

and not God’s

may the Light House beam

illuminate them to us

as it shines on the jagged rocks

in warning to those sailing

the waters

 

and may the Spirit’s beam

illuminate the safe waters

not only where to beware

but where to stay to sail

to travel, to pass through

unscathed

 

one beam

both danger and safety

God, show us what is wrong

but please also show us what is right

our prayer today is one

of foresight and wisdom

… a Light House Prayer