Chris Gribble

Be yourself - Everyone else is taken (Oscar Wilde)

A week when….

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I stopped to consider my week for a few moments. I am sure all of us could add our own words here. But then I considered what love says. I loved thinking about how love responds to what went on in my life over this past week.

A week when,
The tax bill, phone bill, electricity bill and car rego arrive on Monday,
Love says, I have enough for you,
A phone call in the middle of the night and a family is crying out for help,
Love says, welcome to my home and I understand,
Surrounded by people when all I want is to be alone,
Love says, I have a space for you,
Feeling like I missed the point in a conversation and look really stupid,
Love says, this will pass quicker than what you think,
Watching my most precious gift graduating into wondering what’s next?
Love says, trust her life with me,
Overwhelmed, inundated and feeling like failure is only a heartbeat away,
Love holds all this in hands that created eternity,
A week that asks me what must die in me now?
Love says, this is what I am willing to do for you.

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In the Psalms I have discovered firsthand some of the rawness and pain experienced by the Psalmist. This ebook is the first 40 Psalms that I have put in my own words. They are a reflection of what was written by the original writer and then brought to our world today. They reflect many of the themes that are common to discouraged, depressed, anxious, fearful people. At times some or all of these things have been true for me. I have used some of these experience and cried out with the Psalmist in my writing.

One definition of found poetry is, “it’s the literary version of a collage”. In finding these Psalms I have gathered together my emotions, feelings and pain and sought to “find” my understanding of what David was saying. It’s the worst possible translation methodology but it’s been a great personal re-discovery of God.

The 40 day journey is a chance to take some time out and listen to God’s voice. God’s praise will last for eternity, we have the great privilege to begin that praise now.

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