Chris Gribble

Be yourself - Everyone else is taken (Oscar Wilde)

Letting go

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Every season
I watch the bark
peel away from the tree,
Finishing the cycle of
death then life,
Another ring added
to the tally of seasons,
As death works hard
readying for fresh sap,
to move upwards,
Branches taking new directions,
Leaves raise their green fingers,
Reaching toward heaven,
Nature praising life’s open sky,
The tree grows, Because,
The bark is willing to let go.

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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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