There's More To It

THERE'S MORE TO IT

 We have to do more

than just get out

of the wilderness

yes

it is hard,

and we must endure

much.

Often

we are war torn

from our time

spent

in that place

before

the victory.

Our emergence

from the wilderness

is but the

beginning.

Remember

when

the elders

returned

and spoke of giants

in that land

of Canaan?

Only two

spoke

positively

and we too

must realize

that our mouths

used properly

open the door

of opportunity.

We study

to learn

such simple things

but we have

thought for

so long

that it must

be complicated.

We must believe it

in our hearts

confess it

with our tongue

and stand firm

in the howling winds

of persecution

and doubt.

When we arrive

the journey has

not ended

it has merely

begun again

in a new place

and having gotten

to this

new place

we must have

left behind

all that wasn’t

holy

and sure.

So now

here

we step

into the new reality

surrounded

by God’s

promises

confident of God’s

victory

washed clean

by the Blood

of the Lamb

covered

by His mercy

and propelled

by faith

through grace

we truly

begin

to live

as winners

as warriors

and with the exuberance

of a child.

 

—Julie Evans 2/4/2002