A Mound of Dust

A Mound of Dust

If you called me
Like you called Moses
I would have asked
The same question—

"Who am I?"

And as I gazed upon
The bush
I would see
Myself,

Burning
With the crimson flames
Of lust,
Of selfishness,
Of every other
Sin.

Like the bush
It is only by your grace
That I am
Not consumed;

You see the beauty beneath the flames.

By your nails
You have engraved
My name into
Your palm,

And so I remain
Forever
In your hand.

Who am I?

I am a mound of dust,
Turned to clay by your blood,
Sculpted by your hands of love,
And fired by the flames of your discipline
Into a statue.


I cannot move without you.

I cannot breath without you.
Don't leave me to corrode in the desert.
Let your healing water moisten these baked lips;
I want to taste your goodness, again.

Who am I?

Without you I am nothing;
Just a mound of dust
Carried away
By the ebb and flow
Of time.

- Zack Strait

Nothing Can Separate

Reveling in the love of God. Realizing that nothing, absolutely nothing, can separate us from the love of God.

"For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will have the power to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!" - Romans 8:38-39

Even though my love is immature, God's love is mature. Even though my love is imperfect, God's love is the height of perfection. The Bible says that there is no fear in love and since God is the epitome of love, He must be the one that casts out all fear.

In my Bible study, I'm being taught about loving well. In order to recognize God's love for me, I've been pondering these questions... Asking God what He wants to say to me.

1. Do you realize that I came to meet with you?

2. Do you have any idea how much I love you? How taken I am with you?

3. Do you know that I have never forsaken you nor will I ever reject you? I was there all along. I always will be.

4. Do you realize I knew everything about you the day you were conceived? I anticipated your life and planned for it.

5. You do have an enemy, My Child. But it is not Me. He wants you to think it is.

6. I am for you.

7. Do you think you need to prove yourself lovable to Me? Deep down inside, are you trying to earn My love and attention?

8. As you strive to love Me more, do you realize the key to loving Me more is to let Me love you more?

9. Why are you resisting Me? Why are you running from Me?

10. To whom have you compared Me? Why are you running from Me?

11. I'm not like them.

12. I know what's happened. I know what's on your mind.

13. I alone know the plan for how this turns out well. I alone know how to prosper you through this.

14. My eyes and My affections are on you right now.

15. Quit trying to be so strong. Let Me be strong for you.

16. I love you unashamedly. Even now My banner flies over you. Everyone in the heavenlies knows how I feel about you. I'd leave you red-faced over My love for you... if you'd let Me.

I want to let Him love me more so that I in turn can love others more and better. My prayer is that He will continue to teach me how to love with His heart. To fill up my heart with His. To break my heart with the things that break His heart. To love out of a heart that is so filled with his that I can't help but love more and more.