I have been waiting all winter for these days. The time when the ice on the lake in our little town begins its receding has come early this year. What a beautiful day to stand in the sun warmth and see the ice actually melting!
Has God been waiting and watching me, preparing the way for that same ice melt in my heart?
Ice Leaves
The heat of the sun
Brings ice sweat melting winter
My heart warms also
--Bettie Gilbert
In the winter of my soul, I find in the hardness a place of false rest. If only I didn't have to look at the tender places, where hurt and healing rest side-by-side, maybe I would be able to ignore the process that seems to take far too long for my own wishing.
But the process requires a scorching and a melting to clear away the dross and the chaff that has accumulated in my soul.
Heat Burns
Don't sweat the small stuff
Watch as heat burns daily chaff
Purifies my heart
--Bettie Gilbert
Through the life-long days of
whatever Season you find yourself,
there is ONE who sees your heart.
He will never
leave you abandoned
scratching to find your own way.
He waits for the ice to melt
and for the heat to soften our hearts
touching us there
with His Love.
And He says,
"I cared for you in the wilderness,
in the land of burning heat."
Hosea 13:5 NIV
These poems are part of the challenge for Ronovan Hester's #Haiku #Poetry where the prompts for this week are "Sweat&heat" over at his site: Ronovan Writes. Check out some of the wonderful offerings there this week.
I am also linking today with these great bloggers:
Meg Weyerbacher, #TeaAndWordTuesday
Jennifer Dukes Lee, #TellHisStory
These poems are part of the challenge for Ronovan Hester's #Haiku #Poetry where the prompts for this week are "Sweat&heat" over at his site: Ronovan Writes. Check out some of the wonderful offerings there this week.
I am also linking today with these great bloggers:
Meg Weyerbacher, #TeaAndWordTuesday
Jennifer Dukes Lee, #TellHisStory
