Friday, August 20, 2010

Commencement Day

Hebrews 4:6-7

It still remains that some will enter that rest, and those who formerly had the gospel preached to them did not go in, because of their disobedience. Therefore God again set a certain day, calling it Today, when a long time later he spoke through David, as was said before: 

"Today, if you hear his voice, 

do not harden your hearts." (NIV)

“The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hears and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous. He has commenced to accomplish those things for us which we could never do by ourselves.” (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 25)

Hard hearts today?
No. Maybe tomorrow.
Certainly yesterday,
but not today.
Today I will hear his voice —
yeah, I know, I normally hear his voice —
but today I’ll listen, not harden my heart.
He’s commenced to accomplish.
And commenced and commenced,
after each today when I stopped him,
hardened my heart,
played god, kept the reins.
I’m ready for moving past
commencement,
ready for graduation
ready to live
.

God, I open my heart to you.
Give me the courage not to slam it shut,
let it be pliable clay, ready for your
artisan’s hands.

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE,
NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®.
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 Biblica.
Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

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