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His Jazz

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His Jazz He came, a messenger of love following an ancient rhythm. All of creation understood moving in motion not missing a beat. Melodies sail forth on currents of wind telling of their creator’s absolute care. Let me embrace this uncomplicated truth, catching hold of His pulse. Receiving, responding, revealing, with a receptive heart. Let His song touch the depths of my soul taking me into dark places. Hidden to learn secret lessons from the messenger’s jazzy tempo of love. Both pieces are created by Robin Lee -- July 31, 2006

Walking Through Affliction

Finally, free to write on-line again. I am done being a student for the rest of the summer. My emotions are out-of-sorts with no more deadlines to meet mixed with a relief of being free to rest. The strange thing I have discovered is I like having deadlines to meet because than there is no stopping until you are done! It is stopping that is hard. A few thoughts from my essay on Walking Through Affliction: Trials are comparable to bouncing off a trampoline. Life goes on with a continual bounce, deliberate and smooth. Sometimes the bounce will be high and sometimes it will encompass different rhythmic bounces throughout a season. There is, however, a knowing which we tend to avoid thinking about. If you spring up too high or sway too far to one side, there is a probability of soaring off completely and landing head-over-heels into misery. As you hit the new affliction, many circumstances will follow that make it hard to get back up, causing immense loneliness and despair with no hope to