Plug and Play

He wants to change

caught up in a fear and failure cyclone

ripple effect mechanical breakdown

he's trying to rewire, replace some parts

test some new technology

and research the DIY world of haystack needles

but he can't see

he's just unplugged

his old best friend somehow erased and re-sketched

into a cosmic santa claus

who doesn't need to check the list again

because he knows which list he's on

an uneventful Christmas morning to come

what used to be his favorite subject

now an outdated legend

of You as a clockmaker

who wound it once and walked away

to leave him stumbling through this world

to a tick and a tock that feels too fast

but there's a word that keeps popping up in his searching

a word he can't get his arms around

like a heavy box he wants to carry

but the angles are all wrong

Grace

I can feel it in my wiring

like a silent music of a song You wrote just for me

the rhythm behind my smile and subtle dance to my walk

but when I try to sing my song to him, all he can hear is noise

like him, so many could hear their own songs playing

if they could just

plug in

but I had to find my own outlet

I can't make them find it

but You can.

For three weeks

I'll close my eyes

belt my song to You

with Bono passion for his ears

and theirs.

And watch the light show begin.

"A desperation to change is not enough. In order to sustain the changes, we have to be connected to a power source beyond ourselves--a power source that never wavers, flickers, or leaves us in the dark. We have to move from willpower to the real power that comes from a connection to our creator . . . While our lives include many facets, our spiritual energy is more important than the others, because everything hinges on it. We're created as spiritual beings , and to develop spiritual energy, we have to develop a healthy connection to our Creator . . . We are created to be connected to a larger power source." Kerry and Chris Shook, One Month to Live

"Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." John 15: 4-5

"All we have to do, our only role, is to be the branch and connect to the vine. If we are connected to the vine, we'll be spiritually healthy and be filled with his energy. When we forget and start thinking we're the vine instead of the branch, we get stressed out because that's a role we were never created to play . . . You don't have to sweat and strive and work harder, or discipline yourself to be more spiritual through sheer willpower. You're not responsible for producing fruit; Jesus is . . . This is the key for moving from will power to real power." Kerry and Chris Shook, One Month to Live

"You formed us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in You."

Saint Augustine