The Voice Within

My heart is filth Yours is gold Refiner's fire Come refine me whole Be gentle though Sweet surgeon of my soul Lest bitter I turn Turn away from your fold

A swarming buzz A whispering hiss A whirring, murmuring and then some spitting Today's thoughts-thoughts for the day Crashed in Noisily trying to wrench out faith And steal the song. I was left gasping for the truth Dizzy with lies, Cold, cold, cold- I cried Cried to my ever-present help My ever faithful friend Who knows the depths of me He hastened- set your mind on things above Not on things below Where I am seated in the heavenly realms While the battle rages on, He gently helps me and I know we will win And while the battle rages on, I cry: I am grateful  I am grateful I am loved with an everlasting love I am grateful that Christ is the author and perfecter of my faith I am grateful that he will never leave me nor forsake me I am grateful that no weapon formed against me shall prosper I am grateful that no one can bring a charge against God's elect I am grateful that God disciplines those he loves I am grateful that nothing can thwart his plans

Sketching whilst meditating on Psalm 46.10

Rhythmic glide Of train on tracks Silent sheep grazing Infinite sky bursting blue Truth on pages of a book well worn- Kind words of a faithful friend All invite me to A pace shift A gear shift And an upwards turn As the summer stretches on 

I am beginning to see a pattern in the journey God is taking me on. When trials arise, he beckons me to the glorious pasture of surrender. "It's a beautiful place", the Holy Spirit reminds me-a place where praise songs bubble out of your heart, where you dance on the head of the enemy and where peace pipes burst open into a monsoon shower. When we surrender to God's will, it's an act of worship. It brings God glory and us peace. When we surrender, we choose to recognise (with God's help) that we don't have to fret about what unfolds in the future. When we surrender, the enemy can't taunt us anymore as we have completely laid it all down and said to God- "Daddy, appacha (Malayalam word for dad/grandad), your will and your plans and your wisdom are the best and I am safe in you. I trust you Abba." Isaiah 40.28 says "God's understanding is unsearchable". Not even the best or biggest search engines man may develop can searc

God's eye view Is a clear sight of the thumping heart It is far from your social media page Or your words sashayed It is of the leaps and lows Of the undisguised human heart Of the core None of these external shiftings But of the internal murmurings Like that of the gurgle Of a stream in a cave Deep in a mountain Father, thank you that you see within and this is what counts. (inspired by 1 Samuel 16:7) "But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."