You? Forgiven???

Il faut des torrents de sang (A torrent of blood is needed)

pour effacer nos fautes (To erase our faults)

aux yeux des hommes, (In the eyes of man,)

une seule larme suffit à Dieu. (One single tear, satisfies God.)

François René de Chateaubriand

(This is the church where I met Jesus.
Tears and all. Forest Lawn Mortuary in
Cypress, California. A rather fitting place.)

Be Still... Jocelyne

"We Please Him most, not by frantically trying
to make ourselves good, but by throwing
ourselves into His arms with all our imperfections,
and believing that He understands everything and
loves us still." The Root of the Righteous: A.W.Tozer


Oh that I would Be Still...
and not be so worried and
troubled about so many things...
and gut-level-Know
that He is God,
and I am not.

I would then rest.
Working out my salvation
would mean learning to let go.
My yoke is easy... He says.
I am the Vine, He says.
Without Me you can do nothing,
He says.

And my tired soul knows
there is no where else to
satisfy my thirst because
He made me for Him.

You know what He says to me?
He says, "Be still, Jocelyne,
while I untie the knots.
Only I know how...












Trust Me. I know you and love you.
Completely.
Wanderings, Knots, Confusions,
seemingly Tragic Blunders and all.

I AM the Redeemer of ALL
that pertains to you.
Now be still, and trust Me."

So I get to be still.
and let go of my miserable perplexities.
I don't care that men think I am a fool.
Life IS tragic, and I intend to
give mine away to the only One
who can redeem it and bring forth fruit.
He is making my life de-vinely beautiful.
Deep inside, where it counts.


I am waking up.
I am coming into my own.
My own blessed bankruptcy.
At last...
At long last...

Truthbyter