...
The
Ravine


The ravine

Does roar

At me.

In vile,

Blood,

And snot.

That birds

Wings,

Flickered

Breeze;

Then I raised

A gun for not.

The ravine

Had flown

To see.

The ravine

Does roar

At me

In vile

And blood,

And snot.



 

...
Just One

Do you see what
I wanted to see,
Do you see the shine
Of the sun?

Do you see how
I prayed I could be,
But just not enough
For true love?

Do you see how
My heart still does beat,
Pumping fast my blue
Newfoundland blood?

Dripping red mess,
'cause the course
Wasn't met,
Without you, now

I am just one.


 

...
"Many years ago, my mother collected Russian matryoshka dolls. If you're familiar with these dolls, you know there's more to them than meets the eye. Made of wood, these dolls are cut across the middle so that when you pull off the top half, it opens to reveal a smaller doll inside. When you take out and open the next doll, you find an even smaller doll inside. This continues, of course, until the last, smallest doll is revealed. Looking at the largest doll from the outside, you'd never guess what's inside.

Because each doll is inside a larger doll, what happens to one doll happens to the others. If you lift the doll up and place it on a shelf, all the other dolls inside are raised up as well. If you dispose of the doll in a fire, the dolls inside are also burned.

Matryoshka dolls help me understand what it means to be in Christ. The Bible tells us that we're "hidden with Christ in God" (Colossians 3:3). I imagine most of us don't think much about what it means to be hidden in God. But the Scriptures emphasize our being in Christ about six times more often than the fact that Christ is in us. Obviously, this is an important truth that God wants us to grasp.

It was God who changed our spiritual location. He transported us from a position in Adam to a place within Christ. Because of our original position in Adam, we were like Adam. Through our new location in Christ, we become like Christ. We are spiritually alive and righteous."

-Andrew Farley