grow the beard

dig!
take out the shovel
grow the beard
chop some wood
awake sleeper
let the sun arise in your heart
the sea is deep
the sea is God
His shallow shoreline
is where we all begin
listen to the song
calling us into the deep
where our hearts are broken
by our Beloved
our dreams suffer
we start noticing the cross
this awkward thing we carry everywhere we go
and then we know what Jesus said is true
"in this world you will have trouble.."
"take up your cross and follow me"
and in these dark waters
something begins to happen
our bitterness becomes laughable
our fear becomes curiosity
our anxiety becomes porous
we start to tread water in hope
we begin to swim with eyes open
singing as the waves grow around us
we love harder
humility becomes our hero
our anger toward a shallow life increases
and we laugh more than we ever imagined we could.
simply because we take ourselves less serious
and we take His call to go deeper to heart

wkm
for JD