| | just finished, a few days ago, Broken Down House by Paul David Tripp. highly recommended. some of you will see copies in your Christmas stockings -- unless you tell me you've already bought and read it. very good, readable, accessible, challenging. last chapter goes along with a talk we heard by Lauren Winner at the Glen Workshop. i.e. it's not about you. it's all for Him and to Him and through Him (God)! Winner's comments to writers specifically, and to artists in general, included that our art is not about self-expression, not about telling our story, but using our work, our story, as a springboard to tell God's story. that's where real fulfillment lies -- building His kingdom rather than gazing at our own navels.
following is another poem from the aforementioned Proverbs series. (i made it through day 14 before i washed out.)
dig
Proverbs 2:4 … seek (wisdom) as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures…
deep in dark
tunnels of earth
narrow shafts
slender beams
light reveals
truth’s flash
pick and shovel
free the ore
raise the prize
to assayer’s table
tested, weighed
and then refined
by heat, heat
the furnace
separates till silver
shines
Becky Haigler
July 2009
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