cope in dry times

How do we cope with dry times when they start?

I now remember: what you said about
how you de-si-re truth in inward parts;
& psalms that speak of ugly things, & SHOUT;

and learning to be real with-in myself;
continuing to meet with others too;
and list-en-ing to truth which brings on health;
and practices (creatively) that do

express the facts as I see them to be
at this-here time and place, in bag of skin,
the flesh and bones of this your sanctu’ry
with worship true & spiritu'l within.

And then there are the songs that come at night

(or day), that move us to a different beat

for when we let them move us (not in fright),
we find our mind and body at your feet,

& sometimes crying out in loss and grief

(and then we share a bit of your own heart),

but also in your company we leave

our burdens on your shoulders. Then we start

to know the moisture that comes out of love,
the salty tears evaporated up,

that fall as dew or rain down from above,

and helps a fresh green tincture to erupt.

But all of this is just a way to say

that running to "Our Daddy*" is a must,

to “Open up” (Ephatha!^) is the way

made forward by Yeshua, for “dry crusts”!

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*   Mark 14:36; Rom 8: 15; Gal 4:6

^  Mark 7:31‭-‬37 GNTD

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