when the Rain releases you

the way Rain runs all over your soul

and restores strains and sores you can't even describe

a gentle Roar

water falling down

                     down

                     down

                     

                     down

    

  

                     Down

                     to the Earth for us

drop upon drop upon drop upon drop

the way Rain helps you BREATHE,

pause, listen

and breathe some more

the way God pours His Rain all over us

healing

restoring

quenching

repairing

nourishing

washing

relieving

grace upon grace upon grace upon grace

reprieve

cease-fire

pitter patter falling down

                               down

                               down

                               down

                               down

                               down

  

                               Down

                               to the Earth in us

trickling down into the deepest places

even the hidden places

the seemingly small places

that need big healing

settling into my bones

my very bones

Christ in me now, the hope of glory

And the things that have battered hard against me

pulled down strong on me

attempting to

poison me

imprison me

shame me

sicken me

suck me under

steal my hope

strangle my joy

pommel me to a pulp and cause me to cry out:
"Where is my God?"

until I am sprawling and wondering which way is up, and do I really care any more?

They have been washed away.

Drowned down to wear they belong.

They have been told,

"RELEASE!"

And they are no more.

And I am resting, resting resting.

(In recovery?)

Released.

“He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside.”  (Job 5:10)

"We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.  . . . Therefore we DO NOT LOSE HEART. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly WE ARE BEING RENEWED day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all."  (2 Corinthians 4: 8-10, 16-17)

“You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the One who is in you is GREATER than the one who is in the world.”  (1 John 4:4)

“The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he WILL NOT FALL, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.” (Psalm 37:23-24)

“God is within her, she WILL NOT FALL. . . . Be still and know that I AM GOD."  (Psalm 46:5, 10) 

“They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.”  (Job 29:23)