Take me to the River….

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There was a reason we were made from the dust of the earth.

Then so many things can make us into clay…

sweat

tears

baptism

These things change us… they make us malleable… they smooth us out.

They can  rinse impurities off of us.

They can  turn the dirt into art.

They nourish growth within us.

Our little babies swim in a constant holy baptism of water forming each perfect bit of themselves.  We start out in water and are made of  so much water…sustained by water.

Sometimes we shut down… Threats on top of threats so great… Danger  on top of danger so immense your brain can’t make sense of it.  Is that when you have dried out?  Hard baked by danger you stand still in paralysis.  Every last bit of moisture drained right out through your eyes…sweated  out in panic through your pores…

So parched there is only one remedy… and no longer from dust we came and dust we will become…

but from a Holy water we emerged and a Holy water we must return…

~These pictures are not recent but the words and danger are my current reality… and this morning I heard this amazing song and I feel like something changed….

~Oh My Ancient Heart~

Take me to the River,
Plunge me deep in the water
baptize my heart, renew my mind
give me hope for tomorrow
let the waters run over
till the river runs empty

~Steve Schallert... missionary in Capetown, South Africa.