Post by Rhonda on Sept 29, 2009 3:28:27 GMT -5
"Captive"
By Bob Perks
I've watch the rain run free.
Rain can only be held back until it
gathers strength enough to move on.
It refreshes and nourishes at its best.
Over time it has the power to wear down stone.
Overflowing it can move mountains.
I've felt the wind blow.
At it's best it cools, but can wipe out an
entire town when it gathers strength enough.
Birds, butterflies all are free to follow
the wind and water.
But, what about you and I?
We, too, can go where we want, but stay.
You and I can work long enough to create change,
but often just go with the flow making no
difference at all.
You and I can move mountains but see them as
blockades instead.
You and I can set our sails against the wind
and yet, we all too often fall down waiting
to be rescued.
We can follow the wind and ride the oceans yet,
we never leave the shore.
Why would God make the wind, water, birds and
butterflies free and limit us?
He doesn't.
We are held captive by what we think,
what we believe and how we see ourselves.
We become prisoners of our mind.
We were never meant to be "captive" in a world
created for us.
Genesis 1:26 (New International Version)
26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our
image, in our likeness, and let them rule
over the fish of the sea and the birds of
the air, over the livestock, over all the
earth, and over all the creatures that
move along the ground."
"I wish you enough!"
J
Bob
I encourage you to share my stories
By Bob Perks
I've watch the rain run free.
Rain can only be held back until it
gathers strength enough to move on.
It refreshes and nourishes at its best.
Over time it has the power to wear down stone.
Overflowing it can move mountains.
I've felt the wind blow.
At it's best it cools, but can wipe out an
entire town when it gathers strength enough.
Birds, butterflies all are free to follow
the wind and water.
But, what about you and I?
We, too, can go where we want, but stay.
You and I can work long enough to create change,
but often just go with the flow making no
difference at all.
You and I can move mountains but see them as
blockades instead.
You and I can set our sails against the wind
and yet, we all too often fall down waiting
to be rescued.
We can follow the wind and ride the oceans yet,
we never leave the shore.
Why would God make the wind, water, birds and
butterflies free and limit us?
He doesn't.
We are held captive by what we think,
what we believe and how we see ourselves.
We become prisoners of our mind.
We were never meant to be "captive" in a world
created for us.
Genesis 1:26 (New International Version)
26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our
image, in our likeness, and let them rule
over the fish of the sea and the birds of
the air, over the livestock, over all the
earth, and over all the creatures that
move along the ground."
"I wish you enough!"
J
Bob
I encourage you to share my stories
