I have a friend and we call one another "Blue". His real name is Scott. Scott did the artwork engraving of a beautiful anchor for my dad’s grave stone. I am a debtor to Almighty God, in knowing my Daddy, Capt. Billy Willis, is anchored in Jesus. I am also a debtor to brothers in the Lord like Blue, too.
Recently, God has been completing some beautiful heart-work in Blue’s life. He sent me this email earlier in the week and gave me permission to share its’ contents here on my blog. It’s like an anchor finding deep water for my own soul. Lean in and be blessed as Father’s Day weekend is upon us.
Now, here it is, Scott’s / Blue’s, very vulnerable and victorious e-mail to me, all of it -- the real deal:
Hey Brother:
Longevity-- God doesn't let go...
I have tried for years to form a relationship with Jesus.
I have tried to plant the relationship myself so many times... I have been excited and traveled the road with Jesus in my back pocket (should've been in his). Failure then set my heart in a downward spiral. Then I tried again.
40 some odd years of this. The operative words have been "I have/tried".
God is merciful, and has allowed me to be captured by Jesus' "I have".
My heart went from "I have" to "HE has".
Below is a testimony/poem that the Lord gave me while I thinking about what he has done for my soul.
Also sent this to Pastor Margaret because I wanted to encourage her in what Celebrate Recovery, the step studies, are doing in my life. Hope this encourages you as well!
Love you, Blue!
Now, the poem...
"a soul redeemed"
dry and lifeless
desolate and frail
the only evidence of life is the
stale putrid life-blood
seeping through the fissures
of silence and isolation
hopelessness
unleashes
pain
estrangement
and fear
in a baked-shut
tormented
dust bowl soul
a hardened brittle heart
shatters completely
screams
then cries out
in abandonment
humbled and broken
prostrating
heart and soul
to the King
and the King’s true reality
honest desire drives
a purge
of the stubbornness
and the pride of self
thankful
for the gift from God
which tethers and binds
the whole soul
to the advent
of Christ within
self will
will dissolve
into God’s
thirst rises
for the pouring in
of God’s mercy and
the healing
everlasting
living water
Every hurt,
every hangup
every habit
will be bathed and washed
by God’s gentleness
Every scar will flower
every thought
will be alive
to a garden
of hope within
only in the abiding presence
of JESUS
is life now rightly
related with GOD
self and others--
Scott / Blue
Presence Matters Most! No Invisible People!
UNITY!
Pastor Kerry Willis
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