Margot's Psalm

For the wellstreams program our assignment was to prayerfully create something to share with the group. This morning I wrote a Psalm - and this afternoon I created a "picture box" for it.
Here is the Psalm.

Margot's Psalm

My enemies are always present and speaking

with seeming authority

and perfectionist advice

and anxious certainty

They speak words of NO

Dont.....Wait....Not yet

You can't....You shouldn't.... Your time is over

There is nothing new to see To find To be

You need to be Practical

My enemies warn me about losing control

Be careful! You could fail

or look like a fool

Watch out! You could start a fire

Or release a flood

My enemies come with strings attached

Strings of propriety, normalcy, reasonableness, sensibility, self protection

They bind my body and start to suffocate my soul.

And they tell me. This is for your own good.

This will protect you

This will keep you safe.

And I think I am safe and also becoming dry...and bored and isolated and lifeless.

And then I hear your voice

I hear you in early morning hours as you speak your words of love

You come in the noonday sun and show me visions of grandeur

You appear in the night and plant your dreams of possibility

You speak softly and persistently your words of YES

I love you and I have always loved you.

You are my beloved.

I am awakening your soul

I am ignited your spirit within you

I am filling your life with my light.

You can trust me with your life.

You speak and the strings start to fall away

I breathe in the peace you have for me

I move with freedom and dance with joy

I sing the songs you want me to sing

I see the mountains you want us to move.

I listen for your voice today

You speak and the voice of the enemy is silenced

You speak and the world is new and life is a gift

You speak and I am free.