A Conversation at a Well
As we listen for,
ㅤ listen to,
Our God…
We begin to sense,
ㅤ to discover,
ㅤ to enter into…
Conversation
A conversation pointing to,
ㅤ leading to,
Life.
A conversation that opens our hearts.
That frees our souls.
That heals our bodies.
A conversation that frees us to live.
To live fully.
So,
ㅤ we listen.
We make ourselves available.
We pursue … conversation.
Yet,
ㅤ we are held back.
We are held back by our inadequacies.
We view our failures…
We judge ourselves…
And are held back.
For we believe we are…
Unworthy
Our barren souls lack hope.
We cannot see the truth.
The truth that we have spiritual longings.
That we long for acceptance.
That we are…
Lost
For our sense of self…
Our view of who we are…
Is broken.
Is…
Incomplete
Our identity has been shaped by,
ㅤ distorted by,
The world.
The fallen world in which we grew up.
The culture in which we live.
For the world has rejected us.
The world has declared us as,
ㅤ labeled us as…
Outcasts
We have been deemed as unacceptable.
As…
Unworthy
So we find our selves,
ㅤ our souls,
Wounded.
Deformed.
Beyond repair.
Beyond…
Saving
Our condition,
ㅤ our brokenness,
Leads to defensiveness.
Suspicion.
And ultimately…
Isolation
Our fear of being unworthy…
Of being unlovable…
Makes us suspicious of others.
Of their motives.
Of their…
Love
As God reaches out to us…
As we begin to hear his conversation…
We are suspicious.
We doubt.
We doubt his…
Identity
His identity as the bridegroom.
Our identity.
Our identity as the bride.
And we resist,
ㅤ we shut out,
His…
Conversation
His life-giving conversation.
And we choose
Isolation
For we attempt to,
ㅤ we believe we must,
Be complete.
Be complete on our own.
We search for completion in self,
ㅤ while completion can only come from connection.
From acceptance of our identity.
Our identity as the…
Bride
From acceptance of God’s identity.
His identity as the…
Bridegroom
Only when we admit our failure.
Our inability to create our own identity.
Only then will we be able to accept,
ㅤ to drink in,
Our true identity in Christ.
Only then will we be able to turn to,
ㅤ to love,
Our bridegroom.
Only then will we be able to step into,
ㅤ to live within,
Our bridegroom’s…
Love
a bit of performance art — I wrote as the speaker spoke…
