I don’t get it, I do get that

April 7th, 2013

Came across the self-portrait in a 2007 sketchbook. The prayer/psalm is more recent.

Here’s another from the sketchbook.

Lord, I am so infinitesimally small
in terms of all things . . .
Yet, I confess, all else seems small
in terms of me.

How could the latter not be so?
You have created me . . . each of us
As separate worlds within ourselves
and perceivers of the larger worlds without.

From this limited yet ever-moving vantage
I see the else
and it is just that: ELSE!
I’m the central one!

Yet, the thought to being alone,
truly alone,
that’s despair.
I’m glad you are here.

You’re looking out on your world from within me,
interacting with your vastness also from here . . .
Your spirit inside of me,
outside of me . . .

I teeter at the wonder of it all.
I get it . . .
I don’t get it . . .
both.

But I do get that.

 

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My Sister, Sue Moore Donaldson, also has a blog. Today’s, on “Gratitude,” I thought particularly good. It’s at Welcome Heart.

4 Comments

  1. Sue Donaldson Apr 7, 2013
    1:43 pm

    Thx , Hyatt. What cafe are you thankful for? Oh yes, that would be Anne’s!! Love you.

  2. Norm Apr 7, 2013
    3:14 pm

    Alone … without any of the above. Solitude … by myself, yet not alone; a safe confidence that the One beside me knows me, comprehends me, yet loves me.

  3. Lisa Apr 7, 2013
    3:47 pm

    I sometimes feel sad because I realize that we are all so many and the world so big and the universe even bigger yet!! that I think, I can’t matter much. But that is not what The Lord tells us in His Living Word!!! He says how he holds us close to His heart, comforts us in time of need and suffering, brings us HIS peace, HIS love, HIS righteousness.——individually and personally!!! It is awe inspiring, mind boggling, beyond my pay grade!! And yet I continue to try to ponder, philosophize, theorize, make sense of it all and I never can! Thank you for letting me know I am not alone in those thoughts, Hyatt! Bottom line, whether I can figure it out or not, I am so grateful, thankful, elated!!!! That Jesus Loves Me So and always will—–forever and ever! Amen!! Love to all! Lisa

  4. Barbara Mitchiner Apr 8, 2013
    8:21 am

    What a special family you have, & how God has blessed
    you with helping others. I signed up for Sue’s Blogs.
    Barbara Mitchiner