Saturday, January 15, 2005

Thoughts that lead up to Princess Leader Model

I was listening to a message by my friend Rose today and I thought about all those years ago walking in my ghetto neighborhood, that I knew God was calling me to be apart of, to minister to, and that was a new thought to people in Yakima. To move to the area in which you ministered. I remember sharing this thought with some people, who did not give it a second though. When I moved to PDX, I thought it was a foreign concept to me until I realized that it was something He had been speaking to me. Even before I moved here I knew how to do it. I knew that you needed to be "with" people.

It is funny how all of those years ago he spoke to me these innovative ideas, that were thrown into the trash, because they were different than what was modeled for me, what was "right". Now I see the injustice that I have done unto the dreams that he was planting.

"Never again will I be afraid to step out, to change", she says with a bold, calvier tone hiding her intrepidation. The desire to belong, to be safe, to be "right", has kept her from truly existing, from walking in the, God-within-her confidence that is hers for the taking.

I knew because these are the thoughts of You
These are the thoughts that You gave life to
These are the dreams that were breathed into me
like the quiet lullabies whispered into a baby's ear
Hushed tones as she sang the song that was to come, is to come
Your desires and hopes for me
your voice, a song to dance with
Sometimes I can hear the music faintly
amidst the chaos of the daily
but it is in the silent melodies that You speak