HEARTBEAT

I AM HOME -- I AM WELCOME!

The small room is quiet for just a few quick moments
then the people begin to enter
They're laughing, hugging, smiling, loving
There is a hunger and an expectancy in the air
The people quiet themselves
before GOD
and the Holy Spirit is invited to join in
Songs are sung - scriptures read
prophecy spoken - prayers said
All prompted and empowered
by the
Holy Spirit

ALL
SO SIMPLE
ALL
so
FULL
of
THE
GLORY OF GOD

SO SIMPLE
SO COMPLETE!

SO SIMPLE
SO FULL OF LIFE!

GOD IS EXALTED
GOD IS PRAISED
GOD IS LOVED

His people are loved and prayed for
His people are healed
delivered
empowered
and
filled with JOY

GOD
is
pleased

GOD
is
WELCOME
here in
HIS FULLNESS
THIS IS CHURCH

***
I cried and cried the day
when GOD took me from the field
where He promised a church to be built
He left the field
that one Saturday afternoon
and asked me to follow
I looked back at the area
It had been my "HOME" for so long
I had come and I had prayed
and I had already loved
in the Spirit
the people who would come
I had wept over the land
and danced
on the land
I could even see
a GRAND VISION of the building
but GOD said
that it was not to be
for now
Not now - not yet

"But why, GOD?"
I asked

"THE PEOPLE WORSHIP THE BUILDINGS, MY FRIEND
THEY BUILD AND THEY CREATE AND THEY FASHION
AND THEY MAKE SUCH GRAND PLACES
THAT MANY OF MY PEOPLE
ARE NOT TRULY WELCOME
THEY CREATE HAVENS FOR THOSE
WHO ARE ACCUSTOMED TO HAVING MUCH
THEY FORGET THAT MANY OF MY PEOPLE
HAVE SO LITTLE
MANY OF MY PEOPLE
HAVE LITTLE CLOTHES TO DRESS UP IN
EVEN FOR ONE DAY OF THE WEEK
THEIR BUILDINGS
DO NOT
CREATE MORE WORSHIP
FOR
ME
OR MORE PEOPLE FOR MY KINGDOM
THEIR BUILDINGS ONLY MAGNIFY
THOSE WHO COME
NOT
ME!"

But GOD, WHERE will your Church meet?

At that point
He sent me to a local garden shop
and told me that I would find a symbol
of His Church there
I looked around
until my eyes fell upon a rock
a rock
in the shape
of
a
HEART

“MY CHURCH WILL BE A ROCK
MOVABLE
PORTABLE
IN
HOMES
IN
STADIUMS
IN
TAVERNS
IN
SCHOOLS
EVERYWHERE
I AM
INVITED
IN

MY CHURCH WILL BE A CHURCH OF THE HEART
MY HEART FOR MY PEOPLE
AND THEIR HEART
FOR
ME"

He told me that there was
one more symbol to find
I looked about as I was checking out
and found a card
It was a card with a picture
of beautiful wildflowers
growing free
in the shape
of a heart
A whole
lovely garden
celebrating
LIFE

"MY CHURCH WILL BE
WILD AND FREE
NOT TO BE
CONTAINED ANY LONGER

NO LONGER
SUBJECT TO THE DEATH
OF
MAN'S WAYS
AND
PROTOCOL
BUT
FREE
AND
GROWING
AND
GLORIOUS
TO
BEHOLD"

***

Thank You, GOD
I am so humbled by Your Plan
Even I thought that You would do it the way
its been done for so long
Forgive me!

Expand our vision
to see Your Church
Your
GLORIOUS
NEW JERUSALEM
through Your EYES

Let us truly be a part
of it every day of our lives
until You return

YES, GOD
You are
WELCOME
once more

Come
and don't leave
Come
set up your Kingdom
YOUR WAY!!!

SURELY GOD
IS MY SALVATION;
I WILL TRUST AND NOT BE AFRAID.
THE LORD, THE LORD, IS MY STRENGTH
AND
MY SONG;
HE HAS BECOME MY SALVATION.
WITH JOY
YOU WILL DRAW WATER
FROM THE WELLS
OF SALVATION.

GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD
CALL ON HIS NAME;
MAKE KNOWN AMONG THE NATIONS
WHAT HE HAS DONE
AND PROCLAIM
THAT HIS NAME IS EXALTED

SING TO THE LORD
FOR HE HAS DONE
GLORIOUS THINGS;
LET THIS BE KNOWN ALL THE WORLD.
SHOUT ALOUD AND SING FOR JOY
PEOPLE OF ZION
FOR
GREAT
IS THE
HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL
AMONG YOU.
ISAIAH 12


THE BEAT GOES ON...