Appreciating

Michael W. Smith
is a Christian Artist
with a most worldly
ALL ENCOMPASSING
m e s s a g e
that goes way beyond
a piano note
or nicely worded lyrics:

Oh these days I’m at a distance
Sirens scream but I don’t listen
There’s a million distractions I can’t escape
Like I’m sleepwalking now but I’m wide awake
And the picture I painted I want to change
Right now
Bring me into the conversation
All my walls, you can see them shaking, yeah
I’m staring at you, hanging on every word you’re saying
Won’t you bring me into the conversation
One by one we’re separated
What I thought was love just looked like hatred
I’ve been losing myself trying to prove you wrong
And right now all I know is I can’t go on
So I’m stepping across all the lines I’ve drawn
Right now, right now
Bring me into the conversation (conversation, conversation)
All my walls, you can see them shaking, oh yeah
I’m staring at you, hanging on every word you’re saying
Won’t you bring me into the conversation.
I just wanna talk to you
I just wanna talk to you
I just wanna talk to you
I just wanna talk to you
I just wanna hear what you’re saying
Won’t you bring me into the conversation
All my walls you can see them shaking, oh yeah
I’m staring at you, hanging on every word you’re saying
Oh Won’t you bring me into the conversation
I just wanna talk to you
I just wanna hear what you’re saying oh yeah
I M A G I N E
DARE BELIEVE
UNDERSTAND
KNOW
The world could literally change
Be transformed
Come off it’s tracks
If we just said
“BRING ME INTO THE CONVERSATION”
“I JUST WANT TO TALK WITH YOU”
“TELL ME YOUR STORY”
“I REALLY WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING”

businessmen having a meeting at a cafe — Photo by August de Richelieu on Pexels.com

L I S T E N
l i s t e n
I just don’t want to talk with you. . .
I want to
Listen
TO HEAR
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm of the Day:
Maybe before you bring me into the
c o n v e r s a t i o n
I need to prove to you
s h o w y o u
GIVE YOU
a reason
to do
S O

Outrageous isn’t it?

Just another attempt and usually

a feeble one

at me trying to get a laugh

or making some idle point. . .

No. . . No. . . not this time. . .

It’s me getting inspired

While trying to inspire

At least once a week Erin goes over to our daughters house and helps with our grandkids. . .

As they pulled into our driveway to pick her up I thought would be a great idea if I would go out as a reindeer with my flashing red nose and my big antler ears just to do with every grandfather likes to do best:
make his grandkids laugh

Of course grandma Erin made this possible by buying these cheap little flashing noses and big red ears. And after getting their looks of wonderment and their laughs, of course they wanted exactly what I was wearing;

They weren’t disappointed. . .

Why
Why was this done…?
To me
everything that I love about what this Season is
What this Season represents
How the Season is really personified
not just in children
but the children each of us. . .
It’s about not so much sharing
or giving
or even receiving
But inspiring
Cultivating
Igniting
Sparking
This ever present
Never ending
Always glowing
But often hidden
LIGHT
THIS GLOW
This unfailing flicker
That exists in all of us
Desperately wanting to share
And even more desperately
W A N T I N G
to be shared. . .
It’s what brings the
FA
to the
LA LA LA LA LAAAAH
AND ITS A SYMPHONY
THAT NEVER STOPS PLAYING
BY AN ORCHESTRA
IN EACH OF US
FINDING OUR PART
IN ANOTHER
AND PLAYING
G L O R I O U S L Y
Psssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssst:
And it’s not contained in a Season
Or wrapped in paper
Cooked in an oven
Toasted from a raised glass
It’s housed in a heart
Shared in a heartbeat
Received as the most precious of gifts
The one with no expiration date
Or shelf life
Just
L I F E
In all of its fullness
Becoming even grander
When shared
And it happens
In a moment
So. . .

GET YOUR BLINK ON

D o n ’ t
M i s s
I t

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