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 Light takes Wing: by Joey​

This morning I woke thinking about a dream I had that brought the word 'conduit' to mind. Conduit means: a channel for transporting water. And keeping that in context to my present experience...the word 'spring' came up in me. Looking at the inner meaning I found: arise, evolve, resilience, energy, confidence. This lead me to a verse in Isaiah 30:15  that says: For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; "in quietness and in confidence" shall be your strength, and ye would not.

In the past I have loved to quote apart of this verse leaving out the "and you would not." In my life at this time it so resonates as true. And yet...grace would say that this is a process and not to judge what I do not immediately see the fruit of. In fact, I would go so far as to say...this journey takes a strong base that will not default to fear vs faith. It is with that I share the following "word of encouragement."

I am not what you see nor are you what others see... I am not one-dimensional. Do not be disheartened that there is not a cohesive voice...listen to me. I am the spring within you that moves with strength and purpose. I am the fresh water you desire and I am the source of all that is revealed. Take heed and do not linger where there is no life. I have planted you with the roots of faith, hope, and love. I have not left this work to be trampled and strewn. I have seeded it very carefully to bear the fruit of healing, the fruit of union, and the fruit of purity within. You are my conduit not mans and through you flows my word...it is not shallow and vain as mans word, it is cutting through all that would suffocate and divide. Take great joy in what I have for you...shed the tears of despair and sadness. Do not take them as personal, they are the tears I have for those who are lost. Be still and see this is not the time of wondering, it is a time of great hope. Rest and know I am on the move and I am not separate from thee.

Rest what a key to ignite connection... in a day when people want it all yet spend very little on truly touching base with the things that count. Leaving me to wonder is there really any root to the things we value or is it all a shallow and dry riverbed. Riverbeds make me think of waterfalls and hidden springs which lead to: the origin, the source, or root of, and the seasonal change in which vegetation begins to appear. When looking at the word in a Vines dictionary I found: "to become,. "to bring forth, produce,", "to cause to grow together" "to sprout", of seed. see bring, bud. springing up of well water "to spring forth," see blow. 

Not wanting to look up every scripture associated with the meaning; I spent my time thinking about how I would love to see relationships... grow, bud, blossom, become resilient, bring forth peace and produce light. Yet, just like hidden springs they are not always abundant with the evidence of the refreshment that lies within. So instead I became more focused on my own path becoming a fresh breeze of gentle discernment verses a callus wind of too much thought and opinion.

Which brings 2 Cor.4:16 into play: For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

In closing I started this meditation with the idea of finding some hidden release from a time of too much over stimulation, and regret.  One final thought: a friend recently said, to me, it is enough...rereading this I agree. We have such a well within that is ours to access in a shake of a lambs tail...it is to be a well of light for our own journey; and with a little time maybe a valuable wellspring for others too.