

Blue Sky Over Me Vast and unending Warm, peaceful, still. With depth and breadth, expansive Abundance all around me Always available to me Full, grateful, with ease.
This is a poem (can I call that a poem?) I wrote in prayer a few years ago. I was journeying through a particular valley in my marriage and I had fallen into an emotional habit of being sullen, even joyless. I know, hard to imagine me that way, huh? As I moved through the valley, I knew that my best hope of climbing up and out was to look up and out -- Look up at the Lord and move out of my head. One morning during this time, I was sitting on my deck, in prayer, eyes closed with the sunshine warming my face. As I opened my eyes and wondered at the sky, I felt through my whole being the truth that the Lord is far bigger than any circumstance in my life. At every moment He is holding me and taking care of me. His abundant love is all around me, and it is for me! The poem above burst into my heart in that moment. I wrote it out and kept it with me, reading it to myself every day. Reading those words became a pattern-interrupter for me. In moments when I felt myself sliding towards the valley floor, the visual of the unending blue sky and the physical sensation of the warm sun upon my skin pulled my heart and mind upward, and I found my peace in Him once again. Except for when I didn’t. Like those times I colluded with the old beliefs of, “But I deserve ...” or “It isn’t fair,” and down I would slide! It was on one of those days that my revelation happened. I was out for a jog on a very cloudy morning. The entire time, I was listening to an old tape running in my head, over and over and over. I was fully absorbed in conversation with myself about “he never …” and “I always …”, feeling more and more victimized by the second. I blurted aloud, “Blue sky over me, yeah right!” Where are you God!? No expansiveness here for me, the sky is completely overcast, just like my marriage!” I glanced accusingly up at the sky and the image pictured below is what I saw in that moment. I was stunned into silence and literally sat down on the curb (and snapped the picture!).
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all of your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
Copyright 2018 De Yarrison
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De Yarrison
De is a wife, mother, professional coach and women’s retreat facilitator. She is super excited about guiding women to discover the Truth of who they are – God’s chosen and beloved ones! Through her coaching practice and women’s ministry, YouAreMadeNew.com, De guides women to live life led by the Holy Spirit, and to cultivate resilience, self-compassion, and an unwavering trust in our incredible God.
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