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Mustard Seed Moment: Mathew 17:20

April 22, 2018 By momcafe 15 Comments

 

My Mustard Seed Moment.

 

I stretch my hands

From fists, they spread

To the skies

With what I have

I give you all

I have to give

 

My mustard seed.

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Trembling with the agony

Of feeling so much apathy

I hold this tiny seed

With all I have.

 

You say this seed moves mountains

Push back what’s blocking me

You promise that your truth will come

To all who want to see…

 

Move this mountain for me.

Open up my view

Show me you adore me

Reveal to me you’re You…

The valley’s shadows darken

Empty, I concede

I’m parched, I’m hungry for the proof

To once again believe

 

Dessert life is lifeless

Barren burdens lie

This dried up land, is where I stand

Do you hear my cry?

 

Stuck I plead, fixed in this place

I come to you in my disgrace

With all I have, with all I face

I hold this tiny seed.

 

Open up your heavens

And rain your spirit down.

Soak me in your power

Let me see your crown.

 

I batter questions in my mind

Thrashing waves of righteousness

Pull me under heavy shame

My heart, it longs for holiness

 

You say this seed moves mountains

Push back what’s blocking me

You promise that your truth will come

To all who want to see…

 

I beg you please to show your face

I need to see your hand

Share with me the mystery

So I can understand.

 

This nomad’s heart is floundering

Help me find your home

Open up the door for me

I’m knocking as I roam

 

Break the chains of questioning

The ground on which I stand

Soak your Spirit into me

Seal my heart again

 

Mercy break my bondage

Offer me relief

Take my seed and fill me

Heal my unbelief.

 

I’m trapped inside

This small cocoon

Can’t see beyond my wall

Await I will, my faith stands still

Transform me through it all.

 

So I can come before you

Fall down on my knees

Praise you and adore you

Oh, grow my mustard seed.

 

I stretch my hands

From fists, they spread

To the skies

With what I have

I give you all

I have to give

 

My mustard seed.

 

***

 

He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Mathew 17:20 NIV

 

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This was first published on Hew View From Home.

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Comments

  1. Donna says

    April 23, 2018 at 5:28 am

    Love, love, love this Chris. Just beautiful.

    Reply
  2. Lizzi Lewis says

    April 23, 2018 at 11:34 am

    Absolutely beautiful, Kitty. I really loved reading this. ????????????

    Reply
  3. Alison Hector says

    April 23, 2018 at 6:56 pm

    Oh Chris! What a perfect picture of our “I believe/help my unbelief” condition! Please continue to write poetry. This is beautiful.

    Reply
  4. Stacy Voss says

    April 24, 2018 at 8:56 am

    Beautiful, just beautiful!

    Reply
    • momcafe says

      June 1, 2018 at 10:52 am

      Thank you, sweet sister. <3

      Reply
  5. Joshua"Birdman" Carroll says

    April 26, 2018 at 11:31 pm

    I give you all,
    All I have!

    Amen

    JC#1

    Reply
    • momcafe says

      June 1, 2018 at 10:52 am

      Amen. 🙂

      Reply
  6. Kristi Campbell says

    April 29, 2018 at 10:52 pm

    Oh wow. So beautiful. You give me inspiration when I’m lacking it. I want to plant a mustard seed now. I truly needed to read this. Thank you, beautiful friend.

    Reply
    • momcafe says

      June 1, 2018 at 10:53 am

      Thank YOU for reading it, sweetie. Apparently, that’s all we need to have faith. I thank God for that! 🙂

      Reply
  7. lisa thomson says

    May 2, 2018 at 11:31 am

    Chris! This is so powerful. You are an amazing writer. Faith does stop and start again at times, and we feel that deep apathy when it’s gone. Getting it back can move mountains.

    Reply
    • momcafe says

      June 1, 2018 at 10:54 am

      Thank you so much for your beautiful response, Lisa. I nodded while reading your words and whispered an “Amen”. <3

      Reply
  8. My Inner Chick says

    May 20, 2018 at 10:47 am

    **Open up your heavens

    And rain your spirit down.

    Soak me in your power

    Let me see your crown.**

    What a gorgeous, relevant, living poem. xxxx

    Reply
    • momcafe says

      June 1, 2018 at 7:18 am

      Thank you, love. SO much. <3

      Reply
  9. Kim Sisto Robinson says

    June 9, 2019 at 10:43 am

    Beautiful.

    Just a mustard seed!

    We can change the world!

    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    Reply
    • momcafe says

      June 15, 2019 at 6:50 am

      Thank you, love. These moments are sacred too. <3

      Reply

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