Friday, September 27, 2013

Five Minutes of True

Linking with Five Minute Friday over at Lisa Jo Baker's today.  Lisa posts a one word prompt on her blog, and then we write for five solid minutes, no editing, no filtering, no over thinking. The only other 'rule' is that you add your link to the hundred plus others writing too, and then leave a comment for the bloggers beside you on the list. Why not give it a try?

Today's word-true

Five Minute Friday

I try to glance at the word prompt on Thursday evening before I go to bed, so I can mull it over some before I write. I don't know if that's considered breaking the rules, but I try to never write without thinking first. Most word prompts can go in as many different directions as there are writers, so I let it find a place to land before I put my fingers to the keyboard.

Jesus loves me this I know
For the Bible tells me so

True.

The words to that simple childhood song were sung to me, and by me, and with me over and over and over again when I was a little girl. They permeated my mind and my heart and are embedded so deeply into my soul that they are never out of reach.  

My mother tells the story of sitting in church one Sunday morning, all of us spread out in a row across the pew, when my baby sister, a toddler at the time, spontaneously began singing Jesus Loves Me out.loud. in the middle of the service.  I asked my mom what the congregation did, and she said they all just listened.

I thought about that story today when I read the prompt. About the sureness of those words and the simple innocence of children. About how we adults so often want to twist or bend or manipulate truth, but if something is really true, it stands up to our human-ness and looks the same at the end as it did at the start.

Jesus loves me this I know
For the Bible tells me so.

True.

When the world feels heavy
when my heart feels anxious
when I doubt myself
when people let me down

when I'm worried afraid angry lost

I reach back into my childhood and grab hold of what's true.

Jesus loves me this I know
For the Bible tells me so.

13 comments:

  1. TRUE Joyce. ( : I feel the same way.

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  2. So. True. And if we all just simply grasp how much He really loves us, everything else can fall into it's proper place, right? Thanks for sharing! Here from FMF. http://maryhess.com/five-minute-friday-true/

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  3. I love this. It's so simple, but so true. And we often forget the extent of His great love for us. Thanks for sharing at Five Minute Friday! :)

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  4. that is a beautiful 5-minute writing.

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  5. What a gift the world received through that song, that simple song that rings true for everyone of every age for all time. What a blessed memory of your sister's innocent, unselfconscious singing to the congregation. Bet they remember that too, when the sermon was long since forgotten.

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  6. AMEN! Soo true! Enjoy your week-end!

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  7. You are really good at this exercise! Have a good weekend!

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  8. Do kids still sing this song? Or is it just something from our past? Still true though.

    Lee
    Tossing It Out

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  9. Delightful post!! What a simple song with the greatest truth that will carry us through all time. You scored again Joyce!

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  10. Joyce, you never cease to amaze me with these five minute writings! Great job! I love it.

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  11. Joyce, that was just what I needed to read tonight. It's funny...this morning I dropped my son off at his friend's house so that he could go to a baseball game with them. The friend's mom drove up just as I was about to leave, so I backed out of the drive (so she could get in) and then pulled to the side of the street, after turning my blinker on to indicate what I was doing) because a car was also coming up the street behind me. The car behind me honked several times before zipping by. I pulled forward so that the mom's window and mine were side by side and she looked at me and said,"That wasn't very nice!" I smiled and said,"No. But Jesus love me, and that's all I need to know!" So...full circle for me today, and I guess that is a message I needed to think on from beginning to end of the day. :) Life is interesting.

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  12. Such a sweet post and a wonderful simple song. When I feel overwhelmed, the phrase "They are weak, but He is strong" run through my head. Gonna have to sing it to my mom more. (Thanks for your kind words on my blog. They are needed these days.)

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