reflections from the edge

May 23, 2008

please post any questions or comments about mark's talk: reflections from the edge.

Comments:

Bob Patterson

Mark,



Hey, buddy! It's been a while, hasn't it?



I just listened to your podcast from a couple of weeks ago, when you shared your heart with the people of Elevate. We'll be praying for you as you recover from PTSD. I know what you're going through isn't easy, but God is an awesome God, and promises to carry your burden with you.



I can certainly understand why that was such a traumatic experience! You obviously love your wife very much... She must be someone really special!



Give me a call some time. I'd love to chat with you. My number is 816-835-4749. (Yep, that's a KC, MO, number. We moved here a little over 4 years ago. I think we just missed you!)



Bobby Patterson

Zachary Jeans

Our God reigns

our God reigns

forever his kingdom reigns

- passion



Through your trial

and in your tribulation

As the sun shines

and you fight for survival

Your God Reigns



Thought upon thought

and worry carried high

The tether of your life:

Is right hand under right thigh.



A promise and a vow

unbroken by the knife

The journey cross the desert

for the master's wife



In hearing His word

In declaring His praise

In recounting His faithfulness

God was in her heart raised



She stood by the terrible brother

Under his babylon

Under her mother

The traveler came with marriage the offer



Winsome, lonely and a long trail

the journey into love

upon the beast's back

Faiths answer: by means of a travail.



Weakness is strength

it begs more than it creates

and all the pleas fall

a heart empty faints



'I don't know' is regular

'Not today,' is unleaded

'I'll try,' is super

and 'I can't,' is dreaded



Put the transmission in low gear

release the clutch

Guide her a little

Life is sometimes as such



Know that in the wave that washes in Hilo's bay

And in the Cave where you may oft lock away

Know He is near like the wind with the water

and He is near to you, His Son, Your Father.



Like the servant that went

Like the maid who responded

your soul has been bought Mark,

It will never be absconded.



I love You.

Zachary