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worship is

August 30, 2013 By Sandra Heska King

worship

To sink down.

To be depressed.

That’s one way the BLB describes worship.

Men and women prostrate on their faces

when the holy presses in.

Worship is God’s thumb on the heart.

Deflating self.

Elevating spirit.

Worship is breathless in the face of breath.

In all the wild and wonder.

In all the chaos and confusion.

We worship not just in the pew but in this place.

In this one ordinary, inconsequential place.

In this uncounted moment.

In song of a bird in the tree and a gush of water from the hose.

In the softened fragrance of a husband’s fresh-washed shirt.

In suds-filled sink and blot-up of one more puppy puddle.

Worship happens when we wipe a nose or wash a foot.

When we string words on a screen

or splash color on canvas.

It’s a weight on and an ache in the chest, a heavy humble.

An upward focus in a fallen world.

It’s finding beauty in the broken,

lifting eyes to the hills while walking through the valley,

and while stooping to serve

in the unseen spaces.

It’s a raising up of the One who brought Himself low.

Stilled in worship,

Sandy

Joining Lisa-Jo and community on the word prompt worship

in five minutes of word spilling.

 

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  1. Becca says

    August 30, 2013 at 2:12 pm

    This is beautiful, so true and really captures the essence of worship as being something that comes with every breath.

    • Sandra Heska King says

      August 30, 2013 at 9:17 pm

      Thanks so much, Becca. Breathing with you.

  2. HisFireFly says

    August 30, 2013 at 2:21 pm

    “a heavy humble”
    yes. yes, this.
    my heart knows, agrees

    • Sandra Heska King says

      August 30, 2013 at 9:20 pm

      I know you know this, Karin.

  3. Melanie says

    August 30, 2013 at 2:28 pm

    The poetry of your words is so restful. To see the worship in all of life, in my daily routines. Worshiping along side you today.
    Happy weekend.

    • Sandra Heska King says

      August 30, 2013 at 9:21 pm

      Privileged to worship alongside you, Melanie.

  4. Lori says

    August 30, 2013 at 2:31 pm

    Best post I have read all week.

    • Sandra Heska King says

      August 30, 2013 at 9:21 pm

      Aww… thanks, my friend.

  5. Deb Weaver says

    August 30, 2013 at 3:02 pm

    Not just in this pew, but in this place… Beautiful.

    Deb Weaver
    thewordweaver.com

    • Sandra Heska King says

      August 30, 2013 at 9:22 pm

      Thank you, Deb. A beautiful and worshipful weekend to you.

  6. Dea says

    August 31, 2013 at 12:10 am

    Loved this embracing of life as worship…beautiful.

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