Onward and Upward

Hey all, thanks for reading; I like you.

I'm moving on to try my hand at writing with more excellence at kendallbachman.wordpress.com

My hope is to no longer just write out of my impulse, but to write, edit, write, edit, and repeat.

Deal.

Fall on me

Lord fall on me,
Lord fall on me...
Let your presence like a cloud,
come and fill this house...

Here I am,
Designed for love,
All I want is you,
And I can never get enough...
All that I am,
All that can be,
I place before you,
Here Im sitting at your feet!
Im sitting at your feet!
So come,
and teach.

Teach me your language,
whisper your life,
show me your heart,
So the bride may be your wife...

All I ask is for more of you,
All I give is all I can.

Lord come.

Crossroads

I approach a crossroads in my life; and it's doorway seems unavoidable.

As I step outside myself and look at my life, in a seemingly third-person perspective, I cannot help but notice that I must soon decide.

In the one hand I have the option of living a great and fantastic life.
In the other hand I have the opportunity to live a life full of God and surpassing this simple "great".

I'm not going to lie, there isnt a bad option.

but,

Hear my heart. I want to walk where very few have walked. I want to live hand-in-hand with the Almighty. I want His Presence to be my greatest concern. I want His breath and heartbeat to beat to the same rhythm as my own.

This entails radical obedience and extreme risk.

Yet it is the safest place I can possibly live.

If I want to live a simply "fantastic and great" life I might become a teacher. Or I might become a pastor. I might have an occupation and a family. I would see The Lord move among people, and I would draw closer to Him. I might have a car and a payment, and I might clock in or punch in for forty hours a week. Wife, kids, love, house, dog, the whole shibang.

All of those are great things that I love.

However,

This life of absolute yielded-ness is shrowded in mystery. I dont feel like there are obvious examples or paths to use as a directional map. I think it is an extremely rare life.

now- lets hear me right- Im not talking about your life, Im talking about mine. So before you get all up in arms about how "Kendall doesnt think Im following God"... thats not what Im talking about.

I am desiring 100% obedience; and I have no single idea of what that looks like. Maybe it doesnt change much on the outside... I dont know... I just know that there is more of God and I must uncover it. I must see His face more.

end.

2009-2010

The minutes have ushered in a new year; and a new season.

Two thousand ten will be a year for love. Families will bond together and friends will come closer.
Two thousand ten will be about the One Thing.

Him.

We seek first the kingdom of God. We search out it's depths; we ask for greater measure of power and presence.

Lord... Father... Friend... come and walk with me. Reveal your face. Speak your words of life.

Please,

Lead.

Lead me into your kingdom's fullness.

May your kingdom come, may your will be done, here, now, let my life look like heaven.