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Again I Confront Depression: Poetry Response

Posted August 21, 2018 | Karisa Moore

I love finding other poets to respond to in poetry. Take a look atÂ Radhika Shah’sÂ poem,Â “Depression calls again” as posted onÂ Jalvis Quotes.

My response:

Bed made, doubt canâ€™t stop me.

Renumbered days feel possible.

Attention, I will not quit!

Not your call, Not your call.

Bed dressed, habit of hope.

Time waits quietly,

already prepared for the

wrong pressed against determination.

Is there a way through? Is there a way through?

Attention all obstacles

opposite to thought, you are

mere specks of trouble

darkening my life.

Is it possible?

Smile, remember days overcome.

Tried and tested. Tried and tested.

Uncomfortable stretching of muscles untrained.

Help me with your presence, so that I may

lie in peace, lie in peace.

Knee-Knocking-Obedience

Posted August 13, 2018 | Karisa Moore

1 Corinthians 2:1When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.Â 2For I decided to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.Â 3I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.Â 4My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spiritâ€™s power,Â 5so that your faith would not rest on menâ€™s wisdom, but on Godâ€™s power.

Dear Fellow Page Turners,

Yesterday I took a step to face disabling fear and in my brokenness encouraged others struggling just as deeply.

We do not know who is on the edge of hopelessness. It is not in our achieving “Christian perfection” God uses us for the most glory of his kingdom. We become oaks of righteousness in our knee-knocking-obedience.Â

Be real with your faith. Be bold in obedience. Be open in your weakness.

Love Always,

Karisa

Starting Place

Posted February 19, 2018 | Karisa Moore

i didnâ€™t know this

was my starting place

until You ended myÂ suffering.

This yanking war of soul and flesh

Soothed to peace by Your sacrifice.

I became a fledgling paragraph developing purpose

in the womb of just one word

hope

Fighting Dirty For The Ones We Love

Posted November 8, 2017 | Karisa Moore

2 Corinthians 5:21Â God made Him who knew no sin to be sinÂ on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

Romans 5:5Â And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us. 6Â ForÂ atÂ justÂ the right time,Â whileÂ we wereÂ stillÂ powerless,Â ChristÂ diedÂ forÂ the ungodly.Â 7Â It is rare indeed for anyone to die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.â€¦

When was the last time you fought dirty for the one’s you love? Or for an enemy? I’m not talking cheating, I am talking about getting dirt under the nails, sweating, and digging deep into all you’ve got and then giving some more. Valuing that spouse who has hurt you deeply. Treating the bully at work with kindness. Fighting dirty is not based upon changed behavior, it is deeply rooted in who Christ is in us!

We love because he first loved us. God didn’t just give us a list of do’s and don’ts, pat us on the back, and send us on our way. He was and is involved in creation! So much so, that at just the right time, while we were still sinning he came to earth in the form of a human child. He experienced sweat, he had splinters in his skin, and scars on his back from loving us. He knew our struggle with temptation. He knew we were oppressed, and he knew our depression. He fought dirty for us!!

Depression, suicide, hopelessness is a dark and dingy place, because hopelessness is wrapped in lies about our identity and the character of God. I was once smothered in those lies. My son died in those lies. How do we counter such a devious and destructive attack that often begins when we are children?! We battle by getting to know the character of God and acting on the hope he offers to us.

I didn’t know God. Scripture is like sitting across from God and hearing him tell his side of the story. Prayer is a constant conversation (both speaking and listening) with God. Fellowship with other in process believers encourages, challenges, and brings me out of my shell. This is my foundation. As a result, I can’t sit idly by and put on blinders to the suffering of others. I have my hands in the dirt of humanity. Be all in because God was all in for us!

Let me know your story in the comments. How can I fight dirty for you!?

Dancing the Sanguine Blues

Posted October 31, 2017 | Karisa Moore

Forecast called for blistering blues . . .

Shame soaked in a raging torrent of emotions,

I put on defiant dancing shoes and

shaped prolific pools of hopelessness into

a halo of dancing rainbows.

Until bones broke to life and support the

impossible flesh of my reality.

Writing Prompt: Downcast or Upcast

Posted | Karisa Moore

Psalm 43:5Â WhyÂ are you in despair,Â O my soul?Â And whyÂ are you disturbedÂ withinÂ me? HopeÂ in God,Â for I shall againÂ praiseÂ Him, The helpÂ of my countenanceÂ and my God.

Seems like there are an awful lot of words to describe depressed, but not a lot to describe the opposite . . .what is the opposite of depressed? Come up with words that reflect an “upcast” attitude and create a poem. Attach your page link in the comments and let’s cast a brighter light on depression.

Writing Prompt: Downcast or Upcast

What are Your Tags Showing: REDEEMED

Posted October 16, 2017 | Karisa Moore

John 19:19Â Pilate also had a notice posted on the cross. It read: Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.

“Your tag is showing.” The lady behind me whispered at church yesterday, as she tucked the sales tag into the back of my shirt. First of all, let me just say . . . I got a killer price on the shirt! But what do you do when your tags of brokenness are showing?

Hide them
Lie about them
Claim them and laugh
Flaunt them

Everyone was labeling Jesus. They were trying to understand this man who claimed to be both God and man. Was he here to usurp power, or lead a rebellion? Was he a prophet? Yet Jesus cared more about who his heavenly Father thought he was. “This is my son, in whom I well pleased.” (Matthew 3:17) He did not hide who he was.

For many of us, others see what we think hidden. They see we are unhappy in our marriage; coworkers are painfully aware of our arrogance; friends feel the draft of our hopelessness. Some just laugh and are grateful that it’s not them suffering those problems. Others lean forward and tell us to hide them better. Still others pluck the tags from us thinking they are being helpful.

I can’t hide the tag of survivor of suicide because it permeates from every aspect of my life. I miss that blue-eyed, dimpledÂ chinÂ young man. I miss his laugh, our conversations, seeing him at college, and all the things that were to come. But in this life we will have troubles. I hope you see, though deeply wounded, I will not back down from living! Be encouraged, our circumstances may tag us with heavy burdens. but no matter how may labels show, the original price on my life has been marked out. In its place are the words: REDEEMED! PRICE PAID IN FULL! BEAUTIFUL! WORTHY! JUSTIFIED! FORGIVEN!

Do you still carry the tag of who you were, or has it been marked out by Jesus Christ? Are you convinced, no matter what tags this broken world tries to pin on you, that you are a son or daughter of a risen king! Murderers tried to tack “King of the Jews” above Jesus on the cross. But, I declare that he was and is the King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Redeemer and gratefully my Savior. That is a tag I don’t care if anyone catches hanging out of my shirt!

Prayer:Â Â Lord, we have tags showing. May your love redeem all of them and lead others to a saving knowledge of who you are. Amen

Just Another Day: Except it Isn’t

Posted July 1, 2017 | Karisa Moore

Scripture:Â Lamentations 3:22Â The LORD’S loving kindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail.Â 23Â They are newÂ every morning;Â GreatÂ is Your faithfulness.24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I have hope in Him.”â€¦

Thoughts:Â How do you turn the page on the hardest days of your life? In three years I have learned:

Pray
Be with family and friends
Pre-prepare
Hydrate
Laugh
Remember
Praise
Be present in today (pain, tears, joy, love, all is useful to God)
Notice blessings
Encourage others

Prayer:Â Lord, you are faithful in my sorrow today as I turn the page on the tragedy of Jonathan’s death, and another year begins. May others learn, live, love and grow because they see your presence in our lives. I find joy today because you are faithful. Thank you that Brian journeys through grief with me. Â Laughter is not distant because you have given me Daniel and Natalie. Thank you for time with friends this afternoon. I feel pain, but know it does not last. Your love, instead is eternal! Amen

Thanksgiving, The WD-40 of Faith

Posted May 15, 2017 | Karisa Moore

Despair rusts my resolve.

Construction of new life halts,

whenÂ tears of losingÂ oxidize into

bitterness.

The strength of my steel,

tested too long, flake away,

weakening exposed beams.

Thankfulness is my WD-40.

When worked into my frame

I remember Your goodness.

You built a firm foundationÂ of

faith, hope, and love.

No matter the damage I withstand,

I can count on the sturdiness of my God.

Poetry by Elizabeth Barret Browning

Posted March 14, 2017 | Karisa Moore

Grief

I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless;

That only men incredulous of despair,

Half-taught in anguish, through the midnight air

Beat upward to Godâ€™s throne in loud access

Of shrieking and reproach. Full desertness,

In souls as countries, lieth silent-bare

Under the blanching, vertical eye-glare

Of the absolute heavens. Deep-hearted man, express

Grief for thy dead in silence like to deathâ€”

Most like a monumental statue set

In everlasting watch and moveless woe

Till itself crumble to the dust beneath.

Touch it; the marble eyelids are not wet:

If it could weep, it could arise and go.

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