The Shack - WM. Paul Young

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"I will take a verb over a noun anytime."

"I am a verb. I am that I am. I will be who I will be. I am a verb!

I am alive, dynamic, ever active, and moving. I am a geing verb."

"And as my very essence is a verb."

"I am more attuned to verbs than nouns."

Verbs such as confessing, repenting, living, loving, responding, growing,

reaping, changing, sowing, running, dancing, singing, and on and on.

 

Humans, on the other hand, have a knack for taking a verb that is alive and full of grace

and turning it into a dead noun or princple that reeks of rules: something growing and alive dies.

 

Nouns exist because there is a created universe and physical reality,

but if the universe is only a mass of nouns, it is dead.

 

Unless 'I am,' there are no verbs, and verbs are what makes the universe alive."

 

"For something to move from death to life

you must introduce something living and moving into the mix.

To move from something that is only a noun to something dynamic and unpredictabe,

to something living and present tense, is to move from law to grace.

May I give you a couple examples?"

 

"Then let's use your two words: responsibility and expectation.

Before your words became nouns, they were first my words,

nouns with movement and experience buried inside of them;

the ability to respond and expectancy.

My words are alive and dynamic--rull of life and possibility;

yours are dead, full of low and fear and judgement.

That is why you won't find the word responsibility in the Scriptures."

 

"Religion must use law to empower itself and control the people who they need in order to survive.

I give you an ability to respond and your response is to be free to love and serve in every situation,

and therfore each moment is different and unique and wonderful.

Because I am your ability to repond, I have to be present in you.

If I simply gave you a reponsibility, I would not have to be with you at all.

It would now be a task to perform, an obligation to be met, something to fail."

 

"Let's use the example of friendship

and how removing the element of life from a noun can drastically alter a relationship.

If you and I are friends, there is an expectancy that exists within our relationship.

When we see each other or are apart, there is expectancy of being together, of laughing an talking.

That expectancy has no concrete definition; it is alive and dynamic

and everything that emerges from our being together is a unique gift shared by no one else.

 

But what happens if I change that 'expectancy' to an 'expectation'--spoken or unspoken?

Suddenly, law has entered into our relationship.

You are now expected to perform in a way that meets my expectations.

Our living friendship rapidly deteriorates into a dead thing with rules and requirements.

It is no longer about your and me,

but about what friends are supposed to do, or the responsibilities of a good friend."

 

 

"I am the wind."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venturing out to the edge …  of the precipice

         Staring into the Grand Canyon of Papa’s love,

                Letting the wind blow in your face the freshness of a breeze whose scents you’ve only barely tasted before

                        You take the risk …it’s time…

                                   You take the step …it’s time…

                                            You plunge…and suddenly…

                                                       You are flying…

 

 

 

PAPA

Papa, my Papa,
My life, my joy, my all,
You are my heart’s salvation,
You always hear me when I call,

Papa, my sweet Papa,
I need You everyday,
I cannot live without You,
I love You more than words can say,

Papa, wonderful Papa,
In fields of flowers we run,
Delighting in each other,
Celebrating the work of Your Son,

Papa, tender Papa,
My tears are known to You,
You save them in Your bottle,
And promise to make all things new,

Papa, my strong Papa,
Creation exists by Your will,
For us nothing is impossible,
Therefore my heart is calm and still,

Papa, eternal Papa,
Forever is but a moment to You,
I stand in awe and wonder,
Of one so gracious and true,

Papa, embracing Papa,
Into Your arms I run,
Bound to You by cords of love,

Through the Spirit and Your precious Son!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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