My Faith is like Nature:

     Nuanced

     Surprising

     Not easily labeled.

For a long time, I thought that was bad. 

“In order to be Faithful,” there were rules, they all said.

And I drove myself crazy trying to adhere to each and every one…

…to the detriment of actually knowing God.

So I threw out the list,

Removed the complications,

Rested in simplicity,

And sought Him with raised palms

Opening my heart.

I hear Him clearer when I don’t try to label Him,

Bind Him up in a tidy book,

When I surrender to His elements

As the mountains shift and change

With the seasons of 

His design.