fill us to empty us to fill us again

He has this way of filling us…

with his love and presence…
filling us…

         with His word…     with His grace…      with His very being…

just to empty us.    

   
                                           we are emptied…

    of our pride…     of our foolishness…  of our selfishness…

we laydown our hurts…      our unforgiveness…      our shortcomings…  

                            our fears…                  our very lackings…
 
at the cross…       at the tree - that tree that brought death…   that tree that  brought life. 
       
  and at this tree of life…   He awakens us…

   and there is this beautiful exchange that takes place…

     less of self…       for more of Him…

          this beautiful empting and  filling up…

        this glorious filling to fullness… 

   just so we can pour out all of Him…    all of who He is…     to another…  

                        being emptied out for Him…     just  to be filled up again..

and the cycle continues…

               filled…                    emptied…                    filled…                       emptied…                     filled…
 

Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.                 Philippians 2:5-7

living in that beautiful exchange~