From “Blah, Blah, Blah,” to “Rah, Rah, Rah!”

Daily writing promptScour the news for an entirely uninteresting story. Consider how it connects to your life. Write about that.View all responses

There’s a story that many people find uninteresting because it is too often presented as “blah, blah, blah.” However, to me it is the most exciting series of events in history. That story powerfully impacts my life throughout each day. It’s account of Jesus and His birth, life, death, resurrection, and ongoing working in human hearts! Christ’s presence in me freely flows from my innermost being as living water.

“My heart is glad and my tongue rejoices.”
Christ is risen!
Church sometimes seems
Like “blah, blah, blah,”
But Christ in me
Is “Rah, Rah, Rah!”
Think outside
Your comfort box
Until you find
Hope that unlocks
God’s building blocks
And puts you on
The Cornerstone.
To raise you above
Life’s hard knocks–
“If then you were
Raised with Christ,
Seek those things
Which are above.”’

My wife, Ernie, and I love to bask in Christ’s living water that flows from deep within us: