Rootbound.
When the roots
Take up the space,
All the space,
Beneath
And there’s nowhere
Left
To grow.
We need space
To grow
Down,
deep,
So we can grow
Up,
Tall.
What’s taking up
Your deep
space?
Mom came over yesterday.
Together we dug our dried, winter hands
Deep into soft, summer dirt
And released
One by one
Each root bound house plant
Of mine
And placed them
Deep
In new earth
With plenty of space
To grow
Down
And
Up.
They look small
In their new digs
But soon they will
Out grow these
too.
Mom told me
We had to do it
Cause the leaves
Were yellow,
The nutrition
Was lacking,
The roots
Were choking out
The life.
I need depth too.
I need deep conversations,
Deep relationships,
Deep meaning and purpose,
yes,
But greater than these,
I need
Deep oneness
With God.
My deep
Calling to
His deep
daily.
Space,
Deep space,
Beneath the surface
Of my day to day
Are roots
Hungry
For depth.
Our culture
Today
Is all about
The quick,
The shallow,
The surface,
The swipe,
The rolling reel
Of distractions.
That kind of being
Takes no effort,
Just roots
Curling in on themselves,
stuck.
True depth
Takes effort
Beyond our normal.
It takes getting out the deeper pot
And pouring in the rich soil
And letting our roots
Find that space
To reach.
Space,
Deep space.
What does it look like for you?
For me?
Space = time
How do you go deep with a friend?
Time.
Space.
Slowing down.
Listening.
Not just talking.
Listening.
Time.
How do you get deep into a book?
Time.
Space.
How do you get deep in thought?
Time.
Space.
More than ever
We have time and space.
How will we use it?
Depth.
There is no deeper being
Then God.
There is no deeper, more fulfilling relationship
Then God’s.
Nothing can compare,
And though the world attempts
To surrogate,
To make substitutions,
With other
loves,
God’s depth
Eclipses them all.
I want to grow
Deep
And tall
In God.
I do not want to be
Rootbound
And thirsty
And wondering
Why I have no life.
I need space
To grow
Down,
deep,
So I can grow
Up,
Tall.
Jesus, create depth in me.
Call to me
With your deep
And may my heart
Always answer.
Jesus, help me
Choose to use
This space,
This time,
sacred rest 