A Stream of Change

I am like one of the ponds in my backyard.
Stagnate.
No incoming water.
No outflow of water.
A green slim scum layer on top.
Somedays my relationship with Jesus is stagnate.
I'm trapped in sin.
No one is pouring into me.
I'm not pouring into others.
I know the Word but don't proclaim it.
I have a mouth yet fail to continually praise the Lord.
God, take the pond of my life
and turn it into a stream.
May my life be a stream of You
Into the lives of those around me.
May I cease to be stagnate and begin a journey-
An overflow of You in me.
And as a result,
I'll invest myself in others.
Let me be a stream, not a stagnate pond.
May You constantly change me
to be more like You.

~written on May 22,2008~