Getting Fired for the Glory of God

The late Mike Yaconelli, a youth ministry veteran, has some piercingly wise
insights in this article called Getting Fired for the Glory of God.

wherever searching

wherever searching
never finding
is ever untrue
because of You.

we are flickering
sputtering
picking
dying out
compared to You
rising out
of three days
two nights
a lake
away from luxury
below the deck
of humanity
into the stench
of misery

and now
when I am in my head
inquisitively
plaintively
selfishly
searching my mind
You break open my old deck
shuffle it freshly
and I can taste newness
smelling coffee
without needing it to drink
and waking up
on possibility-filled Saturday mornings
again.