Pressed

I ran across this poem when going through some of my old papers. The last few weeks before moving overseas are hard for me. Living a life of constant transition is difficult and yet with the pressure comes a brokeness that leads to a Christ-life outpoured. 

Pressed! 

Pressed out of measure, and pressed to all length;

Pressed so intensely it seems beyond strength;

Pressed in the body and pressed in the soul; 

Pressed in the mind till the dark surges roll:

Pressure by foes, and pressure by friends; 

Pressure on pressure till life nearly ends:

Pressed into knowing no helper but God;

Pressed into loving the staff and the rod:

Pressed into liberty where nothing clings;

Pressed into faith for impossible things: 

Pressed into living a life in the Lord; 

Pressed into living a Christ-life outpoured. 

- Unknown

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