Life and Love

Life is one of perceptions,

Like pretending to be real when fake,
Better to be beyond deceptions,
And make reality your stake.

It's not God who condemns,
Though He does chastise,
Our consciences convict us,
When we open our ears and eyes.
The glory of the gospel,
Is what it inspires,
When we respond to God,
Our hearts He fires.

Hearts lit and aflame for The Lord: an undeniable movement of repentance, as we turn back to God for the glory of His name. Being convicted can seem such a threat, but it always leads to life!

Something as a parent I always love doing:
Watching and enjoying my kids' learning,
That's always been my hope for them,
That they never lack their life yearning.

Our passions sustain us. Just so much desire in me for my children to find and do work they love doing.

A health concern
Is horrible to learn
In all kinds of different ways.
All we can do
Is manage our bodies true
Praying for peace all our days.

When we pray our circumstances don't change, but our view of them does. Health concerns can bury us in anxiety, which leads to fatiguing depression. But when we pray, seeking peace, God gives us a new porthole through which to look.

Enjoying the simpler things,
Like music, movement, and the Messiah,
There, there is life in what God brings,
As hearts are lit and passions are afire.

Opening up to the possibilities for life and joy, beyond many varietals of spiritual oppression, is simply surrendering to the vast world of creation available to the open eye of the heart.

Too much of our lives we spend                      
Wanting to be someone else
When all God asks us is to
Be content to know our self.

As two become one,
Their love is found unique,
What they will become,
Is truly something complete.