Persistence...

We're blinded by darkness,
lost on our own.
We struggle forward
to get through it alone.

We fall over and over
to so many temptations.
Wont to act out
without meditations.

We shame and betray,
steal and deceive,
kill and destroy,
simply wont' believe.

Yet you care for us,
love us,
protect us,
died for us.

Who but man can boast in You;
we search for light
in the midst of darkness
to find what is right.

We try and try;
many times we fail.
We simply attempt
to no avail.

Yet Your love does not waver.
Your light does not grow dim.
We remain in Your favor.
We are always loved by You.

Simply because
You see that we try.
As imperfect we may be
our spirit will never die.

We will fight,
We will seek,
We will love.
All because of You.

Amen.

30 Minutes...

As I commit a mere 30 minutes to You...
I think that I can do it.
I'm pretty confident I can.
"30 minutes, how hard can that be."

As I try to set aside 30 minutes to You...
Time seems to fly by.
I can't find a minute to rest.
"Why am I always so busy."

As I try to find 30 minutes for You...
I can't find 30 minutes.
I haven't had time for myself.
"I'll make it up tomorrow."

As I realize I can't spend 30 minutes with You...
I feel unworthy.
I fail another commitment.
"I can't do anything right."

But in less than a second...
You lift me up.
You set my feet.
You keep loving.

You're love is immediate.

Amen.

A Prayer for a Friend

I saw her tears
so full of joy
so full of love
so full of surrender.

Couldn't help but smile.

Did I have tears
so full of joy
so full of love
so full of surrender?

Couldn't help but think.

A 2nd birthday
A new beginning
A new chapter

A moment so easily forgotten

May she never forget
always remember
always cherish

the day she'll rise again

with You.

Amen.

God... Father... Dad...

[Me] [God]

God... Yeah?
if you're there... I'm here.
I need you now. I know.
I messed up.
I'm sorry. It's OK.

I want this...
I want that... Here it is.
I need this...
I need that... It'll come.
I need... Me.

Father... Yeah?
I love what you do for me,
I love who you are. And I love you.
That's as far as I can go though.
I'm sorry but that's it. Come a little more.
I don't understand how to love like that. I can show you.
I just simply can't love like that. Yes, you can.

What did you expect? Everything.
What were you thinking? Of you.
Did you just forget? Of course not.
You left out a piece in my life...
a father... A father...
What can you say to me now?
What could you possibly say? I'm sorry, but I want to be your Dad...

Everlasting Friend

May my solitude be fruitful.
To fill this barrenness with life,
that was my desert song.

I yearned for company.
Grasping for every connection,
right or wrong.

I found my comfort.
A comfort so elusive and fickle,
it didn't last very long.

That was when I let my thorn,
the thorn in my flesh,
become my source of company.

I indulged it.
I confided in it.
I let it be.

Oh foolishness!
I was numbed by its poison,
unable to feel it spread.
It was not until a man
who was also pierced
knelt by me and said:

"I love you son.
I have never left you.
I will never leave you.
I am with you."

That I felt the pain in my heart,
the depth of the wound that I let be.

It was not until then,
that I felt the warmth
that was always a part of me.

Amen.

From the Heart

"Write with your heart,
Re-write with your head."
Easier said than done.

How much of my heart
needs to be set apart
from the rest of me?
When is it too much heart?
When is it too much brain?

I refuse to follow
an emotion driven mob.
I refuse to shelter behind
the cold walls of logic.
I just want to be with You.

Storms rage in my heart.
Mazes reside in my mind.
Nowhere is really safe,
nowhere can I find peace.
I have not left but You.

Pray from the heart,
articulate from the mind.
Easier said than done.

Simply...cool

Omnipotent
Creator of the Universe
You spoke light into being.
Your "Word became flesh."
Basking in eternity
everything bends to Your will.

Omnipresent
Here and there,
then everywhere.
You walk among the stars
and along the bottom of the seas.
Unbounded You travel.

Omniscient
You know our thoughts.
You see our hearts.
You know when each of us
cries, laughs, smiles.
Nothing You do not know.

Even with all this power
and all this knowledge.
You can still relate to us.
Alpha and Omega.
Beginning and End.
You said "I am."
And You are...

cool

Amen.