Love Journey

You stand by my side.

You laugh at the quirks of my personality,

not in a mean way,

but because you simply enjoy my presence.

You love me for me,

quirks and all.

It means the world to me,

as I’ve already told you.

But I don’t think you’ll ever understand

how God’s healing hand

reaches to me through you.

A walk on the beach,

a good morning text,

even a study session,

every thought that is of you

I cannot help but think again.

I want to spend so much time with you,

getting to know you more and more.

Who are you?

Where do you come from?

Why are you here?

What drew you to me?

What drew me to you?

Love is so much more than a feeling,

it is a journey.

I hope this journey takes us interesting places,

to help us learn and grow

in God

and in one another. 

Spring 2013

21 Aug. 2012

I can’t fathom God sending his kin

just to save this miserable skin.

But when He saw me He just had to grin,

because He knew of the romance about to begin.

I’m so full of sin

I can’t believe I’ll ever win.

Thank God, quite literally, that I don’t have to

for my life He has made anew.

This I know is true.

He sent Jesus His son

who permanently won

so I can believe that

It Is Done.

The old has gone

so someday I’ll be seeing God’s lawn,

but for now I can’t yawn,

because there is some serious work to be done.

I owe Him everything so I give Him my life

even in strife

because I remember what He went through in His life.

39 lashes,

gaping gashes,

nailed hands,

but still He stands,

continuing all God’s plans.

Carrying MY Cross.

A perfect man,

even over a 33 year span,

He lived to take my place,

grant me Grace,

and teach me to run the race.

After Him I will constantly chase

to help repair the pitiful case

of my sinful nature. 

21 Aug. 2012

Yearn to Inspire

I don’t get it, Lord.

I don’t get it, Lord.

What is it others see in me,

about who I am?

I guess I’m ignorant of your plan.

What you want me to do

is obscured from my view.

Yet others see in me a fire.

All I know is I yearn to inspire,

set all God’s people aflame,

burning with a passion for Your name.

16 Nov. 2012