Love

Have you ever really been in love before? I mean really in love? No really?

Before you answer that question, take a moment to consider what love is. Love is not a feeling. It is so much more than an emotion. It surpasses the result of goosebumps and chills running up and down your spine. Love is not something that you can make, but on the contrary love makes you. It makes you laugh, smile, grin, cry, and can even make you miserably helpless to do anything about the afore mentioned side affects. Love is not difficult to understand at all. Quite simply, allow me to conclude that Love is the one thing that you can never get enough of, yet at the same time makes you feel like you have more than enough. Love is not a passing phase. It is not the act of mad passionate moments that seem to take your breathe away. Love is not an excuse, it is not an entity, love is perhaps the one thing that you can feel without touching it.

In essence, love transcends time, wrongs, hurts, pain, and even abuse although this would be one sided love. What makes a man cling to a woman? What makes a woman adore a man and long for his presence constantly? What makes distance irrelevant to a hearts desire? I am a firm believer that once you love, you always love. It never goes away, for if it did, it most likely wasn't love at all.

Home

HOME?

Today I watched a man beg for food and I turned the other way. I was glued to the bag-lady as she ruffled through the trash can. The same trash can of which I just deposited what I paid for and could not consume. The little boy and girl in front of me have the signs of abuse emanating from their eyes and yet I do nothing. Church folk are talking about Jesus as if they know Him but it is painfully obvious that they don’t. Those who follow other gods are willing to exterminate others who don’t agree with them. Is there no one to stand up and be counted? Is there a man who will stand in the gap or a woman willing to repair the bridge that leads to the other side? Militants are everywhere except for where they are supposed to be. To fight for a cause worth killing the people you claim to be liberating is foolishness. Because we refuse to live in unity, we will die as individuals and wonder if we will be missed. I want to have my way, you want to be heard but instead of coming to terms with our differences, we are prepared to wage war until the death and are naïve enough to believe that it will further support our claim. Stupidity is not color blind. I know many dumb Whites, ignorant Asians, stubborn Hispanics and even Blacks that feel the world owes them something. One thing is for certain, the world has never been filled with so much hatred for people we don’t even know. Everybody is trying to make a quick buck because a dime is no longer worth anything. Why? Because some idiot decided a dime was no longer worth anything! The more we get the more we want. Wisdom would suggests that the more you have, the more you stand to loose. Learn to be content and be grateful for how far you have come. Don’t be so bitter that you hinder the destiny that dictates where you should be going. You are where you are because you made the choices that YOU felt were proper concerning your life. But don’t think for one moment that God has forgotten about the USA! We are a rotten nation and deserve to be punished; however, our punishment will come from Him alone and not some radical Babylonian that thinks he has lived a life worth condemning another. Although we are evil as a nation, we are still covered by the grace of God and our connection to Israel. Take it or leave it, Jesus will be here at any time now. Every prophecy has been fulfilled to usher in the Savior to take away those who follow Him. For those who choose to stay behind by denying Him, I urge you to think again, for soon it will be too late. He is a God of Grace, Mercy and Love, but I submit to you today He is also a God of Judgment. Are you so blind you can’t see truth? So planted in your own desires that you can’t see His? Please! I beg of you! Choose this day whom you will serve. Will it be God, or a counterfeit? I am so ashamed of myself for seeing what is going on and doing nothing about it. I am not a victim but sadly a contributor to a decaying world. Lord help me to be a better man. Help me to love even those who hate. Give me the strength to live a life that would literally change this nation. So the next time I see that hungry man, I will feed him. I will offer to take the bag-lady out to dinner, and those poor children will have a friend in me that will see them through until God Himself snatches us out of the place called……….Home!

God Alone

I want to approach you with something more than just my problems, but an offering of praise to who you are even if you choose to let me carry this load for a while. I have learned to worship you in "spite of…" and not "because of…" To know that you are God and wise enough to understand my needs. I trust you, I depend on you to exchange my pain for a promise that you will be there even when I'm going through. Majesty I bow beneath the throne that watches over me….alone!
Everyday I breathe is another to speak. Let the words I choose be pleasing to you and tell of how good you really are. What remains to be seen is only invisible to me, for you have seen my beginning while knowing my end. I am a puppet wrapped in the strings that your hand is holding. I will do as you command. You are Master, you are Lord and so it is you I serve and not the other way around. I am reminded of your faithfulness not because you have brought me through trials but because you remain after they have passed…. Alone!

"IF"

"IF" at the end of the day I have suffered great tragedy and loss,
"IF" the night brings even more pain than the day that proceeds it,
"IF" the tears have saturated the floor that embraces my fears,
"IF" I can't take another step in the direction of destiny,
"IF" my heart has been shattered into thousands of pieces,
"IF" love seems distant and afar off,
I will rejoice that you are with me,
"IF" I remember
"IF" is a possibility that can achieve victory,
regardless of the opposition,
"IF" you are my God.