Troubles come a knocking

A window of hope
That experiencing God now, in the moment
Is worth more than all pain
What faith calls forth such great hope
The reality of His love being enough
I am so needy, needy of stupid things
Can holiness cover stupidity, weakness

New man, not of earth
What will feed you and your kin
Who will shelter you, love you
Are you able to care for such devotion
Do you truly call for it

I would love to love my son
Even in his weakness I would love him
Yet in weakness I do not
God has no such weakness
God is love, He is not loving
No shadow exist in Him, no lack

Responding now and always to my need is He
Opening doors, windows and ways
By virtue and obedience, I live a prayer
By humility I an set in His place
Pain and sorrow the doors to greater virtue
No shameless suffering
Just transformation

New, New Year

So with the past in mind
And hope ahead
I take my new life
and innocently and wisely
live

Merry Christmas

What a great season. Even those who do not believe in Jesus Christ try to be like Him and give good gifts. This is just a sample of how a little light can shine in the darkness. God redeeming materialism to celebrate His Son.

Transformation

How many people have been robed of their ability to live and now just exist?

Think about all those people who spend their thought life, their emotions and feelings all bound to “getting through the day” or “making it until Christmas”. They live to make it to some point in life, like a graduation or job position, only to find nothing more than themselves when that achieve these goals.

Man was made to walk with God and that walk is at the very foundation of our life. I, almost daily, find myself in conflict with people who want me to give up my life and enter into existence with them. They fill their time with events, relationships, plans that are full of flutter and excitement, but have no reality. They spend years of their life trying to please and fulfill others and even more years of worry and anxiety over their inability to do so.

The way of transformation and Godliness is so foreign to us that I wonder if there will be faith on the earth when the Lord returns. So few people can even bear the weight of living in this life I wonder how they will bear the weight of the reality of heaven?