A Prophet's Voice

A prophet's voice
cries out from a distance
and speaks truth into your heart

a word
for you alone
and for all.

A prophet's presence
draws near
and hold's a mirror to your face

challenging
you alone
and all.

A prophet's Spirit
enters your soul
with compassion and love

filling
you alone
and all.

Jesus
is more
than a prophet

loving
you alone
and all.

Love is Beautiful to Behold

Love
is beautiful
to behold,

a living Presence
deep
within the soul.

Love
is a wide open spaciousness
in which self
is forgotten,

and the freedom
of simply being
is discovered.

Love
is what we are made for.

Love
is for us to fall into.

Love
is what we are.

Even in death there is life

Even in death
there is life.

For a person
who has been
intentional
with their life,

open to and embracing
the wildness of the journey,

present and available,
with love and compassion,
to friend and stranger alike,

creative in relationship
with those closest to them,

alive to the moment
and the excitement of living,

is a person
whose life,
even in death,
remains
with others,

a person
who lives on
in the heart
of God.

Calm in the Storm

The storms of life
are always stirring,
blowing one way,
then another.

Gusts of turbulence
coming from all directions,
and life is unsettled,
unstable.


until

Your face
is noticed
in the stern of the boat,
that is my soul.

In your gaze of love
I become forgetful
of the storm
even as it rages.

Look lovingly upon me
as you bring
deep calm
into my life.

Open my heart

As the warmth of the sun
opens the flower
to light,

so your presence
opens my heart
to love.

There is a rich beauty
about your gaze
that draws me
to you

until

there is only
you.

You are
the face of love

that looks past
my shortcomings and weaknesses,

and knows only
my heart,

knitting mine to yours
in a beautiful unity of life.

You are Jesus,
lover of my soul.

God's friendship is Trinity

Friendship with God
is balm for my soul.

Friendship with God
is the truest of friendships.

God's friendship
knows me for who I am
and loves me still.

God's friendship
is without condition
and a constant Presence.

God's friendship
is the love
that resonates deep in my soul.

God's friendship
is for all,
no one is excluded.

God's friendship
is Trinity

The Creator
The Redeemer
and the deep Spirit that makes us one.

Love of God

Love of God,
You alone are my desire.

I long
for more of You.

You come from deep within,
and complete the whole of my life,

and I am filled
with You.

All that I see and touch
reflects your beauty,
shines with light,
and is You.

When my eyes are truly open,
my world is consumed
by the fire of your love.

You are everywhere,
in everything,
in everyone,

and I am so alive,
and free
in your love.