for my brother

For my brother

Peace

Rest

Labor done

People loved

Work finished

Rest

The emerald green

Shiny coast

Calls your name

The shining city 

On a hill 

Rest

Darkness is done 

All is light

Feast begun

Fast over

Rest

In the arms

Of 

The 

One

Rest

Farewell my brother

Until we meet again

Rest

stones and things

Let the one who has never sinned

Cast the first stone

Am I sometimes 

The one 

Who casts the first stone of judgment?

Lord forgive!

Am I sometimes 

The one 

Who considers another "weird"

If they're not like me?

Lord forgive!

Am I sometimes 

The one

Who condemns

Even when I don't know the details

Of another one's journey?

Lord forgive!

Am I sometimes 

The one 

Who has unrealistic expectations of others

Expecting a kind of perfection 

That I know I'm not capable of?

Lord forgive!

Help me to see 

With your eyes

To understand with your heart

Help me remember 

That I've got too many faults

Of my own

To worry about someone else's 

Lord forgive!

Love is from God

"Love is from God"

It's not a human invention

It's not just a feeling

That comes and goes

Love is from God

That means it is 

Regenerative 

Renewing

Resourceful 

That means it is

Creative

Comforting

Confrontational

That means it is

Hopeful

Honoring

Heavenly

If love is from God

Then divinity surrounds us

When we love 

Divinity infuses us 

When we love

Divinity is in us

So the only failure in love

Is when we turn from divinity

To selfishness

Which is not truly us

"I know who you really are"

Says love

And it is divine

Love is from God 

Thanks

"How good it is to sing praises to God"

To be thankful

Full of thanks

You know humans

Love to be thanked

In fact they say

UnAppreciation is the 

Unforgivable sin

Does God feel the same?

Does God wonder 

When we gripe and complain?

Does it blow God's mind

When we are discontent?

O Lord of grace and bounty,

Help me celebrate you

And all your benefits this day!

Thanks!  

Speak

Speak 

The Word of the Lord,

O prophet!

Speak so we can hear

For we are lost

Without

The Word

We need the 

Guiding

Comforting

Encouraging

Challenging

Hopeful

Correcting

Revealing

Word

So, speak

The Word of the Lord,

O prophet!

Speak so we can hear

Follow me

Follow me

It begins with such 

A simple invitation

Follow me

But oh,

How life altering!

Shattering the routine

Obliterating complacency

Decimating the status quo

Destroying the dead end life

And giving us . . . 

A destination

A place

A time

A relationship

With The One

Follow me

Glory!

"The voice of the Lord

Is over the waters"

What was there 

At the moment of creation?

Was there some kind of

Primordial soup?

Did you need 

Building blocks to start with?

Did you need

Dirt and stars?

Nay!

You are all sufficiency

You are all you need

The universe comes from you

Not the other way around

You did not need creation

You simply spoke

And it was

"Such knowledge is too wonderful for me!

It is so high I cannot attain it!"

All I can say is

Glory to the Father

And glory to the Son

Glory to the Spirit

Who is The Three in One