Psalm

Been struggling to connect with God on a deeper level recently, and today as I was having some quiet time, I was reading some Psalms, and wrote this, kind of in the manner of the Psalms.

A(nother) first step

If only I could feel your heartbeat

If only I could see your footprints in the sand.

Will life always be so unrelenting?
Is there ever more clarity to your plan?

Like David of old my heart cries out
Hallelujah! you are Lord
But at the same time I hang my head
as one who mourns

For I have seen your goodness

Your love captivated my heart
Yet now even as I worship
My history is crumbling apart.

So would you write your story anew in my life?

Open my eyes again to your glorious light
That I may praise you in the darkness with head held high
For your are I AM, you are always by my side.

This Heart

Hi all, felt like it was way past time for another post!

This is a poem I wrote while meditating on Jesus and his great labor of love.

This heart

Kept alive by that which they don’t understand
A power that they can’t see
This heart
Beating for that which lies ahead of me
A path tread in sorrowful peace
This heart
Aching for that which they can’t imagine true
Waiting for all to be complete

Steady love, keep walking forward today
Past pains will shine forever and future love will envelop you
Yet this too will drift away
Lost in the steady beat of a heart pressing through
For nothing in this world will stay
The heart that yearns for all to be perfect, new

This heart
Regardless of all that tries to twist and tear
Pushes deeper, further still
This heart
Seeking life yet discounting its own
Determined in its steadfast will
This heart
Looking neither right nor left at all
Walking steadily, faithfully, up that hill

Steady love, keep walking forward today
The task ahead will test you for all that you are
Yet this too will be for good
Up from the clutches of sorrow, pain, and scars
All will be made beautiful soon
This heart will shine forever more radiant than stars

This heart

Spent completely on that which was not worthy
This heart
Steadily ready to sacrifice all for what was nothing
This heart
Perfect in life, now after death more glorious and holy
This heart
In surrendering all found victory, in losing all gained everything

Steady love, keep walking forward today
For this heart is yours and still it beats for you