Hope in Love

 

Your Love

                       

Your will is one of mystery,

Of unknown beauty and wealth

In a world smothered within itself

From its own greed and materialism.

              

I reel from your touch of gentleness,

When your wish of me has come

To tell of your need to love others

Through me and my senses.

              

Lord! The pain of that total love

And it’s comforting compassion

Enclose and entwine my heart

In the warmth of quiet peace and joy.

              

Who could come to read this

With understanding eyes and mind

Unless he has been sent by you

To affirm what you have done.

  

Love Is

 

Love is patient selflessness

Though all seems so hopeless.

Love is compassionate faith

In times of troubled heart.

Love is the joy of happiness

That someone else has experienced.

Love is shared pain of life

When someone else is in need.

Love is giving until it hurts

That another may be enriched.

Love is supporting one another

With no promise of self-gain.

Love is gentleness of expression

When a wrong must be corrected.

Love is the music of the soul

Reaching out through glowing eyes.

Promised Vision

 

I have been given a vision

Of promises and dreams untold,

Arrayed before my wondering eyes,

As the wise men of old,

Their star shining high and clear.

 

I have been given a promise

Of a gift of priceless worth

That cannot be earned

Nor ransomed for all the earth.

But given as free gift.

 

I have been given a dream

Only found where stillness hides

And peace reigns in full authority

Amid the clamor of raging tides

Within the doorway of my mind.

 

Wonderful visions of splendor,

Created for you and I,

Prepared at the spoken word

With life that shall never die

By the redeeming love of God.

 

All writings are ãcopyrighted

The shared writings on this blog are all part of a book I tried to have have published. There was no interest at the time so I have been sharing it a little bit at a time on this blog and in other ways. It is hoped you find hope in what is shared.

Another Moontear image. There are 50 images in the series to share. 

The Copic colors used are:

The pen next to the RV52 is a Marvy Gold pen. That is it for this week. May the good Lord Bless and keep you safe. Remember to "Always Love The Details."

Death

I am writing this post on Sunday the 30th of April. Once again a death of a friend has entered my life. This time it is my neighbor of two years. He was only in his thirties but we became close friends in those two years. He was a man searching for the Lord and a church to attend where he could help others and volunteer his services. He found that Church about a month ago. We often sat and talked about God, Jesus and what it meant to be Christian. He and his wife wanted to to have children with his wife but were unable to. He was eager to make a place for himself and his love for his wife was obvious. He had one problem. He was a recovering drug addict. It caused many roadblocks that he worked hard to overcome. I admired him and came to love him in his enthusiasm and sincerity. Three days ago he overdosed in a motel room. His wife says he had been depressed for several weeks for reasons unknown. His wife and sister came over to tell us the sad news. No-one knows why he overdosed but he left a wife who loves him and knew him from childhood and two dogs. There is a hole in our lives now with no answers as to why it happened. I talked to him the day before and he was looking forward to going to the replica of noah's ark and a Christian theater production we had told him about. There were no indications of what was coming. This is life in the Christian world at times. It is hard to even concentrate right now. I just wanted to let the faithful people who view this blog know why there is no image this week. I will post an image next week. 

May the good Lord bless and keep you safe until then. Remember to "Always Love The Details."