#100: Where love has no way that’s better

 Thank you to anyone that's encouraged me to write (I see you Drew Tan), helped me write a poem (Chris Tan and Drew Tan), edited a work I've written ((Donald Westbrook), memorized and recited (my wonderful niece Hannah and nephew Caleb), and cheered me on along the way and provided great and meaningful feedback (my fiancé Kelly). 

Thank you to anyone that stumbles across these poems. May you find encouragement, inspiration, fun, and joy. 

The family

The seasons of this world spiral downward 

The hope of mankind’s peace is all but lost 

We have hardened the hearts of our precious children 

Turned them cold as the ice and the frost

So I cry mercy aloud to my redeemer 

To wash away the wretchedness of my heart 

To carry me across this arid desert 

To the place where His glory’s set apart 

This is the place where His grace is expressed 

Where love has no way that’s better 

We can be with our God in heaven 

And dwell in His house forever 

 Hallelujah 

#99: Beauty of the Redeemed

Why does God love us? We don't deserve God's love. But here it is for us to experience. God loves us, because God is love. As for our ability to love. It's not in what we can do, or what we project as our image. Love and it's capacity for good has nothing to do with status and everything to do with willingness and desperation.

Above the surface 

Is a plastic smile

He puts on his mask 

To hide what’s defiled

For beneath the surface 

Hides a pitiful soul

A broken life 

That has taken its toll

He manages his surface 

with careful preparation

As his soul descends down 

Towards desperation

It’s within our depths 

That true man lies

When he sees his soul; 

That true man cries

He calls out 

From the depths of his mind

As he witnesses the weakness 

That he can’t put behind

For whom he is 

Needs reparation

This created being 

Cannot endure separation

He is as lost as a ship 

Tossed out to sea

Pummeled by the storm 

That is his own iniquity

Mankind seeks to find 

Hope in redemption

He seeks to find peace 

Purpose and direction