Will you still love me?

God loves us unconditionally and His love does not waver. How many of us can say that we have such love to those we tell that we love? What if you find that the person you love has a past that is tainted with things you degrade? What about in the future? Will you still care considering the change in looks and /or status?

Will you still love me?

Knowing I once roamed streets
Knowing I once begged to live
Knowing I once traded my body
Knowing I once habitated goal,

Will you still care?
When my looks wither
When youth fails me
When my strength shrivels
When health fails me
When my wealth is gone
When prestige dies on me

Love requires strength
It demands tolerance,
Love requires mercy
It demands sacrifice,
Love requires truth
It demands forgiveness,
Love requires stamina
It demands endurance!

It Happened overnight

Most favored of the twelve
at seventeen the future promising
dreaming of his life mission
envied and scorned by his own
OVERNIGHT, freedom stolen
Sold to a far land!

In a foreign land favored at work
blessed and successful in all
lust in the master’s other half
tempting without success, lying
OVERNIGHT, freedom snatched
Downwards to prison!

Favored in prison, his wit tested
a dream, two dreams, interprating
Two years later, a dream by the ruler
His gift and wit put to test
interpreting the dream with wisdom
OVERNIGHT, freedom restored
Elevated to the highest office
Mighty and powerful!

Whatever May

            Whatever may come your way
            However difficult
            Whatever the challenge
            Whatever the cost
            Whatever they say,
             Stand firm!

            Whatever happens on the way
            However trying
            Whatever the nature
            Whatever the size
            Whatever they say,
             Stand firm !

            Stand firm and rejoice
            Give praise and faint not
            Greater is your reward
            Greater is your hope
            Greater is your destiny!

           Though it tarries
           Whatever will see you through!

Hope sustains

When things seemed to fall apart
You kept me secure in you;
When things seemed hopeless
You made me believe;
When fear groped me in darkness
You lighted my way to the truth.

 

You have sustained me in weakness!
In silence, feeling forsaken and alone
You have urged me on;
When anxiety threatened my sanity
You reminded me of hope.

 

You have kept me in strength!
When I asked why, what, when….
You revealed the hidden things;
When reality failed me
You made me believe in you;
In you I have received grace!

Morning Will Come

"Hope deffered makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life". Proverbs 13:12.

 

            Everyday, most moments
            Hopeless, hapless
            trials and tribulations
            Weariness and anxiety.

            Everyday, most moments
            Moody, gloomy
            Shaking and testing
            Wintry and nightly.

            Everyday, most moments
            Darkness, nightly
            Darthly and deathly.

            Where art thou day?
            Where hide you light?
            Tears overnight
            no rest for my soul;
            Yet will I hope
            For morning comes!

Why Worry

" Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your request be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through  Christ Jesus". Philippians 4:6-7.

            You wonder whether
            You will make it
            You say, “I am fatherless
            My heritage is poor;
            I am a woman alone
            raising children
            I am from a minority race
            in a foreign land”
          
            Have you forgotten THAT
            The Lord fights the cause
            of the fatherless
            He defends the case
            of the alien
            He speaks for the lonely
           Widow
            He provides for the
            Needy?

            Why worry when
            You can praise Him
            for His goodness
            When you can adore Him
            for His compassion
            When you can worship Him
            for His majesty
            When you can love Him
            for His kindness
            Why worry?

The Mission

Daily I walk, daily I run, stopping not

Sometimes in pain, times joyous
It seems so long, so far away
Yet I walk, yet I run.

When my lord, when will thy face show
Sometimes great hope, times faithless
It seems so removed, so forlorn
Yet I walk, yet I run.

Many times I call, many quiet moments
Sometimes great faith, times weakness
It seems so hard, so complex
Yet I walk, yet I run.

You are my strength, my great redeemer
Sometimes you slay me, times favored
It seems so intricate, so intriguing
Yet I walk, yet I run.

My Love

True love reaches out as demonstrated by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; For while we were yet sinners He died for us.

            Your heart was bleeding
            The wound needed treatment
            You were restless and troubled
            Your anger, held in,
             threatened like a volcano
             lying dormant;
            Bitterness held you captive
            blind to all around!

            I sought you out, pursuing
            Like a young lover, I endeared
            enticing you with perfumed words
            I made you feel worthy and needed
            reaching deep in your spirit
           Where your heart was locked
            safe and secured against hope.

            I opened it so gently with
            My alluring aroma of hope
            I melted the lock with tender
            mercy healing the wound with
            The balm that last, my love!

Doubt Not

“Whatever you ask for in prayer,
believe that you have received it
and it will be yours .”
So you prayed and pray,
“What if I don’t get well?
What will happen to me?
Where will I get the funds –?
How will I manage if?
It is impossible–hopeless
It is too far gone for me!
May be I am not worthy!”
Yet you prayed and pray,
How can what if, impossible, can’t
Reign in prayer?
Ask for whatever and receive
Only believe!

When You Pray

"When you pray, do not use vain repitations as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.---In this manner, therefore pray" Mathew 6: 7,9

Our father in the heavens
mighty and powerful
merciful and compassionate;
Your presence and wisdom
on earth be magnified;

exercise Your will
from heavens on earth;
Your goodness we testify
as You meet our needs daily;
forgive us when we err
for clay and weak we are;
teach us the way of mercy
that others forgive we may;
give us direction
away from evil’s path;
protect and shield us
as we journey to finish
the course o’life;
Amen!

It Isn't Easy

She sighs as she makes her prayers,

“Lord, give us our daily bread and protection.”
The child lies in bed, fed and rested
in the comfort of the mother’s love.
What will tomorrow bring, she wonders.

Her day starts early;
She prays for strength to see her through.

‘Tis another day and she must make it.
The child, clean and fed, school waits.
She hugs and whispers, “I love you son.”
She rushes for the bus.

Shelter and security she must provide.
The lad she must discipline, nurturing,

Cheering in victory,
Reassuring in life’s abandon.
‘Tis in courage, honor, she faces her lot.
Surely, it isn’t easy!

My Lord, My Lover

Hopeless and fearful
In the pit, forsaken
Broken and alone
You whispered, gently
“Come to me and rest”

In my pain, doubting
I walked away;
You followed, whispering
Melting down my barriers
Your word, my path

You picked me up
Reaching down the valley
Where broken I lay
cleansing me with water so pure
Your love, endearing and fulfilling

You loved me in my darkness
Regardless of my failures
In spite of my weaknesses
Continuously faithful and available
Directing and lighting my path

You Sustained me with hope
Merciful and compassionate
Freely pouring out your grace
My lord, My Lover, You are!

You Have Something

At times we wonder how we will make it. You look at your situation and it seems hopeless, from a worldly perspective. But where does faith come in?

You worry, wondering
You agonize, wishing
You resign in desperation
the situation seemingly hopeless!
Consider this;
A rod, with faith, made a way
Where there was no way;
A little oil with faith saved two sons
and a widow's destiny;
A jar of flour, a jug of oil, with faith

secured a widow and son’s future;
Five loaves, two fish, with faith
Fed 5,000 men and more!

Reach for what you have
For with faith, it’s all you need
To your next stop!