In injured hearts where hope takes root,A sister’s spiritual journey ends up moot.Women yearn for a path made clear,Yet often feel the weight of men’s fear. In church, at home, where voices rise,Men stand as leaders, firm and wise.Their call … Continue reading Her silent contract with the church
Orange ball in the sky,Rising up, going high.Orange ball in the sky,Measuring life to you and I. Orange ball in the sky,Shining bright in my eye.Orange ball in the sky,Hovering above to magnify. Orange ball in the sky,Inspires me to … Continue reading Orange Ball
The devil knows his trade;He knows you’re God-made.He’ll trick you into believingThe world’s idols he’s deceiving. With sweet talking and promises bold,He’ll lure you in with white lies retold,Masking deception in glitter and gold,Looking for souls to be bought or … Continue reading going with the flow
Is my next life going to be just like the oneI’m living today,but simply a shift in place and time? Will I retrace the same beaten paths—embracing echoes from my past,that I thought I had left behind? Was my previous … Continue reading Breaking out from the Redundant Life
If I exist in the present,I have existed before. If I existed before,I will exist after. And if I existed before and after,I have existed forever. I am not a plant;I have a conscious. I am not an animal;I am … Continue reading Immortality and The Human Condition
People ask me:“Why don’t you have somebody to love?”If I knew the answer to that,I wouldn’t be sitting here alone. A long time ago,I got lucky and fell in love,But then my luck ran out—I mean, the woman ran off. … Continue reading Unlucky in Love
If this earthly existence is all there is,Why even bother?After all that winning and grinning,Don’t you eventually lose? Does the butterfly rememberIt was once a measly caterpillar?And if it does—why would it care?It’s too busy fluttering everywhere. So goes mankind … Continue reading Transformation, New Age, Born Again
Most people are concerned with the end:Whether you won,Whether or not you finished the race. But what about the one who didn’t?The one who lost, the one who cried,The one who tried and didn’t arrive? How about the beginning?How about … Continue reading The Journey’s End
When I observe the Earth, the sun, the moon, the stars;I recognize the cosmos and a harmony that is ours.On the stage of night, comets dance and gleam,each twinkling light beams hope; each orbit, a new theme. When I look … Continue reading I Acknowledge My Creator
To the nonbeliever,the world may seem mundane,the days are blended,the colors faded, and the joy is muted—pining for meaning,the tree of life grows weary,its branches heavy with unfulfilled desires. Yet to the believer,the burden of life carries weight—“works without faith … Continue reading God hears the prayers of His faithful
The Christian man, with a faith so bright,Strives to be God’s man, from morning ‘til night.He walks in obedience, with a heart so true,Even if he back slides, he repents and returns anew. To his Creator, he cries out in … Continue reading The Purpose of Life, Two Perspectives: The Christian vs. the nonbeliever
Your plan is to overcome the world’s desire,But you feel your resolve is not enough. What matters most is not what you think,But how you imagined divinity would come. For every god’s life is a wondrous journey,But when you stray … Continue reading The Desire for Immortality
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