Love He gave you always

Set back
step back
take a breath
of graciousness
Rules made for fools
Laws for the lawless
wise nice cool
art smart lest
young fun run
would good rule
mend the broken gate
put out your welcome mat
if it is not too late
to see your old mates
people God made
whom He gave
you Love always
.

The endless workings of the Mind of God

There was a rock. It looked like an ordinary brown rock with dirt and lichen and cracks on it and in it. A hidden hand would pick up the rock every day. To examine it carefully. Rub some of the dirt off. Pick off some of the lichen and polish the cracks away. Then, over a mans' lifetime of doing this something special appeared. The rock became a large stone. Then a polished stone. Then a translucent pebble. Then a piece of gold dust. Then a microscopic diamond. Then an atom of the worlds' rarest material. Then an irreducibly exceedingly fine soul. The immortal soul that is you. And this is the work of God to bring it about to birth.

Happy Mothers' Day.

Sons and daughters

Sons and daughters
life and laughter
time with your family and friends

Follow that sparrow
through the high and narrow
and you will make amends

   So high she flies
   never asking why
   she does things freely

   In the sky on the ground
   what has she found
   for herself for the needy

Wifey and husband
in life together bound
Children that laugh and play

Tomorrow brings trial
sorrow and testing miles
and then all is made plane

   If you follow
   that lonesome sparrow
   you will see for yourself

   Somehow the world
   is made of words
   and this is how you are helped

The living God
who breathes every word
breathes life in to us all

So take a deep breath
remember every step
and listen for the call
.

Surely

Held in His loving hands so securely
His Love I felt so surely
The only reality was Love

The power so great
from the seed to the fruit
from beneath the ground to the heights

He held me for a million years
which passed like a single breath
It was then I knew Happiness

Like dew on the grass
I let the embrace pass
Like the growing of a tree

Which stands through the seasons
without need for reason
Bare in the winter

And His embrace still holds me
His hand in everything I see
In everything that I touch I feel Thee
.

Heavy Rain

Heavy Rain you were my friend
when I lived in your house
I hope and pray you are again
and we are visited by the Little Mouse

How comforting Heavy Rain
on days when clouds abound
How many were our friends
who came to talk and eat
   with gusto and sound

How accurate each word you spoke
in the morning glow
In ways that are difficult to tell
in many seasons we let our Love grow

Time passed with many contended shouts
and we cooled off by a moments reflection
Living high we got by never having to do without
Not an average Life but one full of affection
.

Sovereign

A step on the rocky shore
to thirst for pleasure no more
To drink from the rivers' edge
To be sure and never again hedge
This way to the trail
that only good may prevail
How the trees and their fruits beckon
Only the pure of soul enter
only all who remember
their ways in Life forever
Written in the smoke of the censor

The mountain gives birth to stones and waters
and these to the seas
The Father Loves all His sons and daughters
and these He sees to
with memory and Love everlasting
Though the dove flies away across the seas
Its' returning is Gods' Love for thee
In stars and darkness a contrast
stark that harkens
to the good and evil in places we go
No more is the ill-informed allowed in tomorrow
For all will know of their fellows
All will be brethren and sovereign of their souls
.

Strong winds

When the strong winds blow
where do they go
Does anybody care
Does anybody follow
In the rain of winter
where do they shelter
In the chill of morning
how are you going
my less fortunate friend
Are you paying a price
Are you making amends
Are you buying or selling
Are you sick or well again
In the depths of your blanket
have you a water bottle or trinket
Where are you sleeping tonight?
Do you have a friend
to hold you tight?