Long Live the Day

"We're bred to growl and preen and claw like paper tigers."
                                                                                   ~Say Anything

~Long Live the Day~

My words can kill you in a second.

My words can cut you deep and spill you dry.

My words are like swords and knives when used against another.

My words can kill you in a second.

When I am alone I say things I think no one can hear.

When I am with others words are sweet.

At times with others the words alone spill out and I am ashamed. 

The situation demands the word, instead of being one and true all the time. 

Lord let them always be pure, alone or with others.

My words can speak blessings. 

My words can heal you.

My words can be an encouragement in dark times. 

My words can be an ointment to clean and absolve your wounds.

When I go down I pray and pray hard

But when I stub my toe I curse and defile. 

At times my eyes say words more than my mouth.

And I dream in negatives that I thought would never hurt me.

Lord let my words always be pure, alone or with others.

And death comes with words

Hell ushers in the liars. 

And death forgets the good, it forgets the pure. 

Hell ushers in those who murder others.

Murder is not just the physical, murder can be of the voice.

Hell is a place worth running from.

Long live the day of love and punishment.

Long live words that cater to the good and run from the bad.

Long live my eyes to see what is Holy.

Long live you and me, for by our words we can be forever.

My words will condemn me.

My words can save me.

Your words can condemn you.

Your words can save you.

Run from evil, and delight in the truth.

Run from Hell, and let your words guide.

Down the path that is rough and narrow,

And not down the one that is broad and supposedly fun.

Let your words and eyes be he guide, to your own soul, and mine. 

Not Just for Me...You

	unconditional love
	n
	affection with no limits or conditions; complete love

~Not Just for Me...You~

Unconditional love?
The question is not if you should, it is how. 
Unconditional love. 
A hard practice to follow when the world is so bitter.

Mercy on me.
Mercy on my life. 
I repent please show mercy.
Mercy on me.

The love shown to me is the love I wish to emulate.
The mercy shown to me is the act I wish to practice. 
I am unworthy of this love
I am unworthy of mercy.

Judgment will fall.
Judgment will be carried out. 
Those who are not covered will not acquire true life. 
I will not be with them, but until that day I will love in hope that they will join me.

My sin is no different than yours.
My sin is the same.
My sin hurts all.
But I am covered by mercy and love.

Unconditional love is a wave of grace.
Unconditional love is true love.
Unconditional love is part of judgment. 
May my life have love.

Forgiveness comes to those that ask.
Forgiveness comes to those that dive into the deep.
Forgiveness comes by water and fire.
Forgiveness can come to everyman if you just lay down your life for true love.

Unconditional love?
Mercy, grace, judgment forgiveness. 
May my life have love.
May my life be unconditional.
Not just for me, but for you.

Love Them

"And we find what we're made of through the open door. Is it fear you're afraid of? What are you waiting for? Love alone is worth the fight,"

                                                            ~Switchfoot

~Love Them~

We are to be the city.
We are to be the ones that are watched.
The pressure of eyes
The pressure to not mess up.

We are on the hill.
We are the ones on display.
The pressure to not fail you
The pressure to not fail me.

We are to be a letter sent to those in need.
We are to be pen and ink to the world.
To do good works and be a bright light.
To do well in life, by powers given to us as gifts

To be better than those that spit in our faces.
To love them even when they are hurting us.
To be better than the man who hates your life.
To love them with light even if it means death.

That person may wrong you, curse you, abuse you.
That person may defile your name, kill your spirit, and beat your way of life.
Love them.
Love them.

We are to be the city,
We are on the hill,
We are to be a letter sent to those in need,
To be better than those that spit in our faces.

Love them,
Do good, and also do well in all that you do.
Love them,
Pray for the ones who strike you.

The pressure is on us, but we have truth.
The pressure is on us, look up and live.
The pressure is on us, love the hopeless.
The pressure is on us, love the unloving.

To be a bright light known as hope.
To look inside and bring out that love.
To be more than the ones that wrong us and love them anyway.
To be different

To stand up
To be the light
To bring hope and love to those that may not even love me.
The pressure is on, I will love them.

The True Walk of Life

"Son of sorrow staring down forever with an aching view"

                                                                        ~Switchfoot

~The True Walk of Life~

Suffering, woes, hurt, longing, devastation.

The cries of a generation beating down their own lives into submission. 

Suffering, woes, hurt, love, devastation. 

The cries of the believer with pain located in his stripes.

America listens to a prosperity Gospel. 

A Gospel that says God is never going to let me suffer.

A Gospel of entitlement, where we think He only gives us what is extravagant.

A Gospel of me, me, me, and not God, God, God.

This life should be a road of work. 

This America sits down and asks and does nothing.

This America looks at God as their personal financial hand me out. 

This America is a place where God is no longer God.

How can joy come if we sit on our chairs and do nothing. 

How can we understand joy without suffering, and die every day. 

God is love and it is the love from the Son of Sorrow.

God is the path that is filled with trial, work, and ultimately reward.

Easy does not value you or me. 

I want to work for my value.

I want to learn how to suffer through God's example. 

I want to understand God's love by working, walking, doing
 And not by doing nothing, where I wait without trying to search, love, and work.

He bled, He died, He suffered.

He is the example of how I wish to live my life. 

He bled, He died, He suffered.

He is the way, the truth, my life.

How we deal with our suffering shows the world the love of Christ. 

How we love in spite of suffering shows the world what God truly is.

Sitting down and doing nothing is the bane of our society. 

Stand up, work, suffer, love, and show what life is really there for. 

To be like God we must suffer, and show His light to those that are in your world. 

We are believers that live in his scars.

Now let us emulate those scars for the good of true, unconditional love.

To Understand All Can Be Young

"The sun also rises, on those who fail to call my life, it comprises, of losses and wins and fails and falls."                                        

                                                                                                 ~Lana Del Rey

~To Understand All Can Be Young~




The feelings of the unknown overtakes the soul.
It understands all understanding.
The feeling only known to a few,
The feeling that helps to destroy the doubt's in their minds.

To be a young man to feel the thoughts in my head.
To be a mere man to look into the heart I think I know.
I may be young but I've learned a lot.
I may be young but my eyes still see.

The feelings of a few can change the heart of many.
It understands the factors of understanding.
The feelings mean nothing if not done with love.
Love that helps it be more than a feeling to be more defined in hope.

I think life has a purpose and a meaning to it all.
I believe my world without love is a world not worth living.
I may be young but I've learned so much.
I may be young but my heart has love.
The unknown is undefined and it overtakes my soul.
I hope to one day understand at least one thing.
Maybe today will be the day?

Like No Other

Our Father in heaven, 

hallowed be your name. 

Your kingdom come, 

your will be done, 

on earth, as it is in heaven 

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Give us this day our daily bread, 

and forgive us our debts, 

as we also have forgiven our debtors. 

And lead us not into temptation, 

but deliver us from evil.

~Like No Other~

The Lord is like no other. 

He is the beginning and the end.

He is the one who holds my life in his hands. 

He wraps me up in his arms and gives me life even though I am unworthy.

My God is like no other. 

He is the alpha and omega.

He is the man who died for you and he died for me. 

He saves sins and washes away my tears for better days and a better life.

I have mud in my eyes and cannot see.

I am crippled and cannot walk. 

But God cures my blindness 

And tells me to pick up my mat and walk.

He is worthy of everything all at once.

He is worthy of praise.

We may not be perfect but his blood washes us clean.

The ocean of God washes over me and I am free.

He died for you and he died for me. 

He was tortured so that we may have breath. 

He took on death so that I would not need to. 

He bore my pain so that I can be saved.

For my Creator is like no other.

He is preparing a place for me. 

He is my father, my dad, my big man. 

He takes me where I am

He takes me and shapes me into a man I would be glad to be.

All I need is love. 

All I need to do is listen, believe, and love God first.

I must love others by his example for he is the one who was there before our world began. 

For my Lord, God, Creator is like no other. 

And he saves me and he saves you, he is my father, my forever, Amen

Define Who I Am

"They tell you where you need to go
They tell you when you'll need to leave
They tell you what you need to know
They tell you who you need to be

But everything inside you knows
There's more than what you've heard
There's so much more than empty conversations
Filled with empty words"
                                                             ~Switchfoot

~Define Who I Am~

People try to tell you who you are,

But you need to define yourself.

People try to tell you who you are,

But you need God to define you.

Dedicate yourself to the principle of not pleasing everybody.

Dedicate yourself to who you are. 

Dedicate yourself to the principle of being what defines you.

Dedicate yourself to who you are.

Two sides to please.

You please one the other is not satisfied.

Two sides to please. 

 No one will ever be satisfied.

People try to define who you are. 

But there is only one who can truly define you. 

Only one to please. 

Only one to satisfy.

Come into my life and define who I am.

Come and breathe life into my shriveled lungs.

Come and let the ocean waves wash over me.

Come into my life and mend my fractured heart.

There are others who can walk with you.

There are others who can help you and you them.

God defines and places more into our lives.

Be your own side with your like minded friends.

Together forever beginning with a cry.

Together forever helping one another.

Together forever swimming in the saltwater.

Together forever mistakes and all.

People try to tell you who you are.

But you need to define yourself.

People try to tell you who you are. 

But you need God too define you.