Merry Christmas Friends!

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Wandering the world

pursuing others for their love:

Jesus is the One

who comes.

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Searching ourselves,

so empty inside:

Jesus is the One

who comes.

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Unfulfilling are philosophies,

looking for love, the mind finds none:

Jesus is the One

who comes.

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Inside our soul

His work is begun:

Jesus in the One

who comes.

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Let all ears hear

as the angels gave tongue:

Jesus is the One

who comes.

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In bodily form

to a manger, a Son -

Jesus is the One

who comes. 

New Steps - Winter

Fresh flakes fell today,

a rebirth of the earth,

creating the pristine...

covering over

all that lay before,

oh, what a glorious

new beginning to explore!

I must take

new steps out into this wonder

and make

a path

that I've never forged before.

As it lays in front of me

so I am drawn toward

beauty, and a respite that is pure;

as the silence surrounds me

I feel once again assured

that there is nothing

that this God who makes snow cannot do -

and He will ever lead me to Him

and make all my steps

new.

 

Cloudy Days - fall

Underneath this canopy of cloudy days,

we wonder if the sun will turn again to shine;

yet somehow this builds character

with "seek and ye shall find".

What we're outright given

lends an air of complacency,

while denial can draw us out

to find that which we really need.

Building strength of character

that lives inside the core

draws from true necessity

as we seek to restore.

So exists the challenge

when things around are dreary;

to discover and uncover

what brings relief to the weary.

We can find a candle

midst this yearning that we're living

and bring light to a darkened world -

and find hope in the giving.