EMMC

In the Hands of God

The quietness that hides in

the shadows of my heart

the memories that lurk in

the corners of my mind

A grasp that was held but

lost by lack of faith

finds its hands empty with

failing pride

My focus was set, and my

eyes opened, but to things

i have held as unknown, unseen, 

gone, lost but not forgotten.

And in the dark the light i

rely on is not seen but felt.

Felt to the very core, and my

breath is hard to keep.

Now I'm here at the edge

and i look back.

My heart cries for the things

that were my comfort, my own , my home.

I'll stand on the shore of

my mind and the waves of memories

wash over my tired feet, calling me back.

But i can only stay for a little while

because the tides will change, they always change.

And i'd rather not be lost to the sea of the past.

No i'll keep going

i'll follow the beach to the horizon

until it bends to the unknown 

of my future being 

cradled in the hands of God.

~Mercy Clonts

But if I love

But if i love the Lord "with all"

All my heart and soul and mind

i will begin to love as He does.

His will. His purposes. His plan.

Not only will i love then, i will accomplish them

through that love.

So if i love God "with all"

what's left for you?

Everything.

For you are in Him. In

His plans and purposes and will for me.

THat makes loving you, loving Him.

Showing my true heart.

Ashamed of those past mistakes,

unconditional in my in my devotion.

Forever grateful for forgiveness and acceptance.

you become as Christ is to me

as the church is to Christ.

Not because i desire to do so

but because Christ desires me to do so.

~James Clonts