And He Knew He Had Found Life

He looked down at the brightly glowing eyes
Filled with magnificent wonder
New life in the small gentle hand reaching
Reaching up for comfort and hope
And he knew he had found love

He marveled at the intricate complexity
Felt the elaborate texture pressing his fingertips
Heard the whispered secrets of swaying branches
Tasted the aroma of the gentle blooms
And he understood the magnificent perfection

His awe inspired gaze of the great expanse
Lungs filling with the touch of the eternal
Exulting in his own smallness
Wonderment at so great a treasure
And he knew he had found life

Deuteronomy 6:6-9 A Translation

These words, matters, and causes I charge you with this day shall be the center of your life, a part of all your thoughts and feelings. By constant repetition and persistence you shall sharpen your children’s and grandchildren’s minds with my words. When you are sitting as a judge among your family you shall arrange these words to build up your family. You shall declare these words when you walk through the course of your life, when you rest, when you commune with your wife, and when you rise up and strengthen yourself to succeed. These words shall clothe you as a sign of your power. You should wear them like a guard wrapped around your mind. And you shall record and inscribe them in a prominent and conspicuous place on your household(family). These words shall act as a gatekeeper making you think about and judging everything that comes to your family.

Life and Death

He was never one to believe easily. He always needed proof. His immediate reality was his proof. There’s no way he could have known it would end like this. It didn’t seem fair really. An eternal hell they had told him. Flames and torture and all kinds of other nonsense. He knew that wasn’t true.

But this…this emptiness, this non existence, this place separated from life itself. This was simply beyond anything his mind could process. Did he even have a mind really? If I can think, I exist, he thought to himself. It was that moment of recognition that hurtled him towards true separation.

He awoke. Never before had he even known there was a choice, let alone a choice so clear. There was only life and not life. Life is better. He would choose it. He would live and serve. He would live to tell others about Life. That would be his existence forevermore.

Ah Life!

Ah life, what a funny way to live
Not knowing the next day
The who or what or why or when

Imagined paths before us
Rarely what they seem
People, seasons, reasons, times

Temporary appearing as life
Hoping for so much more
Friendship, love, bonding with another

Momentary, but real enough for now
Realization of the one we long for
Two lives sharing common vision

Reality defining the temporal
Hope fulfilled in a shared life
Two lives intertwined in love

Ah life, what a funny way to live
Still not knowing the next day
Yet living with the one, we can love Him with

Our Journey Home

Headlong through the Universe
Fire of life pulsing through our veins

Speeding through existence
Living water refreshing our souls

Hurtling through space and time
Inspiration filling every breath

Traveling in the oneness
Sounds of unity energizing our mind

Racing toward our vision
Touch of eternity drawing spirit close

Arrival at our home
Senses finally giving way to Life