Beauty Is Knocking

Beauty is not so rare a beast

Everywhere it stalks and surrounds

Are your eyes open to 

Understanding

Take time to see it

Your soul will thank you

Indescribable...

Stunning, staggering, stirring, soothing ... beauty

Kicking at your mind to be free

Notice...

Observe...

Come alive

Knit within everything

Imaginable is beauty

Nothing escapes the hand of its Creator

God

Every wonder at the beauty and power of a mind made in the image of God?  According to the world, Stephen Wiltshire is disabled.  I would tend to disagree.  What do you think?

Blessings ~ In a Picture

Blessings.  This is the theme of a photo contest over at growing up on a farm.  I stumbled upon this encouraging little stop thanks to Dakota - who in turn stumbled upon me.  Providence is a great thing!

My picture is the sun setting during one of our family vacations at Round Lake.  I love being there.  It means family.  I remember taking this shot and thinking of everything that God has blessed me with.  As my eyes followed the beams of the setting sun to the “blazing centre” of its beauty, I had before me a living illustration of looking past the gifts to the giver of the gifts.

I am thankful for all that God has blessed me with.  This picture reminds me of every good gift - a wife, children, family, provision, beauty, creation, life.... But most of all, it points me to the giver, the gift, and the goal of the gospel - God Himself.

Before the foundation of the world, Christ

Loved me beyond measure

Every moment He planned for my good

So much He has given me

So little I deserve

I love Him 

Not for what He

Gives, but for Who He is

Eternal Love

How does the finite describe the infinite? What words can express the love of Christ for his bride, the Church? For this man, I need only look to my bride - His gift to me. In her eyes, I get a glimpse of eternal love. She is the beat of my heart.

Joy abounds in my heart

Even to very depth of my soul

Never have I felt so close

Never have I been so free

I need only look in your eyes

For in them, lies my love

Every part of me longs for your touch

Reason has lost all reason

Look into my eyes

You will see the change

Never have we been so close

Never have we been so free

I need only you in my life

Leaving all behind us

Our love is now eternal

Vanishing no more

Even until the end of time

You have completed me like nothing else can

Only you can make my heart beat

Understand that I am forever yours

Love in the Truth.

One Touch

Here I am, just a remnant of a man
Standing high on pride
Treading lightly on my shaky ground
Not wanting to make a sound
For fear of waking up inside

Here I am, just a remnant of a man
Lost without a trace
Walking softly on Your solid rock
Not wanting to give me up
I just tiptoe through your grace

But, one touch is all it takes
To feel your love for me
One touch is all it takes
And my eyes begin to see
One touch is all it takes
To convict me of my sin
One touch is all it takes
For me to let You in

Here I am, still a remnant of a man
Starting to count the cost
Feeling trapped by my selfish flesh
Not wanting to feel your breath
But hating to always feel lost

Here I am, still a remnant of a man
Saying yes I do believe
Casting aside all my selfish rights
Knowing they’re not worth the fight
I just ask to be received

And, one touch is all it takes
To feel your love for me
One touch is all it takes
And my eyes begin to see
One touch is all it takes
To convict me of my sin
One touch is all it takes
Jesus please come in

Love in the Truth.

The Beat of my Heart

The Beat of my Heart

Joy abounds in my heart

Even to very depth of my soul

Never have I felt so close

Never have I been so free

I need only look in your eyes

For in them, lies my love

Every part of me longs for your touch

Reason has lost all reason

Look into my eyes

You will see the change

Never have we been so close

Never have we been so free

I need only you in my life

Leaving all behind us

Our love is now eternal

Vanishing no more

Even until the end of time

You have completed me like nothing else can

Only you can make my heart beat

Understand that I am forever yours

Today I celebrate the day "I found the one my heart loves". She truly is the beat of my heart. I will call her blessed (Prov. 31).

Love in the Truth.