This is my adventure
of a lifetime
to love and be loved
in the reality
of the bond of marriage
as I accept my wife
and love her joyfully
for the complete person
that she is
and together with her
to bear everything
in love
supported
by the grace of God.
I come to this union
with much prayer
and discernment
and deep in my heart
I really believed
this path is our destiny
our great adventure
of a lifetime.
How beautiful
my beloved
among all women
she is my delight
and my source
of inspiration
and strength
in this life!
It is but natural
as in every birth
the passing pain
of the new beginning
being far away for some time
which serves as a promise
of lasting happiness
in our being together
one in heart and soul
for life!
Thursday August 9, 2007 - 02:04pm (MDT) Edit | Delete | Permanent Link | 1 Comment
Looking Beyond
Looking Beyond
On the bridge
As I hear the singing
waters of Pecos river
I look beyond the mountain
and beyond the white cloud
so strangely formed
like a dome up the sky
And I wonder
what's beyond the clouds
what's beyond the abyss
Oh, if only I can climb
that hill of a cloud
and stand and look some more
I come home slowly
my lips speechless
my heart gently throbbing
in the sure and certain
acceptance of the limits
of my human soul
to pierce its seeking
beyond the nowhere ending
Ah, but I am consoled
I need not see what's beyond
to keep the hope alive
and burning deep within...
The cross is a symbol
that has become
your point of reference
in your saintly life!
Being one with your people
the Jewish people
of World War II
you asked yourself
what choice to make
in the midst of a hopeless
and losing situation
knowing deep within you
that the danger of extinction
is up and close.
Indeed you have chosen
to pay the great price
for the salvation of your soul
and the salvation of others.
You declared a big "No"
to violence and hatred!
You said unconditional "Yes"
to what is true and holy
and you offered your life,
a great martyr of our time!
My heart is so grateful
and I pray that your life
will inspire mine
and that in the cross
I can also find the meaning
of everything and be faithful
to the purpose for which
I am created and loved by God.
Acceptance
Life has its share
of the seasons
of ups and down
of twists and turns
or a river flow
of changes in depth
in currents,
noise
and stillness.
Today,
I simply
take time to be
and let life be
with all its
contraditions
with all its beauty
with all its greatness
with all its colors
knowing deep within,
my life is the only life
I accept as a gift
for me and for others.
May you have peace
and joy in the heart
as you trudge with me
another day
in the journey of life
especially
in accepting
life as it is.
I love you
with all the love
and the joy
in my quiet
serene
and peaceful heart.
I will become
what I am longing for
If I long for God
I will be God
If I long for Heaven
I will be heaven
That is why
once in a while
one needs to pause
and think about
what to long for
and if the longing
does not exceed
the limits and boundaries
of the pleasures
of this world
one needs to redirect
one's longing
to something
that is lasting
and eternal
in order that
the longing
will find
its fulfillment
in one's being.
Tags: vignettesoflife | Edit Tags
Holiness
is a path
to trudge along
under the guidance
and inspiration
of God's Spirit.
Is holiness
still relevant today,
when most often
a life of compromise
is preferred
rather than
the life of discipline?
The key I have found
is that it only takes
a little step forward
to be holy
as I want to
and a little step backward
to loose that holiness
if I choose to.
The subtle difference
and the tiny line
between holiness
and insanity
is in the little
precise choices
I make every day
for life
or for death
for peace
or for sorrow.
It all depends
on that freedom
to be holy
as my God is holy
or to stay out
of holiness path,
and walk along the way
of my sinful, fragile,
human nature.
With God's grace,
I choose life today.
I choose holiness
and all the peace
and joy that comes with it.
True Freedom
comes through a breakaway
from anything with an air
of dependency.
its a destruction
of what i'm cling to
for dear life
or the letting go
of my unhealthy attachments
and just be empty
and open handed
in my poverty of spirit.
then comes the freedom
of the heart, mind and soul
and the joy and the blessedness
that come with it.
let me soar like an eagle
to freedom's perfect peak
on the mountaintop
where the air refreshes
the soul and quenches the thirst
of a longing enslave heart
for so long.
ah, what sheer joy
to have true freedom
of the spirit
just like a tossed leaf
that falls on the river
and is carried
and brought to a peaceful
and restful bank
only to be consumed
and be part of the earth
once again, just be one
with the whole of creation
in total, true and lasting freedom!
Tags: tell-me-when-you-read-this | Edit Tags
