with eternity in our hearts

there is no grasping what is already ours..
revealed and promised
you exist
the things which are not
are...
the things which are yet to be

jealousy cannot change our destiny
it cannot bind us, fill us or draw us apart
for each of us, there is only one -
i have no entitlements.. no expectations..
for everything i see is a gift
you do not belong to me any more
than the sky belongs to me

all this lasts but for a moment
its permanence i cannot contrive or extend
by my thoughts or by my wanting
for in and of myself... i am nothing

grace has given me to you
and grace will take me away one day
eternal glory shines in the heart
reflections of His face show in each of us
different expressions of the same thing
all is love

what am i to you?
what are you to me?
can one human being own another?
can naming flesh make it ours?

for we are water and we are dust
spirit filled beings
the only eternal part~
it is the Spirit who draws us together
who makes us one
i, with natural hands would fail to fashion such things
as friendship, promise... and a love stronger than death

but He who made these things
let Him be witness for us,
fashion in us a heart with open hands releasing
each breath
take us where He wills.. lead us where we should go
why are the difficult places not as worthy of our passion
as these places of beauty?
why should we be above surrender?
or is our comfort all that we long to know...
it would be ashes in our mouths

no
we stand true
united in purpose
desire and vision..

You i love
... i have yearned for..

but not as much as this:
to know Him who made love and gave us a reason to love at all.
there is nothing i would not give to Him
should He require it
for i am His


i will not ask you to be less than you are
- the truest love in me
becomes my burden,
this heart aflame..

the only sacrifice i have
comes at the greatest cost
and yet it bears no shame

with joy surpassing sorrows
i lay my love for you down
there to remain forever

at His feet