The truth about TRUE love

I was so impacted the other day when I read these lines ....

Love God—and Love People.

When you love God, you desire to know Him.

When you love people, you desire for them to know God.

It is not enough for us to know Jesus and not be inflamed by His passionate love for people.

It changes your perspective when you see people through God's eyes. How far am I willing to go for a single soul?

The only ones that will change the world are the ones who die to themselves and who are radically and passionately after the heart of God, who linger in the presence of God on a daily basis. It's only from that vine that we will bear good fruit.

My heart is yours God. I long for our heartbeats to be in sync, that I long to share your eyes, and I pray for your wisdom and strength to rise up and do something about what I see.

Woman

A poem I wrote about uncovering beauty and loving passionately.

Your heart and mine were intertwined.

A love from you was my heart's desire.

But I feared from loving would come loss,

and my faded spirit and features grew alike.

I wanted to enchant you

But I have caused your heart to doubt.

I wanted to embrace you

But I have made you feel alone.

I wanted it all, but I didn't know -  

I didn't know how to love you.

What once was brilliant quickly dimmed

and my wilting heart could not move yours.

My arm was bandaged tight, kept from sight

but undone I saw infection clawing at my heart.

In my darkness, dirt, disease, despair

came this piercing light and healing touch.

with one kiss I was unchained -

without those shackles, beauty reigned.

I discovered it was not in the skill of application

or in painstakingly perfecting disguise.

Beauty flows from faith, love and joy

to stir the sleeping back to life.

So my dearest love,

I pray you see this twisted rose uncurled - 

Unbound I love as a woman, not a hurting girl.