You want to be with me

I don't need to be perfect
Your love does not come to me
based on my performance
You have been leading me
so gently, so kindly
to let me know that
when you look at me, what it really comes down to, is
You want to be with me, and
there ain't nothing that I can do
to make you change the way
you feel about me
If I lack the resolve to
make decisions based on
what I know to be important
your love carries me
I will fear nothing, really!
This love, hidden in my heart
is like a garden producing such
varied emotions, that you have to
walk in the cool of the garden
to reassure me
walk in the dark of the night
when things are releasing their
insistence to be loved.
when the cool is reflecting
what is inside of me
and unless I go through this
I'll never truly see
that I am coming
to the dawn of a new day
Everyone needs to be loved
and I have found it all in you
furnish the sails and scrub the decks
I am going on a journey i know not where
my heart says not to look back
and when I awaken I will be with You
such a love leading me through
is not to be overstated or approved
it comes from the inside of me
so there is nothing left to say

#processing

Welcome to the world of John part 2

Truth is a funny word these days, I have a hard time digesting the truth. The phrases "truly, truth or true" are mentioned 50 times in the Gospel of John; NKJV version (this doesn't even mention the phrase "most assuredly" which can mean "Truly, Truly" that phrase is mentioned 25 times)

The work of the Spirit in regeneration allows us to do what no one else can. When Jesus is closing up his discussion with His disciples He says, "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear [them] now" His answer is "I will send the Holy Spirit" I am not able to share at this moment what this means, I have written it in a poem.

Welcome to the world of John part 1

The scripture that I want to lay as a foundation here comes from Isaiah, so lets turn to Chapter 5.

"Now let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my Beloved regarding His vineyard: My Well-beloved has a vineyard
On a very fruitful hill. He dug it up and cleared out its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. He built a tower in its midst, And also made a winepress in it; So He expected it to bring forth good grapes, But it brought forth wild grapes."

The phrase "Well-beloved" comes from the Hebrew word yĕdiyd which means "one who is beloved, lovely, pleasant, amiable" the first time it is used in the bible is used of the context Benjamin being beloved of the LORD (Deut 33:12)