Sunday, January 31, 2010

Shine the Love

So I sometimes get inspired to write poems/songs/stories and I just wrote this one tonight. A lot of things have been on my mind lately such as those suffering in Haiti, friends with problems in their life, news stories I watch about violence and hate, and just so so much.

I know that I am not perfect and there are so many things I need to fix in my life but I try. I have been trying to let go of old grudges, feelings of superiority, trying to stop judging others... but again I know I am not perfect. It's a struggle for everyone, Christian or not. We all know we aren't suppose to hate, aren't suppose to break laws, suppose to love one another but the only one who was ever fully able to live like that was Jesus. Even though we can't always do the right thing we can at least try, try to help someone you may or may not like, try to fight the temptations of the world and the flesh, try to not judge and gossip and through the trying we can at least help to make things a little better in this world.

I didn't write this to gloat or to make myself seem perfect, I wrote it because I know I am not. I just think that to try is all we can do, and to try will bring us closer to the example Jesus set for us.

So now I am asking you, have you been trying?
Will you try now?

I hope you enjoy this and please leave me a comment if you want.

God Bless!


Pray for the lost, the hurt, the suffering...
Pray for the ones who made mistakes, the people stuck in a bad place...
Pray for the single fathers, the widows, the left behind orphans...
The lonely teen mothers, the soldiers who are our brothers...
The addicts, the abusers, the prisoners, the accusers....
Everyone needs a little help; everyone needs a little love...
Shine the light that comes from above.

No one is perfect, we all sin... its understanding that which will help us in the end.
Take the plank out of your own eye, before you judge the ones who cry.
Next time you think you’re better than them, think of how Jesus dined with sinning men.
He’s our example, he’s our friend, he’s our lord the way we can mend…
So much hurt in the world, so much hate amongst man,
Why not let love take a stand?

Next time you pass someone on the street…
Ask yourself if their need you can meet…
Pass it on, let old feelings be gone.
Forget the fights, the enemies of your past,
Because carrying that around is like living with a cast.
Let it heal, it doesn’t matter what harshness you feel.
Forgive and forget all that to which you’re bound,
Because life’s too short to carry it around.

Is it really that important to be cool?
To be hip, to be hot, to call someone a fool?
If we all learned to love, to accept and mend
Be only to the world a loving friend…
Stop putting ourselves before others…
Fight against hate until it smothers…

Pray for the lost, the sad, the suffering...
Pray for the ones living with mistakes, the people in a bad place...
Pray for the struggling marriage, the abandoned children...
The homeless, the ones with a life that’s always a mess...
The haters, the prostitutes, the thieves, the liars....
Everyone needs a little help; everyone needs a little love...
Shine the light that comes from above.

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