"God never stops forgiving?" [ 02 | 16 | 2010 ]

God never stops forgiving?

The answer has been in front of my face all this time. I've known this, but I never realized it's implications.

He keep forgiving me, despite my mistakes and pitfalls.

Meaning I get a second chance every time.

EVERY time.

That means I have that many chances to keep bettering myself, that many chances to try and look more like Christ, that many chances to draw closer to the prize, that many opportunities to overcome a sinful habit, that many chances to share what I have learned, and that many chances to try even harder.

What a God.

He is so good.

- Michael Stephen

"Regret In Repair." [ 02 | 11 | 2010 ]

A boy and a man, one heart, two hands.

Kept the peace, met both ends.. Is this the right thing?.. Trusted no one, not friends.. Quiet nights, barefoot on bed.. Resigned to nothing, struggled to defend.. It's so cold.. Skilled at breaking the bend.. Why does it have to be like this?..

Trained his heart for the end, to conquer resent.. Push through, you can make it.. Regretted the left, and loathed the right.. If you love her, let her go.. The middle was less traveled by.. Tears crash from dry eyes.. Room for compromise?


Oh, to go back.

These are the cages.

And.

This is war.

This is wasteland.

Selfish box-thinking.

What am I saying?

It's bigger then desperate realizations and unheld hands. Greater than my heart, and teardrops unplanned. Bigger purpose, bigger than any man. Take your perspective boy.

Expand.

This is infinite strife and wisdom, this is a final breath petition. Save the souls of our politicians. Cure the hearts of our broken women. Restore the orphans and renew contrition.

This is the poor, this is the beaten. This is battle cry on sinking sand. This is the off-key anthem to a dying land.

Falling, falling, sinking, falling.

Who can save us? Who can?

I am the tortured soul of a tortured man. And I can't.

It's in your hands, God. I trust you though I don't understand.

- Michael Stephen

"When I See The Sunset.." [ 02 | 03 | 2010 ]

"You are there."

- Michael Stephen

"The Light." [ 02 | 02 | 2010 ]

"Just keep me where the light is."

- John Mayer