Pure in Heart

He is always with me

So I am never alone

Even when, in times of great turmoil

Everyone may have found their lives full

Even when no one has an answer to the profound complication

He is with me

His voice comforts me saying:

Do not go anywhere, 

Stay right where you are

And you will be safe.

You will have my peace, 

And I fill be able to perform miracles."

And He does. I have seen it.

When we can wrap our minds so around Him

That we really are able to

Forget the former things

And not dwell on the past

But regard the new thing He has springing up

He does perform miracles.

Nothing in Him is old

It is all always being made new.

And right.

It is difficult to really forget the former things

To unlearn what we have experienced

To let loose our dreams

Exepctations, and hopes

Like white balloons at a funeral.

But if we can deeply know

That He is good

Good, good, good, good, good, good

To His children

And that we ARE His children

We will desire instead the good things He has in store.

You cannot fill an old wineskin with new wine

And I long for the new wine now.

I cannot stay hiding in this old skin.

Nothing is impossible for You

If I let go of my own mistakes-

The dirt I clench so tightly in my fists-

Instead of planning my life around them,

The particles will swirl into the order You meant for them to have

Like the creation of Adam.

I will never guess what You're doing.

Your ways are too high

Your thoughts too magnificent

And I no longer need to know.

It is enough to know

That You love me

And You are good.