Faith Trumps All and Love Wins

Faith = Trust

I trust Love

My faith is in Love

I don't need to know or understand everything

(who can, anyway?)

Because I trust Love to know

If you believe in an all powerful Being

Who

Created all there is

Knows all there is

Has power over all there is

And

Is Love . . .

Or

If you know there is a force

An energy

That flows through all

and

Draws us toward love . . .

There is nothing to fear

What if my beliefs are wrong? 

What if I’ve been misled?

I’m sure some of my beliefs are wrong

I’m sure I've been misled,

By myself, or others

I trust Love.

Love always protects

Love can guide me to what I need to know

If I don’t know something now,

I don’t need to know it

Love knows

What about people I see

Who believe wrongly?

What if I see that you believe wrongly?

Can a person see into another’s soul?

Can a person reach in and change the beliefs of another?

Will my telling you that you're wrong

(even if I'm 100% correct!)

Convince you of anything,

If you're not in a place to receive? 

Will me telling you something false

(something I happen to believe is 100% true)

Cause you to believe a falsehood? 

Only if you don't desire truth.

Or, if believing the falsehood for a time

Is part of the journey Love knows you are on.

We all freely choose what we believe.

Deep down, we always do.

And we are all at different stages

of our journeys

This is the beauty; 

the magnificence!

Of the Love that I believe in

I believe in One who knows all 

and loves all

Each as they need to be loved

Repeating my truths to you

or raising my voice

Will never change your heart

And you cannot change mine.

Logical words might reach my mind

But . . .

Until my heart truly knows

The knowledge is empty

I am spirit

My true self

Is beyond anyone’s reach

But Spirit . . .

Love

I trust Love to care for me

Carry me

Speak to me

Guide me

Protect me

I trust Love to be working

In me and in you

I trust that you are doing and believing

What you think is best

(even if I think you’re dead wrong!)

I ask the same in return

Whether we’re talking

God or politics

Love!

Trust the hearts of others

Trust that Love is overseeing all

And knows

I've had many companions on my journey

Who have shared much wisdom - 

Through whom Love has spoken

Wisdom touched and changed my heart

Wherever I was ready and able to receive

When we trust in a power

Greater than ourselves

We are free

And we free others

To share and walk in love

and then . . . 

Love wins!




I can think of multiple responses to and disagreements 
with what I've written.  
The main message is . . .
God knows what he's doing.
He knows what we're doing!
There is no fear in love
If we desire truth
and get off track . . . 
or start going totally the wrong way . . . 
Love will guide us home


Love Wins




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Stained Glass

I am a window of glass

Stained

Bright colors

Sparkle

Dance in sunlight

Dark hues

Luminous

Murmur of enigmas

And mystery

Lines of shadow

Flow throughout

Delineating heart and soul

Loss and love

All I’ve ever known 

All I’ve ever been

Brings beauty

To this ever changing

Masterpiece

You who cruelly pierced my heart

(Such sweet poison)

You who lovingly soothed my soul

Compassion and tenderness were yours

I remember your laugh

(I laugh it, still)

I remember the pain in your eyes

I remember disappointed hopes

Dreams unrealized

Screams of pain

Screams of joy

I remember unimaginable delight

Frolicking in the sun 

On a glorious summer day

Bare feet in dust and grass

Splashing through water

Giggles filling the air

Oh, joy!

The wind upon my skin

Oh, delight!

Hot sun upon my face

Every day contains

Darkness and light

Undertones of pain

Hints of promise

All my journeys

All my days

Needed to be walked

Needed to be lived

To color and stain

This window

Illuminated from within

Luminous

Radiant

The grime of fear

Obscures and clouds

Tears of fresh hope

Gently rinse

And reveal

New, deeper shades

Of rich color

Adorning the window

Which is me

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No Strings

I am a golden vessel

A temple within which Love resides

Complete

Whole

Strings attached to soul

Pull me this way and that

Jerk me away from living loved

Distract from sharing love

Obligations

Expectations

External forces 

Given power by fear

Expectations and obligations

Not met

Formula not followed

Shame projected

I smile at you

and cut your strings.

You are not mine

I live from eternity within me

I walk the path given me

I abide in the center

Listening always

Living to love

Loving to live

No strings for me

No strings

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Love of Self

God is Love

I am in the image of God

I am love?

God is Eternal

My true, eternal Self

Knows, receives and gives

Love

Housed in this mortal flesh

Permanent intertwined with temporary

The dying part of self

Clings to its “life”

Asserting rules; burdens

On the soul

We are called to love our enemies

Do I deserve love at least as much as any “enemy’ I might have?

Love is

Kind

Patient

Trusting

Hopeful

Honoring

Not easily angered

Keeps no record of wrongs

There is no fear in love

No judgment

No condemnation

I look at my world

Through my personal filters

Ascribe meanings

Based on my paradigms

If my paradigm

Is not one of self love

What manner of love do I give?

Oh, Precious one

Love has nothing to do with you

And everything to do with the One who loves

Accept and receive love from Love

Let go of all

Irritation

Self-doubt

Self-recrimination

Tracking one’s mistakes . . .

All that is not grace

All that is not love

Honor your true self

Trust your heart

Embrace the beauty

That is you

In the image of God

In the image of Love

Smile fondly upon your humanity

And you will be able to smile fondly

At the humanity of others

We are all children

We do the best we know how.

When we know better

We do better

It is not ours to judge

Not ours to condemn.

Self

Or others

Speak grace to your soul

Whisper peace to your precious Self

Be still . . . rest

And love will flow

Without your knowing

Love without strings

Pure and free

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Reverse It: Love Never Punishes

Control . . . Manipulation

Punishment

All the same thing

Love never punishes

Love doesn't manipulate or control

Love does not disdain or disapprove

Judge or condemn

Kindness and acceptance;

Love . . . 

Do these disappear, or pull back

If you don't treat me right,

or agree with me,

or behave as I think you should?

If I'm only happy with you

When you're measuring up,

This is not love

I cannot say I love you

If there are conditions.

Love has no conditions

Though I do my best to cover

Feelings and thoughts that are not love,

They are perceived. . .

You know.

A person always knows

On some level . . . 

How eagerly I seek this love without condition

And, with some, it is easily given.

With others . . . 

My heart draws back

In judgement

In fear

of being hurt,

or of appearing to approve of something, 

or believe something, that I do not.

Placing possible disapproval or misunderstanding from others

ahead of loving the one before me

(including fear of being misunderstood by the very one I love).

Or, sometimes, I just want to control another

to suit my wishes.

This is not love.  

Love never fails

In my humanity

I will fail

I open wide my soul

To drink deeply

To be cleansed and filled

With Love everlasting

Love flow through me

Love my beloved

Through me

With me

For You do not fail

(This is not to say we cannot establish healthy boundaries, and sometimes must do things that feel hurtful to another.  The challenge is to have a loving heart, as much as possible, through all circumstances, whether the other person sees it, or not.)

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Love Never Punishes

Fear rests so easily within me

Anxiety and worry cozy up to my belly

Jaw clenched, throat tight . . .

Neck and shoulders ache

What do I fear?

Is it merely habit?

This usually subconscious thought, 

That I’m not good enough  

That I’ll never measure up . . .?

Good enough for who?

Measure up to what?

Do I believe in Love?

There is no fear in Love,

Fear has to do with punishment.

The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Do I believe in Love?

Love is patient and kind

It keeps no record of wrongs

Love never fails

It never quits

Never

What do I fear?

I am the source of my own punishment:

My own lack of love

Nothing can separate me

From the One who is Love

The separation I feel is an illusion

Created by my desire to control:

My desire to hide my humanity

(as if I'm expected to be the one perfect human?)

Insanity!

I erect veils to obscure the view of my very human self

Obscuring, instead, my view of Love

Love can hold me, yet I not feel it

Love can comfort, and I not receive

Love does not punish me.

I punish myself.

Silly, precious child

You are safe

As you are

Always

Love will never fail you

Never

“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.”

Love is patient, love is kind . . . It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres. Love never fails.

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