Only you
can make it possible
to forgive and love
someone that has hurt so deep
that it would have destroyed me

but you were there
like a shield
guarding my weak heart
from the darts shot by the enemy
helping me hold out my weak hand
to love them in return

Snow lotuses from above
falling softly into my hands
a little gift from heaven
a little reminder
that he loves me

These are the moments
when the touch of soft rain on your face
Smell of new cherry blossoms over head
a glimpse of a small creature stirring
are all you need to keep going

Such fear I had
I was in darkness
scared to be alone
scared to be held
scared to be loved

you took my fear and replaced it with love
replaced it with strength
replaced it with repentance

If he is so great
yet cares for me

Then why worry?

He made a warrior out of me
when I was weak
put a strength in me
that passes the strongest of men

He made a lover of me
when it was hard to love
praising him
even in the darkest hours
I will have my hands raised

He can change the sinner
the depressed
the selfish
the prideful
the liar
the greedy
anything

I know this
because he has changed me

You are really never alone
in fact
we meet the maker
of all life
when we are alone

Ever wonder why
you are scared to be alone?
scared of the silence
scared of absence
of things that distract us?

It is because
we meet God in the silence
we hear him
we feel him
when we are alone

Nothing
can be more frightening
yet beautiful
then hearing the maker
of the whole universe

The one place I feel at peace is at a little coffee shop.
I can sit and think through clearly.
Sure, at home I sometimes find moments of peace,
when its sunny out side and I can take walks in my garden.
Yet it doesn't match the peace I have writing, with tea at hand,
by myself in that little coffee shop.