More Sunday Thoughts and Scribbling During Church from Valentines Day to Mid-May

 Valentines Day is special, and it should be

In fact, it should be everyday

Because my love for you is constant

Never wavering from day to day

Always constant

Making everyday Valentines Day

Each day to love you more and more

Each day to be your Valentine

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I would ask you to be my Valentine and have a place in my heart

But you are already my Valentine and forever in my heart

I Love You

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Everyday I say my prayers

I pray to God each day

And on this special day of love

I have a special prayer to say

Praying for You and for me

That in our hearts Love will always be

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I am a man of many faults

I am sure you are aware

Often having lustful, carnal thoughts of you

Even in church . . .

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Today in church we sat close together

Perhaps unusually close

Maybe because it was cold

But regardless of the reason

It was a nice feeling, sitting close together

Causing my heart to beat a little faster

Causing me to hope and pray

That our hearts will draw closer

Causing our love to grow

And that we will be close forever

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Quite often when I am all alone

When the rest of the world is sleeping

I find myself in deep meditation

Being drawn deeply into self contemplation

Which brings me to my knees

Where I pour out my inner-most thoughts

As i contemplate what Jesus taught

Feeling the Holy Spirit teaching me

Opening my heart and my mind 

So I can understand and see

And understanding I am never alone

Knowing that God is always with me

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With reverence I gaze on you

As you dress and get ready for church

And with reverence I thank God

For blessing me and my life

And for having your love

An for you being my wife

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A thought came to me last night

While I watched you get undressed

That i am truly a man so blessed

And so I thanked Heavenly Father for you

Giving thanks for you

Making love to you with my eyes

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Life is simple, or is it?

One thing for sure is that thing do change

Yes, life may be simple

Yet, it can also be strange

Each day can be different

Holding both challenges and blessings

Which are often manifest in most simple ways

The Spirit speaking to both heart and mind

That life doesn't always have to be a grind

And life, just as truth is often just simple

If we just open our hearts and minds

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As time passes and I get older

There of times that instead of feeling weak

I feel myself  growing bolder

But mostly life and time and aging have been good teachers 

Teaching me to repent and be a better man

Teaching me to hold my thoughts and tongue

Without showing or feeling anger and not getting bent

Just knowing when to speak or not has blessed my life

Knowing when to strike or turn my cheek and knowing when to be meek

An so it goes, as the older I get (as a now senior fellow)

Life just gets better and better if you can learn to be more mellow

And I have learned that time passes regardless, so I just have to get used to it

And smile more

My Mind and God Creates a Sacred Place

 Life can be so lonely, but I never feel alone

For I have my mind, which is a fertile place

Where I can always see God's face

A fertile place where I can talk with God

My my with God's help becomes a sacred place

Seeking the Truth

 Seeking for truth, looking for reason

Wanting my heart to not be guilty of treason

Seeking for truth in a myriad of ways

Is my focus in life every night and throughout my days

Seeking for truth from books and from people

I find myself guided to a church with a steeple

So seeking for truth, I fall on my knees

Praying to God to answer my pleas

Seeking for truth in both study and prayer

For God will show me the way, I find the truth there

Seeking for truth, God gives my life reason

Leading me towards the light

Away from sin and away from all treason

Man is Creating his Own Doom

 Where are we going?

Where did our species go wrong

We are on an insane merry-go-round

And I think I want to get off

Because it seems like we ar all going to hell

Without a prayer or a song

In a place we no longer belong

Case in point: All moral codes are shot

Men no longer believe in God

Indeed, the human species is both doomed and lost

Sunday Scribbles / Thought Made in Church

 As I gaze upon all of life's wonders, I stand all amazed

Counting each of my blessings

And thanking my God for all that I've received

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Oh, how I love life, and all that life brings to me

Both opportunities and challenges (which are part of God's plan)

That help me to grow and to know that He truly loves me

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24/7 You are on my mind, thinking of you

And gazing upon you with love in my heart and eyes

Counting my blessings that I have you in my life

You, one of God's moist beautiful creations

And how blessed I am to have you as my wife

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Sitting in church, singing songs of praise

Thoughts of heaven our spirits do raise

Seeking God's sweet guidance for help through life's maze

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Work is work

For many this is a truth

But i you find a job you truly love

You'll be blessed your whole life through

With blessings from God above

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For me work is a joy, a wisdom I have learned well

From the time as a young boy being able to work

Has made my life a true joy

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God, my Father in Heaven

Blessed me this day

With a brilliant sunrise that has brightened my day

Just as His Gospel brightens my life

Could a day be any better?

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Voices of little children, singing praises to the Lord

Theirs voices touch both soul and heart as they reach to the heavens

A Godly message they do impart

Comments On the Topic of Love

 Love is such an expansive umbrella

It includes so many diverse dimensions 

Jesus tells us to love our brother

Which means our fellowmen (and women)

And includes our neighbors

Even those people we don't even know

But especially includes loving our spouse

Loving in all those ways that a man and a woman do

Hugging, touching, and kissing, and such . . .

However, there is one kind of loving that I struggle with

And that is loving those that I would consider my enemy

Although I really can't name any actual enemies at the moment

But I can name certain people that I don't chose or care to love

Those bad people who intentionally hurt others

Or have lifestyles and beliefs that injure others

Those person who would destroy the family unit

Or take the life of the newly both or worse, the unborn

And those who would take away our right to choose or think

Taking away our freedoms of self expression

Dictating that it is their way or the highway

Shaming those who have feelings and ideas that differ from their own

Those kind of people I really can't bring myself to love

It would be so nice if loving and loving were easy . . .