I will quiet you with My Love

see the storm brewing

dark clouds stewing

thunder rolls

lightning crash, dash

in a flash, destruction

“Through this storm I will,

I will quiet you with My love”

another deadline missed,

work, work, work

no one knows how you ache,

regrets your mistakes

so you fall out of bed

another day to dread

“Come to Me, I will,

I will quiet you with My love”

decisions, decisions, decisions

how do you make them with precision?

shoulders hunched

such a heavy load you carry

“Cry to Me, I will,

I will quiet you with My love”

another friend in need

another heart that bleeds

and you keep on carrying

these responsibilities

“Let be, let Me

In their need I will,

I will quiet you with My love”

so many things bombarding

seeking, weeping, lost

 you drift around

“Look to Me, be still

Ask of Me. I will

Bind your heart to Mine,

Comfort you when you are crying,

Give you all that's Mine

Let go,

Stop trying, I will

I will quieten you with my love,

my love.”

The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing." (Zephaniah 3:17)

Stories

I write stories too -

un-conventional

one word per line

about people praying, straying,

about this speck of dust in my eye

about it becoming a forest 

and leaving me blind

now I pray,

like those people in my stories,

I pray for extinction of the trees,

because though its cool in this shade -

it constantly rains, over me

and the sun can never shine

can never reach,

past these leaves.

You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. (Matthew 7:5)

We all like to “make up stories” about others, whether aloud to someone else or in the safety of your own head.  It's so easy to judge people and it probably can not be avoided,  but what do you do with these preconceptions of yours?  Do you just go with it or do you consciously decide to understand the situation better or give that person a chance?  I often forget that I am not without flaw myself.