Your Story Matters

I rise to see you

To come into your presence

Through faith I see love

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I am not a fool

The one who made the eye can see

The one who made the ear can hear

The beauty of life

The masterful creation

Speaks to the honest human

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Honest questions discovered

As one experiences life

Leads to a surprising joy

Of human greatness

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Taste and see the Lord is good

He will not “should” on your life

You’re responsible to seek

Search out what is true

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Most people react

Don’t look at the obvious

Look past the problem

Understand yourself and God

I discovered real friendship

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When you’re seventy

It is time to speak and say

Truth I have learned to live by

Brokenness and peace

The freedom of forgiveness

Joy that surpasses knowledge

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This painful process

I have sought to know what is true

Many failures and loses

Have taught me to listen well

In suffering I find found peace

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I have hurt many

I have been failed by many

There is one who has not failed

His love forgives me

And I forgive the others

Who I hope can forgive me

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My failures and yours

Will not stop me from loving

For I can give what’s given

Love the unlovely

That is in me and in you

It’s the work of God’s Spirit

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So when Christmas comes

It’s time to begin again

Remembering the Advent

Love Demonstrated

One human who made it clear

How to bring peace on this earth

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Reflections inspired by Psalm 20 and 50. May God’s peace be in you that sits above the circumstances. May the joy of Christ’s Presence fill you today.

Dedicated to Steve Brumfield