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== April 2020 ==

=== 4/10/2020 ===

by our fruits<br>
known by our love

if we don't love, then it is known that<br>
we are not the children of God

=== 4/11/2020 ===

==== #1 ====

Your glory find<br>
in summer leaves<br>
in blooming rose<br>
in gentle breeze<br>
in golden reds<br>
when those leaves fall<br>
a flaming carpet<br>
for us all<br>
in frosted white<br>
treasures of snow<br>
in thickest ice<br>
and water below<br>
in brand new spring<br>
the songbirds' call<br>
for You, O Lord,<br>
have made them all

=== 4/12/2020 ===

==== #1 ====

hope can be brutal<br>
a light in your heart<br>
when nothing before you<br>
gives answer but dark<br>
and you must keep going<br>
forever it seems<br>
chasing the glow<br>
of hope and its dreams

but hope is required<br>
like breath and like light<br>
the feeling that carries<br>
a soul through the night<br>
one hour we emerge<br>
and find a new day<br>
'cause hope has become<br>
a promise and stays

=== 4/13/20 ===

==== #1 Prayers # ====

Good morning, God<br>
I pray to You<br>
Please hold my hand<br>
And help me through<br>
Keep my mind-heart<br>
Close to You<br>
In all I think<br>
Feel, say, and do

==== #2 ====

a little bird told me, this was good morning<br>
woke me from my dreams, seemed without warning<br>
I feel a firm breeze, just shy of a storming<br>
reach out fingers for comfort: my God, He will hold me

==== #3 ====

For F and Y

there are bruises on my heart<br>
in the shape of your fingers<br>
memories pound me often<br>
the love we had lingers<br>
no matter how hard the battle<br>
I'll keep reaching to you<br>
never give up my knocking<br>
until it gets through

==== Focus on the Sufficiency of Christ ====

Say I'm an epic failure. so what? Not only does God continue to want me, to love me, to be unwilling that any should perish, including me, but He has already promised it's okay if I am weak.

"And He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." — 2 Corinthians 12:9 NKJV

"But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;" — 1 Corinthians 1:27 NKJV

His plan for me is not somehow less perfect because I'm not a superhero. And so I trust that, though it seems I continue to fail, if I commit my way to Him, He will bring glory—even from this. Even from me.

"Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass." — Psalm 37:5 NKJV