Absolute

Why do many fail
to become what Truth there is
in the unseen life?

Sin is division:
knowledge of good and evil
God or godlessness.

Make your path
absolute.
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Youth

Jesus loves children
for in their souls, they believe
with faith absolute...

They hope boundlessly
and know in their hearts the One
as their minds reach out -

- aiming far
with near hearts.
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Love the LORD and persevere in the remembrance of thy youth, O heart, for in it is contained the seeds of great and wonderful things.

Youth is in thy soul.

Therefore, be child-like not child-ish.

Refiner's Fire

Some people are numb,
they throw like words don't offend,
and for what reason?

Perhaps, they are hurt
and blinded by their own pain,
they mourn at our plight.

Alas, they
should rejoice!
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My friend,

Humility is not timidity. Humility is not being less of yourself. Neither is humility being more of yourself.

Humility is just being yourself, no more, no less.

It is a free and knowing acceptance of God's will and mysterious purpose for making you you.

"For in fire gold is tested, and worthy men in the crucible of humiliation."

(Sirach 2: 5)

The Call of Grace

Why is there tension
between two oppositions
in the heart of Man?

When the soul is sure
yet the flesh is unwilling
God beckons, "Come see."

The deaf hears,
the blind sees.
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Choosing the Right

Right recognizes
not that it is right, but the
wrong when it is wrong.

Right reveals the false,
even the false in the self,
to preserve the good.

To be right,
then live it.
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On Right Action:

Right action is right not because others are wrong. It is right because it follows faithfully the example of Christ:

"When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, 'Lord, what about him?'

Jesus said to him, 'What if I want him to remain until I come? What concern is it of yours? You follow me.'"

- John 21: 21-22

On Fraternal Correction:

"When the Just man corrects me it is kindness. Let him rebuke me–it is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it." (Psalm 141:5)

"He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored." (Prov 13:18)

"It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools." (Eccl 7:5)

The Fruitful Tree

Who shall bear good fruit
but trees that grow on good earth -
the soil of virtue?

Trees born of God's care
and fed by the Light of Truth -
by grace preserved.

Let us then
bear good fruit!
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"By their fruits you will know them."

- Mat 7: 16

Serendipity

If one is thankful,
being mindful of good things -
the soul is deepened...

And so we begin
to perceive the hidden things
that make life worthwhile.

We begin
to see grace.
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Serendipity is where the freedom of God and the freedom of Man meet to make good things happen.

Serendipity says, "I have seen Your works, O LORD, and they are wonderful to behold!"

True Light

We know God through Christ
for in the Lord is the Light -
the life of Mankind...

For the heart must see
before our feet takes a step
so in Christ, we see!

Not by sight
do we walk.
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The Light of Life

The triumph of goodness is obvious.

We see this triumph expressed faithfully
in the lives of great men and women
past, present, and forever.

We see this triumph expressed perfectly
in the life of Jesus Christ, the one Savior of Mankind,
the Light through Whom we gain true sight
and the power to give it to others.

This Light is the victory of life!

So it is this triumph of the goodness in all for all
- its force, its majesty, and ultimate reality -
that the Evil in all evil things 

everywhere strives to utterly obscure
in everyone and in every age
so that
evil is perpetuated
not because there is a lack of evil
but because there is a lack of good.
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Good Work

Good and honest work,
the kind that makes you happy,
isn't 'bout money...

Build ye first - within -
the Kingdom of our LORD God,
all else shall follow.

The wages
of virtue.
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Peace

What is peace, my friend?
Is peace an endless battle,
a fight to the end?

Peace is observance,
a turning away from war
towards yonder dawn.

War deceives,
Peace speaks truth.
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Bend

To be obedient,
one must bend, but not by whim,
nor by evil's wind.

Bend like the bow - aimed -
and drawn by infinite Hands,
towards lasting peace.

To let fly,
you must bend.
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Come & See

Come to God, my child.

And He will make you to shine

like the stars above.

Come and you will see

like a star shining outward

shedding light for all.

To see far,

cling to Him.

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