There are many ways to feel lonely
Especially when it seems we’re only
Playing a part
And that our heart
Won’t find a place that is homely
Tag Archives: relationship
1/23 Poem: The Me You See
StandardThe key to conquering
Insecurity
Is learning to see You
As You see me
Mrs. Jesus 5/7: Wood Friday
StandardContinued from Mrs. Jesus 4/7: Thor’s Hammer Day
Prologue
Jesus wraps his arms around me and lowers me to the mattress
“I’m scared,” I whisper
“I know,” he murmurs, kissing my brow
“Don’t worry. I will always be with you, even if you can’t see me.”
For the comfort of my body
Jesus placed a small cot by the Tree of Life
I gaze up at it as he fastens two roots to the holes in my wrists
My body is not what I’m worried about
The sensation is what I imagine dialysis fees like
Or a blood transfusion
The lifeblood of the tree fills me
As mine pours into it
As my consciously slowly wanders off
The Ex-Wife
Continue readingQuick List: Reconcile the Drama
StandardWhat I learned about restoring relationships — and finding myself — from watching Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
Continue reading1/14 Poem: Pure Mercy
StandardSometime we show Mercy from Fear
Because our own judgement is near
Sometimes we show Mercy from Pride
To boast we have nothing to hide
To those who receive it’s the same
As long as they stay in the game
1/9 Limerick: I to I
StandardI cannot name my true “I”
Until We two see eye-to-eye
I cannot truly “be”
Til I see You see me
And know I’m not some other guy
1/2 Poem: For Fit, My Soul
Standard“What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?”
Luke 9:25
It may seem to you
That I pick a nit
Yet still I must ask
What my soul’s for-fit?
1/1 Poem: Favor-ite
Standard2023: Our Year of the Lord’s Favor
I want to be known as Your favor-ite
Celebrating how we two are tight
2023 Prabhakar/John Declarations
StandardTogether with the Spirit of the Lord, we declare 2023 the year of the Lord’s favor for our family.
Continue reading11/22 Poem: Expansive Praise
StandardIf gates of Hell we would raze
We must learn to weaponize praise
11/20 Limericks: Cross-Talk
StandardThe reason I take up offense
Is really a form of defense
I don’t want to share
The cross you won’t bear
Suddenly, our conflict makes sense!
11/14 Poem: Reunited Hearts (Ode to Inner Healing)
StandardThe reason our loves fall apart
Is because sin broke our heart
The pain was just too great to bear
And so must be exiled somewhere
11/6 Limericks: Law Map Trap
Standard#BreakTheCycle (of condemnation)
Continue reading11/1 Poem: Bridegroom-Redeemer
StandardWhen I am facing my doom
I need a redeeming bridegroom
Not just a freer of slaves
But a true lover who saves
10/27 Limerick: Preceive the Kingdom
StandardWhat childlikeness must we retrieve
If we would His Kingdom receive?
Our ego so proud
Must die in a shroud
As we live with heart on a sleeve
10/24 Limerick: Reliverance
StandardThe goal of God’s deliverance
Is not just a lifelong romance
As we gain His heart
We take on His part
In bringing others to the dance
Poem: Fix It All
Standard“God, do You hear when I call?
Why don’t You come fix it all?”
His words, though quite painful, rang true
“My son, that is why I made you!”
Poem: Hand-Some Sin
StandardSome times our pain
Is due to our sin
We hurt ourselves
Or God calls us in
Limerick: Obey Deep
StandardWhen we obey Christ with whole hearts
That’s when deep redemption can start
As we see His face
We’re filled up with grace
And what divides us falls apart
Poem: Poor Choice
StandardWho in this world
Would choose to be poor
When glory and power
Grace those who have more?
Radically Happy 
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