Love in Action

Be joyful in hope

Patient in affliction

Faithful in prayer

      Romans 12:12

Parallel Lifetimes

Maybe in another lifetime,
I gathered the will to call you again.
Maybe in another lifetime,
I ran into you.
Maybe in another lifetime,
nothing mattered but us.
Maybe in another lifetime,
we never parted ways.
Maybe in another lifetime,
I still loved so passionately.
Maybe in another lifetime,
you reached out to me.
Maybe in another lifetime,
I wonder why not in this lifetime. 

그의 고민

키가 작은가, 말주변이 없는걸까?

돈이 부족한가, 실력이 없는걸까? 

못생긴건가, 매력이 없는걸까?

놀 줄 모르는 건가, 예의가 없는걸까?

무례한건가, 너무 따지는걸까?

내가 무엇이 부족한걸까 고민을 한다. 

그렇게 또 수많은 사람들이 지나가며,

또 그렇게 수많은 하루가 지나간다. 

나그네 - 벨튠스

나는 목적이 있는 나그네 
나의 목적은 하늘에 

복음으로 향한 길이기에 
십자가로 향한 길이기에 
편하지 않다는 걸 알기에 
지금도 전진하는 나는야 나그네

세상의 행복도 성공의 유혹도 
십자가 지고 가는 나그네 

그가 원하시는 걸 알기에 
그의 마음을 더 알기 위해 
그가 부르시는 곳을 향해 오늘도 
전진하는 나는야 나그네 

나그네 - 벨튠스

https://youtu.be/RO8CLyETyyE

A Doxology

"Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! 'Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?' 'Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?' For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen." Romans 11:33-36

Almost like a war cry, or even a motivational speech, the verses cling onto my heart. "To him be the glory forever!" Amen! The words brightens me. It changes me, though for how long I do not know. A spark of truth lights me up to remember who I was, and who I was striving to be. 

All glory are yours LORD. Let your will be done. 

Psalm 104

"All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time.

When you give it to them, they gather it up;
   when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
When you hide your face, they are terrified;
   when you take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works." 

Psalm 104:27-31

And so shall I look to you, so shall I be satisfied, be terrified, created and renewed. 

A Simple Question

All I asked was, "Are you happy?"

She sat quietly for a few seconds,

and I noticed tears in her eyes.

I asked, "Why are you crying?"

She did not know why.

I thought about human frailty,

how delicate we are.

A simple touch could bring alive,

a simple word could tear down.

I did not know why.

The universe within us,

the chaos and peace that coexists.

It was all too great to be a simple chance.

I thought about God,

and how God thought about us.