Back to Guatemala for this post. My church supports missionary endeavors around the world including, of course, Guatemala. We visited one of my favorite ministries in Guatemala: Manos de Compasion. Located in the Bay of Santiago Atitlan, Manos de Compasion is a childrens’ home. Their number one goal is to minister to abandon, abused, and forgotten children. The views on the journey there are awesome, and the opportunity to have fun with these kids is priceless.
did you ever feel like you were chasing bubbles and realize that all the trouble you go through to chase radiant spheres which refuse to stay near smiles and giggles chasing frail bubbles
still chasing something that looks new something true about this life we live and hurt we feel about the longing singing trying and dying
chasing bubbles with a carefree smile well for a while it seems that i’ll catch one soon and cradle it in my hands and see the colors dancing and swirling across the crystal globe maybe the bubble will fit in my pocket or i’ll take it home and keep it safe
pop it’s gone in a flash we’re gone she’s gone i wonder if eternal bubbles exist i’d like to find one and follow it wherever it may lead perhaps a place where there are no troubles no tears just light no fears and brilliant color crystal spheres dancing all around
here’s one on the ground pop
would like to see a few things stay the untroubled giggles of a child a sunset that kaleidoscopes for hours an embrace that fills my heart with peace a haunting melody that sinks into my soul and reminds me that there is love
would like to see a few things stay the knowing when our eyes connect the crashing waves and their rhythmic balm the birdsong soaring through the sad sky colors leaping from a flower spilling on my heavy brow reminding me that there is life
would like to see a few things stay a tree that shades me from all harm a crystal river of understanding shadows stretching through deep green woods the Light that helps me see the Way a hand to hold that guides through the pain reminding me that someone’s there to share a lonely road
oh stay with me lover of my soul let me see the calm before i lose myself nowhere to go the words of life spoken long ago an anchor for an old old soul reminding me that You are here in the mess in my tears reminding me that You are rest
so in my heart it’s raining the stars don’t mind the sun stays behind the sad sad showers just pitter patter and i just stare aware of the polyrhythmic percussion perfectly synchronized with the confusion and the emotional concussion
there’s no melody for this deep blue song it just reminds me of all that has gone wrong
we’re still feeling the falling living with the distance the canyon of longing and sighing and crying and dying looking for morning for light for life and love for the endless morning of light and love
she loved flowers and it seems like they loved her too countless plants happily shared the rooms of our home my mom would call each one by name no strange plants in her home it takes someone special to see that life thrives the colorful flowers the herbs and the spices the garden outside was no different than the garden of our hearts she tended to each one of us and we grew in love and tenderness because she knew that all things that are loved grow and sing and shine all things loved grow and sing and shine
did you ever let your mind wander back and forth like standing in line at six flags you zig and zag trying to make your way to a ride of your memories and all that's inside some things you wish you didn’t find and the questions rise why did i why didn’t i or just why sometimes your breath is taken away by the pain of yesterdays and the sorrows of today i guess living is embracing the cloudless sky and the rain that ache within some things you don't get to do again sorry i missed so much on the first try and i remember love surrounding me i can see the gifts like a mighty tree of grace and kindness covering me with shades of beauty shadows of heaven and this sunrise helps me lift my eyes and rest in grateful songs i’ll remember all the love surrounding me
i would like to shine
bright as a sunny day
and shimmer
like a jacob collier song
but i often find
that old pride inside
and i stumble and lose my way
and it can go so wrong
when the shame gets strong
and i reach for a new identity
no matter how i try
i’m never free
when i think i don’t need
to be me
so i run back home
to the lover of my soul
it’s an uphill path
the lies inside
just laugh
so i bring to my mind
and heart
the One who has kept me
from the start
oh sing of the treasure
of His love
for me
for you
it shimmers
and shines
His mercy
shimmers
and shines
the Light of the world
lives inside
and He
always
shimmers
and shines
sitting with my mom the years that surround her are so long she is reflecting and pondering telling stories and wondering and this is what she had to say — all my siblings have passed away but you can’t cry all the time you have to laugh you have to think love is so simple and sometimes you don’t realize it’s there — and my dad brings her flowers the hours of another day slowly pass away my dear mom so far from the world she once knew i’ll try and remember to let the tears speak and the laughter sing and I’ll wonder and ponder and try to remember for my remaining days to see the love before me and then give it away
where is the solace when life only brings darkness an achromatic sunrise unable to chase shadows a sunset that never leaves where is the gentle breeze when life storms around and within can’t breathe the rain soaked air while i try to put on a smile the pulse rate of my soul diminished where are the hands cradling a countenance when the lonely tears are seeking an embrace standing in the middle of the universe i guess the view is nice but no one is there to share the stars i’ve heard it said there is a place where melodies and harmonies take flight like lullabies that never say goodnight music you can taste and hold in hand or pull towards your heart music that covers you with a blanket of love and grace the softest peace a delicate abyss of joy so i run to this place in the darkness and the storm i lift up my eyes when it feels i can’t breathe i fall into faith when the tears want to stay i tell my story and let the music fill in the gaps the star maker knows each page of sorrow each gaze of wonder the calming comfort of trust if i’m in the pain of the valley or the delight of the clouds the star maker knows my name he knows my now and my yesterdays my what is to come i breathe in timeless hope i fall into a vast fissure of love and rest another valley is near but He is nearer
so jeremiah joe
have you got a sec
you know
i was wondering today
what you would have to say
about all that’s going on
you see it seems
it's all gone wrong
so on this cloudy morning
i’m tired deep inside
of all the crying and the mourning
does someone hear the lonely prayers
who will hold all the cares
of this dangerous time
this great big world
don’t laugh
i know
that you’re just
a cup of joe
a lament
or two
is time well spent
it’s true
that it’s just a little prayer
to the God who's really there
faith and hope and love
came down from above
He knows all my whys
and all the sighs
that fall from my soul
even when my tears are dry
i remember He’s alive
so i’ll take another sip
whisper words to Him
and rest
thank for listening
see ya later
jeremiah joe
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