Now

When I was cold, You warmed with Your love.  When I was tired, You opened Your arms and allowed me to rest. When I was lost, You gave me Your hand and showed me the way.  When I was alone, You were my companion. When I was afraid,  You whispered strength and gave me courage. When I was confused, You made clear my purpose.  When I was angry, You offered me peace.  Each moment You offer me You that I may know, breath, accept and offer unconditional love, that I may be filled with hope and love my purpose of being love to life where life knows only pain. In every moment You have reconciled my confusion, settled my doubts, made known Your love and navigated my path in the direction of my home; in the direction of You. Here I am, living with inspired faith, prepared to live and yet, sometimes, I hide.  In the shadows I cower fearful that I am unworthy, fearful that I am unequipped, fearful that I unskilled. And though I hide, my heart calls upon my name, I hear it echo in my soul...You voice gently calling me, asking me to live my purpose.  My mind attempts to circumnavigate my heart, holding me back, keeping me from action, keeping me cowering in the shadows. My heart is too strong for such childish games, my heart is powered by You love and, as such, moves in turn with my gifted faith. As I walk from the shadows, the warmth of the sun repurposes my being and I look around with googles of love.  That which I see I project upon with my love, love that You have offered, love that You have taught.  Faith has called upon this time, it has strengthen my actions in knowledge and fortified my hope in Your promises. Now anytime I see someone cold, I will warm with the love You have offered to me.  When I stumble upon one who is tired, I will open my arms and allow them to rest. Those who are lost, I will offer to them, my hand, offer to them to walk with them along their journey.  Those who are alone, I will be their companion, offering hope l, offering love. To those who are afraid,  I will be their strength until they learn courage.  To those who are confused, I will stay with them until their  purpose is made clear.  To those who are angry, I will offer to them peace.  With each afforded moment I will be cognizant of my faith, cognizant of Your presence that I may full give of my gift of love.  You so loved the world that You have us Your Son, Jesus who demonstrated such love on the cross. Now, I am Your hands, I am Your feet, I am the representation of Your loved embodied by my person, substantiated by my actions. I am here to serve and serve I will, I will bring love to the loveless, hope to the hopeless, courage to the fearful, and understanding to the concede.  Today is my day, now, the moment from the shadow I leap that love may be reaped and hope sown among the masses of downtrodden and apathetic participants in life’s  mysterious game. To love we must move but to thrive we must drink from the well of love and accept thE truth that unconditional love exists in this moment for it exists in our eternal life with You.  Words are nominal, actions hold truths while emancipating the heart from the grips of the mind, puppeted by the ego.  The freedom of the soul comes with action of the heart, prepared I have become, Your offer to be loved accepted and now I walk into my day ready to love without condition, ready to give without return, ready to carry, ready to walk, ready to love in a moments notice for I now understand that my actions, my life is but an extension of You. Love be my driving force, faith my compass and the Holy Spirit my guide to a life of sowing love, if accepting my purpose to be love.