To Touch Your Face
Dear love, my heart is forever yours
Deeper love I could not ask for more
Gentle kindness in my endless mistakes
True love results from what we make
To share with you breathes of grace
Beauty draws me near to touch your face
I feel its true warmth from deep inside
Unquenchable fire you cannot hide
Your smile melts my every concern
I sense your help at every turn
Life is full in the life we live
For you, love is what I live to give
When I’m back from distant places
Your arms surround in deep embrace
I sense your love for me beyond endless
Our souls to meet in our holy quest
I sometimes look in peoples eyes and swear I see Christ looking back at me. I had such a moment with my wife and realized exactly what was happening. I was seeing Christ inside of her. It was a fraction of a moment of perfect love. For this brief moment I got to touch and talk to both of them.
For further reflection:
John 17:20-26 – Scripture from NRSVCE
20 “I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us,[f] so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. 24 Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
25 “Righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you; and these know that you have sent me. 26 I made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
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Additional Thoughts about my Poetry
I believe my writing fits snugly into the category of grounded mystical Christian theology. I have studied, written, and spiritually and physically applied this practical concept in my life for nearly two decades. I have never seen or participated in what some might call a vision or phenomenon. However, I appreciate that they may be a reality for the person or group, and God has provided them with deep consolation. For me, consolation is the beginning of a two-way relationship with God.
My own experiences are more intellectual in nature because I lean toward engineering and science. The reality for me is that God is always present because we are his tabernacles. We constantly miss His surfacing of lighter than a feather touch because we are a physical people. We talk about opening our hearts to this love, but technically, our intellect gets in the way. I have been trying to prove this virtually every day for well over a decade by documenting what I believe are grounded mystical thoughts in various ways.
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Prayer for young families:
Lord, let the young families of our communities get to know your joy, peace, comfort, and love despite the world’s distractions.
Peace,
Jerry
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