Seeing through the eyes of others

poetry and writings based on the truth of life. Everyone sees through their own lenses. Trade glasses with someone else and view your world…and theirs. I write personal, I write upon request and not limited to one area, genre, or style

Jesus

  • Right, Left, Stop

    Some people actively believe or actively act and think that standing up for what’s right isn’t always easy. In fact, they feel it’s one of the hardest parts of following Jesus, many people hesitate because staying quiet feels safer. They worry about upsetting others, losing relationships, being misunderstood, or facing criticism. But throughout Scripture, God… Read more

  • I vow, my oath

    I vow to stay close to what is real I will speak plainly, love without performance, and hold your name with care I will meet your fear without turning away, listen before I answer, and learn your silences as well as your words I will bring no storm where peace can live, offer steadiness instead… Read more

  • gates are not walls

    One of the biggest misunderstandings in Christianity is this:“If I’m kind, I have to say yes to everyone.” News flash: Kindness is not the same as compliance.Jesus was full of compassion, mercy, and grace, but He also walked away from crowds, confronted hypocrisy, and refused to let people control His mission. He loved everyone, but… Read more

  • Hope Answers Back

    That hill became a door. that cross became hope, so do not tell me God cannot rewrite geography, He takes vallevs of trouble and builds doors in them, He takes places of defeat and plants vineyards in their soil, He takes what broke you and speaks in it until you sing again not somewhere else,… Read more

  • Rise Again

    When Paul came to Thessalonica and Berea, he didn’t rely on clever speech or personal opinion. He sat down with folks and walked them through the Scriptures, showing plainly that the Messiah had to suffer and rise again. As Acts tells us, he was “opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen… Read more

  • friends, or frienemies

    If we would become the friends of Jesus…..we must forsake the friendship of this world… (James 4:4)…..”Know ye not that the friendshipof the world…..is hostility with God? Whosoever thereforewill be a friend of the world…is the enemy of God.” We cannot share our friendship……meaning we can’t Walk with Christ while sleeping with Satan We are God’s… Read more