The Doctrine of No Want

Within the doctrine of no want

There is a deep desire

To know the One we know to be

The soul's consuming fire,

That like the sun doth set us free

From cold and blackness both,

Illustrating as we see

And moving when we won't.



In contrast to what we expect

This weightless One can fill

The empty vastness of mankind

So lost in wanting still

And in the fullness of His love

There's nothing left to gain

As every moment He invades

The space we once called pain.



No longer will we pray in vain

For things we think to satisfy

But rather praise the holy name

Of He who lives with us, inside,

And as we walk along His way

The journey will become today,

And in the place of making due

A grand adventure, always new.

WITHIN ALL

The unbearable joy
Of seeing you here
Seizes my heart,
And once still, it hears
The sound of your calling
In all that surrounds,
Inviting the seeker
To know you are found
In the beckoning wind
And the glorious light
That penetrates
Worlds within worlds full of life.

The tangible soul
Of the world within grasp,
I dare not lose vision
While clarity lasts,
So with eyes fully open
I look to your face
And the truth of my need for you
Wholly embrace
While acute revelation
Stirs wonder and awe
In a Spirit that testifies
Love is the truth within all.

"I have both good and bad news."
"OK, what is the good news?"
"I have heard my heart speak to me - it is finally stronger than my mind."
"That is good. What's the bad news then?"
"It isn't happy."
"Your heart told you that?"
"Yes, it did."
"It actually said to you, 'I am not happy'?"

"No, it said, 'I am tired of going without nourishment and I am lonely.
I was made for so much more than this'. That is what it said."

"Oh, I suppose this is probably my fault, too."
"Yes, but I am not mad at you. I am just being honest."
"I think I stopped listening to my heart."
"I think you did, too."
"So where do we go from here?"
"Somewhere we can both hear our hearts."
"And each other's?"
"Yes."

Believer

Like the sunrise Wakes the day

Your spirit blooms inside -

Brilliant, it becomes the way

As well as it’s your guide

Into the endless realm of God

Where backwards is the rule

And giving up means winning

As you sacrifice yourself

On the cross that is your purpose

In the life that you have found,

Never more to count the cost

Nor control the solid ground.

As He sees you so do I,

A vessel nearly broken…

But the cracks let through His light

Now your heart is breaking open

And the power of His hand

Gently taking yours in grip

Will create a work of art

Far beyond your wildest dreams

Until one day you realize

Your life is on display –

A gorgeous testimony to

The one whose Spirit now is you.