A Blazing Fire, A Mighty Flame (a poem)

Can you feel it?

 Though wars rage, storms blaze,

Turbulent waters, treacherous floods

It's not swept, moved, or changed.

It's a blazing fire. It's a mighty flame.

Love...

Sent to earth, to live, to die on a torturous Cross.

Do you see it?

It's relentless, ruthless, and real.

Do you know it?

It chases the wayward, the wandering, the wondering, and the weary.

It catches the falling, waits for the pondering,

sees the solitary, and seeks the dying.

Are you with it?

A blazing fire. A mighty flame.

It works deeply, thoroughly, completely.

It's jealous, unyielding, invincible, strong.

It never gives up on you, on me.

Together, us.

What then can stop it?

Nothing.

In all creation?

Nothing.

Up above?

Nothing?

Down under?

No.

Each one eternally loved

Pre-known, pre-planned

Each one by name called, seated

Totally, fully completed. 

Each one, you.

Each one, me.

Together, us

A blazing fire. A mighty flame.

Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. C.S. Lewis

For God is Love. 1 John 4:8

written by

elizabeth 'tayo david