Come with me to fly in the face of reality.

One of my favorite quotes is from David Wilkerson’s "The Cross and the Switchblade". When Wilkerson encountered Nicky Cruz, the teen gang member, Cruz pulled out a switchblade. To which Wilkerson replied, "Nicky, you can cut me into a thousand pieces and every piece will still say, 'I love you and God loves you.'"

I want to fly in the face of reality,

While still clinging to this spinning ball,

To find evidence of this simplicity:

That love can conquer all.

Is there not universality

To this repeated truth,

Not confined to eternity,

After God restores our youth?

I want to love angry young men.

I want to love hard hearted old.

I want to love exploited women

And children whose lives were sold.

I, now, have no debt to pay

Nor obligation to untie.

So, please, don't beg me to stay.

Just fondly wish me good bye...

Unless.. You want to come with me

To fly In the face of reality.

A Prayer for the Daily Struggle

Why am I constantly withholding from You, Lord?

Why do I choose not to do what is right?

What is the value of the temporal things I hoard?

Why is it so hard to see choices as black and white?

Remind me, Lord, that You're my shield and sword,

That You provide for me day and night,

That, in heaven, is where my treasures are stored.

Let me not be tempted by Turkish Delight.