Dear Tomorrow,

Recently I've forgotten about you.

Or maybe I've forgotten about the part of me that you always held on to. You never let go, and you hurt my soul with hopes. You tore my heart to pieces.

Now I feel free to look up and hope again, with a different kind of hope. The kind that soothes; that smiles at me in dreams.

You walk into my thoughts in your gentle way and I am reminded of the future I'll live with you. Remembering all those times that we'll hold each other close.

But you won't make me whole. I have realized you can't. Not really. Because that's a some thing you can't be. And I will only be hurting us if I constantly believe you'll fulfill me.

That's what's made me free: that realizing.

Now I know only God can make me whole.

And so I can hope that hope again. For I'll be living with you in all of Love's beauty.

Living, and showing others what true love can be.

Unshakable

I like to sort through my thoughts late at night. I watch them tumble out, one by one. A dream here, a worry there, a memory, a secret fear.

I sort through each and every one, inspecting all the dusty corners, glowing with pride or running in horror. So intricate, I pick them up and roll them over in my hands, taking notice of every fascinating detail, then setting them down again.

I ponder the whole:

A mosaic of feeling. Seeming out of control; unbelievable and unpredictable.

Yet one great thought remains predominant. One single knowing so firm and strong it stands at the center of every thought; and that is God. Because of His unwavering grace I know Christ’s love. He’s unshakable.