08 June 2009

Empty Faith

My soul may cry out to you, and my lips be brimming with words of praise
But what is that without feet willing to spread your name
Or hands weathered and worn from serving the weak
And arms wrapped around those with dampened cheeks
It is an empty and weightless faith indeed
If actions of love and obedience do not proceed
It is not the power, knowledge, or beauty of the rhetoric I boast
But the humbled services whispered that speak the most
You have not called me to a life of condescending pride
But promised as your child I’ll have to take up my cross with every stride
My happiness and satisfaction is not derived from this earth
But instead you have given joy and contentment in a new birth
So with every morning light I vow to live for your name
God I pray I would not let the sun set on another day
That I failed to live for your glory and ceaseless praise

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"For Attractive lips, speak words of kindness, For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people, For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry, For Beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day, For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others." 
— Audrey Hepburn

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