Bury Me

Please listen to Bury Me. It's a poem/drama/piano piece. Thanks.
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A Springtime Psalm

Shine on me O God
for the wind is on my left
and your sun is on my right

Calm me O Lord of Peace
let your sun warm my chest
let it fill my head with pure thoughts
tan my skin with your grace
melt my heart of stone with your heaven fire
open the dark skies and let your spring arrive
lift up the flowers that tell your sovereignty and providence
bud the trees with your righteousness and plant their roots firm in the beauty of your creation
let your forgiving rivers overflow onto the dry barren fields
and let them produce fruit
let them produce fruit

-by Brantley

It All Comes Down to It

I need to be reminded of love everyday. Without it I am nothing. I need to ask myself this question every day: Are you loving? And if I am not, I am not doing anything.
We need more love.
Love is the most shocking, surprising, uplifting substance on earth.
We need more of it. It's obvious.
All of my problems are a result of a lack of love on my part or on someone else's part.
I need more of it. We need more of it. It's obvious.
I remember the times when real love has been shown to me. It has lifted my heavy head and has healed my spirit's deep wounds. It has awakened me from a dying sleep.
We need more it. It all comes down to it.
But where do we find it? From ourselves? From God? And what if while we are looking there are other things that look a lot like it but aren't it?
This is confusing. There are a lot of things (especially in my culture) that are known to be love but are not love.
Well, here are some good guidelines to know what love is and where it comes from.
Love is Patient.
Love is Kind.
It does not envy.
It does not Boast.
It is not arrogant or rude.
It does not insist on its own way.
It is not irritable or resentful.
It does not rejoice at wrongdoing but rejoices with truth.
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things and endures all things.
Love does not end.

I need more of it.
I believe that God is Love. I believe that in every way He has acted with perfect love. And somehow he has gifted it to humans. So that we may spread it. And by spreading it we are spreading Him. And even if you spread it to someone who does not believe in God they will know Him because it is in them. They were made in His image. And His image is love.
We need more of it.
It all comes down to it.