Never underestimate the power of your passion

Ephesians 3: 14 - 21 14 When I think of the wisdom and scope of God's plan, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, 15 the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. 16 I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength through his Holy Spirit. 17 And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love. 18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is. 19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God. 20 Now glory be to God! By his mighty power at work within us, he is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope. 21 May he be given glory in the church and in Christ Jesus forever and ever through endless ages. Amen.


My beloved dove,
I tremble and weep
When I ponder the power
Of God’s love toward us.

I am shaken
To a bright realization
That God never wearies
Of our cries of repentance.

In the middle of our broken moments
His love rushes in
And pierces our soul
With a halting question.

My beloved Mrs. Hearn,
Never underestimate
The power of your passion.
The more prayer time
We commit together
The more love I sense
Flowing from the Throne of Grace.

I may never discover
Why you love me so.
I know the soil in my soul
Is hard to clean.

But God, in His love,
Reached for my soul
And gripped my heart
When I heard your “I do”

Today, at this distance,
I am more committed than ever
To nourish you and cherish you.

In my clumsy manner
God sees fit to shape
A vessel for you to drink.
I am your vessel my dearest.

Your devotion
Firms my resolve.
Your passion
Fills me to overflowing.

So as we seek His Presence
From distant shores
Allow His love to blend our hearts
Into the One Flesh vessel He needs
To quench the quest
Of this dry and thirsty land.

To my cherished wife Sonia
from her husband Brad
January 25, 2006