I CHOOSE TO BELIEVE

I Choose to Believe.                     By S. Jeffries

 

We are born into this world,

One hand grasping the inter womb

The other reaching to the sky to see the light.

The light so filled with possibilities

So full  of warmth and new love.

New love steaming through the tear filled eyes

Of mothers and fathers, love vibrating in their heart

Of hearts, like a symphony of notes and bars

Shouting to the heavens a new song of praise.

I reached down, down to the tiny fingers and toes

And I believe, no…. I know I touched the hand of God.

 

We know, new birth is the beginning journey.

A journey that takes us to death’s end.

Not a sad sorrowful end to be grieved.

Birth and death stand like the bookends of life,

Holding up and framing giving reason and support

To what lies between, a breath well spent,            

a heart worth beating.

 

 

Stand tall and sing out,

Sing out the songs and melodies of life.

Feel the rhythms and drumbeats that echo

In every bone and every fiber of your being

 

Allow the human heart to expand… to care

To care about the people and the places

That God created.

Help us to remember from beginning to end….

We are because God is.