Good News

Created by a love I rejected,
I choose my own way.
I imagined myself my own creator,
And made my will the center of the universe.

Within and without I am divided.
There is a glimpse of that love within me,
Hopelessly outweighed by my will…
My desire to be my own god.

I destroy because I am destructive.
A black hole exists within my heart
The more my desires are fulfilled,
The larger this gaping chasm grows.

Who will save me from this downward spiral?
How can I escape my own kingdom?
How can I ever reconcile when this love
Within is so overcome with self-desire?

I am humanity. I am you.

There is good news if you will hear it.
The good news is that I destroy.
I am broken, ruined, restless & hopeless
This is part of the good news…

The other part is that it’s not up to me.
There is a force outside me with a love
Great enough to overcome my destructive path.
There is a force that reconciles all things.

God. Perfect love. Exemplified through life and death.
He frees me from my unruly reign.
He removes the burden of my self-justification.
He alone will fill the black hole within my heart.

His love allows me to love.
His mercy allows me to forgive.
He has reconciled me,
Now I may reconcile a broken, hurting world.

More Amazing Quotes...

­­“An idol is whatever you look at and say, in your heart of hearts, “If I have that, then I’ll feel my life has meaning, then I’ll know I have value, then I’ll feel significant and secure.” – Tim Keller

“When we cannot see God’s hand, we must trust God’s heart.”

"The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine; and at the right time, and in the right way, is the right fruit found on it. Let us so abide in the Lord Jesus.” –Hudson Taylor

"We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons the world is heeding." –Billy Graham

"Though the light shines on things unclean, yet it is not thereby defiled." –Augustine

"Our love to God is measured by our everyday fellowship with others and the love it displays." –Andrew Murray

"The greater perfection a soul aspires after, the more dependent it is upon divine grace." –Brother Lawrence

"Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell." –C.T. Stud

"Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn." –Charles Wesley

"By perseverance the snail reached the ark." –Charles Spurgeon

"If I leave behind me 10 (pounds), you and all mankind bear witness against that I lived and died a thief and a robber" –John Wesley

"Nobody seriously believes the universe was made by God without being persuaded that He takes care of His works." –John Calvin

"God cannot be comprehended by us, except as far as he accommodates himself to our standard." –John Calvin

"Salvation is from our side a choice; from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our accepting and willing are reactions rather than actions." –A.W. Tozer

"The devil is a better theologian than any of us and is a devil still." –A.W. Tozer

"We must meet the uncertainties of this world with the certainty of the world to come." –A.W. Tozer

"They gave our Master a crown of thorns. Why do we hope for a crown of roses?" –Martin Luther

"When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die." –Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.” –Augustine

“An atheist staring from his attic window is often nearer to God than a believer caught up in his own false image of God.” -Martin Buber