Based in part on Luke 17:1-6: :
The Spark of Growth by Michael Doyle We do not need to live in fear Rather it be from afar or near We must live by faith in our day The Lord is righteous in His ways In His presence we find grace Loved within His every embrace Knowing that we are made pure And in knowing we can be assured So many things that we would do But then don't but still it's true That we would always do our best Knowing that love is our final test Let's turn our house into our home In the strengths we each own Seeing is the believing of being Grasping each part of the dream Our example of faith is walked Not just a thing of being talked Kindling of our best aspirations Sparks the essence of inspiration This then is how we shall live this Giving our love and forgiveness Putting our candles forth as light As our world walks its dark night This world is wrapped in blindness In need of the ways of loving kindness Give our truth and love to others Practicing this with our sisters and brothers The measure of our fullest sense of blessing Is not at all a matter of second guessing In being willing to give what it takes To make things better despite our mistakes Not just the telling but the ever showing So that our lives model our best knowing Igniting the spark of our best intention By the actions taken and given attention The slow train coming is the one of value Holding these things dear to me and you Walking the walk of being more than woke Correcting these things that are broke Holding ourselves to a higher standard of being Walking that walk forever that we are seeing Being the model of all the best of our influence Bearing the cross in focus as a social confluence Modeling those thing that will not crumble Bearing upright so as not to make others stumble In a world full of wrong we should be the right Shining out our father's light into the world's night Watching ourselves in our steps of reconciliation Accepting the repentance with due consideration Realizing that offenses are to be simply forgiven As life is as life does in this world in which we live in The world needs a kind word and some tenderness More than rebuking, it needs our heart's gentleness It is this then that is most likely to bring restoration And through this that we find needed reconciliation It's through these things we find growth in life Finding our way to more peace and less strife In the ways we walk in love they will know That as followers of Jesus we have learned the flow The faith of a mustard seed moves our world With the flags of our love are openly unfurled We need to use this small amount of faith to build To move the world with God's love revealed Cresting and being that spark it the best meaning Is the path of rightness that is the best of being Always living life like a sermon that was meant Giving to all the same mercy that we've been lent (c) March 22, 2020 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
