Of Love and Faith
by Michael Doyle

I bet my life on what I believe
Speaking the truth, I won't deceive
Pumping the brakes to live another day
It's love's world, I won't get in the way

Every moment that we keep it steady
We still know that we ain't ready
Yet, we're doing our minute's best
Standing at the foot of the cross to face our test

Life comes at us strong and aiming for good
At all times, some things must be understood
It's the seven good things that have traveled far
And the seven precise visions of who we are

Life comes with its seasons, each with its needs
Each of these provides us with the blessed seeds
God works both outside us and within our inside
Teaching us what we need to know despite our pride

Love and faith grow and manage to persevere
To become as we're needed and patiently revere
All seeing and all-knowing throughout our history
God teaches that hate gives way to love's mystery

These are the paths of immovable grace
As the children of God run to His embrace
God won't be bumped off His firm stance
Truth is not a matter of circumstance

We know that to reach our final destination
From time to time, we must check our foundation
Staying with the goodness wanted and needed
Is the essential wisdom to be heeded

We've found our ways to reach our salvation
But Haven must get through us for our sanctification
By the grace of God, we're carried through
Until at last, we receive what is our due

Believers are search deeply in heart and mind
With none of us among those left behind
Wicked are the habits that humanity has kept
And provides the reasons our God has wept

The true God is the God set apart
We know this truth within our hearts
Set ablaze with the strength of holy fire
God's love is the love that always inspires

Belief cannot be half-hearted but full contention
Tolerance creates the evil in our condition
We guard the boundaries of our hearts
We, the believers, are to be set apart

There is no time for procrastination's sorrow
Forgiveness is tied to repentance and our tomorrow
Christ is the answer beyond the slippery slope
There is only one path that gives us hope

Holding on and holding firm brings us victory
This is the truth shown us throughout history
There's an amazing grace for us all to behold
And it's written in the pages of the Bible as foretold

(c) November 3, 2024   Michael Doyle
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