You, the Secret

"Were one to offer all he owns to purchase love, he would be soundly mocked."  --Song of Solomon 8:6-7.

Secret

by Seal

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You must know me,

one of your secrets

You must know me,

I’m one of your secrets

I belong to you.

I belong to you.

And you belong to me.

You must know me,

one of your secrets

ooh, whoa, ooh

From what I see,

you’re trying too hard

to keep it oh,

yes you are.

Well, I belong to you.

I belong to you.

I belong to you.

And you belong to me.

Look at me, I’m

your heart’s keeper.

Met for 3:21 AM,

she will be here,

oh yes she will.

And I belong to you.

Yes I belong to you.

I belong to you.

 And you belong to me.

Look at me, I’m one

of your secrets.

From what I see,

you’re trying hard

to keep it. Oh yeah

"Set me as a seal upon your heart; as a seal upon your arm. For stern as death is love, relentless as the nether world is to devotion; its flames are a blazing fire. Deep waters cannot quench love, nor floods sweep it away. Were one to offer all he owns to purchase love, he would be soundly mocked." --Song of Solomon 8:6-7.

In proclaiming his beloved-- he, God of Creation demonstrates his utter devotion. He declares in no uncertain terms that his love cannot be swept away by fire, flood or any other event, so steadfast is he. God it seems, is equal in strength and determination to every other force. I guess you might say that God the Lover is madly, wildly passionately in love. A little taste of this love is given to us during our lifetime; we feel that we have discovered heaven. And heaven it is.

The secret of God's heart is you. You are the creation of his unearthly love. Mysterious in all ways. Man cannot be for use, for every person is capable of determining his or her own aims. Each person, a creation of the natural order, has the natural right to be respected, given their dignity and loved for who they are, rather than the work or acts they perform; since this is in keeping with the natural ends of God's good, who in the act of Creation, he intends for all.

Blessed Are the Peacemakers

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by Hoobastank

If we want to be true peacemakers, the most vital and intimate peacemaking begins with each of us as individuals within the human family. We cannot support anti-war movements and turn around to attack our neighbor who happens to support another political candidate, for example. We forgive our selves first and most importantly for our own failings, I'm not personally perfect. None of us are. We are not required to be-- to be effective peacemakers.

What is required is that we give evidence of courage and a braveness to forge forward, that we take what is our own and that we own it. Just own it--it is after all your very own creation, the failing that you have made, I wish I could take it all away...be the one... You can catch your own tears and do the hard work to find a reason to live, to exist. Even if that reason isn't your first try, or your first thought. Blessed are the Peacemakers, they will inherit the earth. Peacemaking, forgiveness is powerful, personally and to the world we live in. Let it begin to change you.