Open my eyes

Open my eyes.
Because if you open my eyes, I can see Your reality.
I'll be able to see what's indispensable, what's important and umimportant. And will be able to devote my life to the indispensable, loving you ardently and in complete abandon.
Open my eyes because then they'll let me see that it's not worth living for anything less than love, and that Your plans are worth giving anything for.
With eyes open, I'll be able to really trust you like a little child, cause I'll be able to see You for who you really are: Love.
Please open my eyes every day so that little by little I can live in this state of awareness of You. I just ask to see You. Cause if I can see You then I can see everything that matters seeing. Not the future, not even Your plans, just You who has me so crazily in love with Him and to whom I owe all things to. And my, it's crazy, you are nuts about me!
And so I believe that if I can see You a little more each day my life will never be the same and I will experience what it truly means to live, living as true lovers do: exploring and discovering something new about their Beloved each and every day.
I love you, Jesus.
I need you to help me see. I'm human and humans can't see like this on their own. Yet your love is all-powerful, and I know that truly I'm asking it to do what you can't deny yourself, to be yourself, Love. You're dying for me to see.

Clay

Jesus, I'm your clay. Take me and make something beautiful out of me, whatever you wish and in whatever way you wish to do it. I trust you on that. I love you and thank you that I always have you to hold.

"Spirit of the living God,

Fall afresh on me!
Break me, melt me,
Mold me, use me,
Spirit of the loving God,
Fall afresh on me!"
-Daniel Iverson.

Thank you Jesus for my sight!

Sometimes I grumble about needing my glasses. They get in my way, they're unromantic, and they make me feel like I need to be careful rather than playful. But without them, the stars look fuzzy, loved faces meters away from mine look blurry and I'd surely end up waving frantically at a stranger thinking it's a friend.
I'm actually thankful for my gift of sight, Jesus. Increadibly thankful!
I'm thankful I can watch butterflies float by; the look of my mom's mouth wide open roaring with laughter and my dad's funny look while sitting next to her. I'm thankful I can see close to a hundred birds gather on phone wires and fly toward the horizon together. I'm thankful for the look of a couple in love dancing. The sight of my loved ones gliding through ice or stumbling a little. I love the sight of family or friends hugging each other!
I praise you Jesus for the gift of seeing happiness in the eyes of those I love. I praise you for how I can spot a dandelion and watch its dancing seeds fly away. (Even if it's into my mouth...Sandy!) I praise you for how I can see the Christmas lights shine and the manger scene make a child smile. Oh and the look of people's goofy faces! I praise you for the sight of words on paper or on a screen through which I keep in contact with friends far away, and I praise you for sight of the street that takes me to my best friend's home. Thank you for the sight of little kids with open arms running to me! And for the sight of the glistening moon in its many phases. Thank you for the sight of my sweet mom whose presence rules the kitchen, thank you for the sight of her beautiful hands and that of her head peeping in by the door to say: "I love you! Goodnight!". I praise you for the look of accomplishemnt in Adrian's face when he completes a drawing and likes his work or when he's concentrating on something. Thank you for the sight of Nina's curls, laughing face and the excited look she has when she comes to tell me something. Thank you for the sight of my dad's moustache, his hands at the wheel and the way he looks when he has kissed my hand. I praise you for the sight of the woods lighting up when the sun comes to greet them and the display of beauty when the sun says goodbye.
Not to mention the gift of touch, smell, taste or sound!
You've honestly made life great, beautiful, spiced up and intersting!
Thank you so much for my senses Jesus! I don't think I can properly thank you for things, but I'll keep enjoying them and I'll tell you more how appreciate them so, one at a time! It would be tragic to have one of my senses go missing and only then realize how blessed I am in being able to experience them to the full! 'Course, that's up to me. Help me, dear Love!

"Enjoy the little things‚ for they are the essence of life. Appreciate the senses I have given you; use them to their fullest. When you look, see. When you eat, taste. When you hear‚ listen. When you touch, feel. When you smell, let the scent fill your whole body. It is only when you take My blessings for granted that life loses its luster." -Jesus

True love story

"For You knew that Heaven’s touch

On this poor world would mean so much
So You lived and died, and rose to glory
To begin life’s deepest true love story"
-Bonita Hele

Compass

I don't have a sense of direction, Jesus.
Thanks for being my compass.

The very next morning, as the bus drove me to school half-asleep, I spotted a car which had in its rear the word: c o m p a s s. Made me smile so big it jolted me awake.

Reason for living

Jesus, you're behind every reason I smile.

I love having you as my reason for living, because you never run out, there's no end to you.
In fact your wonders only increase..

Perfect control

I said: Jesus, You keep the world in perpetual motion, moving in perfect synchronization and with ethereal displays of beauty. The seasons come and go, the wind blows, I may not know what will happen next, but You take such great care of nature around me and the world spins just as it should, that I'm given more than enough reason to trust you to take care of little ol' me and my life, the uncertain, dynamic, beautiful, scary, surprising thing that you've made my life to be.

I asked to be given eyes to see that everything's alright, because you're in perfect control.
And true to your word, the very next morning you reminded me and assured me through this message how it's all true, not just a hunch... but I knew it.
This you told me, and I thank you.

"I made the world. I made you. I know your past. I know your future. There is nothing you will encounter in life that I haven’t foreseen or that I’m incapable of handling. Life may seem random at times, but it’s not. Every factor in your life is under My control, and you won’t encounter anything you are incapable of overcoming with My help. I’m not only in control of eternity, but I’m in control of your future."

Perfect, you are perfect.

Secret place

Jesus, You’re the secret place I run
to in my mind when I want to hide
from the world. No matter what’s
coming at me, or who is waiting on me,
or what circumstances or problems I’m
facing, I can close my eyes and enter
into that secret room with You. With
a touch of Your hand and a whisper of
Your words to my heart, You set everything
aright and give me grace to face the
world again.

The donut

Thank you for the donut, Jesus

I trust that the hole is there for a reason...

In love with You

Why am I in love with you?

Because I can't resist the thought of your melting smile.
Because I don't have to work up love when I see or envision you.
Because you know me so well.
Because even though you can see everything with magnificent clarity and balance, you're not impatient when pettiness clouds my view.
Because you understand.
Because giving me what I need and truly want is a top priority in your list.
Because you're perfect.
Because you created bliss and chocolate, worlds to enjoy.
Because I can experience my earthly life with you.
Because you loved me more than your own life.
Because your love for me grows with each passing day.
Because you're not my imagination or a fruit of any fantasy.
Because you're hot, sexy and kind, you're all I could want in a man.
Because you're strong enough to carry me and the rest of the world and universe on your broad shoulders.
Because you know how to make me the happiest.
Because there is no need for secrets between us.
Because you dance.
Because it's not within me to live without you.
Because no one is better than you.
Because we can be together wherever I happen to be.
Because your eyes are the deepest oceans of love.
Because you give me a reason to be.
Because when I'm with you I want nothing else.
Because you satisfy me.

Written somewhere around February 2009, in a JEAN notebook, with little doodles on the edges.
I can tell you now again, with greater boldness.

If it weren't for You, I wouldn't be living today.
Thanks Love. Thank you, Jesus.
"Never doubt in the darkness, what God has shown you in the light." Help me with that.

I turn to you

Jesus:

When I'm lost in the rain,
In your eyes I know I'll find the light to light my way.
And when I'm scared and losing ground;
When my world is going crazy, you can turn it all around.

And when I'm down you're there; pushing me to the top.
You're always there; giving me all you've got.

For a shield from the storm;
For a friend; for a love
To keep me safe and warm,
I turn to you.
For the strength to be strong;
For the will to carry on;
For everything you do;
For everything that's true,
I turn to you.

When I lose my will to win,
I just reach for you and I can reach the sky again.
I can do anything,
'Cause your love is so amazing; 'cause your love inspires me.

And when I need a friend, you're always on my side;
Giving me faith that gets me through the night.

For a shield from the storm;
For a friend; for a love
To keep me safe and warm,
I turn to you.
For the strength to be strong;
For the will to carry on;
For everything you do;
For everything that's true,
I turn to you.

For the arms to be my shelter through all the rain;
For truth that will never change;
For someone to lean on;
for a heart I can rely on through anything;
For that one who I can run to....
I turn to you.

For a shield from the storm;
For a friend; for a love
To keep me safe and warm,
I turn to you.
For the strength to be strong;
For the will to carry on;
For everything you do;
For everything that's true,
I turn to you.

For a shield from the storm;
For a friend; for a love
To keep me safe and warm,
I turn to you.
For the strength to be strong;
For the will to carry on;
For everything you do;
For everything that's true...

For everything you do;
For everything that's true,
I turn to you...

- song by Christina Aguilera-