Where are the ones?
Who will lean their heads
Upon the breast of Jesus,
Listening carefully
To His heartbeat of love?
Instead many
Called by His Name
Are listening to other voices
Bent on destruction.
Instructing us to judge
Instead of pray
Condemn
Instead of lend a hand.
Don’t you feel your pulse race
As you move from fear to hate?
How many times did He tell us to love?
Love God
Love yourself
Love each other
Love your neighbor
And yes, love your enemy!
It’s time to take a deep breath.
Turn away from the voices
Stealing our peace and our souls.
It’s time to
Lean our heads, our eyes, our ears
And our hearts
Upon the breast of Jesus.
He might just tell us again
To love someone.
© 2012 Julie Clark
