The Little Things

    When it comes to that "special someone", God can use every little encounter and interaction to sway the heart one way or another. What we might see to be an event that draws us farther from what we want, God could be using it to bring us closer to what He wants. The dissatisfying conversation, the sentence left unfinished, the awkward greeting and farewell, the missed opportunity to say anything at all are either necessary for steering our hearts and minds away from a certain person, or, if the relationship is meant to be, only contribute to the little things that friends can easily overlook in the name of affection. Either way, there is no need to worry about those moments in the past, but rather we should trust that God has a perfect purpose for every encounter, and we must only hope that in each one He will receive the greatest glory.

A Messenger of Love

Oh eyes, oh lips!—by Cupid they’re enticed

To form a smile rippled in his face;

Without the one, the other fails to prove

That he delights in words my tongue expressed.

To see them sharing both the myst’ry

And the joy of lighting candles deep within

Our souls, sweet feelings spring from purest fount

When eyes to eyes such subtle graces send.

Thus worlds unfurl, unlocked by sight alone,

A hidden wonder wrought by lovers’ stares,

Where we are slaved, eternity to spend,

Within the colored orbs of passioned souls.

Oh smile!—how potent is your simple art,

Messenger of love, and master of my heart.