Human Nature

I once heard it said that all men are basically good, this saying I never quite understood. The thought has good intentions but I find the message rather pretentious. If men are basically good then why is it so hard to do what's right? Shouldn't it be much easier, why the constant fight? Is it truly about mans intentions? Or are there conditions? Is man good because of what he has never been? Or as good as he can hide his sin? The truth is; the heart of man is as dark as night. That's why there's such a struggle to do what's right. Human nature tells us what to do, and we follow without ever thinking it through. This is why we need to adopt God's nature, we can only do this by becoming a brand new creature. Where has your nature gotten you on your own? How long before your cover is blown?

Creation

Walk this world and you'll see beauty of creation; countless wonders in every nation. Even in a world filled with sin, Gods glorious intention still shines through. Just like in his greatest creation; you. But look closer and you'll see the corruption, it spreads every day without heeding anything short of a heavenly disruption. Through the confusion of the enemy that's how the world sees the church and they try and find fulfillment on a never ending search. When looking from the outside it's made up of liers, thieves, hypocrites and deceivers. Get down to it and once they were but now they're believers. It looks like human imperfection, it's the same journey; different direction. Imperfection was never meant to be, we were designed to be free and live to see the purpose of our creation through a Godly relation. Come get the salvation the enemy you think stole, and become pure without spot or wrinkle.

What You Do

God doesn't take retweets; everything you do has to be your own feats. It doesn't matter what others have done to you or said to you or said that you do, or for who or what they did too. This is all about what you actually do, not what who told who about you. Get past the lies and look inside. The situation gets a lot brighter when you turn off the lies and turn the light on, just keep playing the game and make sure you're not the pawn, destined to die because somebody saw it as a game, it can't be for fame or because of shame or self pity because you think you're lame. Even the king gets moved around, this is Jesus moving the pieces and you're not hell bound. Sing out with a new sound, every day break new ground. Fear God and love the Lord, carry his word like a shining sword. He will not forget you or forsake, he'll be right there when it's all you can take. At some point you'll have to trust him, jump off the boat and don't try to float, just go all the way under and come up again, just do it once to defeat the nature of men. Step up, stand out and change the norms, not just settling for reforms; make it brand new just like you. Lord, sometimes I have to do what I have to do, take my steps two by two and remember that everything I do, I do by you.

Look Up

She never thought she had to worry; live her life like there's a hurry. She's only nine and thanks to everybody's lies she's left spiritually blind. She's just a girl, with eyes that reflect the pain in the world. She's one in a generation, left looking for reconciliation. She shouldn't even be looking for answers yet but she already knows her life is a bad bet. Where do you turn when the world has turned to you, because they made a mess and left it all to you.

The young man who had a dream, woke up too late and lost his job. His child goes hungry tonight, a product of a world that told him it was alright. Just another dream stolen, while the world keeps on rollin'. He wanted to be a doctor, but he had to quit school in tenth grade, now his dreams have begun to fade. His vision is blurry, every day in life is just another worry. It's either pay the rent or pitch a tent in December, when was life good, he doesn't remember.

It's a vision of the future, for which we all had to pay. Another man drunk, in the middle of the day. It's just how things go, or so they say; this man was only 16 when his dad went away, it's only two years later with another one on the way. They say this is a lost cause, but devil hold your applause. One just gave up the drugs, and another one just found the love in a hug. This generation is seeing the light, it's no longer a slaughter it's a fight. Those looking for somebody to blame, they're no longer the same. For every sad story, shining still is God's glory. It's been a long hard night, but it's just about morning.

What's Ahead

The future never stays the same, it's always changing based on you, it's like lunch plans at half past two, they never work out and it's always on you. You can't choose your life, you decide how you use it, like a knife. Your future will soon become your past and how will it stack with what's already passed. This isn't Tetris, no second chance, life persists and the last thing you wanna do is resist. You decide what comes next, don't end up like a drunk with his fingertips; perplexed. Don't focus on what's so far ahead that the words on the signs can't even be read, try that on the road and you'll end up dead. Look at what's right in front of you, you'll miss the junction to route 52, the way that's so distinctly you.

Empty Living

You've been waiting on perfection, just have to change your perception. It's not about what you see but what you know that's the key. Not wanting to miss the boat yet wanting build your own not knowing if it'll float, it's a hopeless feeling that doesn't seem to end and eventually everything begins to blend and the double lives you started with turns into a tangled mess with a million frayed ends that you'll never be able to mend. On the one hand you don't know where to start with your ambitions, everything seems like more auditions and a million renditions of why it won't work. Restlessness is the result of running from a calling not the circumstance with which your always brawling. Everybody has dreams and everybody has something they're called to do, the emptiness comes when the two don't fit and you knew. Not everybody can follow a dream and pursue a calling, the ones who can't and try, those are the people you see crawling, always complaining about the constant falling. True fulfillment comes when your desire lines up with the will for your life, it'll keep you away from a life of pain rife with strife. Submitting now is better than waiting til later when it's fifteen years later and your still the same waiter, or worse, the empty glass still waiting to be filled.

What's On My Mind

This is just what's on my mind, profound isn't going to be among anything that you find but that's fine, I barely listen to myself most of the time but every once in a while out comes a rhyme, whether it gets read or not isn't my concern, but just once I hope it can nourish like a freshly opened Lucerne. If just once I can change a mind then it was all worth it, I try to make it clear this isn't just the blind leading the blind. It's a rhyme that I like to think is a different kind, something from somebody who isn't concerned about getting signed. It's a lyrical deliverance from all the rest, despite all efforts it probably won't be the best, but it's from the heart, something that has to be clear from the start. If it's not than it's no different from the clutter, the stuff that leads you right into the gutter. You don't have to start at the bottom to get to the top but you don't have the end up there once the music stops, and the bottom drops out from under you like a cheaply made prop. Something to consider while you toss blame and get bitter. Revolution is a state of mind and what you look for is what you'll find. It's not about the weapon but the intent the effort put forth is what pays the rent. What I'm saying is it's all about what you bring to the table, not what you have but what you desire decides the outcome available. It all comes down to you, attitude is what sets the mood. Decide what you want and stick to it, eventually if it's right all the pieces will fit. I've got my mind on my moment and my moment that defines; predestined and ordained with intelligent design. This is what's on my mind.