vida y rosas

We’re telling stories
Left in the distance
That touch that longing deep inside
Echoes of Eden
Our cries for freedom
They will lead us to that City glorified

—Matthew Perryman Jones

As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness;
I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.

—David (Psalm 17:15)

I heard in the distance battle drums, mockingbirds spoke in tongues,
Longing for the day to come, I set my face and shook my fears,
I saw the city through my years,
The darkness will soon disappear, be swallowed by the sun.
I am coming home.

—Matthew Perryman Jones

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.

—C.S. Lewis

This is God in the flesh – the One who came and who is coming again. I can’t contort Him to be whoever I want Him to be. Nor can I just throw His name around to justify agendas and pursuits that find no home in His heart – a heart that beat and bled beneath hard ribs and soft skin.

—Stephen Venable

In this brilliant night which illuminates the joy of the Holy Trinity, Jesus, the gentle little child of the hour, will change the darkness of my soul into torrents of light.

—~ St. Therese of Lisieux