Channels of love

This Easter has been quite special, for, again, Easter falls on my mother’s birthday. The last time that happened (in my memory) was when we celebrated her 80^th birthday in Taiwan. It was lovely to be able to see my youngest brother who flew home to celebrate her special day with us this year.

During the Easter Octave, P and I celebrated our first meeting eight years ago, a day forever etched in my memory, a true turning point in my life. The day after we met is also one that is hard to forget for it was the day my cousin J left us. Thus, Easter has always been filled with bittersweet joy for me. Yet, this year, I was ready to see a different reality – to let go of my sadness, for I had a deep sense that J is now with Jesus. This is a moment to be celebrated; made possible only because Jesus decided to die for us so that we can live with Him in eternal bliss.

I am grateful for His love so filled with goodness, kindness, tenderness and gentleness, and I can only hope that I can pay Him homage by reaching out to others in like manner, through different channels of love, channels that guided by the Holy Spirit can touch hearts with such profundity and His own inimitable tenderness. Easter blessings, one and all.    

Straight lines

I

As I am your straight line

You, equally, are mine.

The one God decided it was time

To give: two lives in singular rhyme.     

Writing straight our crooked lines,

Turning vinegar into vintage wines.

Luscious and delicious

Voluptuous and precious

How delightful have these eight years been,

Full of laughter and joy previously unseen.

I could not have chosen better myself.

A friend and lover who denies his self,

Gives so unstintingly, with such grace.

Thinking on you brings a smile to my face,

I am filled with tenderness when I look at you,

How blessed I am that I have finally found you.

 

II

Eight years since you’ve been gone.

You have been missed and mourned.

And yet this year I begin to see,

How you have truly been set free.

To be at His side, in fullness, rejoicing,

Yet still with us, an eternal blessing.