A closer heart with God

As we all desire to have a closer heart with God, we are easily distracted by so many things. Our love for God and our desire to know him more should be the root of all our actions. Whether that be spending time in the word, in prayer, in fast, at work, or as servants; it all stems out from our love for God. Which is hard a lot of the time because we don't always want what God wants. Not only is this hurting ourselves, but those close to us as well. It's hard seeing people you love and care for in chaos. Myself included, falling short displaying the Love God has given us. It's amazingly difficult surrendering everything we have and everything we are to have a closer heart with God. But in the end, what else is worth it?

"I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing 

Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things." 

                                Philippians 3:8

Dust

It's overwhelming sometimes
The struggle between hope and doubt
a battle of unattainable knowledge
endlessly seeking the puzzle of reason
a trail of logic ending at the capacity of our minds
our doubt dims the pathway to hope
what do we have but love?
unyielding and faithful
rooted in the wisdom of the old
bestowed on us by grace
if all we have is love,
then is that what we were created for?
or is everything we see mere silhouettes on a cave wall?
we do not seek significance in this world
for we are only dust
we seek love