The Poetry Book

The other day I checked the mail, and to my surprise, received back what I referred to as The Book.  This book had been lost for quite some time, mysteriously finding its way home from of all places, Las Vegas, Nevada.

 I have never been to Las Vegas, the book has!

It has traveled from Tacoma, to Seattle, to Portland, and many other stops along the way. The Book spoke of many things, the main one, love. But it was often, love, that had gone wrong.

One was hard to forget, it was entitled, Desirae's Hex from Hell,  that spoke of a man who could not get this self-titled woman off his mind

no matter what he did. 

Another, was called, Exit 14--a freeway metaphor, that spoke of two cars geting "damaged" because they insisted on staying in the fast lane, where accidents tend to happen.

Lastly, there was one just prior to my conversion, it goes like this.

                

                   The Drifter's Cafe'

Late  at night across the pier, 

on top of the ocean to the docks rear

Overlooking the glitter of isolation bay, 

is the home of the heartless, the Drifter's Cafe

It's where the glamorous meet and superficial dine, 

as they search for riches and trophies so fine. 

And inside there's a doorway which leads to a hall, 

where the customers share stories, their tales so tall.

Explaining to each other how their lives turned out right, 

while ignoring the fact why they're present tonight.

Their secrets passed like a shooting star, 

an attempt to explain just who they are. 

But when the evening fades and it is time to go. 

You realize how much of that person you know. 

There's a number and a name that yearns for change, 

but the parking lot is so empty--the correlation so strange. 

There's no lights no glitter just a dive on the bay, 

with a run down sign that reads "The Drifter's Cafe"

Today as I The Book, it makes me aware of what once dominated my thoughts. I was always searching for that relationship that that would define me. That would redeem me. That would validate me. For many years, I remained in that place. 

Then Jesus rescued me. 

What I discovered was that the one relationship I needed was not with a woman. Today that divine relationship is still in tact. 

It is stronger

More meaningful

More significant

I have come a long way, God used The Book to show me how far. 

Oh, by the way, today, I have a beautiful wife and two beautiful children.  God has been good.

In the end, there is only one relationship that will change your life, it is not with the man or a woman you may envision--instead it is with Jesus. 

He is, the real Exit 14. 

My hope is that you will take it.