The Search for God

Past beliefs have held me tight,

Blinding my faith-filled sight.

A God I feared now is seeking,

Simplicity of faith of me believing.

Open to a God of love,

A faith that soars as free as a dove.

Trying to let go of the shame that binds,

Putting the rules and fears behind.

My heart yearns for a God I can trust,

Who loves me for the heart that I entrust.

I search for truth beyond the religion of rules,

A simple love becomes my footstool.

Why do they preach of a God of complexity,

When Jesus said faith is the only necessity.

A God of love, compassion, and grace.

It is all of me that he does embrace.

So, I open my eyes and see a God

who allows me to shed my façade.

For that’s what religion produced,

But a new kind of faith he introduced.