You Know Me

Wash me clean
From head to toe
From thoughts to nots
Inside and out
Like in Psalm 51
When King David pled
Oh, God, my God...
You created me out of nothing
Giving me meaning and breath
With this I have challenged You
With my unloving actions
Because of selfishness and greed...
Not thinking of Your will
But only of my own...
Which leaves me empty, alone, and ashamed...
But no one is to blame,
But my own two hands, thoughts, and actions...
Yet my heart has always yearned for You,
Because You gave me this heart
To live for You...
You gave me these lungs
To live for You...
You gave me this mind
To think of You...
I have fallen short of Your grace
From time to time...
But Your loving mercy
Has lifted me up
Time after time...
You taught me to crawl
You taught me to breathe
You taught me to walk
You taught me to think
You taught me to know
That without You,
There is no me.

I love You Father,
Lead me through Your path
Uniquely created for me,
Even when I grow weary,
Let Your Holy Spirit muscles
Push me through the next
After the next... One step at a time.

Your son,
Mark David Grijalva Peres
Copyright©️✝️MDGP2017

God is Here, There, and Everywhere

So many of us
Drift deeper
Into the darkness
Of this world...
Feeling that
“It is what it is"
As the hand of
Abba, our Father
Is reaching down
From the heavens
To pull us out
And bring us into the light
So many of us
are so miserably happy
Thinking “It is what it is"
And going day after day
Walking in the darkness
Hopelessly, bumping into walls
Leaving bruises upon our flesh
Inside our souls
As the lies from the enemy
Entangle our hearts in disbelief
From the thoughts warped
Inside our minds...
So many of us go on living
Day after day
In oblivion, instead of
God's awesome grace...
We were meant for more
Than what this world
And the enemy has to offer.
Let us never go back
To the darkness
Oh, my Lord...
No matter how enticing
It may seem
From time to time...
Let us grasp our devotions
Let us pray our prayers...
Praying for the hands of those
Living in darkness
Be lifted for our
Father, Abba to pull them out...
Prayers for our brothers and sisters,
Family, friends, and those who claim
There is no God.
Blessed be God in the highest
Praises unto His holy name.
Amen.

Mark David Grijalva Peres
Copyright ©️✝️2015MDGP

Don't fear, God will help us

How can we expect God to move within our life if we are not listening to His commandments. Sin is for a season and we must all pay the price for our choices. No one is exempt from this, even if you have all your sacraments, go to church every day, and speak the right words. What is brewing within you? You might not know what is harboring with me... I certainly do not know what is within you, but God definitely knows us both from the inside out... There are no exceptions. If He loves us all the same, then judgment day will be the same for all. I am the first to say I am not perfect and that I fail God... Put I know through His mercy, love, and grace... I can climb back up to reach His hand. But God cannot bless me completely if I hold on to sin, even if this sin may seem justified by the eyes of man. Who matters more in your life? I have put people and ideologies before God and for this I plead for forgiveness, but if I keep doing it over and over again, how can I expect God to allow me to reach His full potential if He cannot trust me enough to surpass what I have pleaded for firgiveness over and over again. Everything takes steps, but truly as I read today... I can't expect God to guide me if I am not willing to move my legs; in doing so... I must knock down the walls and cut ties with sin to walk freely towards Him. Lord hear my prayers for those reading this and myself, to grow more and more in love with You and You alone... For You created us, them, me... Let us live for You.

Amen.

Mark David Grijalva Peres
Copyright©️✝️2017MDGP

Uniquely Blessed

Don't think we are different because I agree to disagree... We are both here by grace, but might not be called to do the same thing at the same time... I am not better than you and you are not better than me... I am a child of God as you are a child of God too... I was called to love as you were too... So put down your threats, lift up your hearts, and praise be to God. God loves you, as He loves me too. Let our ears listen and our hearts follow His lead.

Mark David Grijalva Peres
Copyright©️✝️2017MDGP

That Moment...

Hold me
I feel like
I can no longer stand
The sight of this life
That's holding me up...
I hang my head in shame
And no one is to blame
But me...
On my knees I find resolution
But when I rise
My self demise is waiting
As it swings its fists
Punching my lights out
And making me
Feel so much pain...
I have tamed such things
But within seconds
They run lose and rampart
All over again...
You rose to rise me
But my flesh eats away
At the breath of life
Leaving strife...
I see their eyes
Day after day...
And hope hope floats
Their pain away
As I have hoping for so many years..
When I reach that point of accomplishment
It tumbles down like the childhood blocks
I once so proudly stacked
No one knows what I know
No one feels what I feel
As I can not understand
Why this or that triggers you...
But I can only carry on
With my own two hands
With my own two arms
With my own two legs
And this messed up back...
I know I am not alone
I know many of you feel the pain
Caused by others and self...
Almighty we can do
Is hope that when our eyes open
To the ring of a buzzer
Or the light shining from the heavens,
To gain the strength
To start all over again...
Hoping hope will float
Us to the top
And never let us drown again...
Lord hear my laments,
Lord hear their laments
Lord hear my cries
Lord hear their cries
And help us overcome
What was already won
At the Cross of Calvary.

Amen

Mark David Grijalva Peres
Copyright©️✝️2017MDGP

Not About You...

When we are challenged
By another's words and actions
Many times it is that
They are challenged with the idea
That they are forgiven
That they are loved
That they are being offered
The gift of eternal life
And have never known such grace...
Like little lost children
They challenge our faith...
They challenge our trust...
They challenge He who lives
Within our soul... for it is
Never about us...
It is all about Elohim...
Never take anything personal
Many of us were once lost
But now we are found
Through the loving sacrifice of God
And His loving kindness, patience
And grace.
When they challenge us
And God lives in us...
They are challenging Him,
Not us... let us pray they see God in us
And they find God as well
Living within them too.

God bless us all. Amen.

Mark David Grijalva Peres
Copyright©️✝️2015MDGP

Don't Be Deceived

My, Oh my
What is it that
you are wearing, dear sir?
Blasphemy!
God is everything
Not busy for us at all
Divided in three,
Holy Trinity
Making one
For you, us, and me!
Confused you are
Confusion you bring
To those that are
Not understanding...
Your shirt illustrates
Satan's face expressing
God is busy... but I can help you!
As I approached you...
You saw my chaplet around my neck
And you focused on the crucifix
So bluntly, you told me to @%#* off!
All I could say was God is not busy
And God loves you.
Please my friends...
Don't let injustice prevail,
Freedom of expression is true
But some ’make believe' freedom
Leads us to places
None of us will ever want to imagine...
Join me in praying for our lost
Brothers and sisters who are blinded
And walking in the darkness.
God is not busy
God is not dead
God is all loving
And God loves us all.

Mark David Grijalva Peres
Copyright©️✝️2015MDGP