20120215 Jesus Loves Me This I Know

This was in full bloom and at its best yesterday
February 14, 2012
on my window sill garden.

Oh, Did it speak so loud & clear:
Jesus loves me,
this I know.

Only, at this time in my life
It is not without a shroud of grief
and a burden so heavy
to have heard it mentioned
by the world's known
best-selling artist,
(Diane Sawyer's 2002 interview
on Whitney Houston).

It is not without deep prodding
and an urge
to question the affinity between knowledge
and understanding.

Oh, the simplicity of His Word
the simplicity of His Truth
made complicated
by the vast array of choices

for someone to have missed
this other children's song
sang in church.

"When Mister Satan
knocks at my heart's door
and says 'May I come in?'
I'd say 'No! no!'
For Jesus loves me so
and took away my sins.
So he turns around and runs away,
I wish he'd go away to stay...
I'll just say
"No! no! no!"


For who can save you from the enemy within?