Writing Samples: "Falling Rain"

On my wife's first birthday after our marriage, I used my best calligraphy skills - which were and remain nil - to compose for her a poetic handmade birthday card.

At that time I was not familiar with the phrase "Silent Echoes." Yet, that is exactly the concept woven into my message of love and adoration for my new bride. These are echoes; they definitely qualify as Silent Echoes. The text of that birthday card reads:

"This is the day, for
Which I am most thankful.
Exactly - - years ago today a
New being came upon this earth.
This being was to grow into
You, the wonderful woman I have as my wife.

This day, in 19 - -, was certainly no ordinary day.
Heaven - in you - descended and showed us what it was made of - just as
Raindrops fall to earth to remind us of the substance of clouds.
Ever since that day the world has been richer.
Especially any part that comes in direct contact with you!

You can see, in me, the effect you have on people.
Each day you share happiness, wisdom, your great inner being,
And life, itself, with me. In return,
Respect and love and all of my devotion
Shall be yours all the days of my life!

Once more, honey, I want to say that I
Love you dearly and hope that on this
Day the world will repay you for the happiness and kindness you have given it."

Friend, if you have placed God in control of your life, you might feel undeserving of these accolades - yet, you will feel comfortable with this at the same time.

Today is the day to get yourself comfortable with having God in your life, thereby echoing Him and His realm. A simple, sincere prayer of acknowledging your current relationship with God, then expressing repentance and yielding control of your remaining time on earth to him is all it takes. Your spirit will know if you have been sincere or not. And if you are candid when you pray, your silent echoes of the consistency of heaven will begin to be heard by others.

I believe each of us is to be a reflection of what heaven is about - not "like" but "about." If God is in your life, you exhibit clues to the composition of heaven. If God is not in your life, even your greatest kindnesses fall short of any semblance of heaven. Now, read my love poem, again. However, this second time read it as though God wrote it to you. Are you deserving of these words: Do you measure up to being one who is as the apple of God's eye?

(By the way, did you decipher the code that will tell you which birthday that was for my wife? If not, go back and isolate the first letter in each sentence of the poem I wrote to my wife and in the same order as they appear.)

The End