Audience of one

When i wrote this song i was thinking of me performing, and was just thinking how much I don't want it to be a performance but just to glorify God and just to give Him my all.

Chorus
To my audience of one
I give You my heart
To my audience of one
I give You my soul
Wherever I go
And whatever I do
May I give my all to you
To my audience of one
I give You my life
To my audience of one
I give you my soul
Wherever I go
And whatever I do
May i give my all to you
My audience of one

Verse
I know i've been searching
I know i've yearning for someone
I know you were watching
Now I know You were protecting me all along
So now I give my life to You
And all that I do

~ Jordanna Guthrie

Throwback from facebook: Burdens

I wrote this piece because I saw someone that was hurting, and then realised that a lot of us are really hurting but that we just need to let God deal with it.

"COME TO ME, ALL OF YOU WHO ARE TIRED FROM CARRYING HEAVY LOADS AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST. TAKE MY YOKE AND PUT IT ON YOU, AND LEARN FROM ME, BECAUSE I AM GENTLE AND HUMBLE IN SPIRIT; AND YOU WILL FIND REST. FOR THE YOKE I WILL GIVE YOU IS EASY, AND THE LOAD I WILL PUT ON YOU IS LIGHT" Matthew 11:27-30

Burdens...
Whose burdens?
Ours...
The hurt and the shame?
Remebering sin and the pain?
Those times when we shouldn't
but did?
And things we could but didn't?

Our burdens
That we carry around each day
The ones that hold us back
From seeing Him
From knowing Him
From accepting Him
From understaniding Him...
Those burdens that are weighing us down
So much
We can't even fake a smile or a laugh
We can no longer fake the joy we don't feel

These burdens
Which we refuse to give up
We are so broken yet
We hold on
To the hurt, the shame, the sickness, the pain
When He's there
Just begging - for our burdens
Just wanting us to exchange them
For His much lighter burdens
His burdens are as light as feathers
As flowing as air

Yet we refuse to even hear Him out...

He's just pleading with us
Just to give them all to Him
He's done so much for us
And continues to...
He went to the cross for us
See, His nail scarred hands
He did this all for us
Because He knew we were hurting
He gave His life...
So we could have life
He cries when he sees us suffer
Without reason
He loves us so...
So why don't we let Him take them?
He wants to see us free
So lets just give up-
Give up trying to keep these burdens
Give up trying to hold back
Give up trying to act like we're ok
When we're not

We just need to let go
And be free
Just as He made us to be

~Jordanna Guthrie

Girl on a Mission: Made to Tell the World

This funky limerick is characteristic of the funky author. In her imploring the unsaved to come to Jesus, she emphasises with urgency the fact that the reader shouldn't put it off.
Words from the author:
Ahhh...I was in the middle my free verse writing...and then I realised i started writing the limerick. Inspiration...Id'd say is my need to always spread the gospel. It's like God signed that on my heart...made to tell the world.
Acts 1: 8
⁸But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

Made to Tell the World

The time of year for knowing Christ,
Is early before June.
For Christ He loves you,
Did great things,
Will you accept Him soon?

~Jodi-Ann Johnson.

How Merciful God is: Danger Lurks

So many times, we can run ourselves into the ground, carry ourselves to terrible places, and become so faithless and not even realise it. It's such a relief that we have such a merciful God who hears us even before we speak.

Words from the author:
I wrote this poem at a low point in my life. God showed me that many things were out of place and as I tried to find out where it all started HE laid this on my heart. I hope it helps someone...

James 4: 9 - 10
⁹Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. ¹⁰Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Danger Lurks

As time marches on a little cloud is formed above me.
It is so small no attention is given to it.
It is a welcome change from the monotonous sunlight,
Plus it is a shade from the blistering sun.
As I go through the day I forget to pray.
I forget to ask God’s direction.
But so what? I won’t die. God will understand. I’m just so busy.
I continue without regard for God;
Smoking,
Drinking,
Having lewd conversations,
Gossiping,
Cursing,
And all that jazz.
All this time I’m unaware of the danger looming.
One day I’m prompted to look above me.
The little cloud has become a raging storm.
In my ignorance I allowed my cloud to get larger and stronger.
I didn’t see the pouring rain;
The thunderous cracks of lightening striking all around me.
I didn’t see the destruction.
Despair sets in.
As I am about to give up hope I remember my maker and
Before I can apologize and ask for His help
I am surprised by a beam of sunlight descending from the heavens to dispel my darkness.
A ray of hope indicating that all is not lost and that
God still hears me, even before I call.
How could I have stayed in that muck for so long?
How could I have ignored the fact that God wants to take me out of my darkness and
Put me into His marvelous light?
Now, since I have knowledge of His love and His mercy
I can rest in the eye of the storm.

~Stephen-Rhae Johnson.

Throwbacks from Facebook: The Birds and the...Yeah Just the Birds

Sin is such an annoyance isn't it? Too many times I can relate to Paul when he speaks about doing what he doesn't want to do and not doing what he wants to do in Romans 7: 14 - 20. I've heard this analogy more than once and I've deliberated on it so here are some of my thoughts.
Genesis 4: 6 - 7
⁶ Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? ⁷ If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."

The Birds and the...Yeah Just the Birds

Analogy
It's natural for the bird to fly over your head but don't let it make a nest there.

Thoughts
Bird - sinful thought
I've heard this from several different people regarding sinful thoughts. The idea is that it's natural to have sinful thoughts because we're human and imperfect. Having a sinful thought isn't sinning. The thing is, sinning is purposely allowing the thought to rest in our minds. Matthew 5:28 says that if we so much as look at a woman (or man) lustfully we have already committed adultery in our hearts. From this, we can see that sinning starts in your mind. Now this all is common knowledge to the average Christian so I'm not even going to spend anymore time talking about this. What I am going to talk about, however, is the analogy itself and how its meaning goes beyond its normal usage.

Expansion
Let us look first at how the bird chooses where to nest. First of all, the bird is going to choose somewhere that it can get food easily. Point to note here is that we should not allow our minds to become somewhere these birds will think is comfortable. Their plan is to feed off your mind and if it can give them food then they'll try to nest.

I'll digress for a bit to delve into my thoughts on thoughts.
1 Corinthians 2:11-12
11For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

So as children of God, the devil can not know our thoughts "just so" because we don't answer to the spirit of the world, we have the Spirit of God so only God can know our thoughts directly. The devil, however, is rather cunning and can get a good idea of what our thoughts are like by the way we act. That way, he can attack who he thinks are suitable hosts with his birds.

Next, we should look at the process of nest-building by these birds. Realise that nest building doesn't happen all at once. Once the bird identifies a suitable environment in which to nest, it's going to begin the building process. You can tell that a nest is being built when you notice that the bird is flying around a bit more often. It's going to rest for a few seconds at first...then a bit longer next time. Before you even realise, the nest has been built and you're in trouble. The question here is, "can I destroy an incomplete nest so I don't get to the stage of nesting?" Personally, I don't think there's anyway we, ourselves, can get rid of the nest completely. I figure that we can destroy what's on top of our head, but often times we can't reach what's at the base all tangled up in our hair (baldies please bear with me here...hah pun...here...hair...ok). We'd need a real good Hairdresser/Barber to get out what we can't reach. More on that later though.

So now the bird has its nest on your head and we're being plagued with this chronic sin. Two dangerous things can happen here and they're by no means dependent on each other.

1. The bird can lay eggs
If this happens, then we find that the family of birds are going to need even more food than what you were giving before. Unless we take steps, the birds are going to keep growing and feeding off your thoughts which, by now, have become a breeding ground. What follows this is that the parent bird decides that the nest is getting too small for them all, so it's time for the babies to learn to fly. You see what's happening here? At this point, we've actually become sources for birds that are going to go try to nest on other people's heads. Your friends, family members, even random passerbys who happen to witness you feeding the bird. What a bad state we've found ourselves in.

2. Other birds come to stay in the nest
Now that there's a nest in our heads, what's stopping other birds from coming to join the first one? The nest might be a bit small, but all that's required is a bit of an expansion by the newcomer. The bigger the nest gets, the more accommodating it is to new birds to come and rest. Your head then becomes a den of iniquity, housing all these sinful thoughts which will inevitable be manifested in your lifestyle. We need to get rid of these birds though.

Now, it's easy to shoo the birds for a bit, especially right after you feed them since they won't need food too much right then, unless of course they've developed a really big appetite that's being fed way too much. So we shoo the birds and they go away for a time, but the nest is still there. Before we know it, they're hungry again and they come flying back. Constant shooing just isn't practical. We need to get rid of the nest too. As I said before, we can try to destroy the nest. This might even incite violence from said birds...especially when they've gotten comfortable, started a family, had over friends. We can formulate "strategies" to combat the thoughts ourselves. These will eventually fail, however, since the foundation of the nest is still in place. All the bird has to do again is spend a little time to build back the nest and we're back at square one.

We need an effective plan to get rid of these birds. We start by starving the birds of food.
Philippians 4:8
8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Next we need to stop trying to destroy the nest ourselves and take it to Someone who knows how to get into the nooks and crannies of our dirty hair. So we take our minds to Jesus who gets rid of EVERYTHING. Note though, that He doesn't just take it away like that. It takes time just like it took time to build the nest. We normally find that we've grown to like the birds and have a soft spot for them and can't stand to see them die so we'll often miss our appointments with the Barber so we can feed them..."just a bit" right? We need to be diligent in getting rid of these birds even though we feel like we can't...even the babies! Once our head is back in order, we're ready to go again and keep doing that Jesus thing.

Maybe the bird we need nesting in our heads is the same one that rested on Jesus when He was baptised.

~Xavier Lloyd.

Throwbacks from Facebook: Fact vs. "Fact"

I suppose I was thoroughly annoyed while writing this summary of research that I did. This was nearing the end of my "first love" stage with Christian apologetics. My tone may come off as a bit rough or angry, but my intents were well placed. There's some good information here and if you like the content in this post, I suggest you do a bit of reading on the links I posted afterwards.
1 Peter 3: 15
¹³Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? ¹⁴But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened." ¹⁵But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, ¹⁶keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.

Fact vs. "Fact"

Fact: If an event has a probability of 1 in 10^150, it has no chance of happening by chance through all cosmic history [Mathematician William Dembski]

How can people reallly put their trust in evolution and call it science?
Imagine putting letters in a huge hat and pulling 10 million of them out at random. How possible is it that you'll write a best seller? Virtually zero. That is how possible evolution is. Apparently we all happened by chance. Well according to the same science that proposers of evolution cling to so dearly, the chances of all life evolving from a single cell - the same cell - is approximately 1 in 10^4,478,146. Further...even if it DID happen in that seemingly impossible case - suppose you DID manage to write that best seller - how could male AND female evolve from the same cell? Wouldn't one die out without the other, especially taking into consideration how random and slowly evolution takes place. A male "randomly" appears and a female "randomly" appears at the same time after taking into consideration the near impossible odds of evolution happening anyway? That doesn't seem very scientifically sound to me. If anything...if evolution was indeed real it would prove the existence of God...not disprove it. As a side note on evolution...the same fossil discovery efforts that found the cavemen and supposed money-man hybrids that are the basis of evolution found another fossil that's almost identical to us. The thing is that it was dated (by those same scientific methods) some thousand years earlier than the earliest caveman fossil. So you mean to tell me that we de-evolved to monkeys and THEN evolved again. I don't even want to know what the [scientific] odds of that happening are.

Evolution just isn't cutting it.

Another thing. I don't understand how people who claim there is no God. There are two main groups who try to disprove God's existence. Philosophers and scientists. Philosophers say that if there was a God, we wouldn't have evil in the world. This is such a played out argument that has no grounding. Cold doesn't exists. Neither does darkness. Vacuums don't exist. They are the absence of heat, light, and matter respectively. In the same way evil is the absence of God. Philosophers say that if there was a God, He would be so beyond us that we wouldn't be able to communicate with Him. The fault here is that in saying that they are putting limits on a limitless "Concept". I'm sorry I can't remember any more philosophical arguments...it's almost 3am and I'm tired.

Now apart from evolution, scientists claim that there's no proof for God's existence. Then we bring the typical "cause-and-effect" argument and they say that we were always here so there was no real cause. They say the universe has been in an infinite loop of births (in the form of Big Bangs) and deaths (in the form of collapsing on itself or otherwise). The fact eludes them that Someone had to be there to divide by zero (to start the infinite loop). They say that there's no proof for Jesus' existence outside the Bible from objective sources, yet there are so many writings from Jews, Muslims, and athiests of the time about a wise man named Jesus, a heretic named Jesus, a prophet named Jesus. You see, those kinds of scientists don't mind going out of their way to disprove God and making up theories and providing false evidence (like evolution) but they wouldn't be caught dead researching the other way. Objective right?

Now people say that Muslims' Allah and Christians' God are the same being. They may even go as far as saying that they are the same as Buddah, Krishna, Brahman, and the Guru Granth Sahib. Those people couldn't be more wrong. Starting with the easiest ones (the latter four), they cannot be the same as God for obvious reasons. Buddah doesn't care about his subjects, all that matters is rebirthing and reaching Nirvana. Krishna, Brahman, and all other Hindu gods are spirits inside statues while God condemns worshipping statues. The Guru Granth Sahib is a book...'nuff said. The biggest argument is that of Allah. Some people say Islam is a religion of peace, others say that it's quite the opposite. Many say that those who think of Islam being a warlike religion only hear the misguided side and quotes from their holy book taken out of context. However, those people are (as usual) incorrect. Below is a link containging an objective study of holy war in Islam with verses taken completely in context. It's really long so I'll summarise it for those too lazy. More or less, Islam started out as a religion of peace. The Muhammad got political power becoming the leader of a city. Slowly but surely, holy war began to play an increasingly larger role in Islam. It started as forbidden, then allowed in defence, then encouraged, then commanded. Details in the study.

I think this will be my last point, I'm not quite sure yet. It seems to be a popular notion that the Bible has been tampered with over the years. Tell me then how 66 books written by more than 40 different people in 3 different languages in about 10 different countries could be such a cohesive piece of literature? The odds of that are comparable to evolution (ok not really but you get the point). People say that it is far from cohesive but those people are taking verses out of context and are doing so without looking at the context of the original languages and culture of the time. People say that the scriptures have changed between the time which they were written and the time which they were collected by organised Christians. What they don't know, however, is that the Dead Sea scrolls which were found in the past few centuries are PERFECTLY consistent with those found and reconstructed from second and third hand copies of original books. So they survived over how many hundred years and you mean to tell me that they've changed that much since? Don't think so. Too many studies and analyses of those same documents have taken place that have proven accuraccy in transmission and translation over the years.

There is no other religion or world view that can boast as much scientific backing, spiritual backing, and cohesiveness as Christianity.

So:
if Jesus has fulfilled some 2000 prophecies and the odds of one man fulfilling only 8 is 1 in 10^17.
if all this was communicated in a trustworthy book
if so many "scientific arguments" have been disproved by actual science
if God, Allah, and all the rest are NOT the same

How can someone not see that Christianity is right?
How dark is the veil that covers their eyes?
How much longer will they claim they see the truth and that we are the deluded ones?
How long will they hold to the lies that science and society feed them?
How much longer will we sit back and listen to their fallacious arguments?

I think it's time to step up our game.

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Links
No Evolution & No Big Bang
http://www.faithfacts.org/evolution-or-creation/origins-and-silly-putty
Trustworthy Bible
http://www.faithfacts.org/search-for-truth/maps
Islam and Holy War
http://www.faithfacts.org/world-religions-and-theology/contrasting-christianity-and-islam
http://www.answering-islam.org/Bailey/jihad.html

Most of the facts in this note came from http://www.faithfacts.org/
I've forgotten the other references but I'm sure they won't mind ^_^

Also, I'll be proud to rebutt any argument so bring them if you have them (and facts to back them up).
I promise I'll use bible verses as little as possible since many people tend to get annoyed by that.

Peace.

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P.S.

Ah! Some people might say that Christianity isn't as cohesive as I make it out to be due to the wide variety of denominations and such that exist. Please note that there is but one Truth and that Truth is absolute. It is not relative so it's the same for everyone, everywhere, at all times. These numerous denominations are as a result of misinterpretations of scripture taken out of context, and the devil twisting the minds of people to teach other people distorted doctrine. Of True Christianity, there is no denomination. Just Truth. I do not claim to know the absolute Truth, but you better belive that I'm finding it. Something tells me that I'm in for a long ride.

~Xavier Lloyd.

Throwbacks from Facebook: Who's Running Your Show?

This one, I think, came from a realisation within myself that I had not completely surrendered my all to Jesus in Truth. Not only that, but that was the case among some of my Christian friends. I know it really is a hard decision to make, and I know within myself that I haven't completely surrendered even now, but it is an ESSENTIAL one for everyone's Christian walk. Don't misunderstand my intent in this piece to say that follow God and you'll have an easy life. What is meant to be brought out is the fact that if we follow God, we don't need to worry about our problems because He will bear them for us if we let Him.
Matthew 16: 24 - 26
²⁴Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. ²⁵For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. ²⁶What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

Who's Running Your Show?

Everything tends to fade into the background when you put God at centre stage. Then there's a power cut and all the lights go. Everything disappears, or so you think. You realise that you can still see Him emitting His own glorious, perfect Light. He bathes your Christian friends in it, your mini New Testament in your pocket, and your iPod playing that Jeremy Camp CD you just bought. He makes you see all that He wants you to, shutting out all other distractions. God's light is brighter than any spotlight you can find on Broadway, and His music is better than any musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. When Jesus plays lead, the Spirit plays the supporting roles and the Big Guy Upstairs is the director, you get the most awesome production you could .
ever imagine!

The single issue is you.
Are you a stage-hog?
Does it scare you to stay in the audience and watch the production of your life unfold in front of you?
Giving up control is the hardest thing for an accomplished actor like yourself.
18 years - maybe more, maybe less - experience with acting and playing the lead in your own play...who can possibly know more than you?

Fortunately for you though, that Awesome Trio runs this really cool drama club that you should join. They teach you how to be on stage and not even have to act - this is far superior to that method acting thing so-called "professionals" use. Imagine living your life and not having to act like someone you're not. They all show you how to be the person you were made to be and even to enjoy it! Although you don't get a chance to be the director, you DO get a chance to be the Lead if you work hard enough. You start as an understudy and if you keep attending regularly you'll evolve into a double! It'll take some real hard work and some SERIOUS dedication, but once you nail the part, you'll be a full time lead. The best part about it is that even if you forget a line or miss a cue, you know you have a Perfect Partner to jump in - all you have to do is ask Him. Soon enough, you'll get get SO good that people might even start to mistake you for Jesus. Imagine people seeing Jesus in you. Not too bad eh? And all this is part of the sit-back-and-relax package that The Director is offering. It's all a no-brainer if you ask me. Why delay?

The thing is...we're all in a theatre we borrowed from God, and He doesn't even charge us rent. You need to realise that He wants the best for you, and much as you love the stage, it's actually the hardest place to be and Jesus tells us that His yoke is easy and His burden light. With that in mind, He puts us in the most comfortable place - the audience. Sure it'll seem strange at first just seeing how that perfect trio operates. You might even feel incomplete without full access to the stage, but rest assured that The Director has been in the business a LOT longer than you - ordering faithful people's steps. That Lead Guy? Gather 2000 years of practice and come back and try again. Don't even get me started on that guy playing the Supporting Role. He supports more than 1 billion people a day - at the same time - providing comfort, encouragement, and gentle nudges in the right direction...

Imagine, joining the greatest drama club ever, learning from the Highest Authority on life.
Imagine getting to watch a perfectly perfect show, in the most comfortable chair, by the most experienced team in existence.

Admission?

Free.

~Xavier Lloyd.

Throwbacks from Facebook: Battle of a Lifetime

Early into my walk with Jesus, I heard people talking about spiritual warfare. I wrote this some time last year and now more than ever, the idea of warfare is becoming so real to me. Praise the Lord I'm on the winning side!
Ephesians 6:12
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Battle of a Lifetime

My Shield in my left.
My Sword in my right.
My Strength coming from deep within.
Dove high above,
Showering me with love.
I'm marching from my life of sin.

Drenched in The Lamb's blood.
We're of the same mind.
My fellow soldiers, with me, depart.
Rushing to the fight,
Our backup - The Light.
The time has come to pierce every heart.

Two edges on my Blade.
My Shield cannot break.
Enemies falling one after another.
Our Strength can't run out,
Faith makes our hearts shout.
As our Commander, we would have no other.

He's always with us.
Till vict'ry is won -
Leek in beak, still above, He will soar.
Gripping my Sword tightly,
Not one foe I take lightly.
The battle's over...it's time for the war.

~Xavier Lloyd.

Before and After: Grace

My inspiration for writing this piece came from Ephesians 3: 14 -19. The day the handing over ceremony for the UCCF executive body took place, Uncle Paul quoted this inspiring scripture:
¹⁴For this reason I kneel before the Father, ¹⁵from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. ¹⁶I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, ¹⁷so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, ¹⁸may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, ¹⁹and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
This was His prayer for us: that Christ may dwell in our hearts through faith. He continued to speak about how impossible this would have been without the grace of a loving God. This relly hit home with me and the same night, I proceeded to write this piece:

Grace

Transformed by grace
Starign at Your face
Getting lost in Your embrace
I never want to leave this -

Place where we meld
Where iniquity is felled
Mountains and valleys levelled
Now I feel so -

Compelled to just shout
Gone is my doubt
My heart and my mouth
Will proclaim all -

About Your perfect love
Bestowed from above
Acting like a kind of
Blanket that -

Cove-ers, of all people, me!
From Your face, I'd once flee
Be what I planned to be
Impossible for me to see
Being so carefree
Couldn't hear my heart's own -

Plea for release
For depression, rejection, supression
To desist and cease
This is no lease - on my soul
But rather a whole - surrender to You
The only person by whom - I can finish this race
The Person who can renew - and finish my faith
The One who can imbue
In me and you
Many and few
Those who can, and those who do
With grace.

~Xavier Lloyd.

So It Begins: My Soul Mate

This here is what the outgoing Literature Coordinator, Gabrielle, left with me. I felt inspired to start off the official UCCF Literature Blog with these words. These are the words of one who has truly found her one true love and everlasting partner: Jesus Christ. I pray that we can all relate to the sentiments shared in this poem and never stop falling in love with Him.
Songs of Solomon 5: 16
¹⁶ His mouth is sweetness itself;
he is altogether lovely.
This is my lover, this my friend,
O daughters of Jerusalem.

My Soul Mate

I have met my soul mate,
My body's equal.
My mind's stimulant.

In you I feel the depth of my soul, the captivity of my heart;
The width of my smile, the core of my joy and the centre of my peace.

Your blessings I desire most.
Your gifts I adore most.
The thoughts of You I value and the treasure I keep closest.

I loved you from out first encounter to the last argument.
You are my soulmate.
The apple of my eye, the object of my desire.
Jesus I love you,
My Soul Mate.

~Gabrielle Lawrence.