Do not rely on your peace,
held by a thread of vanity’s weave.
Good people wear belts
spattered with Heavenly Blood.
And these belts are Truth,
born not of this world,
with which purified faith
fills with Peace and Grace.
Gather your treasures
high, in the shimmering beyond,
far from the lie that poisons
humans with lustful flesh.
The struggles of a spirit,
bound in dust and decay, will not frighten you,
for the Lord is a fortress for the living,
in whom He was born with Fire.
He is your Meaning, Target, and Destiny
in all worldly troubles.
Having reached the Crucifixion with Him —
dwell on the Cross, and be!
For someday, having touched Glory,
in a City of marble and ruby,
Christ will shine forth from the embers
of your heart… Amen!
Stefan Glavchev
(The Bird Within You)
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