D.L. Lunsford's Flight of the Butterfly
A writing platform celebrating the freedom of expression and the exploration of God, self and the world.
If you seek Him, you will find Him when you seek Him with all your heart and soul (See Deut. 4:29). Simple, but not easy. It’s easy to give up on finding God when you seek Him halfheartedly. Anything worth having is not easy to obtain. If it were it wouldn’t be worth much. What […]
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I’m getting older. I can tell because whenever I get up after sitting for a while, everything is stiff. It takes a moment for my hips to loosen up and my back to work out its kinks. My clothes don’t fit the way they used to. I have to labor more to pull up my […]
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A song unsung, Story half-told, Music notes drawn on pages for sale but never sold. Tried not to care but the tears won’t lie; They dissolve my mask and expose what I hide. I am a pen full of ink with an enduring hope, A determined climber on a shredding rope. My mouth parts expelling […]
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The finish line is the end of the race or course. It’s accomplishing the ultimate goal. Job completed. Mission accomplished. Promise realized. It’s the pinnacle of the mountain. I made it. The end. Because I have yet to reach this finish line, my eyes are fixated on it. But after I reach it, then what? […]
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If freedom was for sale who could afford it? Would it really be freedom if you could buy it? Probably just some watered-down version of a dream, A fragrant wish in a fancy bottle; Something to make you close your eyes and forget… the shackles on your feet. © D.L. Lunsford
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Truth can be a bitter pill to swallow and rebuke can make you choke. The last thing any of us wants to hear is someone else telling us what’s wrong with us or correcting a behavior we didn’t have a problem with. While it is true we cannot receive criticism from just anyone, we must […]
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Time is short… When you’re having fun When you’re wasting it Time is long… When you’re waiting When you’re hungry No time… If you’re God Out of time… When you’re dead © D.L. Lunsford
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Though we may not say it, we all want peace. Though we may not admit it, we get tired. Though we may hide it, we yearn to be loved, understood, and forgiven. So while we’re out shopping for gifts to give to others, God hopes we remember the gift He gave to us, And finally unwrap […]
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All it takes is a suggestion. A person or group, music or media can plant an idea–or two– in your head and cause all kinds of trouble. Ignoring it doesn’t make it go away. In the dark place you shoved it, it grows alongside all the other ideas or thoughts planted. And just like those […]
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A star was born the day I closed my eyes and dared to believe– believed my life was more than I could see believed I’m loved believed I’m free. My star grew every time I possessed the courage to stand– stand for what is right stand for what is true stand up for me. Took […]
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D.L. Lunsford's Flight of the Butterfly 