No one can steal the beauty Of a woman Who knows who she is And Whose she is. She steps forward With quiet confidence Because what other women have Doesn’t threaten her. Her eyes glow With both passion and compassion As she lives out her calling And her care for others. Her… Continue reading No One Can Steal Her Beauty
Dear friend, I see you sitting there At the crossroads Of weariness and discouragement. I see the tears that gather and fall As you try to be so brave, Bearing the pain of your loneliness. And I long for the day When the one will appear Whose eyes will light up When you… Continue reading He Has Not Abandoned Us
“I feel foolish,” she said, “trying to write words That others have already said – And far better than I.” “But don’t feel foolish,” He answered back. “Because your words Will become the melody of a song Someone else has longed to hear. “They will strike a chord At just the right time… Continue reading Those Foolish Words
More meditation poems from 1 John. *The World’s Seductive Solutions* From 1 John 2:15-17 The world seems to offer Beautiful solutions To all our longings and desires – Gleaming in their allure. Sex, stuff, and self – All of these consume our culture, And they claim they will Make you exceedingly happy.… Continue reading I Identify as a Child of God
[Reassurances from Psalm 139] Father, When temptations cut sharp Like a knife, Cause me to turn away And love you more. When the memories Come unbidden and aching, And I wish they meant more, Help me to surrender to you. When my heart whispers To dwell on the forbidden, Drown out the… Continue reading A Prayer of the Tempted
This year I’ve been studying the book of 1 John. Through the various stages of Bible study and listening to a sermon series on it, my understanding has been profoundly deepened and strengthened. When I get to the meditation stage of my study, I’ve been practicing writing them out in poem form, so I thought… Continue reading The Battle is the Proof
This month, I’ve been reading a chapter of Matthew each night to reflect more deeply on the life of Christ during this season of Lent. These poems have come as a result of those reflections. Tried & Tempted, Victorious & Vigilant Matthew 4 Before ministry began, Christ the human Faced the desert temptation, Weak… Continue reading The Life of the True Light on Earth – Lenten Reflections
Lent has come again, and God has called me to quietly slip away from the loudness of social media for forty days and into deeper communion with Him (save for the sharing of some blog posts). It’s actually a relief to clear my mind from this distraction and press more closely into my Lord and… Continue reading This Lonely Road – Lenten Reflections
“They belonged to each other and no matter what life might hold for them, it could never alter that their happiness was in each other’s keeping.” {Lucy Maud Montgomery – Anne’s House of Dreams} “We dared to love Another soul As deep as our own, We danced to another’s poetry And sang the tune… Continue reading Favorite Quotes, Sayings, and Scraps of Poetry About Love
“Many of us have encountered people who have had similar experiences reading Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings or Lewis’s Perelandra. Often they have experienced something profound while reading these fantasies, but are at a loss to describe it. All they seem to know is that they were part of the music while the music lasted”… Continue reading You Were Part of the Music
