Category Archives: Faith and Hope

I live the unending questfor purpose in my life,The more years that go by,The more earnest the pursuit,But my growing wisdomteaches me the search is futile,Like the source of the wind;It is unfindable. Yet, I continue like the albatross,As hope picks me upand sends me on my way,Escorted by the Holy Spirit,Beyond waning disappointment,Past theContinue reading “Resolute”

As your people cry and children wail,Of hunger, death, and life’s dark tales,For their rescue now, we ask you go,Relieve their storms of grief and woe. Protect them in the midst of war,Shield them from foul nature’s roar,If thirst or illness test their faith,Give them hope in spirit safe. We lift them up in thankfulContinue reading “New Heavens and A New Earth”

She remembered the first timeshe went to church without him;the bowed heads of sympathetic sorrow,her gratitude for whispered prayers.She remembered the first timeshe went to bed without him, cold sheets,shadows, darkness filled with loneliness.She remembered the momenther intense pain moved from her headto her heart, and seeped intothe permanency of her soul.Then God met herContinue reading “Firsts”

The red doors of 1886 open their armsto breathe a wind of welcomefrom angelic spirits suspended.The stained glass on high, sparkles ina scintillation of sunlight,as the sacred hands of the Savior wave us in. The sweet smell of Easter’s candle wax,tears beneath a flaming helicoid of smoke, swirling upward to skewer a bottleof the King’sContinue reading “The Church at the End of the Road”

the lone voice to listen for, midstmoonlit misery,while you weep for lack of sleepas the demon thief slipsaway with your rest. I Am the creator of lightthat you may never be lostin the foul fog of your life, tossedby injustice, unfairnessand uncertainty. I Am alive in your faith, evenwhen you make bad choices;my forgiveness reignsContinue reading “I Am”

A scar from sin lays across my soullike a rapier’s sword slash, now whollyhealed by the redemptive resurrection.Such sacred scars like fallen stars,reveal no secrets are hiddenfrom the holy light shining outof the uttermost edge of the heavens. This light anchors me like a treeof steel, sinking deep roots that quietthe random wind of sin,nowContinue reading “Sacred Scars”

My conscience empty of thought,My heart slow-beats in sleep,Though blood in my veins hums,My voice be dizzy weak. Tall tasks ahead like mountains,My feet shan’t run away,What can I do but look to you,And face my fears today. I ask you fill my mouth with wordsHang your courage on my heart,Blessings of hope and resolve,YourContinue reading “Daily Mountains”

He walked alone in the rain,A cold, pouring rain,No strength to shake or shiver,Streets flow an icy river. Near frozen pads below,On painful legs that slow,A heart once burst with hope,Near lost the will to cope. Then, a soft embrace,A voice of saving grace,Arms in loving lift,New hope the giving gift.

I yearn to live an honest life,One to make you proud,One my children will look upon,To choose among the crowd. From you I have no secrets,Though at times I try to hide,The half of me not newly born,Where spirit and body collide, Thank you for not forsaking,The caliginous nature in me,Tonight, I’ll watch you flingContinue reading “Loyal Hearts”