I wake to a yellow morning sky,Freckled with dark clouds of burnt orange,The flame sweeping the stars away. Its majesty looks down upon Rome’sancient Hadrian Wall, covered by alion’s mane of windblown grass. The miracle of God’s creation,Sits majestically, not above the glory of Rome,But the smallness of man.
Category Archives: Faith and Hope
Life Doesn’t Have to be so Hard
Ticket to Uncertainty
Unseen Kindness
Are you a sensitive soul,Too often, too easily bruised,Invisible for lack of notice,Unaccepted or unapproved? Do you sometimes reach out,With a smile and kind word,Your casual offers to help,Rejected or never heard? Are you accused of being a martyr,Self-serving for attention,Frequently misunderstood,Suspected of pretension? Rest in His assurance,Kindness is not unseen,From Him who matters most,InContinue reading “Unseen Kindness”
The Hope of Calvary
I won a small victory today,Took only a prayer to ask,But as I daily fight off sin,Many days I fail the task. For sin seems always with me,Woven into earthly time,I struggle to act an example,of word and thought of mind. A small victory is still victory,On calvary victory was gained,Twenty four hours for eternity,ItsContinue reading “The Hope of Calvary”
Temporary Life
As candles melt from the fire, andsmoke vanishes from wind’s breath,Live your days wisely, for one day,They will stop coming. Allow the fire of anger to cool,For the scald of its flames,Leaves the worst scarswhere they are born. Silence the storm of hurtful words,Rest in the lasting calm of hope,For hope is a citadel,The sustainerContinue reading “Temporary Life”
The Righteous Bridge
God sing for me,Sweet songs of ecstasy,A melodic hum of purity,In layers of rich harmonies,As angels walk me across the river,To rest in shade of trees.
Resolute
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”
New Heavens and A New Earth
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”
Firsts
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”
