Category Archives: Faith and Hope

Hey Mom, I’m doing a little better,A guy came through our camp the other day,Some of us followed him to this stupid church,They fed us, and I met up with this therapy dude. After he left, I had a good laugh,I can’t do anything right,Even the devil couldn’t help me kill myself,Ah well, what aContinue reading “A Trilogy – Part 2 “Hope””

Please Mom . . . Help Me Can’t you hear the sadness, the madness,In the screech of my voice?Never mind, you don’t understand,It’s obvious isn’t it, that I’m sick? My life sucks but you don’t get it,I used to follow every step you take,Laughed at every face you make,But I just don’t care anymore. TheContinue reading “A Trilogy – Part 1 “Help””

When my fear appears,Does it fill a need?In my dreams at night,While I silent breath? When I’m at church,Is my heart content?To hear the word,Take sacrament? Or am I a dim light,An undeserving soul?Sharing my emptiness,Like air of winter cold? Forgive me as a sinner,Accept me as a beggar,I shall prostrate lie,Then we’ll walk together.

Lord, you allow difficult journeys,And I seldom understand,Why life is such a challenge,Only you can know the plan. To remonstrate life is hopeless,Its best to have true faith,To accept you love me wholly,And will take me to a holy place. I will live the path that you provide,Give thanks for both sun and rain,With hopeContinue reading “Life Unplanned”

I am on an airy road,The road that takes me home,To angels, saints, and my savior,Where I’ll never be alone. A special road, crystalline,A smooth path winding,A surface of joy and peace,Of a sky filled with shining. I hear many voices passing by,Voices now, then, and when,They’re calling me to hurry on,To leave behind myContinue reading “The Road Home”

Thunder rumbles through our lives,A storm will sometimes follow,You feel sunny days will never return,We long for the song of a swallow. Those days are not the ending,If we focus on what is beyond,Beyond the unplanned happenings,The future is where to respond. So be redoubtable, courageous,Persevere through the storm,Sip from the cup of hope,You’ll findContinue reading “Redoubtable”

Friends over the cosmos of time,Come and go from our lives,In schools, sports, and clubs,Mostly, forming shallow ties. But friends anchored in spirit,Where proximity is not the key,Their love comes from depths,Deep like roots of trees. Friendly winds blow through our lives,In mostly mountain top years,Spiritual friends who have touched us,In valleys will always beContinue reading “Friends in Spirit”

When your mind begins to wander,Or your heart goes astray,Return your thoughts to eternity,An infinity of endless days. And if you fail seven times seven,Gather sails of grateful prayer,Find the peace of leeward winds,You’re marked His permanent heir. The voice of the spirit gives rise,To a tsunami of his grace,Engage the love within,Where Jesus’ forgivenessContinue reading “We Are All Prodigals”

We search from the beginning of our life,Looking for our purpose, the purpose of our life journey,The wiser we become, the more earnest the search.In that wisdom, I have concluded that the search is futile,It is like chasing the wind; it is unfindable. Our life is not linear or singularly self-determined.We constantly adapt to changingContinue reading “Unfindable, Yet Undeniable”

“See how wicked people think up evil,They plan trouble and practice deception,But in the traps they set for others,They themselves get caught. So, they are punished by their own evil,And are hurt by their own violence,I thank the Lord for his justice,I sing praises to the Lord Most High.”1 Wicked people invade my life,Sent byContinue reading “The Struggle”