When time is done and I shall stand alone Before my judge on God Almighty’s throne, No questions asked or answered, He will know Each detail of the time I spent below. By grace I stand within His righteousness, But He will test my heart’s own faithfulness. Did I love Him, keeping His commands, And […]
Just One More Letter
Sometimes I feel as if I could juuuuust stretch my fingers out one more letter, I’d be able to feel the Holy Spirit flowing through me again… the way it used to be. It’s just like the passion I felt on Sunday morning that I had not felt in sooooo long. The part of me […]
interminable waiting
Another long day stretches out in front of me. It seems I wait forever for God to move in some tangible way in my life. I can see small spurts of something every now and then… and then… I’m stuck in another standstill period. Things keep happening around me, so God is probably moving, but […]
The Puddle
There, I went and did it without even realizing it. I forgot myself again. I got so bogged down with all the stuff of life, My thoughts swirled in meaningless, overlapping circles. Words flying this way and that in some Mixed jumble of complete and utter nonsense Until I sat down, let loose the wildness […]
TO DIE IS GAIN
On this tough path, you want to run Against the flow, O foolish one. But what you think you want, you know Leads only through a rougher road. For willful longing brings much pain. (To live is Christ, to die is gain.) So let this go and lay it down. Take up the cross, and […]
Misunderstanding
[Note from the author: issue resolved. ~CCC] Friends are well-meaning, caring, and kind in their own ways. Trouble is…their ways aren’t always my ways and vice versa. The expectations feel so high sometimes I go sliding right down to the bottom of my toes, Wondering if I’ll be able to pick myself up again. I […]