Works Of A Wordsmith

Like the waves rolling into the sand, Your Spirit is powerful, inexorable. You resonate within us— Unstoppable, bringing change. Even when we resist, Your grace never gives up on us— Saturating our hearts with love… Till the rough places are made smooth, The mountains are brought low, And our hearts bow in humble gratitude For […]

When wonder at the world becomes insipid, When watches of the night become too long, When days drag on until it all seems vapid, When noises overwhelm your every song, It’s time to press beyond your inclinations, To make your feelings cave beneath your will, To stand upon the Rock of your salvation, To hold […]

Sometimes, my Lord, I wonder why You chose to come, to live and die… Because we are so full of sin, With hearts of wickedness within. Yet it’s so clear you loved us still Despite our weak and foolish will, So in due time you saved us all. You offered us your loving call. By […]

I feel this compulsion to write again, To try to express something new and different Than the thousand thousand ways I’ve written before. Words have always been my comfort, My way of pushing the envelope of my emotions Until I can define and quantify some aspect of myself In a verbal space that others identify […]

When words don’t really flow and All I do is feel, Till I am overwhelmed, You give me rest and silence in Your arms. You let me come and cry on Your shoulder Till I am purged of the stress and shame, Till the rivers of cleansing tears Flows clearly again, Without all the toxins […]