Today I feel like sunshine Though it’s cold and wet and gray. Inside my soul I feel fine Though the storms of life hold sway. It is odd but I can stand fast Feeling rest and grace and peace Never minding as I sail past Other ships and harbors’ ease. For the way of strength […]
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Poetry
Jun 29, 2011
Moving On
On a cold May afternoon, When the sky was dark and gray, And my heart was filled with gloom From the long and dreary day, I was waiting for a word In my wrought-up frame of mind, But the message that I heard Said, “Keep moving. There’s no time. Holy Spirit’s on the move Spread […]
Poetry
Jun 29, 2011
Prayer
O God, who walks beside me, O LORD, who holds me up, Please, come now, lead and guide me. Please, fill my empty cup. I’m weak and I am lonely In darkness and in doubt, But You, the One and Only, Bring light to lead me out. Dear Father, take this off’ring— My sacrifice of […]
Poetry
Jun 28, 2011
Mercy
Whence cometh Mercy, poured on all she meets, When Judgment stands against her sweet travail. Whence cometh she whose strength is seen as weak, To triumph yet, and through that power prevail. For Mercy triumphs over Judgment Each and every time her grace is called; And Mercy triumphs over Judgment For at the feet of […]
Poetry
Jan 6, 2011
…Maybe (10/20/10)
Just when I think I’ll be fine… Things are going to be okay, Life is going to settle down… Something happens. In my life “somethingâ€? is usually not small; It’s a right-down-to-the-wire MAJOR issue. According to Erma Bombeck, “Normal is a setting on the washing machine.â€? So, really, normal is a relative term. “Normalâ€? for […]