Resolve
Facing
Life’s detours
Unwavering faith breathes
Filled with Savior’s hope
Overcoming
Reaffirm
Waiting
Patience nourished
Savior’s risen spirit
Filled with mercy’s connection
Reflecting
Rekindle
Believing
Savior’s light
Darkness swept away
Filled with love’s truth
Maturing
This series of poems (written in the German-inspired style of Elfchen or Elevenie) shares a total of eleven words in each poem, with a sequence by line of one, two, three, four, and one words.
Big Sky Buckeye 
I am discovering that the detours set before us only sharpen our relationship with
God and his eternal grace. Even the roadblocks can be good for us.
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Amen. Kathy, your response witnesses to the grace which our Father continues to share. Through faith, we grow in trusting His chosen path for us.
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Now I wonder if Elevenie inspired Tolkien’s Elevenses. 🙂
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Perhaps! Judy, thanks for sharing. I’ll have to educate myself more about Tolkien.
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Life’s detours can be God’s way of guiding us
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Amen. Matt, your reflections are a blessing to read. While we may not be seeking more of life’s detours, we an embrace them with God’s steady hand guiding us.
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