Promises
Taking root
Hearing God’s Word
Overcoming life’s stressful times
Trusting
Persecution
Apostles imprisoned
Freed by angels
Teaching and proclaiming Jesus
Fearless
Praise
Jesus Christ
Always the same
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow
Rejoice
To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful.
True poetry is a function of awakening. It awakens us, but it must remain the memory of previous dreams.
Gaston Bachelard (1884-1962) contributed to French culture as a philosopher. His writings are quite extensive.
From the words of American pastor and Christian teacher, Charles Stanley: “When we trust God to provide the stamina for the work He calls us to do, we are clothed in power.”
Walking these roads for so long
Sin short-circuits dusty steps
Trust’s gauge running on empty
Darkness knocking at doorstep
Facing life’s tall shortcomings
Empty promises sell short
Holy Spirit calling now
Time to seek Father’s support
Hearing faithful promises
His Spirit brings fortitude
Truly believe, seeking Him
Bread of Life, God’s daily food
Turning to Jesus Christ
Living water quenches thirst
Savior clothes with grace-filled love
His promises, always first
Strengthening life’s weaknesses
Holy promises bring light
Eyes open, hearts enlightened
New life trusts in Father’s might
From Luke 24:49: “And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
The good news is that the bad news can be turned into good news when you change your attitude.
From James 1:2-4: “My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing.”
From the words of American pastor and Christian author, A. W. Tozer: “Faith is the gaze of a soul upon a saving God.”
Winter’s lost, snow-covered faith
Father’s presence, long frozen
Buried faith, under deep drifts
Lack of any hope, blows in
Christ melts each frozen glacier
Ice turns to living water
Holy Spirit flows with hope
God’s Word molds, as faith’s potter
Spring arrives, God’s Holy love
Maturing into life’s fruit
Flowering trees, witness faith
Hope emerging, each new shoot
Resurrection brings new life
Hungry faith springs with fresh growth
Spirit warms forgotten hearts
Faith then hope, Christ unearths both
From Proverbs 3:3-4: “Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and of people.”
For us, jealousy isn’t attractive, but for God, it’s a holy attribute. God is unhappy when we worship anyone besides Him. Only He deserves our praise.
From James 4:5-6: “Or do you suppose that it is for nothing that the scripture says, ‘God yearns jealously for the spirit that He has made to dwell in us’? But He gives all the more grace.”
Coffee’s sunrise treat
Certainly tastes much better—
From favorite mug
Overnight snowfall
Mountaintop’s deepest powder—
Skiers’ paradise
Winter’s impromptu
Out-of-school experience—
Another snow day!
If the Spirit of God detects anything in you that is wrong, He does not ask you to put it right; He asks you to accept the light, and He will put it right.
From 2 Corinthians 3:3-5: “And you show that you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are competent of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our competence is from God.”
Published in April, 2019, this faith-based poem remains the most viewed post on Big Sky Buckeye. The theme of family and adoption hits close to home, and this poem honors a family very dear to my wife and I. Their story has been a true and rewarding journey of faith with our Lord.
God always manages an astonishing plan
He stretches His hands across the land
He spends six days building His creation
Then, He smiles at His brilliant sensation
Again and again, God shows He is in charge
His Holy presence looms, caring and large
His Book of Life satisfies with infinite pages
He sends His Son as a sacrifice, for the ages
When our Savior rises on Easter morn
God proving, His love will always adorn
A woman grows up, dreaming of more
She longs to be a wife with love to soar
She looks forward to being a mother
God would have it this way, no other
A devoted man with his son, will now deploy
Her sacred marriage brings to her much joy
She becomes a wife and mother in one day
Wow! God’s plan brings much delight today
Alas, something is missing in a life filled with peace
An unfilled yearning to bear a child, the final piece
Through much prayer, faithful words to offer
This couple places their trust with the Father
A young girl appears, needing a loving place
They become her foster parents, with haste
Over time, this girl discovers love, with such vastness
Her home permeates with love, without any sadness
But wait—the story carries on for a year
Now adoption lies ahead, without fear
Father, mother, son, and now a daughter
God’s love touches all, thicker than water
Praise God, our heavenly Father this day
Praise His miracles that astound and say
God always manages an astonishing plan
He stretches His hands across the land
We never shape the world . . . the world shapes us.
Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
Ohio-born Toni Morrison (1931-2019) experienced the ultimate tributes given any novelist when she received the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for her ground-breaking novel BELOVED and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. Her many awards and published works were a testament to her gifts as a writer.
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