Category Archives: Poetry

Wisdom’s Heart

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From Ephesians 5:15-16:  “Be careful, then, how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil.”

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Wisdom’s heart

Filling with light

More than being smart

Spirit’s peace comes each night

 

Wisdom waits

God’s strength shall come

Patience’s blessed fate

Marching to heavens’ drum

 

Wisdom’s trust

Shared from above

Faith rises from dust

Calvary bears Christ’s love

 

Wisdom thrives

Apply God’s truth

Choices breathe alive

Life’s depth replaces youth

 

Wisdom’s grace

Righteousness roams

Salvation’s birthplace

Heaven’s redeeming home

 

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From Ecclesiastes 10:10:  “If the iron is blunt and one does not whet the edge, then more strength must be exerted, but wisdom helps one to succeed.”

Savior’s Light (Elfchen Series #255)

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Trusted

Hearing

False promises

Enemy in darkness

Truth no longer hidden

Jesus

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Committed

Embracing

Faithful whisper

Leaving transgression’s darkness

Showered with daily grace

Jesus

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Engaged

Witnessing

Mercy’s forgiveness

Redemption’s Holy covenant

Hope transforms all darkness

Jesus

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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.

Wilderness Backpack

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Central Ohio’s Chestnut Ridge Metro Park (June, 2020).

Hidden in forest’s depths

Creator’s kingdom reigns

Moving with quiet breath

Feeding nature’s unbroken chain

 

Spontaneous landscape

Creator’s rhythm sings

Breathing beauty’s freshness

Witnessing all that summer brings

 

Trees towering above

Creator fills each scene

Overflowing with peace

Reaching to heavens, grass so green

 

Tranquil waters roam free

Creator’s grace gives back

Nourishing youngest plants

Equipping wilderness backpack

 

Busy traffic drives by

Immune to forest’s sigh

Missing treasures within

Creator frames sunset’s goodbye

 

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Faith Nourished

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From Habakkuk 2:4:  “Look at the proud!  Their spirit is not right in them, but the righteous live by their faithfulness.”

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Coming to worship

God inviting all

Praising Son above

Each saint finds landfall

 

Praying in earnest

God hears every Word

Lasting grace comes forth

Truth’s faithful password

 

Walking righteous path

God light’s trusted way

Raising up His Son

Faith nourished each day

 

Singing every psalm

God opens each door

Welcoming with peace

Hope ready to soar

 

Loving with each breath

God’s will never fails

Blessing at sunrise

Spirit set to sail

 

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From 1 Corinthians 13:4-8:  “Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.  It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable; it keeps no record of wrongs; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth.   It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.  Love never ends.”

Each Day (Haiku Series #331)

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Illuminating

Obstacles ahead

Shading vision from darkness—

Coming into light

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Overcoming

Bumpy road jumps up

Watch out . . . another crater—

Changing tire again

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Harmonizing

“Things” lose their luster

Instead, heart swells with people—

Living simple life

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Monday Memories: Faith and Mountains

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From Mark 11:23:  “Truly I tell you, if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and if you do not doubt in your heart, but believe that what you say will come to pass, it will be done for you.”

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Life facing complex, hurting world

Rugged mountain peaks, blocking us

Never be in doubt, but believe

Accepting God’s grace, ride His bus

 

Immovable mountains stand tall

Remaining steadfast in prayer

Requiring faith in our Father

He watches over our welfare

 

Lacking faith, walking in darkness

Our Father sends His lasting grace

Prepared and willing to assist

His energy, ready to embrace

 

God seeks men and women of faith

Follow His Word, forever speaks

For our Lord’s glory and kingdom

Trusting Him, tackling mountain peaks

 

Believe totally in the Lord

Walking in faithfulness each day

Our faith moves our Father to act

Thanks be to God, He shows the way! 

 

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From the words of American pastor and author, E. M. Bounds:  “Only God can move mountains, but faith and prayer can move God.”

Originally published November, 2020.

Grace Forever Free

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From Lamentations 3:22-24:  “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.  ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in Him.'”

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Enemy only brings

Darkness upon thee

Emptiness clings

Again, lost at sea

 

Trapped in wilderness maze

No escape for thee

Sun’s missing rays

What does Spirit see?

 

God’s arrow finds its mark

Peace comes upon thee

Redemption’s ark

His Word’s faithful key

 

Salvation’s open gate

Savior’s love for thee

Mercy’s soulmate

Evil’s breath now flees

 

Bethlehem’s blessed light

Shineth upon thee

Hope taking flight

Praying on both knees

 

Freedom from heavy chains

Sins’ debts paid for thee

Christ shoulders pain

Grace forever free

 

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From Lamentations 3:55-57:  “I called on Your name, O Lord, from the depths of the pit; You heard my plea, ‘Do not close Your ear to my cry for help, but give me relief!’  You came near when I called on You; You said, ‘Do not fear!'”

Trusting to Grow (Elfchen Series #254)

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Faithfulness

Embracing

God’s wisdom

Accepting priceless truth

Overcoming through His understanding

Perseverance

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Steadfastness

Practicing

Daily self-discipline

Listening to God

Maturing from righteous lessons

Diligence

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Happiness

Honoring

Unconditional love

Mother and Father

Guided by Spirit above

Family

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Forward with Hope

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Catching each golden ray

Glowing from morning sunrise

Motivating from depths within

Opportunity’s faithful prize

 

Embracing journey’s breath

Pursuing trials ahead

Moving always forward with hope

Opportunity’s next beachhead

 

Freshening life’s outlook

Following trusted light’s way

Stepping through one more open gate

Opportunity’s grateful play

 

Exploring adventures

Discovering hidden road

Seeking one final victory

Opportunity’s next crossroad

 

Pausing now to give thanks

Relishing each blessed day

Looking toward day’s next chapter

Opportunity’s true gateway

 

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Harvest of Righteousness

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From James 1:5-6:  “If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.  But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.”

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Journey faces trials

Faith tested by each

Producing endurance

God shall faithfully teach

 

Wisdom found in God’s Word

Daily lessons speak

Granting transforming grace

Never doubt what He tweaks

 

Gracious God offers hope

Truth’s new direction

Walking on mercy’s path

Filled with Christ’s perfection

 

Taste Heaven’s purity

Spirit bringing forth

Trusting in risen Christ

Compass setting, true north

 

Harvest of righteousness

Sown with seeds to cope

Rising from Calvary

Spirit filled with Christ’s hope

 

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From James 3:13:  “Who is wise and knowledgeable among you?  Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom.”