Have You Never Known?

From Isaiah 40:28:  “Have you not known?  Have you not heard?  The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.”

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Have you never known?

God’s grace, covering this earth

Have you never heard?

Cold stable, virgin gives birth

 

Filling heavens with praises

God builds, He provides

Seeding faith with righteousness

His light serves as guide

 

Have you never known?

God’s Word shares His peace

Have you never heard?

Savior’s love renews faith’s lease

 

Hearing of Christ’s healing hand

God’s divine plan leads

Empowering man to change

Mercy’s tender reeds

 

Have you never known?

God’s desire to send His Son

Have you never heard?

Redemption forever won

 

Lamb of God, in heaven’s wings

God envisions hope

Bridge built between man and God

Savior levels every slope

 

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From Mark 1:38-39:  “He answered, ‘Let us go on to the neighboring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also, for that is what I came out to do.’  And He went throughout all Galilee, proclaiming the message in their synagogues and casting out demons.”

Interactions (Haiku Series #266)

Beginnings

Sun’s morning greeting

Welcome to this blessed day—

Time to start moving

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Transitions

Taking one more step

Focus on brighter moments—

Light’s encouragement

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Adventures

Another question

Sowing seeds for tomorrow—

Answers to be found

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Monday Memories: Days Grow Longer

gray small bird on green leaves

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Spring’s foretold migration finally arrives

Chasing away winter’s doldrums at long last

Growing longer, warmer days feeling alive

Returning daily, headliners rejoin cast

 

With every sunrise tweet, delightful birds sing

Updating winter’s drab wardrobe, trees turn green

Following God’s cue, all creatures here below

Coloring landscape, sweetness paints every scene

 

Patient gardens blooming, flowers smile again

Waking up from long winter naps, creatures roam

Setting life’s tone, creation’s quiet rhythm

Living in harmony, all feel quite at home

 

Spring’s joyful feast, nature’s symphony humming

Welcoming fanfare’s savory homecoming

red purple and yellow tulip fields

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Originally published April, 2020.

Power of Kindness

From Colossians 3:12:  “Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.”

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With every sunrise

Heart filling with grace

Overflowing love

From heavenly place

 

Freed of darkest clouds

Light removes blindness

Beginning at home

Power of kindness

 

Father’s chosen ones

Mercy stirs inside

Clothed with humbleness

Joyful, lasting ride

 

New life takes over

Love leads our labors

Voices singing psalms

Forgive each neighbor

 

Peace of Christ shall lead

“Golden Rule” thrives

Called as one Body

Compassion arrives

 

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From Colossians 3:17:  “And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”

Eternity’s Light (Elfchen Series #189)

Prophecy 

Immanuel

Angel’s message

God with us

Living in human form

Jesus

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Mission

Child

Humble birthplace

Sleeping in manger

Destined to save world

Redeemer

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“It is finished”

Rabbi

Parables taught

Faith’s promised answer

Arriving on Easter morn

Resurrection

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Endless Grassy Sea

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Virgin prairie

Endless grassy sea

Fertile, untouched

Living always free

 

Nature’s preserve

Blessed grassy sea

Native people

Worship what they see

 

Gift forever

Treasured grassy sea

Timeless, precious

Mother Earth agrees

 

Standing knee high

Faithful grassy sea

Glory days sing

Praises fill with glee

 

Man’s encroachment

Constant grassy sea

Days now numbered

Earth makes her plea

 

Plowing under

Cherished grassy sea

Another farm

Way of life now flees

 

Forever gone

Priceless grassy sea

Winds of time change

What should always be

 

Pockets remain

Endless grassy sea

Memories breathe

Yesterday foresees

 

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Eyes Fixed on Jesus


From Philippians 3:10-11:  “I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the sharing of His sufferings by becoming like Him in His death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.”

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Living in darkness

Flesh from evil lasts

Searching for God’s light

Breaking from sin’s past

 

Walking with Jesus

Loss shall replace gain

Redeeming at cross

Witnessing His pain

 

Wanting to know more

Resurrection’s light

Pressing on in faith

Praising all that’s right

 

Spending time with Him

Eyes fixed on Jesus

Growing in His Word

Liberating us

 

Completing life’s course

Jesus waiting there

Fulfilling mercy

Answering prayers

 

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From Philippians 3:20:  “But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Wintertime Morning (Haiku Series #265)

Out of Sight

Landscape’s stillness breathes

Each treasure waiting beneath—

Warm, snowy blanket

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Clear Sky

Faithful rising sun

Drawn in by its reflections—

Brr . . . it’s cold outside!

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Anticipation

Eager sentinels

Giants seem absent of life—

Tree buds wait for spring

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Monday Memories: Love Sings Hallelujah

From Genesis 2:24:  “Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.”

persons hands doing high five

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Creating a rainbow, love inspires

Connecting two lives, becoming one

Merging together, feelings inside

Celebrating, we’ve only begun

 

Meeting at life’s crossroads, love brings truth

Confessing before our Lord, now one

Living as a twosome, sharing love

Spending time together, never done

 

Cherishing our love, always special

Sharing our dreams, dwelling between us

Leading us on a life adventure

Capturing a moment, on life’s bus

 

Depending on each other, love bonds

Growing tired of each other, never

Celebrating God’s gifts, shared with us

Changing our minds about us, never

 

Weathering life’s storms, love conquers all

Singing Hallelujah, love declares

Leaning on each other, love endures

Treasuring us, God’s love truly cares

man in black long sleeved shirt and woman in black dress

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From 1 Corinthians 13:4-7:  “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.”

Originally published April, 2020.

Fresh Beginnings

From Psalm 51:10-12:  “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.  Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me.  Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit.”

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Just as farmers plant

Placing faithful trust

God’s mercy shall grant

From earth’s blessed crust

 

Mankind’s wayward thoughts

Filling sinful acts

Tender grace be caught

Truthfulness unpacked

 

Steadfast Spirit stirs

Creating clean heart

Joyfulness unblurred

Fresh beginnings start

 

God’s love envisions

Taking in His peace

Hope’s assured vision

Life’s renewing lease

 

Old ways put away

Hanging from Lord’s cross

Bridge lighted each day

Faith brings us across

 

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From Ephesians 4:21-24:  “ For surely you have heard about Him and were taught in Him, as truth is in Jesus, to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.”