Father’s
Love provides
Do not worry
Grasp His righteous hand
Kingdom
Tomorrow
Always waiting
Do not worry
Father’s grace shall address
Today
Faith’s
Living water
Do not worry
Father’s wisdom nourishes spirit
Enlightenment
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.
Gentle morning wakens
Far horizon brightens
Life stirring, yet hidden
Tiny shadow lightens
Leafless sentinels poised
Dignified, yet quiet
Nature’s hungriness growls
Winter’s empty diet
Eager deer stands alone
Daylight now discovers
Prince silently feeding
Thicket grants him cover
Dawn’s light show on display
Warm colors welcome day
Like geese flying above
Dark clouds flutter away
Lone blue heron overhead
Harmony dropping in
Landing on calm waters
Gentle morning’s check-in
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.”
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
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.”
Sun’s morning greeting
Welcome to this blessed day—
Time to start moving
Taking one more step
Focus on brighter moments—
Light’s encouragement
Another question
Sowing seeds for tomorrow—
Answers to be found
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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
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Originally published April, 2020.
From Colossians 3:12: “Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.”
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
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.”
Immanuel
Angel’s message
God with us
Living in human form
Jesus
Child
Humble birthplace
Sleeping in manger
Destined to save world
Redeemer
Rabbi
Parables taught
Faith’s promised answer
Arriving on Easter morn
Resurrection
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
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.”
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
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.”
Landscape’s stillness breathes
Each treasure waiting beneath—
Warm, snowy blanket
Faithful rising sun
Drawn in by its reflections—
Brr . . . it’s cold outside!
Eager sentinels
Giants seem absent of life—
Tree buds wait for spring
