Outlook smiling back
New day advancing forward—
Yesterday erased
Constant companion
Life’s lyrics looking forward—
Melody’s rhythm
Warming lonely heart
Blazing light sweeping forward—
Each morning sunrise
From Psalm 31:24: “Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord.”
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Immense weight of the world
Resting on our shoulders
Crying out to our Lord
Pebbles fall like boulders
Darkest thoughts undermine
Harshest mental torment
Hidden physical foes
Hopeless, stuck in cement
Our Lord hearing, He cares
Listening to whole hearts
Filling with confidence
Piercing conflict, like a dart
Forever with our Lord
His refuge, without fuss
His righteousness delivers
Strong fortress, saving us
Cities under fearful siege
Virus shadows each street
Lord, lead us and guide us
Your goodness won’t retreat
Our Father’s steadfast love
Covers our affliction
Blessed be our Lord God
Faith, hope . . . our conviction
Trusting in the Father
Facing vicious disease
Your face shines upon us
We pray upon our knees
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From Psalm 3:8: “Deliverance belongs to the Lord; may your blessings be on your people.”
Originally published April, 2020.
From Jeremiah 15:21: “I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”
Steadfast in faithfulness
Christ remembers His flock
Unwavering mercy
Leading our righteous walk
Deliverance stirs faith
Christ proclaims Gospel’s peace
Unwavering message
Teaching salvation’s lease
Awakened faith reborn
Christ blesses life’s new road
Unwavering with grace
Bearing our sinful load
Faithfulness promises
Christ, eternity’s rock
Unwavering shepherd
Trusting, heaven unlocks
From Psalm 26:11: “But as for me, I walk in my integrity; redeem me and be gracious to me.”
Inviting
Abundant life
Quenching spiritual thirst
Clutching Father’s steadfast promises
Relationship
Seeking
Lasting nourishment
Spiritual hunger fulfilled
Following our Father’s way
Peace
Hearing
Angelic voices
Bursting with praise
Mountaintops full of love
Joy
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.
Distant clap of thunder
Pausing as if on cue
Cloudy skies breaking free
Nightly reflections coo
At first, hearing silence
Nature turns on her spell
Nightly reflections stir
Stories ready to tell
Moon serenades landscape
Harmony’s silent creek
Timeless melodies swirl
Nightly reflections peek
Lake’s high tide rolling in
Whispers tease sandy beach
Nightly reflections wink
Drowsy thoughts within reach
Dreams never want to fade
Overcome now with sleep
Horizon’s sunrise waits
Nightly reflections keep
From Revelation 21:23: “And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.”
Shrouded in darkness
Surrounded with gloom
World living with sin
Light beams from death’s tomb
Found in Father’s Word
Filled with His Good News
Enduring light shines
Life’s anchor, now choose
Blessed kingdom waits
Focused light brings more
Seeing faithful road
Jesus, faith’s mentor
Lighted lamp confirms
Revealed through His grace
Lamb bears every sin
Jesus takes our place
Harvested mercy
Completed, finished
Light forever leads
Love undiminished
From James 3:17: “But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.”
Morning thunderstorm
Followed with rain’s gentleness—
Summer’s welcome pause
Ripened, golden fields
Filling nation’s breadbasket—
Ready for harvest
Autumn’s dry stream beds
Snow falling on mountaintops—
Spring’s blessed run-off
From American theologian, Fulton J. Sheen: “God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.”
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God’s eternal love seeks
Intimate relationships
No longer standing back
Feeling love as He speaks
Our Lord loves each of us
Stepping forward with faith
Accepting His sincere truth
Our God, never to mistrust
When darker times arrive
Opening hearts to our Lord
Never to feel forsaken
Trusting, abiding, alive
Our Father always cares
Hearing faithful prayers
Watching trusting steps
Feeling moments of despair
Flowing from Heaven above
To a stable’s manger
Witnessing from a cruel Cross
God’s Grace delivers His love
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From John 15:8-9: “My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become My disciples. As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you; abide in My love.
Originally published March, 2020.
In seasons of trial or abundance–and we’ll likely experience both, even simultaneously–we can cling to Him and trust that He is the source of all courage, perseverance, and abiding joy.
From 1 Samuel 17:37, 45: “David said, ‘The Lord, who saved me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, will save me from the hand of this Philistine.’ So Saul said to David, ‘Go, and may the Lord be with you!’ [verse 45] But David said to the Philistine, ‘You come to me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.'”
From the words of American mission worker and hymn writer, Fanny Crosby: “Kindness in this world will do much to help others, not only to come into the light, but also to grow in grace day by day.”
Every day
Following Christ
Daily lessons teach
Faith never standing still
Every day
Walking with Christ
Light powered by grace
Trust starts at Calvary
Every day
Worshipping Christ
Strengthened with mercy
Spirit’s well never dry
Every day
Learning from Christ
Filled with His wisdom
Nourished with Living Bread
Every day
Growing in Christ
Kindness overflows
Life’s glorious classroom
From Colossians 1:5-6: “Because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God.”
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