Walking
God’s highway
Taking His way
Now becoming our way
Devotedness
Following
Christ’s example
Breathing with perseverance
Surrounded with countless witnesses
Steadfastness
Accepting
Father’s discipline
Tested by trials
Feeling His unwavering love
Righteousness
Working through one creative mind
Marking day’s journey with words
Discovering everyday joy
Sometimes thoughts need to be stirred
Writing breathes through life’s marathon
Joining one more puzzle piece
Painting another sketch to share
Sometimes thoughts stir words’ new lease
Picking one theme to create from
Pouring forth from active voice
Sharing words’ unique perspective
Sometimes thoughts stir sharpest choice
Gathering daily momentum
Setting comfortable pace
Harvesting each page filled with words
Sometimes thoughts stir one more chase
From 2 Corinthians 3:17: “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
Oceans of Father’s mercy
Flowing deep and wide
Replacing darkness with kindness
His eternal light, our guide
No mountain ever too high
Praising His glory
Entering Father’s safe fortress
His Word reveals our story
Calvary’s dark cross conquered
Viewing empty tomb
Looking to heavens, Christ risen
His grace spares life’s sinful doom
Eternity’s gate opened
Breaking evil’s chains
Following Jesus, freedom calls
His righteousness grabs life’s reins
Every precious life matters
Redeeming each heart
Nourishing with faith’s Living Bread
Father’s plan offers fresh start
From Galatians 5:1: “For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.”
Normally, Saturday’s post features “Trivia’s Facts and More.” The highway has led me to my native home of Montana. Enjoy this poem.
Heading west again
Leaving Buckeye land
Passing fields of corn
Highway’s singing band
Heading always west
Looking for blue sky
Small towns say hello
Highway time flies by
Heading west each day
Indiana waits
Illinois rolls by
Highway distance great
Heading ever west
Iowa belongs
Minnesota treats
Highway rolls along
Heading west for sure
South Dakota smiles
Wyoming roams free
Highway conquers miles
Heading west today
Montana’s hello
Big Sky welcomes home
Highway’s final show
My writing will be taking a well-deserved vacation while I wander under the Big Sky. My next post will be published on Tuesday, August 22. Everyone take care.
Assurance
Blessed relationship
Faith’s solid rock
Secure in Father’s love
Confidence
Confidence
Blessed actions
Grace at work
Goodness from Father’s love
Hope
Hope
Blessed Word
Wisdom dwells within
Framed by Father’s love
Assurance
Predawn countdown
Night shift ending
Morning wakens
Sunrise pending
Tender blossoms
Open to light
Melody plays
New day takes flight
Harmony shines
Dew-covered grass
Nature reflects
Treasured stained glass
Quietness reigns
Early hour waits
Tiny breeze calls
Foreshadowed fate
Scene fills with love
Creation sings
Postcard painted
Blessed heartstrings
From Psalm 86:5: “For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on You.”
Life’s dark times gathering
Rolling in, blackest clouds
Walking in strength, with God
Steadfast hope flows unbowed
Troubles waiting ahead
Surrounding voices’ noise
Praying to God above
Steadfast mercy deploys
Stormy seas crashing down
Sailing through darkest days
Feeling safe in God’s hands
Steadfast faith finds His way
Evil setting its trap
Tempting with sinful fate
Trusting God, breaking free
Steadfast goodness checkmates
Alone, feeling afraid
Searching for safest place
Hearing God, calling thee
Steadfast love, full of grace
From Psalm 86:15: “But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.”
Human element
Instinct joins intuition—
Finding solutions
Waiting at crossroads
Game’s intangible knowledge—
Patience now answers
Flipping day’s chessboard
Applying lifetime of moves—
Evading checkmate
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Like deer at a flowing stream
I wake thirsty from a dream
Tears feed me, night and day
“Where is your God?” people say
My spirit is cast down low
God’s faithful, trusty love, He shows
Nightly, Psalms sing to my heart
Praying for my life to restart
My flesh cries out in thirst
God’s love will always arrive first
In the middle of dry land
His love extends from His hand
Sometimes life brings bitterness to drink
Thirsty like parched land, I think
The Gospel brings forward good news
Living water quenches, like morning dew
The Enemy taunts me once more
“Where is your God?” he implores
He has left and forsaken you
Your tiny life should be through
Glory of God fills the streams
Desert sands become pools, no dream
Grass thickens across the vast plains
Springs arise, thirst never to wane
Jesus, the Lamb, shepherds me now
Providing living water, kneel and bow
Come, take this water of life
Receiving God’s grace, without any strife
Waking in the darkness of night
Thirsty for God’s message of might
Making water flow from a stone
Split open by God’s blessed tone
The Enemy’s spirit no longer swarms
Thirst for righteousness, defeats any storms
All who thirst, seek God’s altar
Holy Spirit’s living water, never falters
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Originally published September, 2019.
From Proverbs 19:21: “The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.”
Gift of family unfolds
Relationships healthy and blessed
God’s love covers this home
Leading this grace-filled nest
Imperfections reverse tide
Frustrations fill with discontent
God witnesses each tear
Reshaping what is meant
Time healing deepest trauma
Days, weeks—sometimes months travel by
God breathes, never silent
Wiping every tear dry
Faith speaks, better days ahead
Hope generates from cherished love
God welcomes members home
Blessing life from above
From Joshua 24:15: “Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living, but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
Big Sky Buckeye 