Questions
Seeking help
Father never forsakes
Faith carries us through
Answers
Waking
Each morning
Day’s agenda reset
Grace sustains another soul
Living
Hearing
Daily prayers
Mercy brings patience
Father’s glory shall shine
Believing
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.
Never forget, when you have lost your faith, when God is no longer real to you–go back. Go back to the last place you saw Him. He will be waiting for you there.
From Isaiah 30:18: “Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.”
Martha Williamson is a television producer, who is best known for her contributions as the head writer and executive producer of the award-winning television series, “Touched by an Angel.”
From Ephesians 6:10-12: Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His power; put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil, for our struggle is not against blood and flesh but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.”
Evil waits in shadows
Always ready to pounce
Bending each tender rose
Courage fills every ounce
Darkness plays upon fears
Adversary arrives
Filling each heart with tears
Courage always survives
God’s armor shall protect
Against wicked’s arrows
Standing tall and erect
Courage never narrows
Bold light shines from above
God harbors faith’s stronghold
Sending grace, filled with love
Confidence grows and holds
Oh, God of Salvation
High upon solid rock
Blessing life’s narration
Confidence grasps bedrock
Shouts of joy, praising God
Hope now breathes, without fear
Walking on mercy’s sod
Confidence always near
From Psalm 27:1-2: “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When evildoers assail me to devour my flesh—my adversaries and foes—they shall stumble and fall.”
Rather than live with reluctance, let’s live with exuberance. Instead of fearing what’s ahead, let’s face it head-on with enthusiasm. And because life is so terribly short, let’s do everything we can to make it sweet.
From James 4:14-15: “Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wishes, we will live and do this or that.'”
From Psalm 92:1-2: “It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to declare Your steadfast love in the morning, and Your faithfulness by night.”
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Awesome God
Watching over us
His lasting, eternal Creation
From Heaven
His sovereignty covers
Always faithful in devotion
His greatness
Prevails over all
As the Most High
Standing above
His wisdom proclaims
Past, present, and future
His work
Scatters His enemies
Bringing gladness and joy
Our Father
Assuring, unselfish love
Reaching deeply into souls
Heavenly Father
Standing tall forever
Above any and all
Our Rock
He stands mightily
Each and every day
Forever awesome
His transforming power
Offers gift of Grace
Always upright
For the righteous
His path to Salvation
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Originally published February, 2020.
From Psalm 147:5-6: “Great is our Lord and abundant in power; His understanding is beyond measure. The Lord lifts up the downtrodden; He casts the wicked to the ground.”
Flowing Creator’s river
Filling faith’s infinite song
Catching every sweetest verse
Walking with Christ, always strong
Knowing heartache and despair
Finding deepest love-filled joy
Praising grace with every song
Crushing darkness, Christ deploys
Enriching life’s peace journey
Echoing lyrics shall sing
Leading from night to morning
Replacing evil’s harsh sting
Witnessing hope every day
Revealing Savior’s true love
Composing each blessed song
Praying to Father above
Transforming another soul
Singing with angels up high
Renewing faith’s guiding light
Looking to heavens’ blue sky
American preacher and renowned hymn writer, Robert Lowry (1826-1899), wrote over 500 hymns. One inspired this poem, “My Life Flows On in Endless Song.”
If I am united with Jesus Christ, I hear God by the devotion of hearing all the time. A lily, or a tree, or a servant of God, may convey God’s message to me.
From 1 Samuel 3:10-11: “Now the Lord came and stood there, calling as before, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’ And Samuel said, ‘Speak, for your servant is listening.’ Then the Lord said to Samuel, ‘See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make both ears of anyone who hears of it tingle.'”
Daily
Blessed dialogue
God and self
Listening to His love
Prayer
Trusting
Christ’s light
Leading one’s journey
Along His chosen path
Faith
Creator’s
Lasting insight
Through free-flowing grace
Timing of life’s seasons
Fulfillment
When our top priority is to please God with our life, we can expect treasure in heaven.
From Luke 12:20-21: “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”
From Isaiah 9:2: “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness—on them light has shined.”
Walking without light
Actions filled with sin
False gods and idols
Faith absent within
Living in darkness
Gloom filled with torment
God’s conquered people
Called now to repent
Hearing prophet’s call
Shadows hidden theft
Nation’s ember glows
God has never left
Seeing promised grace
Filled with renewed hope
Evil crawls away
Faith grasps mercy’s rope
Easing life’s burdens
True light’s beating drum
Fear replaced with joy
Darkness overcome
From Isaiah 9:4: “For the yoke of their burden and the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor, You have broken as on the day of Midian.”
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