Forgiving
One another
Embracing Father’s grace
Touched by His deliverance
Love
Supporting
Each other
Surrounding with grace
God’s timeless love shared
Fellowship
Following
Father’s commandments
Deepening love’s testament
Light from risen grace
Jesus
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.
From Psalm 37:3-4: “Trust in the Lord and do good; live in the land and enjoy security. Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.”
Trusting Father’s plans
Accepting His grace
Breathing in wisdom
Worry no longer gives chase
Taking faithful steps
Embracing His ways
Walking with Father
His patience teaches each day
Lending mercy’s peace
Expressing His love
Filling heart with hope
Father’s joy breathes from above
Leaving sinful flesh
Departing from night
Honoring Father
His righteousness leads with light
Sowing truthful seeds
Viewing empty tomb
Trusting risen Christ
Redemption’s fruits fully bloom
From Psalm 37:29: “The righteous shall inherit the land and live in it forever.”
From Psalm 18:1-2: “I love You, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”
Good Shepherd reminds His flock
Take spirit’s path, filled with love
Humbleness leading faith’s walk
Tasting His grace, from high above
High Priest teaches from God’s Word
Another day filled with light
Righteous truth no longer blurred
Accepting grace, within His sight
Savior nurtures faith with hope
Repentance, actions of peace
His love strengthens mercy’s rope
Forgiving grace, never shall cease
Faithful Counselor’s vision
Salvation to always trust
Joy-filled without division
Breathing with God’s grace, life adjusts
Messiah reigns eternal
Calvary’s blood overcomes
His hand writes in faith’s journal
Offering grace, God’s kingdom come
From Psalm 18:46: “The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation.”
From Psalm 77:14: “You are the God who works wonders; You have displayed Your might among the peoples.”
In days of trouble
Enemy’s darkness flees
Hearing heavens’ thunder
Father’s grace, always free
In midst of trials
Trusted light shall arrive
Feeling comforting peace
Father’s passion alive
In deepest abyss
Hopeless, yet not alone
Reaching for mercy’s hand
Father’s mighty deeds sown
One more miracle
Absent of His footprints
Transforming with wonders
Father’s breath offers hint
Another sunrise
Joy found in heaven’s love
Restoring fragile health
Father’s touch from above
From Psalm 77:19: “Your way was through the sea, Your path through the mighty waters, yet Your footprints were unseen.”
From 1 Corinthians 13:13: “And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.”
Living hollow life without love
Nothing but emptiness, thereof
Disconnected faith fills our veins
Minus love, tall mountains remain
Mankind’s meaningless possessions
Forgotten in life’s recessions
Worldly knowledge, means so little
Love gently binds, never brittle
Love arrives with Holy kindness
Patience without any blindness
Never arrogant or hateful
Without envy, always grateful
Jesus teaches, love each other
Sincere love, sisters and brothers
Caring God so loved this dark world
Christ’s own unselfish love unfurled
From a blood-stained Cross comes His Grace
Love speaks out, sin falls on its face
Our Lord offers His Holy gift
Faith, hope, love . . . no longer adrift
God’s Word delivers life’s new lease
Love triumphs, building lasting peace
From the words of Christian theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr: “The cross symbolizes a cosmic as well as a historic truth. Love conquers the world, but its victory is not an easy one.”
Originally published September, 2020.
From 1 Thessalonians 3:11-12: “Now may our God and Father Himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you. And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we abound in love for You.”
Arising each morning
Heart breathes in Father’s love
Praising pilgrim’s journey
Grace follows from above
Standing firm with Father
Hands of patient potter
Shaping this precious day
Mercy’s living water
Overcoming darkness
Light comes from Father’s Word
Taking in wisdom’s breath
Faith strengthened from what’s heard
Accepting Father’s plan
Truth breaks through evil’s crust
Walking in harmony
Submission brings man’s trust
Breaking free from bondage
Christ severs every chain
Paying sins’ debts with blood
In victory, He reigns
From 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10: “For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with Him.”
Faith’s
Patient peace
Accepting Spirit’s truth
Witnessing mercy taking flight
Righteousness
Hope’s
Guiding light
Accepting Christ’s challenge
Forwarding grace to others
Joy
Love’s
Stirring heartbeat
Accepting Father’s truth
Forgiveness comes through Thee
Cleansing
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.
From Mark 12:29-31: “Jesus answered, ‘The first is, Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Another blessed day
Celebrate Father’s goodness
Unlimited gifts of grace
From Heaven’s sacred place
With each day, come to serve
Opportunity’s freedom
Spelled out through Christ’s faithful love
Gathered from high above
Sunset follows sunrise
Encouraged by Spirit’s breath
Honor Father with actions
More than just transactions
Share kindness with others
Holds enthusiasm’s joy
Love Jesus with one’s whole heart
Hope journeys to fresh start
Excitement’s daily peace
Truth in Father’s righteousness
Faith’s trustworthy bridge designed
Follow with steps aligned
From Matthew 5:6: “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.”
From John 3:5: “Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.”
Living a dark life of sin
Failing to follow God’s Word
Walking as slaves in the flesh
“Abandon your ways” . . . unheard
Falling, ignoring our Lord
Leaving Him for empty thoughts
Taking our path, darkness prowls
Sinful hunger calls the shots
Consumed by life in the flesh
There awaits a better way
God never abandons us
Offering His Grace each day
God gives Himself entirely
Spirit marches to our hearts
Delivers His greatest gift
God’s Son offers a fresh start
Christ becomes our foundation
Jesus walking where we walk
Exchanging His life for us
Shepherd gathering His flock
From John 3:16-17: “For God so loved the world that He gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not perish but may have eternal life. Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him.”
Originally published September, 2020.
From 1 Peter 5:8-9: “Discipline yourselves; keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour. Resist him, steadfast in your faith, for you know that your brothers and sisters in all the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.”
Stay alert, darkness lurks
Enemy remains at large
Believing in Savior’s strength
Faith in Him, taking charge
Faith sown with righteousness
Found in Christ’s merciful breath
Calling saints, wear His armor
Recall, Lord conquered death
Witness Calvary’s grace
Jesus suffers for man’s sins
Nailing each one to faith’s cross
His love shall always win
Hope’s perfect Good Shepherd
Always tending to His flock
Revealing glory’s goodness
Peace springs from faith’s bedrock
Hang on to faith’s Savior
Humble selves in mercy’s hands
Casting burdens upon Him
Heaven’s sunrise shall stand
From 1 Peter 5:11: “To Him be the power forever and ever. Amen.”
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