People who inspire others are those who see invisible bridges at the end of dead-end streets.
From Jeremiah 29:11: “For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.”
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From Psalm 37:23-24: “Our steps are made firm by the Lord, when He delights in our way; though we stumble, we shall not fall headlong, for the Lord holds us by the hand.”
God wants us to succeed today
Asking for our patience and trust
Allowing faith to rebuild hope
Studying from His Word, we must
Always trusting in our Father
Bringing us guidance and His love
Achieving good through His name
Touching hearts, His joy sings above
We are never forsaken, never
Leading, God offers direction
Finding the means, moving forward
Meeting trials with reflection
The wicked gather all around
Following the Enemy’s lies
Causing God to judge their follies
Coming Judgment Day will apprise
Our Savior’s coming, all waiting
Receiving God’s Grace, what a gift
The Lord standing with the righteous
Accepting His plan, lives not adrift
We may still misstep and stumble
Preventing us from falling down
Reaching out, God’s hand guiding us
Fleeing, the thirsty Enemy frowns
Through His Word, the Father blesses
Giving generously, all with love
Choosing Jesus, Salvation comes
Seeking God’s guidance, from above
From the words of Dutch priest, writer, and theologian Henri Nouwen: “A spiritual discipline is necessary in order to move slowly from an absurd to an obedient life, from a life filled with noisy worries to a life in which there is some free inner space where we can listen to our God and follow His guidance.”
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Hiding
World’s light
With swirling anarchy
Sharing Gospel, removing darkness
Faith
Seeking
Father’s heart
Giving of ourselves
Kneeling at Calvary’s cross
Hope
Reading
God’s Word
Grace and mercy
Calling us to repentance
Love
When will we ever learn that there are no hopeless situations, only people who have grown hopeless about them?
From Psalm 142:3: “When my spirit is faint, you know my way.”
Life’s
Lasting foundation
Steadfastly built upon
Holy Word of God
Unbreakable
Life’s
Darkening journey
God’s light filling
Our lantern of hope
Everlasting
Life’s
Faltering trust
Sin’s empty promises
Driving us toward God
Redemptive
Drifting
Compass forsaken
Man’s stubbornness reigns
Hope’s light reaches out
Jesus
Facing
World’s infections
Physical, social, spiritual
Will Hope pursue Christ?
Faith
Community
Faithfully building
Using Hope’s hands
For God’s lasting goodness
Welcoming
From Proverbs 18:24: “Some friends play at friendship but a true friend sticks closer than one’s nearest kin.”
Dark perils lurking
Sin’s evil prowling
Reaching into souls
Fiercest storms howling
Fragile faith fading
Hope searching for God
Reaching out to light
Gospel never flawed
Others abandon
Lord always remains
Reaching into faith
Hope flowing through veins
At crossroads of life
Father comes calling
Reaching into hearts
No longer falling
Comfort bringing peace
Divine Word spoken
Reaching into self
Spirit unbroken
From Hebrews 13:5: “Be content with what you have; for He has said, ‘I will never leave you or forsake you.'”
From Ecclesiastes 3:1: “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.”
Winter’s dormant, gray months
Nature taking her break
Gathering strength for spring
Life’s welcoming handshake
People face frozen times
Seeking spirit’s rebirth
Darkness returns to light
New season blesses earth
Summer’s shining moments
Nature’s blooming color
Autumn’s blessed pause waits
Hourglass sand grows smaller
Happiness seeks to shine
Hope filling eager hearts
Spirit nurtures man’s faith
Risen Lord, life restarts
Through nature’s creation
Breathing with perfect poise
Order to life itself
God’s divine plan deploys
Life’s transition wakens
Rising sun shares reasons
Joy, sorrow, gain, or loss
Renewing fresh seasons
From Genesis 8:22: “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”
One tiny flame could make so many other flames; one tiny flame could set afire a whole world.
We breathe the light, we breathe the music, we breathe the moment as it passes through us.
From Psalm 34:11-12: “Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Which of you desires life, and covets many days to enjoy good?”
Souls crying out
Brokenhearted
Crushed in spirit
Turning to God
Seeking refuge
Comfort and hope
Righteous Father
Hearing our cries
Evil departs
Darkness transforms
Brightest light calls
Finding our Rock
Coming to God
He promises
Deliverance
Breathing goodwill
Lord calls us back
Humble and glad
Our troubles wane
Praising with joy
Faith surrounds hope
Love never fails
Unselfish grace
Redeeming us
From Psalm 34:1-3: “I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.”
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