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.”
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Life’s Messages (Elfchen Series #81)
Precious
Life’s
Lasting foundation
Steadfastly built upon
Holy Word of God
Unbreakable
Perpetual
Life’s
Darkening journey
God’s light filling
Our lantern of hope
Everlasting
Pivotal
Life’s
Faltering trust
Sin’s empty promises
Driving us toward God
Redemptive
Hope Calling (Elfchen Series #78)
Rudderless
Drifting
Compass forsaken
Man’s stubbornness reigns
Hope’s light reaches out
Jesus
Engagement
Facing
World’s infections
Physical, social, spiritual
Will Hope pursue Christ?
Faith
Solidarity
Community
Faithfully building
Using Hope’s hands
For God’s lasting goodness
Welcoming
Always Remains
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.'”
Renewing Seasons
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.”
Anne Rice Quotes
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.
Brokenhearted
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.”
Tempest Brewing
From Psalm 89:8-9: “O Lord God of hosts, who is as mighty as you, O Lord? Your faithfulness surrounds you. You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.”
Approaching storms
Burdened with fear
Now darkness forms
Hope’s light unclear
Tempest brewing
Drowning with fright
Life’s undoing
Faith must invite
Our Prince of Peace
Seeing our plight
Renews life’s lease
Turns night to light
Lord’s mighty voice
Storm’s rage resigns
Angels rejoice
Peace rules divine
Heart’s calmness grows
Lord takes control
Dark chaos slows
Christ on patrol
From Psalm 107:28-29: “Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He brought them out from their distress; He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.”
Here is a familiar hymn, “Eternal Father, Strong to Save.” While I have used this hymn in the past, this shortened version features the true intensity of the “tempest brewing.” We can always look to our Father’s strength to help us persevere.
Monday Memories: Lonely Road
Sometimes life resembles a lonely road
Walking endless miles, filling with shame
Surrounded by darkness, bearing life’s load
Feeling mixed up, never into the game
God’s Word and Spirit bring transformation
Empty, spiritual desert . . . leaving now
Bringing dramatic change, new foundation
An oasis of faith becomes a vow
Discovering new hope, suffering ends
God’s light shines ahead of our faithful steps
Stumbling and failing, no longer contend
God’s Glory reigns supreme, without missteps
Old ways transforming to a better life
Exchanging total control with our Lord
God’s Grace gives, without cutting like a knife
His everlasting love, brings rich accord
God’s army of angels, walking ahead
Lonely road left . . . following Christ instead
Hungry for Hope
From Lamentations 3:22-24: “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. ‘The Lord is my portion,; says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in Him.'”
Simple acts of faith
Filled with love for man
God pulls at heart strings
Part of Holy plan
Life hungry for hope
Man’s health in decline
Liver in failure
God opens hotline
Future growing dim
Darkness can’t escape
Searching for donor
Life’s faithful landscape
Seeking live donor
Doctors’ preferred choice
Humble man steps up
Quiets hopeless voice
Two lives now at risk
Surgery takes place
Success accomplished
Miracle brings grace
One man’s health restored
Donor’s body mends
Hope’s hunger fulfilled
God’s faith never bends
This poem brings a true story, which is close to my family’s heart. The living donor is my son-in-law, married to my youngest daughter. The two of them will be back home in a few days (about one month since the surgery). Many lives have been changed by this simple, humble act. God’s blessings to all living donors.
