
We don’t heal in isolation, but in community.
You don’t find light by avoiding the darkness.
S. Kelley Harrell is an American author with many books to her credit. Her home is found in North Carolina.

We don’t heal in isolation, but in community.
You don’t find light by avoiding the darkness.
S. Kelley Harrell is an American author with many books to her credit. Her home is found in North Carolina.
From Psalm 107:1-2: “O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, those He redeemed from trouble.”

Overcoming one more trial
Patience seeking unsteady heart
Navigating life’s endless miles
God’s light insuring faith’s fresh start
Bringing lost sheep to green meadows
Darkness replaced with mercy’s hope
Meeting truth, forever aglow
Savior extends light’s righteous rope
Giving thanks to Christ’s steadfast love
Redemption proven, empty tomb
Releasing grace from high above
Spirit’s light, transforms every room
Fulfilling Word, promised by God
Thirst now quenched, hunger at last fed
Witnessing His love, never flawed
Light at cross, enemy has fled
Transforming life, away from sin
Faithfulness renewed, finding grace
Blessing Resurrection’s linchpin
Savior’s light takes its righteous place

From Ephesians 2:4-5: “But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which He loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.”
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.”

Facing each new trial
Fearing defeat once more
Source of strength found in Christ
Witnessing His open door
Darkness shrinking away
Mercy’s light shining in
Source of hope found in Christ
Faith’s renewal now begins
Hearing His trusted Word
Walking truth’s righteous road
Source of hope found in Christ
Lessoning life’s heavy load
Bloodied cross flows with tears
Empty tomb sharing light
Source of joy found in Christ
Enemy’s lies taking flight
Accepting morning’s grace
Forgiving every sin
Source of love found in Christ
Believing what’s felt within

From Joel 3:16: “The Lord roars from Zion and utters His voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shake. But the Lord is a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.”
Sharing
Spirit’s light
Motivating one another
Love-filled grace working
Encouragement

Trusting
Father’s Word
Depths of understanding
Lighting faith’s bold path
Righteousness

Accepting
Resurrection’s light
Witnessed at Calvary
Jesus paid our debts
Love


Navigating stormy seas
Hazardous, rocky shore
Hidden perils loom ahead
Darkness waiting to score
Facing overwhelming odds
Danger swarms all about
Faith’s ally always waiting
Rescue coming, no doubt
Searching for safety’s refuge
Lighthouse offers assist
Brighter than any moonlight
Mercy found in its midst
Steering away from trouble
Calmer waters ahead
Eerie sky shines like daylight
Promised beacon’s night thread
Arriving at safe harbor
Harm retreating away
Gratitude’s voice welcomes home
Sunrise blesses this day

From John 12:34: “The crowd answered Him, ‘We have heard from the law that the Messiah remains forever. How can You say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?'”

Walking in darkness
Uncertainty’s steps
Faith seeking answers
Burdened with each misstep
Encouraging love
Redemption’s risen light
Faith finding its way
Son of Man stands upright
Seeking heaven’s peace
Spirit guides actions
Faith’s revealing trust
Calvary’s transaction
Believing in Christ
Shadows fade away
Faith sharing Gospel
In His name, let us pray
Reflecting hope’s path
Truth’s lantern reveals
Faith, Jesus leading
Safe passage, grace shall seal

From John 12:35-36: “Jesus said to them, ‘The light is in you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going. While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.'”

There is a difference between an ideal and a vision. An ideal has no moral inspirations; a vision has.
From Proverbs 29:18: “Where there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint, but happy are those who keep the law.”
Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher. Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons. Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST. I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.
Battleground
Enemy’s attack
Light vanquishes darkness
Faith’s armor of God
Victory

Calvary
Showdown’s darkness
God’s faithful plan
Resurrection’s light of love
Embrace

Faith
Trusting God
Rock of Ages
Darkness overpowered by light
Redemption

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.
Faithfulness
Righteous actions
Emerging with strength
God’s river of grace
Goodness

Justice
Deserved, but
Kneeling before God
Cross bears every sin
Forgiveness

Darkness
Hope hidden
Hearing God’s voice
Rising over every valley
Light

From Philippians 3:10-11: “I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the sharing of His sufferings by becoming like Him in His death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.”

Living in darkness
Flesh from evil lasts
Searching for God’s light
Breaking from sin’s past
Walking with Jesus
Loss shall replace gain
Redeeming at cross
Witnessing His pain
Wanting to know more
Resurrection’s light
Pressing on in faith
Praising all that’s right
Spending time with Him
Eyes fixed on Jesus
Growing in His Word
Liberating us
Completing life’s course
Jesus waiting there
Fulfilling mercy
Answering prayers

From Philippians 3:20: “But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.”