Foreseeing
Insurmountable force
Against all odds
Trusting in God’s promises
Hope
Surrounding
Darkness surfaces
Never feeling forsaken
Heavenly light breaking through
Peace
Encountering
Stormy seas
By faith alone
Grace delivers blue skies
Joy
Hope’s
Quiet trust
Faith lifted up
Light fortifies tender heart
Song
Hope’s
Faithful spirit
Following mercy’s light
Kneeling at Calvary’s cross
Prayer
Hope’s
Steadfast love
Watching for light
Faith waits with patience
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.
From 1 Corinthians 13:4-5: “Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable; it keeps no record of wrongs.”
Walking alone
Thirsty for love
Only darkness
Spirit above
Christ comes to earth
Love so daring
Gospel’s bright light
Filled with caring
Full of patience
Love now reveals
Finding God’s grace
Divine, yet real
Come, drink deeply
Receiving love
Hope grows through faith
Promised above
From 1 Corinthians 13:13: “And now faith, hope, and love remain, these three, and the greatest of these is love.”
From Genesis 1:3: “Then God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.”
Horizon always glows
Light penetrates dark skies
Spirit opens hope’s rose
Raising faith to baptize
Daylight shall never bend
Angelic voices praise
Saints welcome every friend
Sharing faith, peace ablaze
Blessed day never ends
Creator’s light feeds all
Love shall always transcend
Taking faith’s righteous call
Every day always bright
Fields golden and ready
Sunlight’s descending flight
Feeding faith, rock-steady
Mercy flowing downstream
Faith’s heavenly sunrise
Eternity’s light beams
Witnessing Savior’s eyes
From Revelation 22:5: “And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.”
Morning’s
Faithful sunrise
Gifted from Father
Love opens another window
Hope
Prayer’s
Comforting conversation
Father’s faithful presence
Nourishes another hungry heart
Hope
Evening’s
Glorious sunset
Created by Father
Faithful tomorrow always waiting
Hope
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 Isaiah 7:14: “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son and shall name Him Immanuel.”
Leading from Zion
Mercy taking flight
God shall be with us
Hope’s ember of light
Sprouting from his roots
Jesse’s stump alive
Faithful branches breathe
Hope’s spirit survives
Waiting in prayer
Prophesied birthplace
Prince shall bring His peace
Hope’s beacon of grace
Sheltering man’s faith
Bethlehem sleeping
Flock’s promised Shepherd
Hope’s heart now leaping
Believing in God
Life’s harshness turns bright
Virgin bears His Son
Hope’s fulfilling night
Advent Prayer: Heavenly Father, as we remember and reflect upon this Advent season, assist us in turning our hearts toward You as we approach the birth of Your blessed Son. Encourage us to celebrate the gifts received from that very first Christmas: hope, peace, joy, and love. Amen.
One of Advent’s most enduring hymns is “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.” The original text was composed in Latin during the 12th century. In 1861, English priest and scholar John Mason Neale translated the lyrics into what many Christians recognize and sing today.
From Psalm 139:1-2: “O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away.”
Searching and knowing
Discerning each thought
Inescapable
God ties one more knot
Seeing tomorrow
Opening one’s eyes
Inescapable
God hears every cry
Leading each day forth
Holding darkness back
Inescapable
God’s light covers black
Sharing His good works
Teaching righteous truth
Inescapable
God matures one’s youth
Weaving from earth’s depths
Knitting with intent
Inescapable
God’s efforts well-meant
Navigating storms
Lifting each above
Inescapable
God brings grace-filled love
From Psalm 139:11-12: “If I say, ‘Surely the darkness shall cover me, and night wraps itself around me,’ even the darkness is not dark to You; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to You.”
Lost
Wayward sheep
Surrounded in darkness
Shepherd’s light finding each
Gathering
Questions
Empty answers
Life’s harsh wilderness
Shepherd’s light sharing grace
Illuminating
Forsaken
Coldest nights
Enemy’s false promises
Shepherd’s light warming hearts
Nurturing
Calling
From God
Following His righteousness
Running away from temptation
Living
Living
Through Christ
Calvary’s cross waits
Blessed salvation rises ahead
Fortifying
Fortifying
Against enemy
Darkness stirs doubt
Stand now, follow Jesus
Light
Scaling
Mountain’s challenges
Faith’s promised cornerstone
Light delivers trusted grace
Overcoming
Navigating
Stormy seas
Light from above
Counting on faith’s compass
Reassuring
Traversing
Enemy’s darkness
Faith leading forward
Righteous light strengthens faith
Illuminating
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