Monday Memories: Single Timeless Moment

From Psalm 90:1-2:  “Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.  Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.”

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Life’s amazing blessings

God’s Book of Life unfolds

Single timeless moment

Richer than any gold

 

Man and woman find love

Fragile lives share restart

Single timeless moment

Merging into one heart

 

Forsaken child needs home

Foster parents reach out

Single timeless moment

Love sows, ready to sprout

 

Student facing failure

Here comes love’s helping hand

Single timeless moment

Teacher pulls from quicksand

 

Family in crisis

Unemployed, dreams stand cold

Single timeless moment

Job opens, God beholds

 

Disaster strikes city

Many answer God’s call

Single timeless moment

Kindness stands ever tall

 

Sin’s temptation knocking

Christian brother steps up

Single timeless moment

Christ refills empty cup

 

Darkening, hopeless world

Father’s infinite grace

Single timeless moment

Love reaches out, embrace

 

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From Genesis 9:11-13:  “‘I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.’  God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:  I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.'”

Originally published February, 2021.

Bountiful Grace

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Evening’s darkness deepens

Silence now awakens

Nature never rests

While daylight feels forsaken

 

Gentle spirit’s exhale

Dreams stand ready to climb

Day now forgotten

Headlines swallowed up in time

 

Starlight scatters its dust

World seemingly asleep

Patience to unfold

Caught up in submerging deep

 

Harmony’s dawn rises

New day set to embrace

Morning shares goodness

Propelled by bountiful grace

 

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Autumn Quotes

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Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a French philosopher, author, and journalist.  In 1957, at the age of 44, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Autumn is a spring when every leaf is a flower.

Yoko Ono (born 1933) is an Japanese-born artist, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker.

Autumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence.

 

Welcome Back

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Gentle morning rain

Afternoon transition

Cold front moving in

Winter’s new edition

 

Season’s first snowflake

Forecast’s memo on track

Innocent at first

More join in, welcome back

 

Chorus of voices

Barren landscape, now white

Autumn forgotten

Nature’s fresh acolyte

 

Darkness shines at night

Moonlight’s bright reflection

Each snowflake twinkles

With timely perfection

 

Peace shrouds silent realm

Time wanting to stand still

Another postcard

Sketches winter’s playbill

 

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Valley’s Peace

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Landscape witnessed, far and wide

Designed with painter’s vision

Praising daily, valley’s peace

Backdrop of divine precision

 

River slices through meadows

Lined with colonies of trees

Shining, crystal-blue waters

Beauty’s reflections, always free

 

Time never standing alone

Counted with infinite years

Honoring each precious gift

Postcard image, others find dear

 

Autumn paints its backstory

Borrowed from nature’s rainbow

Rising above, mountain peaks

Creator’s spirit freely flows

 

Seasons exchanging places

Poised to share wondrous treasures

Composing hope’s harmony

Melody of timeless pleasures

 

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Morning Refreshment

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Tempting much too early

Overflowing thoughts stir

Life’s background music plays

Traveling to Big Sur

 

Remembering darkness

Transforming to moonlight

Memories play again

Rising from calmest night

 

Filling empty bucket

Pondering this new day

Distant dawn now teases

Opening mind to play

 

Feeling heartbeat’s rhythm

Leaving shadow’s twilight

Wisdom’s timeless travels

Scaling forgotten heights

 

Harmonizing sunrise

Glowing horizon beams

Sweet morning refreshment

Waking from blissful dream

 

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With Patient Pursuit

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Mountain stream’s birthplace

Creator shall lead

Treasured, flowing grace

Winter’s snow feeds

 

Journey downstream flows

With patient pursuit

Valley waits below

Douglas fir salutes

 

Tiny creeks joining

Green landscape ahead

Filled with rejoicing

River’s growing thread

 

Water’s quiet poise

Nature’s faithful love

Rainfall adding joy

Strengthened from above

 

Around every bend

Timeless spirit’s fate

Welcome dearest friend

More surprises wait

 

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Mercy’s Tender Fields (Elfchen Series #208)

Timeless

Grace

Unconditionally planted

Rising with purpose

Faith’s emptiness now fed

Fulfilled

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Bountiful

Faith’s

Seeds scattered

Night and day

Growing fully, then ripening

Harvest

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Harmony

Sowing

Tiniest seed

Maturing into fullness

Faith nurtured by Spirit

Righteousness

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The German hymn, “We Plow the Field and Scatter,” was written by Matthias Claudius in 1782.  The lyrics were set to music in 1800 by Johann A. P. Schulz. The hymn was translated into English in 1861 by Montgomery Campbell.  

As you listen to this song, focus on the lyrics as they appear on the screen.  They add a meaningful visual image to this series of poems.  The hymn’s piano melody is played by Mary Munson.

Hope’s Security

From Psalm 1:5-6:  “Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous, for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.”

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Time forever witnessed

Gathered in God’s hands

Blessing with His patience

Every minute planned

 

Given choice of two ways

Passed on wicked’s advice

Choosing God’s righteous path

Grace pays entry’s price

 

Faith guiding each next step

Called by God to pause

Waiting for His command

Timeless counsel draws

 

Spirit, water, and blood

Filled with purity

Believing in God’s Son

Hope’s security

 

Deeply-rooted faith sown

Watered with God’s love

Overcoming darkness

Harvest’s light above

 

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From 1 John 5:6-8:  “This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood.  And the Spirit is the one that testifies, for the Spirit is the truth.  There are three that testify:  the Spirit and the water and the blood, and these three agree.”

Timeless Dimensions (Haiku Series #246)

Hidden Realm

Deepest ocean trench

Pacific’s Mariana—

Unfathomable

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Majestic Presence

Himalayan peaks

World’s blessed Mother Goddess—

Everest’s glory

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Night Remembered

Icebergs gathering

Floating, titanic struggle—

Ocean’s ships, keep out!

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