Facing
Life’s detours
Unwavering faith breathes
Filled with Savior’s hope
Overcoming
Waiting
Patience nourished
Savior’s risen spirit
Filled with mercy’s connection
Reflecting
Believing
Savior’s light
Darkness swept away
Filled with love’s truth
Maturing
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 Psalm 13:5-6: “But I trusted in Your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the Lord because He has dealt bountifully with me.”
Tomorrow’s uncertainty
Darkness surrounds thee
Asking, where to turn?
Confidence, ready to flee
Focused on Bethlehem’s star
God invites our trust
Savior’s love fills heart
Assurance grows, steps adjust
Unwavering peace stirs hope
No longer afraid
Spirit lifting faith
Comfort found in joy’s upgrade
Rejoice in life’s salvation
Christ’s redeeming love
Heavenly praise sings
Unafraid, fed from above
God’s righteousness shares vision
Blessing faith’s new lease
Seeds sown with mercy
Confidence blooms, lasting peace
From the words of Canadian writer and Christian blogger, Ann Voskamp: “There is an unwavering peace today when an uncertain tomorrow is trusted to an unchanging God.
There is unwavering peace today when an uncertain tomorrow is trusted to an unchanging God.
From Isaiah 26:3-4: “Those of steadfast mind You keep in peace, in peace because they trust in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for in the Lord God.”
Ann Voskamp (born 1973) is a Canadian writer and Christian blogger.
Praising
Heavens above
Father’s steadfast love
Reigns over earth below
Assurance
Sharing
Heavenly truths
Father’s eternal Word
Faith’s promised building blocks
Guidance
Nurturing
Creation’s breath
Shadowing mankind’s steps
Father fulfills His purpose
Certainty
Preach the Gospel to yourself every day.
From Lamentations 3:21-22: “But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.”
Jerry Bridges (1929-2016) was an American Christian author and speaker. In his autobiography, God Took Me by the Hand, Jerry said, “When I was seventeen years old, it seemed as if God took me by the hand and said, ‘Come with Me.’ And for more than sixty-five years, God has, as it were, continued to hold my hand and lead me in the path He has marked out for me.”
Seeking solutions
Walls of intimidation—
Patience breaking through
Melding open minds
Imagination building—
Excitement on fire
Deadline approaching
Calling for innovation—
Searching deep water
From Jeremiah 15:21: “I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”
Steadfast in faithfulness
Christ remembers His flock
Unwavering mercy
Leading our righteous walk
Deliverance stirs faith
Christ proclaims Gospel’s peace
Unwavering message
Teaching salvation’s lease
Awakened faith reborn
Christ blesses life’s new road
Unwavering with grace
Bearing our sinful load
Faithfulness promises
Christ, eternity’s rock
Unwavering shepherd
Trusting, heaven unlocks
From Psalm 26:11: “But as for me, I walk in my integrity; redeem me and be gracious to me.”
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