How do I live, LORD Every dayWhen here, this place This mundane world Compares not To the joy Of beholding Your face How do I live More willingly When I’d rather sit Never stray from Your feet Listen, refillListen, learn Listen, heal How do I live To leave behind Something outlasting The breath of myContinue reading “How Do I Live”
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It’s Never Too Late
Have you been dwellingDeep in the coal mine Blackened by hard things So dark you can’t see Stuck in the mud pits Like mastodon capturedDoomed to be buriedBeneath sucking muckLost in the desert Dying for waterStung by the scorpion Vultures wait near Frozen to standstill In icy weather Snow heaped upon you Ice forming itsContinue reading “It’s Never Too Late”
Pastoral Praise
Sun has wended cross the sky Dipped below to mornings newBefore the moon and starry lights Crested up into view I saw through lowly window frame A glorious pastoral sight What’s so grand of porch light stream On trees and leaves and darkened day Stillness like a comforter Pulling close the night our way NatureContinue reading “Pastoral Praise”
Beneath the Mask
Who am I beneath the mask Of daily said requirements The me whose soul is languishing Searching for the happy face Has carrying burdens overwhelmed Am I too tuned to inward self Not yet dead to temporal Searching for the joy Forgive me, LORD, for wasting time Or is this not a waste at allContinue reading “Beneath the Mask”
At the New Year
Hush…Stop the noise and listenSilence the numbing soundsGod calls for our attention Let holiness come down Hear Abba’s Words eternal Infusing to our soulsThe Spirit’s holy whisperings Brings life to make us whole Wait upon His strengtheningDeeper to greater need Be still and know that He is God Oh hear Yeshua speak Teach us LORDContinue reading “At the New Year”
Dew Upon The Arbor 