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The Ones Who Know
There have always been the ones who know – they try to share what they know in the darkness… a match struck a candle lit a pool of wax threatening to extinguish the flame too often the story the same too often deceit offers shame too often hope accepts the blame and the darkness descends…
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this is how God speaks to me
Greetings friends! I am thrilled to report that my first collection of poetry – this is how God speaks to me – has been published by Emergence Education Press (the same publisher of Higher Powered in 2024) and is available for purchase on Amazon. I am overwhelmingly grateful for the support of those who have…
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Voting Day
What if, instead of fearing whatever is coming we choose to welcome this one day? What if, instead of rushing about checking off lists and preparing for destruction, we look into each other’s eyes – and maybe even hearts – and remember…?What if it doesn’t matter when the horror will come but instead how we…
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A Prayer for Theosis
Dear Ones… friendsfoesfamily and all the fellowsI’ve yet to meet… my prayer today a simple one a Truth I hope to be that when we meet again – or at first and then forever – my Lord is all you’ll see. Amen.
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The Key To It All
The key to it allwas given to me early,so early,in this hard life…and I loved it dearly,so dearlywith all my heart. If only I had known:it wasn’tthe colors,the characters,orthe cinemathat I loved.It was the message – the key to it all – “If I ever go lookingfor my heart’s desireagain,I won’t look any furtherthanmyownbackyard.”* *The…
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The Prayer of a Saint
Humbled am Ito read this prayer –this prayer of a Saint –yes, a Saint,veneratedrecognizedstudied,that said: I have not yet donethat for which I was made.*If he,one of great Spirit,veneratedrecognizedstudied, spent time writinghis lack his unknowing his broken path, how dare I thinkI should have already arrived? *St. Anselm
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Prayer for Humility
May my mouth speak nothingbut for Your gloryMay my mind know nothingbut for Your purposeMay my eyes see nothingbut for Your wayMay my heart feel nothingbut for Your loveMay my ears hear nothingbut for Your truthMay my soul breathe nothingbut for Your life. May my I– the I thatYou arein me –refuse to existin any…
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Joy
(aka: The Death of the Nag) The Joy that flows through me –as I renounce my will,surrendering it to theemptinessit always produced –that Joy lifts me lightens me awakens me and sees me only inLove.It refuses the nagthat mutters the lie:“You renounceonly in your own selfishness,knowing the Joy to come!”and focuses my hearton the One …
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The Journey Home
Superstitionsthe worst one –God will keep from meall that He knows I want. That’s why I spent my lifetrying not to dream but dreaming anywaytrying not to hope but hoping every day dreaminghopingthat maybe, just maybethe promises in that great bookwere meant for me, too –“plans to prosper …not harmplans to give hope …a Home.”*…
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The Humbling
It has been said:As soon as you knowyou are humble,you are no longer humble. It has also been said:“I have tried hard to find You –don’t let me wanderfrom Your commands.” * I have repeated bothwhile enslaved stillin spiritual pridewith knowledge only at my side. I have experienced bothwith tears in my throata swollen heart…
Jessica L. Morris
The seeking is everything…
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