Category: Poetry
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The Incarnation
Who is ready prepared wise and holy enough for this Miracle? Oh dear, if He waited for that, Mary would still be pregnant!
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No Room at the Inn
All the preparation – the running from here to there the gift wrapping the tree trimming positioning the lights of sparkle on the house – attending gathering upon gathering upon gathering filled with simple conversations that don’t stand a chance against the barrage of sugary offerings and spirited beverages – so much to do so…
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Ripping the Veil
This morning’s meditations – after last night’s debacle – brought to the surface one question… Would I have said that or behaved in that manner if Jesus was walking beside us? And now I know why so many people who want to follow need to follow and try to follow with all their might simply…
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For Dietrich
My friend, my mentor, how you have served me on my way – your courage emboldened my courage, your surrender freed my surrender, your love of our Savior vitalized my love of our Savior – oh, how I wish I could have talked with you for a moment or two before you were hanged.
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My Longing
Is it wrong of me to want to be in the arms of my Savior now – with Him on the other side away from this chaos this disorder this mess? This want is different from the want it once was – a dark endless pit of misery and loneliness and hopelessness. It’s just a…
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But I Know
How is it that I can be so swiftly and overwhelmingly distracted into the madness of this world – when I know and have experienced that the only peace my soul has ever felt has come from complete focus on You? Perhaps that thing they keep telling me in those meetings they hold in church…
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Where Will I Dwell?
Living in You there is no worry, no fear, no confusion – there is only peace and trust that need not be spoken – for its power to heal shines beyond words. Yet, despite knowing all that, sometimes I choose to give my presence to the talking heads of this world and their lies that…
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May It Be
What provision do I need beyond Your Love? Throughout the day there seem so many! Yet, my morning solace always serves to wipe them all away. May it be so, dear Lord, as I go out from here into the madness of material things that my morning solace holds my thoughts; that beyond Your Love…
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Invictus Reconsidered
I thought I knew then – when I’d been empowered by the words: “I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul.”* But I failed to understand the detriment of believing only in my self. Propped up by this falsehood, I scurried about in life thinking only of my self;…
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To Seek and To Know
Paul warned: “Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no wonder that his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness.”* Therefore, as I seek Your Light to know Your Love, may I not be fooled by the deception of false prophets. May I always look to You, dear Lord,…