who do you listen to - pt1

who do you listen to
where do you seek counsel;
do you listen to the wind
our your heavenly #Father?

#Acts22 #Psalm110 #1Samuel13 #God #David #Paul #faith #Spirit #Christ #poetry #poem #pandemic #America #hope

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holding onto safe

holding onto safe
especially now,
in this time of dis-ease
the widening pandemic
financial uncertainty
so much at stake
so many shouting voices

we all want to be safe,
sheltered in this storm,
fonding a place of stability,  of comfort,
even if holding on to a thin edge,
by our fingertips
holding onto safe
for dear life

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sudden words of inspiration - v2

sudden words of inspiration
a jumble, a word salad,
coming unheralded, unannounced,
at inconvenient moments,
sometimes when I am indisposed;
scrawling a phrase, a word
(sometimes on toilet paper),
a sudden burst, a #cadence,
a #rhyme, a #rhythm, a word #picture,
something, anything, to remember,  to recapture,
those bits of ether, that gossamer
plucked from eternity, seemingly from thin air.

#poetry #poem

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sudden words of inspiration

sudden words of #inspiration
a jumble, a word salad
coming unheralded, unannounced
at inconvenient moments;
scrawling a phrase, a word,
a sudden burst, a cadence,
something to remember,  to recapture,
the bit of ether, that gossamer
plucked from eternity, the air

#poetry #poem

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Help me to remember

Help me to #remember
your #Goodness, oh #God;
help me to hold onto
you #protection, oh #Lord.

Help me to remember
your hand upon my #life
#guiding me, #saving me
through my #troubles, my #Sin.

#poetry #poem #God #hope #life #Spirit #Christ #2Chronicles9 #Acts21 #Psalm109 #joy

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what colors are your dreams?

What colors are your dreams, your hopes, your desires?
What would you do to reach, to achieve them?

How will you know that you are on
the path that God has written,
blocking out the noise, the chaos,
of the world around you?

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Give us your heart, oh God

Give us your #heart, oh #God
pour #light into our beings;
May #love be the mark
of our daily living;
May our steps conform
to your way, oh #Lord;
#Guide us, #lead us
oh #Spirit of God.

#poetry #poem #pandemic #America #hope #faith #prayer #pray #USA

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share your witness

share your witness
your redemption story
the path of Christ
offer freely
the gifts within you
bestowed by the Spirit
indwelling within

share your witness
your redemption story
raw, authentic
gifts God has given
the light within you
changed, transfigured
redeemed of your past

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a hole that can't be filled - v2

a hole that can't be filled
our pain overwhelming, so great
an empty space where you were
a question with no answer
beyond our comprehension
moments of #mortality
coming far too quickly

our #loss too great
an empty space where you were
not seeing the #future
so stuck in our grief;
but trusting in #reunion
our sorrow turned to join
one day in #heaven above
our true home

#coronavirus #COVIDー19 #COVID #poetry #poem #God #hope #life

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a hole that can't be filled

a hole that can't be filled
a question with no answer
moments of #mortality
coming too quickly

#loss too great
not seeing the #future
but trusting in #reunion
one day in #heaven above

#coronavirus #COVIDー19 #COVID #poetry #poem #God #hope #life

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kernels ready for the harvest

late summer, not yet #autumn
heavy with the fruit
#seeds of the #sunflower
kernels ready for the #harvest
to be gathered in

petals now burnt orange
no longer yellow as in June
autumn too soon coming
the days passing by

#poetry #poem #God #hope

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transformative lives

transformative lives
lives on purpose
walking the path
God has written
using the gifts
we have ben given
shining the light
burning within

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July 19, 2020
transformative lives

Matthew 28:19-20
Great Commission
July 19, 2020
do the work

1 Chronicles 28:9
1 Chronicles 28:20
1 Chronicles 28:1-21

1 Chronicles 28, Christ, gifts, God, light, love, poem, poetry, power, spirit, witness,

#poetry #poem #Spirit #witness

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do the work

do the work
the plans God has written
stay on the path
the way for your life

given a purpose
each life anointed
comissioned for God's glory
hope for the world

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July 19, 2020
do the work

1 Chronicles 28:9
1 Chronicles 28:20
1 Chronicles 28:1-21

1 Chronicles 28, Christ, gifts, God, light, love, poem, poetry, power, spirit, witness,

#poetry #poem #Spirit #witness

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speak the power of God

#speak the #power of #God
confess His mighty acts,
we are merely conduits
reflecting His #light

hands and feet of the #Almighty
His voice for #justice;
but only acting in #love
through gifts God has given

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July 19, 2020
speak the power of God

Acts 19:11-20
1 Chronicles 26:7,9,30-32

1 Chronicles 26, Acts 19, Christ, gifts, God, light, love, poem, poetry, power, spirit, witness,

#poetry #poem #Spirit #witness

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