morning tea with God
prayerful conversation
listen to the Word
vital act of devotion
Spirit speaks into my life
Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai‘s final post for month of pilgrimage…”an act of devotion”
quiet time
30 Sep 2019 1 Comment
in tanka Tags: conversation, devotion, God, prayer, quiet, spirit, Word
give honor where honor due
04 Aug 2019 1 Comment
in free verse, question poem, scripture Tags: God, hallowed, holy, name, trouble
Hallowed be your name?
be set apart, made holy
to know God, to make him known
but we are an unholy people
hollow/hollowed out, hurt/ hurting
we’ve brought shame on your name
we have put out the bright signal fires
even dousing them with tepid water
yet, when life’s trouble terrifies us
we again take your name on our lips
cry for help in hopeless places
look for you in unfamiliar faces
you hear, you answer, you come
dispel our soul darkness
heal our heart wounds
wake us to our real life
Hallowed be your name!
light of the world
21 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in haiga Tags: candle, face, God, night, starlight
free stock photo
spiritual connection
15 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in haibun, senryu Tags: conversation, God, heart, prayer, scripture
Prayer is sharing an intimate conversation with God.
open the scripture
listen, study, meditate
speak response from heart
“One bun” (haibun of one line of prose plus haiku) in response to CDHK prompt.
there is a God and you are not him
06 Mar 2018 2 Comments
in tanka Tags: creation, earth, God, heaven, one
Linking this tanka with Carpe Diem Haiku Kai today…
considering beliefs of
muslim, jew, christian,
on something we can agree:
we believe only one God,
maker of heaven and earth.
the source
14 Feb 2018 5 Comments
in free verse Tags: God, Jesus, life, love, unconditional, valentines
I John 4:19
Jesus IS…the first,
best,
greatest,
true love of my life.
God IS…the author
of all real love.
He pursues his own with a
relentless,
unconditional,
irresistible gracious love.
In fact,
“God is crazy about YOU…and there’s nothing you can do about it!”
(to quote an anonymous coffee cup)
happy valentines day
creating beauty
20 Sep 2017 10 Comments
in scripture, senryu Tags: beauty, clay, God, hands, potter, wheel
creating beauty
spiritual transformation
God is the potter
steady pressure on life’s wheel
reforms wet clay in love’s hands
- title and image from Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV)
falling UP
11 Sep 2017 2 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: faith, fear, God, guilt, Jesus, mission, reconcile
This simple poem reads like original McGuffey Reader style!
“TRY one small Bite,”
hissed snake to Eve;
By APPetite,
they were DeceiveD.
It was our FALL
when parents fell;
As rebels ALL
were Doomed to heLL.
Adam hid from God
in Guilt and Shame;
His Son walked sod,
JESUS, his Name.
His Mission here:
Be Reconciled,
relieve our FEAR,
make me God’s Child
By FAITH we can
know Love, hold Peace
and from our bond-
AGE find Release !
leave a light on
16 Jul 2017 7 Comments
in tanka Tags: God, moonlight, summer
soft summer moonlight
heaven’s night light shines on all
illuminates earth
photo by lynn
maybe God’s like motel 6:
I’ll leave a light on for ya!
blessing poems
28 Jun 2017 11 Comments
in free verse, prayer Tags: blessing, God, Irish, poets, prophets
Paul at dVerse suggested “blessing poems”. Here are my thoughts…
At our wedding reception, a couple sang an Irish Blessing, which was later read at our second son & bride’s reception. (We’re not Irish but the sentiments are beautiful):
At the end of a worship service, a pastor usually gives a blessing (benediction) such as:
The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you;
the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. (Numbers 6:24-26
_______
“Give blessing” and “say grace” are synonyms for prayer. At home, we fold our hands and close our eyes before meals to thank God for his provision. One prayer we taught our (young) children:
Thank you for the world so sweet, thank you for the food we eat,
Thank you for the birds that sing, thank you, God, for everything.
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Thinking about how we really need His blessing on our lives and on our world:
There’s no blessing without a blesser
left to ourselves, the “good” grows lesser
pretend we can fix it by wearing mask dressier
outside of God’s plan, our messes get messier
There’s just no blessing without a Blesser!
And finally…
May God bless
the poets
and
the prophets,
inspire them with
words worth
smithing
and
insight worth
pithing
may steel
words reveal
deepest darkness
shatter
false piety
and
scatter
hot light into
life’s mysterious
corners
amen.
attitude of gratitude
05 Jun 2017 20 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: daisies, desert, God, gratitude, hills
Weekend writing challenge on “gratitude” with Sammi Cox
For undulations of the hills
for desert, daisies, daffodils
for love’s sweet longing family fills
God give us grateful hearts.
For grass to grow, mow everywhere
for pizza, pickles, peach and pear
for every breath we breathe of air
God give us grateful hearts.
For hiking, biking mountain steep
for swimming, surfing oceans deep
for every day our lives you keep
God give us grateful hearts.
For puppies, kittens, goldfish, frogs
for horses, cows, and baconed hogs
for reading books and writing blogs
God give us grateful hearts.
image from wikipedia
