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Live, exploring the questions; trusting you will live into God’s answers.
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concept from Michelle DeRusha’s book, Spiritual Misfit.
trusting, tried & true
03 Jan 2026 3 Comments
in triolet Tags: celebrate, Christmas Eve, faith, joy, Maggie, prayer, trust
oh JOY, joy, joy threefold
we celebrate this day
as year is growing old
oh joy, JOY, joy threefold
may our own faith be bold
God hears us when we pray
oh joy, joy, JOY threefold
we celebrate this day!
Much to celebrate this season with Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. Our family also celebrates three milestones for our newest granddaughter, Maggie Mae: healthy birth (Nov. 28), successful heart surgery (Dec. 12), and homecoming (Dec. 24)! Thank you for your prayers.
standing on the promises
29 Oct 2024 13 Comments
in quadrille Tags: faithful, gossip, hymn, lies, promises, trust, vows
promises made to be broken?
passion’s romantic love turns cold
marriage vows end in divorce
friendships sometimes betrayed
how good is your word?
gossip gives slight exaggeration
everyone tells little white lies
who can be trusted?
God’s promises have always
proven faithful and true.
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What a blessing to hear my grand daughter, Anna, spontaneously sing the classic hymn, “Standing on the Promises” while playing at my house…of course, I joined in!
Linked to dVerse poets’ quadrilles prompt hosted by Lillian.
Can’t account for the unusual format…thanks to WordPress 🙂
victorian love notes
24 Jul 2018 14 Comments
in free verse, list poem, Uncategorized Tags: bluebells, foxglove, ivy, love, plum tree, roses, trust
my dear iris,
you left me with
dewdrop tears
on my garden anemone
how can i trust your foxglove love?
offer me bluebells and ivy…
perhaps i shall arrange them in a
vase with fragrant yellow roses.
ah, sweet william,
now that i’ve returned
it is best to plant pansies
in the windowboxes
come away with me and
enjoy the lillies of the valley
let us gather nosegays of violets!
In the Victorian era, flowers spoke secret messages. Sarah at dVerse poets explains the meanings of different blooms (as used in my poem). Say it with flowers!
altar of alterations
19 Sep 2015 27 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: altar, change, life, transform, trust
Change is the certainty of life —
we (un)certainly hold choice in our hands:
to fear strangeness of change,
or
to face love’s changing challenge;
to hide from (unfamiliar) monsters
or
to seek soul (familiar) opportunities
to shrink
or
to grow!
As we embrace each (minor) moment’s exchange,
we may become (major) catalysts for change:
watch butterflies emerge
encourage spirit’s surge
relieve evil’s scourge.
One must learn to trust the unchangeable One
who forms life
transforms change
conforms us
until his perfect (and perfecting) will be done.
nourishment
07 Aug 2014 12 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: bread, daily, gifts, provide, trust
“Give us this day
our daily bread”
Holding up
open hands
to receive
good gifts
our needs,
not wants
for this day,
not tomorrow
to ask daily,
not weekly
trust his time
to provide
sustenance for
body and soul.
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Exactly 40 words with title and
Jesus fasted 40 days and nights in the wilderness…
a poem in my pocket 
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