The Women… I think of the women Who followed the Christ, Giving all they possessed, Disdaining the price. Left family and other, Days of long treks, Called as disciples, Learned not to look back. Enthralled with the Savior, His teachings, His trust, Made whole by His treatment, To follow- a...
Your will… “Thy will be done,” in its full extent, must be the guideline for the Christian life. It must regulate the day from morning to evening, the course of the year, and the entire of life. Only then will it [the will of God] be the sole concern of...
A fallen tower, Sacrifice defiled, Some lived, some died; All need God’s mercy, As Jesus testified.Barren fig tree, Ordered to be downed, So glad the Gardener Makes His faithful rounds. A Gardener of mercy, To encourage this weakest tree, Through nurture, pruning— Still puts trust in me. To bring a...
willing? (for Lent) Am I willing To be bread of life for others, Crumbs of truth and kindness Scattered ‘mong my future sisters, brothers? Am I willing To be river of life flowing, To those in deep unknowing As they walk the path of death, With no hope-filled, eternal breath?...
coming closer… While Christ walked, Through treacherous days, Within His group, Some fell away. His words too strong, His love too great, They took offense, Defended self; Moved far away. Foxes watched their Master, Before they slept in dens; Birds peered down within warm nests, Pondered evil of small men....
“Be strong and of good courage… He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength…My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” “Arise and begin working, and the LORD be with you.” (taken...
forevermore… He gazed upon the Father, The Father and He, One; Father, Holy Spirit, Son; The greatest test of greatest love, Begun… How can three in One be ripped apart? Set aside eternity, Wrap in weak humanity? Become all putrid sin, Instead of Holy Son, Lose the gaze that matters...
Free indeed… She bowed her head and wept, For choices formed The chains that bound her, Not the words He said: “If the Son shall set you free, You shall be free indeed.” On the road to suffering, Christ paused beside her chains; Stopped, stooped, offered help – A new...
Lent: On the way… The Lamb, on way to slaughter, Heard a cry and paused to see A woman, bent quite out of shape, Grounded in defeat. This Lamb, a Shepherd, too, by trade, Strode into sinagogue; Called, touched, and healed desperate one, Who’d lived a life so mocked. While...
1st Sunday – LENT This wilderness is beautiful, Not arid miles of sand; Yet Satan prowls ‘mid lovely greens; In wilderness I am. Here will I choose God’s truth-filled Word, Claiming peace and power, Or struggle still within the webs Of earth-bound murky hours? By God’s grace I choose to...