Come oh Spirit, fill my life today Help me to fully walk in your way. Come oh Father, for wisdom I plead As I other people try to lead. Come oh Jesus strengthen me To live as one who has been set free. Spirit, guide my thoughts, and all I […]
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The Tyrant and the Scared Little Boy
The tyrant wants to be in control he demands full compliance never satisfied, never full purposefully increasing reliance He’s offended when information is not shared with him wants perfection in the habitation gets mad when not included He reprimands for expenses that seem unnecessary to him demands full access to […]
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Becoming Whole
Confusion. sadness. There’s so much pain. I ask: will things ever get better again? How did we get here? What caused this fuss? Some wounds were unwillingly inflicted upon us. Other wounds were our own poor choices. And now we suffer the inevitable consequences. Oh to be able to do […]
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Breaking Point
I’m almost to the point of breaking tears are rising from deep within the outward façade crumbling, no more faking there is deep remorse over past sin How much longer can I hold it all together? I’ve never been good at pretending. How much longer until things get better? These […]
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Striving
Striving, striving pushing onward never taking time to really rest. So much to do, so little time I’m always running behind the best. My life is filled with so many shoulds the “ought tos” overwhelm and yet I see now that it is because it was me instead of God […]
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Refining 2
The fire gets hotter, impurities rise The harder the wind blows, the easier it is to see what was well-built by the wise, and what was not. Surrender is never easy. It’s only when I’m asked to give something up that I realize how attached I really was to it […]
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Refining 1
The fire is hot coals underneath glow red and this is NOT how I imagined life, in my head As temperature rises impurities float toward the top…surprises from deep in the moat Filth, as it reaches the uppermost parts is scraped; it teaches from old ways to depart The scraping, […]
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One Star
One lonely star is in the sky today In a small nook, isolated I say One source of light amidst the nebulous surrounding Shining brightly for all to see—but almost drowning It’s one small speck pushed, tossed, bullied by darkness But bright, resilient, strong, instilling great fondness One solitary luminary […]
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Life and Wishes
It seems I got up on the wrong side of bed today I was frustrated, angry, and impatient — and didn’t want to stay In the Word of my Father who blesses me so … and much to my dismay I didn’t even want … to pray. I’ve failed Him, […]
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Significance
Speaking softly, saints surround Sorrowful sounds, someone’s spent Soundly sleeping — sad surprise Sobering slow serpentine Sinful, selfish situations Spirits, sex, stuff Squabbles, serial simulations Satisfaction … so sadly slight Surreptitious stealth Slick skewing, sloth Sly salutations, sordid speaking Squalid stench, significance searching Sirens’ screeching sound Serious surmising “So-long someone” […]