Big ocean Gentle breeze waves crashing into the sand Obvious disparity The wealthy riding in helicopters or four wheelers the working poor cleaning up the dirty dishes. A place to relax human perfection sought palm trees, green turf fancy food and yet… no matter what the circumstances there is still […]
Shores
Water. Blue. Waves Rolling, moving climbing the shore Green, teal, gray a mélange of color. Yellow, brown, tinge of red grass, growing toward the lake a beautiful bed lining the water’s edge Small, tiny insects landing on me black. Perhaps seeking food. Large, expanse, seemingly never ending the vast lakeextends […]
Mighty Ocean
Mighty Ocean Consistent Wind Palm branches wave …worshiping God. Waves crash, like life sometimes Large expanse…like the depth of my sin …or the breadth of His grace. Birds hunt, poor creatures in the sand are soon to be picked Sand, numerous like people…yet God cares for each one Relax, the […]
Glorious Falls
Mighty waters rush makes one want to hush at the majesty, the greatness, the unbelievable How such a peaceful-looking river suddenly drops immensely, down, down, seemingly forever into the turbulent pit! Such quantities of water, appear to be eternal but in just a few months they will be gone leaving […]
Lakeside Thoughts
Sunlight. Clouds. A gentle breeze … a soft wind. The waves go slowly to the seashore. Alone I sit, contemplating, meditating, wondering, wishing… God. Love. Faithfulness. Oh, the beauty of nature: the blue mountains, sun rays shining through the clouds. A Father, a Giver, a Life Fulfiller. His radiance fills […]
I Am Your Sheep
I am Your sheep, Lord Help me to do as I am told. I am Your sheep, grazing in places You led me to, amazing! I am Your sheep and will not hunger for it’s Your provision I am under I am Your sheep and thirst I will not for […]
Stormy Sea
The sea is very roughat times, life seems so toughUp and down, up and downone of these times perhaps I’ll drown? Life has highs, life has lowspleasant surprises, painful blowssometimes I feel I’m on the mountain topbut other days…I am not Deep valleys, hard terrain, lonely placeson other occasions, I’m […]
The Bird
Sometimes I feel like the bird trying to fly in the wind. I go forward a little bit, but then get pushed back by the force of nature, or sin. No matter how hard I flap my wings and try to move forward with things, I soon feel out of […]
Ocean
The ocean breeze blows sometimes strongly, sometimes not but ever persistent, never ceasing always there, like the Spirit of God The waves come up the sandy beach one after another, then another ever persistent, never ending again and again, like God’s forgiveness The sea shells appear in countless shapes and […]
Two Turtles on a Log
Two turtles on a piece of drift wood, floating in the pond slowly with the current shift from one side to the other, and bond the bright sun’s rays they soak in, their necks they stretch out far while a squirrel sits in an oak tree calmly eating an acorn […]