Oh brain, it’s time to retrainto leave old ways behindto stop going back again and againit’s time to show you’re a new mind Years of sinful thoughtsputrid, though we “ought not”became the default patternas if thoughts didn’t matter But they do. They change us.And the way we see and treat […]
Fishing Line and Sin
Oh Fishing Line, why are you so terribly tangled? Wouldn’t you rather be in the pond, and dangle? So that I might possibly catch something? Instead, I must sit here, catching nothing As I try to unravel the terrible knot I have one recurring thought Oh Fishing Line you are […]
Forty-Six
As I’m turning 46 today I’m taking time to think and pray Looking up to the clear, blue sky I wonder: “Is life passing me by?” No, life is busy, always full too much at times, but never dull In all my toil, have I done enough? Reflected Jesus, when […]
Unsettled
At the moment I’m feeling quite unsettled Life seemed fairly stable until Someone meddled Things will no longer be the same I may need to step up my game. It’s a strange mixture of excitement and trepidation, an indictment of my deep longing for ongoing stability and how I lack […]
How Long?
It seems the day might never come. How much longer must I continue to wait? I keep hoping, longing, wondering if some day it will occur—if I can pass through the gate. But perhaps I won’t be able to. Perhaps this current reality is here to stay. Maybe instead of […]
Transformation
Change is difficult. I grieve. In order for the new to be possible, the old must first die. I must be willing to surrender all those things I have clung to the habits, the things I ran to for comfort the behaviors, the places I went to be soothed the […]
Internal Battle
The battle wages on inside of me there is a great divide On this day, who will win? Will I once again choose to sin? Or will I choose to do what’s right and my heavenly Father to delight? It seems so contradictory this winding life trajectory. I know what […]
Sadness and Satisfaction
I want to cry but the tears won’t flow I can only sigh thinking of the blows. God, up there so high, we, down here below the terrible pain, deep inside healing…seems so slow To my many prayers, seemingly no reply let not my heart seeds of bitterness sow the […]
Come, oh Trinity
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 […]
Sorrow
My heart is filled with sorrow grieving like there’s no tomorrow Things just aren’t going so well tears deep inside begin to swell it’s good sometimes to take time to mourn for beyond the grief, new hope is born While I mustn’t rush sitting with the pain to properly process […]