Seven Stanzas at Easter By John Updike Make no mistake: if he rose at all It was as His body; If the cell’s dissolution did not reverse, the molecule reknit, The amino acids rekindle, The Church will fall. It was not as the flowers, Each soft spring recurrent; It was not as His Spirit in …
Category: Poems
Musings and Reflections
When words are shallow
when words are shallow when the cruelty of death is felt but words are shallow when people leave but the pain lingers when the time passes and life goes on but you wish the world would stand still when others can begin to smile but you still hurt when words are shallow but a person’s …
Repost: Let Faithfulness Be Enough
LET FAITHFULNESS BE ENOUGH You didn’t call me to be successful, You called me to be faithful. Keep me from the treadmill of performance. Let faithfulness be enough. You didn’t call me to be known, You called me to know You. Keep me obedient to what I know. Let faithfulness be enough. You didn’t call …
In His Presence
In His Presence Sometimes I crawl into the presence of God exhausted by life beaten by the world overwhelmed by the weakness of my flesh and in His presence I find refreshment for my heart sustenance for my soul redirection for my mind empowerment for the strength of my body Sometimes I run into the …
Living out of the memory, moment and mission
Living out of memory Don’t minister out of memory, but do learn from the past. Don’t minister simply out of memory, but based on past memories of God’s presence, power and provision, depend on Him now for your current needs. Living in the moment Don’t minister simply in the moment, but do be fully present …
Who you are. . .
I was challenged recently by a statement in a sermon by David Loveless, pastor of Discovery Church in Orlando, Florida. He made a statement to the affect of, “I get tired of hearing people, in prayer, tell God, ‘thank you for who you are.’ If you said that to your wife, she would say, ‘Who …
I Will Rise
Awesome! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf7t3P9ISrE I Will Rise By: Chris Tomlin Album: Hello Love There’s a peace I’ve come to know Though my heart and flesh may fail There’s an anchor for my soul I can say, It is well Jesus has overcome and the grave is overwhelmed The victory is won He is risen from the dead …