Month: August 2020

Crest of Defeat

One cannot say what one would do

If left alone for very long

Sadness creeps in

Hindering the joy

Causing doubt to sprout

Among the already thorny

Thoughts of the mind

Promises made don’t matter

For the slightest thing can

Wipe them out and make them

Void of truth

Why put so much store in them

When fate can blow them

Into yesterday in a few seconds

Wrestling with time for the answers

Only marks more emptiness

And travail of heart

Why, when, where and now what

Ponder the questions

Yet no new answers come to mind

Just more sadness and

Shaking of the head

Disappointed in the outcome

Of another day that is passed

Into the mire of other missed moments

Spilling over the crest of defeat

Into the lostness of now.

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Just to Let You Know

There isn’t anything don’t you see

That will not be overheard

So I put my heart out there

For all to see

Just to let you know and

Tell you this from me

I will love you for all eternity

And if by the grace of God

We are ever allowed to be

I will wait faithfully but alas

Not patiently for you to see

That I’m right here waiting

Where I said I’d be

And if by God’s Divine decree

We will never get to be

I will always be grateful

That for just a little while

You belonged to me.

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Thoughts of Wonder

Ever wonder why the birds sing at first light

Or why the elephant always remembers where it was born

And goes back to die

How the raptors know where their territory is

On the electric poles

How fish always know when to spawn and where

Why the bee gathers pollen to make the honey

As it pollinates the flowers

How the tree knows what year it is

As they start a new ring

Why babies instinctively know how to nurse

Whether it be bottle or breast

Or how to take that first breath of oxygen

That had already been provided

Where the darkness went when God created His Light

Plus the sun, and moon, and stars in our vast Universe

Why none of what I have mentioned

Was due to anything a human’s creativity

Could accomplish

These are just a few of the trillions upon trillions

Of God’s amazing miracles

That happen every moment of everyday

Yet ‘we’ act like ‘we’ had the plan

We are pompous strutters of ‘self’

Instead of being humble and eternally grateful

For the gifts He has bestowed on us and for us!

Thank You, Father and forgive us, Please.

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Tap on the Heart

Sometimes a simple whisper of a hello

A tap on the heart with a smile

The tender touch of a kiss on the cheek

A bit of a talk on the phone

A pat on the back

Holding a hand with concern

Praying for comfort and peaceful rest

Such acts of kindness and gentle thoughtfulness

Can mean all the difference

To a hurting and lonely soul.

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Storms of Life

It’s kind of funny yet scary

How life can turn inside out so quickly

Storms of life come quietly at first

Then building to a thunderous

Assault on the senses

What was predicted was even worse

Than expected

Riding high on the clouds of hope

Then crashing to the ground like two inch hail

Shattered by crushing disappointments

And lost time

Updrafts of sometimes courage and flashes

Of broken promises like lightning

Bright and awesome but gone

In an instant of reality

Leaving the damages behind

Picking up shattered pieces of this life

Tossed about by tornadic winds of change

Sudden realization of what can’t be

Sending the heart to find a covering of protection

So it won’t be damaged anymore

Afraid now of being so vulnerable

To the loss of further storms

That it may never recover or be the same again.

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Perfect Faith

I see others on their walk of faith

Strong and so together

But that’s not me

I’m all over the place

One day I may pray and another

Totally forget

Doubt can be a companion

That rears it’s ugly head

I can help others to understand

A few things of what I know

Then be so mad at myself

For my shaky silliness and weakness

I read books about the great men

And women of God

I marvel at the knowledge to be

Gleaned by the anointed writers of Theology

Yet the one Book I ignore the most

Is the one I need the most

Perfect faith lives within the pages

Of this Book

Written by ‘The Author and Finisher’

Of my faith

The Alpha and Omega. The LORD of all

Yet I stumble on my path to Him

I fall so short and fail so much

I want to please and be a good child

But I get in the way

When I read of the trials and tribulations

Others have gone through

Or listen to them tell of great blessings

And the things they have done

I hang my head in shame

I have no crowns to lay at my Savior’s feet

Only a broken heart beaten up by life

Patched together with tattered threads

Of sin and remorse

Covered by excuses that I know would sink

Into the soggy quicksand of pity and woe

Yet I do truly believe that He loves me beyond measure

He forgives me my failures and laziness

When I repent then ‘He restores my soul

And cleanses me from all unrighteousness’

I don’t and can’t do it myself

My faith is in Him and Him alone

But as long as I live and breathe on this Earth

I will fail in my walk and my faith

But the One who flung the Universe across the Heavens

Still hold me in His arms as I cry my tears

Of regret at failing Him

Like a child I climb upon my Father’s lap

As I weep with a heart of gratitude

He tells me I am His beloved

That I am worthy ‘By the stripes that paid

The price for me’

One day I will leave this sinful world

And enter those Heavenly Gates of purest gold

No longer afraid or ashamed

My Savior will hold out His nail-scared hands

And welcome me into His home

I will be accepted completely and have

Beyond all shadows of doubt: A Perfect Faith!

Thank You, Jesus!

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‘maybe’

Seems like I have waited my whole life on ‘maybe’

When I was a little kid it was ‘maybe’ I’ll get to play outside

And not have to do chores

As I got older ‘maybe’ that boy in my class will finally like me

As a teenager I had ugly teeth but thought ‘maybe’

I could get braces

When I became grown ‘maybe’ was my wishing well of hopes

‘maybe’ I’ll fall in love and someone will love me too

‘maybe’ I’ll have two or three kids to raise and enjoy

After I was grown it was marriage and sitting up a home

It was three kids whom I adore

The job of ‘maybe’ I’ll get this bill paid before

They ‘maybe’ turn my water off

Becoming a debt dancer to other ‘maybe’

But doable in time

It wasn’t a ‘maybe’ if I was loved

Because I was so blessed

‘maybe’ I was a good Mom

You would have to ask my three kids

‘maybe’ I’ll be a neat ole lady in my dotage

Then again ‘maybe’ not.

We will see, ‘maybe’.

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Morning Mist

Through the morning mist of time

That swirls within and without

Life plays her soft sweet tunes

To drive away the doubt

Sharp edges are not allowed to be

No tongues are cruel or mean

Graces dances upon the clouds

Sky angels can be seen

Kissing the earth with cleansing dew

To bring hope and peace to me and you.

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I Can Rest Now

I can rest now

My heart is at ease

I know everything will be okay

The tears fell into the night

Like cascading waterfalls

I tried to push the hurt away

With tender thoughts

And fervent prayers

But nothing helped

Then I heard His still small voice

Whisper to my soul

“Everything will be okay.”

Now I trust God’s eternal plan

For He always does things right

So I hold my heart in my hands

Outstretched to Him

Giving it to Him for His perfect will

I don’t need to worry or fret anymore

For everything will be okay!

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