He Cares for You - winter

Huddled or hurried

we're being preyed upon

uncaring or worried

our resources gone

wounded and weary

daytime dark

and night is dreary

let us all

unfailingly fall

to the Light

and call

to Him

who won't leave our sight.

Humanity hopes

on blessings that He

brings to all

who are in need.

We either accept

or decline

He'll never force us -

it's what we decide.

We are in His image made

and cherished so -

if just for a moment

we must know

how when a sparrow 

falls from the sky

He cares,

so much more

for you and I.

"Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?

Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows."

words of Jesus in Luke 12:6

Joy to the World - post-Christmas

The world is back

with all its demands

dealing and reeling

with what is at hand

if only we could

hold in our heart

the hope Christ gives

though the season depart

and cold be the winter

and bold it cut through

give us joy that can only

be coming from You.

Your Arrival - Christmas

We know what it is to wait

and to pray

with hope that transcends

what is now and today,

a hearts hope for healing

be it body or soul

for Him who is higher

to come here below.

Desire is inherent

but greater still

the anticipation

of joy through God's will

He has not left us

oh come and see

this baby conceived

through his mother Mary.

Whether a nation had waited

for hundreds of years

or a nine month term

for Christ to appear

weeping may last for a night

but joy comes in the morn

come then Messiah

the blessed with us born.

Life was meant to be more than

survival

how eagerly we've waited

for your arrival!

Snowflakes Free...- winter

How is it the raindrops are so driven?

They point themselves straight into the ground 

while we find the feathery snowflakes wandering around...

they dip up to my window 

and pause to wave hello 

before lying gently down

in unexplored space below.

Scattering like leaves

they find a place to rest themselves as flying things will do

in a tapestry 

ever shaping anew. 

The rain will run to its lowest level 

forming its puddles and ponds

but the snowflakes free 

flit gleefully 

with the air their riding on...

Breathe a World - winter

How astounding

to take a breath

and breathe a world -

with a Word there was light

as Your Spirit hovered over the waters...

I take a breath and breathe

a song, a psalm

of ascending praise

in word and melody

with a voice that You made...

Greatest Thoughts - Fall

Perhaps our greatest thoughts in life

are those we never write

they're hidden away

so we never say

but hold onto them tight.

Coming in on silent feet

that tread upon the stair

they rise up where reflections meet

and leave impressions there.

Given voice,

what would they seem

if others couldn't know,

from past or present

incidents how deeply

they intone?

So they furrow

through our minds

with seeds of insights sown

but these will never see the light

nor their impact ever known.

The Leaves at my Feet - fall

The leaves are scattered

at my feet

a life of living

in victory over defeat

clear skies shine through

vacant trees

the earth has come to fall

on its knees

after so much bounty

it has received

yet here I stand

in testimony to the demands

that God is the power

and there is no other

who is as replete

than He who has 

scattered life's leaves

at my feet.

Hearth and Home - autumn/fall

On this sunless, chilly day

let us pull a tighter shawl

as our eyes seek out the warmer

places here in autumn

all

to find a fire and gather ‘round

to drive away the dampness’ cloy

as harvest past

we meet with joy

around a table spread with food

and loving folk knowing this is good

for fall has given

us each a prize

that seeking a hearth

and home

revives.  

A Time for Crickets- fall

it's summers end

a song of thankfulness 

is penned

for fruits of goodness

that God sends

His faithfulness 

do we depend

if life's a cycle

this warmth is our friend

as with all good things 

the leaves will descend 

and life itself

on which we depend

becomes so thin

we can not comprehend

what the future holds

but yet we transcend

to that which was promised

which God portends

and in midst of loss

we shall ascend

to Him who sends singing

we no longer contend

A time for crickets-

at summers end.

Fulfilled- fall

Somewhere fog drifts over a bridge

someplace the sun peers over a ridge

where time is standing

still.

Sometimes there's water of aqua hue

with islands piercing waves of blue

while dunes of snow turn

chill.

Falls of red volcano flow

canyons calm reflections glow

sometime, 

somewhere,

somehow

fulfilled.

Wind through the Curtains - fall

Wind through the curtains

time unseen;

flowing past,

what does it mean?

To sit in the chair

my grandfather sat

so long ago

bringing memories back

with merging of feelings

time comes together

as if ends were meeting

and a day were forever…

maybe a lifetime

is but one page

the script runs together

regardless of age

like a flower blooming

a continuous flow

maturing then fading

after it’s grown…

the breezes keep coming

as the earth turns round

yet I’ll live in this moment

so rich, so profound…

Purposeful Life - Fall

We're part of His masterpiece;

the beauty of nature

the grandeur of the sky

we've been placed here just as intentionally 

you and I.

No mistakes

and no regrets,

as purposeful a meaning

as any life can get.

Every soul should take comfort

that the Divine

never ceases His loving,

He wants you to shine

no matter how high 

no matter how low

your feeling of yourself 

may go,

God has known your thoughts 

and still

you're here and that means

you're a part of His will

to remain    

and continually look 

on high,  

you're part of His masterpiece 

and precious in His eye.

Why I Seldom Speak - fall

You wonder why I seldom speak-

it's because I'm into all matters deep.

Each word you say leads me to think 

and the interim causes conversation to sink!

It appears that I've no thought in my head

but I'm actually battling hundreds instead,

so consternation rises within 

and I'm alone with my thoughts once again...

so judge me not on appearance sake

or on how I do conversational give and take 

I really just like being with you

and I hope you have that feeling too.

Epic - summer

Every day is epic for 

we

who hold faith in

He

the Christ, 

the Holy One of God. 

no mountain is as high

no dream as large

no desire so strong

no ending so great...

Every day is epic for

                                                    we

who hold faith in

He

the Christ, 

the Holy One of God.

Music Making, soul refreshing - summer

Listen to the birds;

do they not sing

in good time?

Music in the making,

soul refreshing

rhythm without rhyme…

overlapping  folds of melody

create a place for me

that came before my time;

Music in the making,

soul refreshing

rhythm without rhyme…