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.