Home  >  

Tag: Life

February 16, 2016

Grace and Mercy

A choice once made and acted on Has consequences far beyond What I could have ever imagined On that cold, sunny day What began as an innocent stroll Plunged me into a deep, dark hole Of self-loathing and confusion Endless and forever it seemed Even...

Categories Poetry Comments: 0
February 11, 2016

Why This Pain?

Why would God allow this pain? Sometimes I wonder, sometimes I doubt What is this suffering all about? What could there possibly be to gain? Oh the trauma that drove me insane Mired in darkness, struggling to get out Why would God allow this pain? Sometimes...

Categories Poetry Comments: 29
February 8, 2016

Lulled by Pride

Lulled by promises of reward for all my good deeds Satan seeks to get me onboard by planting seeds of pride ‘Til I was startled awake by the truth of my great need for a substitute to earn my prize by His loving sacrifice _________________________ It’s time...

Categories Poetry Comments: 26
February 4, 2016

Desiring to Know God

I love when several things that I encounter in a day all point to the same truth about God. That’s what happened today. As part of my devotional reading, while I played ball with the dog, I decided to read a couple of Psalms. I...

Categories Christian Living Comments: 0
February 3, 2016

Coming Clean: A Book Review of Sorts

In case anyone is wondering, I’m still working on my memoir, but it’s no longer going to be titled “My Year of Living Fearlessly.” That was a title that was suggested to me by an editor and I thought it was saleable and what I...

Categories Book Reviews Comments: 2
January 29, 2016

Waiting

The dust-covered book sits silently on the table waiting to be dusted and read ________________ The Meeting the Bar prompt at dVerse Poets Pub yesterday was to write a poem in the style of imagism. I immediately thought of the above short bit of verse.

Categories Poetry Comments: 18
January 15, 2016

I See God

I’m going to pretend that this rain in the lane Heralds the arrival of spring when birds sing As through this long winter I trod I see God The robin finds worms in rain-soaked sod More death and winter the nightly news portends Yet new life and...

Categories Poetry Comments: 18