Tag: Love

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...

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...

Perchance to Dance

Oh, to dance a romantic happenstance with love on a June evening perchance a preordained meeting an answer to prayer believe if you dare What shall I wear this evening to dance to meet my love catch his first glance by grace from above ____________________________...

An Unexplainable Feeling

The current prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is to write poetry as a vehicle for emotion, which is pretty much what most poetry is anyway. When I read the prompt, I immediately knew the emotion I wanted to write about, but wasn’t sure how I...

What We Deserve

We think we all deserve God’s love All good gifts that come from above A good God wouldn’t send folks to hell And therefore the story we tell saves all with love Except, of course, men like Hitler Terrorists and Jeffrey Dahmer They don’t deserve...

A Cautionary Tale and Forgiveness

I’ve been pondering my past, my regrets, a lot lately and it was starting to get me down. Regrets will do that, you know. I was really starting to let it get to me, praying that God would just let me forget the things I’ve...