I laid down today and you laid with me. My eyes closed inside, although I was resting upright. My grasp loosened, my hold let go. If this is what its like to die or be at peace with not knowing, then good. I trust. All is well. All manner of things I count to … More A Poem: Trust
They are not heavy, the seasons of change, which pass like the passing weather. We can sit outside and watch the night turn to light, the clouds give way to emerging day, to remember this. On a morning that the rain fell and the sun shone her face in the space of one small hour. … More A Poem: Not Heavy
Oh Lord if I can die to you in the little things, I can then die when it counts. When it matters if I let go, or hold on. When all that matters loses its meaning, in the bigger gain. Oh Lord, if I can practice letting go today, then tomorrow I will with ease, … More A Poem: Learning to Die
Loss is so deep there are no words to define its meaning, that we can speak. It is empty, like the ringing of a bell gone silent. Or the rush of the bird that all of a sudden takes flight. We are left alone. And that alone, is overwhelming. We can no longer stand up … More A Poem: Wordless
God taught me of love. How it was a like a kite, that you lengthen and let loose. Or the string of a bow that sets an arrow on its path. I guess, nothing he taught me was that it was something you kept. Rather it was something that you kept on giving out; like … More A Poem: Flight
We have often failed and have not been overcomers because our trying and striving have been in our own strength. Tozer I promise you that joy runs deeper than despair. Corrie Ten Boom Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music. George Eliot O Love, thou spring of life, well … More Daily Inspiration 17 Mar 17
Living Tree Poetry 