The thought spoken
Each day I spurn
That you are dust and
To dust you’ll return
And let these words
Soak into you
And with this truth
What will I do?
Things of this world
Will pass away
The wise soul will
Repent and pray
Direction turn
To way anew
Of 40 days
Our Christ pursue
To fast and give
Devote to prayer
With Spirit dwell
Our soul prepare
When we are lost
Looking all around
All we have to do
Is simply to stay found
When we are so grateful
Want to repay you
All we have to do
Is simply to say thank you
When we desire more
Of your gifts this day
All we have to do
Simply give them away
When we want to serve you
With our own calling of
All we have to do
Is simply share your love
When we are so busy
Can’t see a way through
All we have to do
Is simply trust in You
Let us pause to ponder
How God could convey
To reveal His nature
There are so many ways
As one of the mist
Of Spirit unknown
To cover in faith
When we feel alone
As a great ocean
Our journey to face
An emotion of waves
From destruction to grace
As a dark cloud
Facing our fear
But providing water
We need to live here
As the changing seasons
Through winter to cope
A bounty to harvest
In spring, we’ll find hope
As the great light
An appearance each day
That we all need to see
With vision to portray
But He came as a baby
In vulnerability
And from all of these ways
He chose humility
To be one of us
To walk alongside
Our incarnate God
In us to reside
Come let all of these things
Be reminders of
That our Gods nature
Is only love
Now in life’s reflection
Your perspective to see
Your thoughts of motherhood
One so heavenly
A life that’s so hard
Exhausting physically
What’s more difficult
Those emotionally
Tasks and situations
That I’d have to admit
Though I’d never say no
Don’t know how I’ll do it
As the way of the Cross
Christs life to fashion
For its who we are
That love is our passion
But those moments collected
Of joy shining bright
Stored in the soul
Were moments of light
The pain and suffering
Died with my body
But our moments of love
We live eternally
Thanks to so many that leave kind comments
With a word of a friend
I’m always amazed
How they can lift you up
On the darkest of days
With a thought of the wise
Of encouragement be
They see something in you
That you didn’t see
And even online
Through a little comment
To me it’s the voice
Of the Spirit thats sent
And even a stranger
You meet on the way
Can help with direction
And go on their way
With a word of the Word
Don’t hesitate, here
Through the Spirit in us
We always can share
Thank you emmlisten for the comment and inspiration
It ignites my soul
When in scriptures we find
The Lords relates to me and
My friend speaks my mind
Sometimes in the Spirit
I feel my words are blind
I know we’re one body when
My friend speaks my mind
What a blessing to me
When our souls are aligned
When a friend says to me
My friend speaks my mind
When we hear Jesus say
My joy is divine
When His Word is shared
My friend speaks my mind
https://bridgetathomas.com/2023/01/05/my-one-word-for-2023/
Check out Bridget’s word for the year… Here’s a poem to help kick it off
Shepherd
Thoughts of a shepherd
Our pondering, begun
A question for our soul
Is do we need one?
A leader of our life
To follow faithfully
To trust for sustenance
Rest in security
As brothers and sister
In community
It is in our shepherd
We become one body
Who knows and adores us
His treasure, we be
For we know that he’d lay
His life down for me
As our dwelling place
Wherever we roam
For where He is
Is where we call home
He has chosen us
Our shepherd, divine
Oh yes, I need a shepherd
Jesus, lead this soul of mine
On this soft autumn dawn
Of deep colors light
The winds of autumn
Shares an insight
Trees of surrender
Bear witness to earth
To nourish to soil
In hope of rebirth
A whisper of wisdom
Of silence prevails
A knowing is stirring
Of what it entails
A time of the soul
A blessing is sent
One of preparing
For sacred Advent
“Welcome to my dwelling place.”
An unscripted walk — Reflections from the Pew
Loved this post! Put it in a poem (hopefully worthy of Tim’s words)
Unscripted
I took a walk through the woods
Where there was no trail
It was the way unscripted
The unknown to unveil
I think I saw God smile
A whisper of His grace
“Welcome here beloved
To My dwelling place”
There was no grand cathedral
Or tabernacle, fine
Not even a vision
Of something here divine
Of no path prescribed
Through Him the way created
Here, rather I found
A place uncomplicated
And without my searching
Found wonder of beyond
Brilliant peeks of sunshine
And unexpected pond
It was a bit unkempt
I asked curiously
Why would God dwell here?
And He answered me
“For not only here
But in joy and in strife
In all the unscripted
Parts of your life
For without searching
You will find Me
In unanticipated
Places of beauty
In unimagined wonder
Meaning undiscovered
Especially in unkempt
Parts of life uncovered
For that is where I dwell
Heavens’ veil is lifted
For this is who I Am”
And so, I prayed, unscripted
The mist of the night
Decided to stay
For the joy of the dawn
And then danced the way
And the light of the dawn
Decided to send
Colors of joy
A gift for it’s friend
And the scene was painted
A view from above
Of solemn beauty
A vision of love
And it invites you
To come join within
To offer your gifts
In this day to begin
DarylMadden 