In waters deep or shallow

I pray to keep rekindling this truth

To live today and give to You tomorrow

On my own I would drown in a puddle of doubt and sorrow

But with You, my God of all things possible

We can walk on water

 

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The cats are getting fat

While the dogs are fighting for scraps

When I think that things just aren’t fair

I consider those unable and in despair

We may feel at times we’re fighting for scraps

Just to be heard or to be fed

As I maneuvered down the street today

Nice car, leather seats, six-speaker stereo

Hugging the curb just up ahead

A young guy, thirty-something

Had a wheelchair for his ride

I shifted in my seat

And rearranged my thinking

If there be any hunger

Let my Spirit find its fill

With a much needed dosing

A perpetual overflowing

Never ending, always willing

Never forcing, always wanting

Fruit of love and gratitude

Then, and only then

Will peace and all Her blessings flow

To fill the need of every seeking soul

Reborn, renewed, refreshed

Now enabled to be the savior we are seeking

And receive the gift of selfless giving

To be someone’s angel here on earth

 

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A requiem of imaginations

Reeling from the world’s machinations

Caught up in a plot that guaranteed a happy ending

 

Slipping from a familiar shore

Believing to cross and suffer not

Growing stronger with each stroke

 

You Oh God of heaven, Oh God of earth

I know you saw me there

And hoped, did I, that You my God

 

Would deliver me safely to new shores

All in tact and better fit

For the course I had endured

 

Did I ask at anytime, Oh God if this plan of mine, is also a plan of Yours?

How often do I set about to do what I believe

But outcomes prove another end

 

A twisting turnabout in the mystery of life

For my Creator, our Creator

Sometimes has a different plan

 

My faith led me to a distant shore

Hope gave me strength to stay afloat

My expectancy still had failed

 

Disappointment weighed me down

Then faith and hope returned

With wisdom from above

 

Assuring that the only fault

Is the frailty of humanity

Relying on a vision of mortal short-sightedness

 

God’s plan includes us all

To bring about a healing, and a victory that still reveals

That God’s ways are incredible and indecipherably supreme

 

Remember and retell the story of salvation to all nations

Bringing comfort to weary souls

That will bring us to a clear new day that rings with everlasting joy

 

The promise of our heavenly home – and this struggling no more

 

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Media alerts, and each day’s chatter, mix with prayers of thanks and the many needs for all

Thoughts unknowingly, unwantedly seep deeper while we sleep

Does the vividness of dreams beckon our dissection of a possible prophetic message

Hoping for comforting assurance, and the semblance of desired truth

 

Seeking a life purpose will never be in vain

For the Lord of all proclaims to always guide our path

For the better part of self; the Spirit truly speaking

Engender faith and hope with all your heart for all the lives that you keep reaching

 

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We are flowers quickly fading Often feeling heavy laden

All I need is to surrender
Knowing that Your love is sure to save me
From a disbelieving world, not knowing You

May Your love forever be

In constant bloom within my heart

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Some days it’s an umbrella, and others it’s shades

How blessed are we to have what we need

To praise, not complain

With the sun on our soul, or the earth turning cold

On the clearest of days, or in down-pouring  rain

We are free in the Spirit, not bound by the world

The weather within is what keeps our souls whole

 

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A good plan is like a tail wind

Bringing closer a desired destination

Preparation that considers what and whom is in our path

Adds new definition to what the world presumes to call success

But we are not of the world

Thank God we are those that strive to live aloft

Observing what is temporary

Beating wings against the force to rise and overcome 

 

 

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If weather were dictated by your emotions

Would there be more calm seas, and clear blue skies

Or wind and rain and dark stormy nights

Would your pictures be full of color

Or dramatically black and white

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There’s so much more that’s going on

So much more than eye can see

But like a train that’s run away

We hang on for the ride

Rejoicing to be in the fore

Facing things to come

With open heart and open arms

In the center of it all

With God and Christ and Spirit filled

Fear can nowhere hide

Displaced by faith

Burned out by light

Oh God I pray 

Keep us ever in Your love and sight

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– The damaged antenna from the North Tower of the World Trade Center – Currently, installed at the Newseum in Washington, DC – A memorial for those whose lives were lost, the suffering, and for the countless numbers who sacrifice their lives in the name of peace and for our freedom.

 This rusted, bent, and battered tower

That once enabled communication

Sends now a very different signal

The remnant of what began a war

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All that is will rust and be corrupted

But what is eternal, our very soul

And heart of hearts that knows the truth

No one can destroy

 

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