Break me, then build me. Am I praying that prayer right?Crush me, pour me out,Am I wrong in putting up a fight? Do you want it all?Or how about just a part?Because giving you everything Means giving you you my whole heart. What if I’m not ready What if I keep saying no?Is that where your faithfulness wins When…
Life on the Edge
This is the edgeThis is life on the edgeThis is where I’ve chosen to staySold it all to be up here to be on this ledge This is where they say you can flyBut others they say, this is where you’ll die So, here I stand, life on the edgeGiving it all awayGiving it to you for…
The Morning Air
It is the morning air that awakens me.It’s the freshness and the light that invigorates me to a new day.It’s the sun beaming in,And the dew on the breeze,That tells me mercies are new today. Gone is yesterday,Gone is the past,Here is today.Uncharted, waiting for me to set sail upon,Undocking from the port of moments…
I Am A Tree
Strong and true, it stands there in the meadowThe mightiest of oaksIts branches tall and mighty, growing high into the heavensIts leaves green and vibrant, full of life, covering every inch of the treeIts roots, unseen, grow down deep into an unseen water sourceRoots growing further than the reach of its branches in the seen…
The Things I’ve Carried
I’ve carried a backpack of things I needed, hiking up this mountainThings I thought were a part of me, that needed to come with me wherever I went I’ve carried hurtI’ve carried bitternessI’ve carried anger, disappointment and discouragement I’ve carried the pains of my past, the guilt of my mistakes I’ve carried the weight of…
Hope
Hope Hope is like a fresh wind blowing in from the northLike a sunrise of a promise of a new dayHope is like the glisten of the sea as you set sail for opportunityLeaving behind yesterday Hope is like a sunbeam shining in through your windowThe fragrance of a newly budded flowerA smell of the…
A Prayer
The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. John 1:4-5 --- Jesus, thank you for your word. Thank you that you are the Word. Thank you that you came into a dark world and brought your…
The Least of These
I admittedly have never been the best at serving the least of these I have turned my nose up, lost in my own prideI’ve exalted myself up on a house of cards I built with my own lies I’ve said that I’m better than you, I’m better than themI’ve said that I’m more important, too worthy to…
Love Is
Inspired by 1 Corinthians 13 Love is patient and kind It grows slow and generously Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude, it does not demand its own way As it grows, it never forces or pushes things out of the way. It grows around and through and…
To the One Who Tries to Hold Me Down
I wrote this poem back earlier this year is a meditation on what I was walking out with God during that time. I hope and pray you receive from it and are invited into a deeper encounter with the love and protection of God. We never save ourselves, that is His job. To the One…
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