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…
To The Hard Season
I hope that you are blessed with this installment as a part of my poetry series. You and I are no strangers to the difficult, testing seasons, they are a part of us all. Even the bible tells us not to be surprised during times of testing (1 Peter 4:12). I wrote this poem as…
A Taste of Poetry: Which Table
In this poetry piece, I explore the tastes and appetites we all have, not in food, but in the world around us. I wrote this earlier this year as I started to unravel and unpack what I was really consuming and where I wanted to be eating from. A Table Before My Enemies Why had…
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