over sundown psalms of mourning doves
“When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and” –
fiddling wings of mating crickets
“he exhorted them all”
a fall of catkins from post oak trees
“to remain faithful
to the Lord
with steadfast purpose”
ants nose around us on their way home
Category: Faith
The Book of Job
“God forbid!” cried Job – “You treat your enemies like this –
The way You treat Your friends!”
Image
Did you know
that you are a God picture, walking?
That she is too? –
That he is too? –
but nothing else on this wide earth?
Fearing Unseen Things
“Spiritual” –
a word that sends us running, as if from
rattling guns.
Soul Shy
Days long ago I wrestled with
God.
Stormed his walls and claimed his ear.
Today, I fidgeted, and watched my feet, and stammered a triviality.
How shy of you I am,
how anxiously I tiptoe now
going past your door,
for fear
that You might hear me.
Mundane Theologies
“I
JUST
WANT
TIME
TO
CLEAN
THE
TOILETS!
Is that too much to ask?”
“Yes,”
He said.
“It is.
Can you make peace with that?”
Glory
She lay him –
God –
On hay,
While angels
unable to contain their joy
unfurled bright wings and flew,
Blossomed a white and fiery rose
before the drowsing sheep –
In thunderous voice
broke into chorus across
the fields, the prickly grass where shepherds sprawled.
And immortal shadows
grew great against the mountains all around.
They serenade the Son
who whimpers, wondering at the world he made,
and lies among the wide-eyed cows:
Jesus –
Deity –
veiled, veiled
from human eyes,
lest he overwhelm us
with his glory
and we die.
On Christmas Eve
Sometimes receiving the smallest gifts
makes us able
and willing
to believe the reality
of the
Greatest.
Made Along The Way 