A calm word went forth
Silently soothing a soul
Like a gentle breeze
Senryu
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Proverbs 25:11
Category: Christian
Christianity, Scripture, Bible,
One in a Million
I am but a speck
One among a million lights
Yet the glow within
Dispels the darkness without
And brings hope to the world
Tanka
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5:16
Tear Bottle
Teardrops
Fell over the years
Many tears, many fears
Yet He captured every one
God’s Love
Cinquain
You keep track of all my sorrows You have collected all my tears in your bottle You have recorded each one in your book. Psalm 56:8 NLT
Special Song
A sweet melody
In the quiet of the night
His song comes to me
His song comes to me
And night and day I shall sing of
His lovingkindness
His lovingkindness
That He commands in daytime
Is my sweet heartsong
Senryu Cascade
The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night His song shall be with me—Psalm 42:8 NKJV
Standing Ovation
This very place
Where I once stood
Weak and frightful
Wondering if I could
Now I stand
And all’s well and good
I’m feeling strong
As I hoped I would
This brings the thought
Had I not in Him stood
If life now
Would be this good
It would not
For its understood
In His great strength
Is my livelihood
Rhyme
I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. (Jesus) John 15:5
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13
Penetrating Light
Life is a mirror
Large or small, light reflects all
Nothing is hidden
Beauty or misery shows
Each heart beat of time exposed
Tanka
For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. Luke 12:2
Ribbons of Life
Life’s
Ribbons
Teardrops flow
Pain overwhelms
Trials seem to grow
Hope slowly declines
The future looks so dim
Yet thru all these ribbons glows
The strong and sure symbol of Him
He nevers leaves us nor forsakes us
Etheree
Yesterday I decided to do a watercolor tapestry of my life.
I planned to use different colors and drawings to represent my various life events. Well, not being an artist, the whole painting ended up looking like a timeline of colors with some childish doodle drawings. The one thing that stood out was a brown cross that I drew, however, the rest of it I knew I would need to redo.
The whole painting had a good message as I explained it, it just needed a better appearance.
So, this morning I had the thought to just wash the whole painting clean with water and start over, kind of like a new life, new beginning. So I did. I loaded my shammy with water and washed and rubbed. In the end most of the paint disappeared, some just faded and all the drawings washed away EXCEPT THE CROSS! Honest!
The Cross didn’t fade nor change at all! It did not erase thru all I did! All the other drawings were drawn with the same watercolor pencils as the Cross, and they all erased, but it did not! AMAZING!
It seemed God was speaking to me in this, telling me that nothing can ever erase the message of the Cross. That what Christ accomplished thru His death on the Cross will always remain and that if we believe and receive Him as our Savior and Lord He will never leave us nor forsake us.
This seemed so profound to me that I decided to name the new painting “Ribbons of Life” to represent that no matter what happens to us in our life, if we have believed and received Jesus as our Savior and Lord, He will always be there with us thru it all!
Shepherding
Venturing
Out into the cold,
Adventure
Awaits as
Frozen twigs snap beneath my
Heavy booted feet.
In the night
A weak little lamb
Strayed away
From the flock
Searching for greener pastures
Led by the enemy
My heart aches
But not from the cold
Rod in hand
I walk in
My Father’s Authority
Clinging to His Word
Fear tries to
Silently creep in
Doubt tries to
Overwhelm
But my feet are as hinds feet
And my mind is sure
Determined
To save the lost
I move on
To overcome
My face set like flint
Lord God is my help
Wintery
Brisk air fills my lungs
As I cry out
At the sight
Rejoicefully I carry
My long lost sheep home!
Six Shadorma Story
Based on Luke 15: 4-7, Isaiah 50:7, Habakkuk 3:19
Commit
Commit thy way and works
Unto the Lord, trust Him always.
Walk the narrow path
Haiku
(Based on scriptures: Psalm 37:5, Proverbs 16:3, Matthew 7:14)
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37:5
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established Proverbs 16:3
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Matthew 7:14
In My Hand
My pen speaks
Of His wondrous works
Marvelous
Miracles
In my hand it is ready
To declare and write
Shadorma
My heart is overflowing with a good theme; I recite my composition concerning the King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Psalm 45:1 NKJV
Leonas Lines--Poetry Plus 