Do good
Do not withhold
If you have power–give
Extend to those that which is due
Be kind
Cinquain
Leona J. Atkinson. 03-23-14
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in the power of your hand to do so.
[Proverbs 3:27 NKJV]
An Epiphany!
The Wise Men journeyed afar,
Following a star.
Gentiles seeking a Child King,
Treasured gifts for Him do bring.
Tanka
Leona J. Atkinson 01-06-14
(based on scriptures in Matthew 2:1-12)
Part 1 of The Daily Post’s Weekly Writing Challenge: Cliffhanger
Great Sheet
Bound at four corners
Filled with unclean common things
Did descend from heaven to earth
Vision
From God to show Peter His intent
Was no partiality
Salvation is
For all
Mirror Cinquain
Leona J. Atkinson 11-04-13
Based scripture in Acts 10:9-16 (Peter’s Vision)
Death visited last night
It took the body of someone I knew
His earthly tent is now empty
But his spirit lives someplace new
There’s a heavenly mansion above
That Jesus prepared and took him to
Where he’ll dwell forever in peace
Because he believed what was true
We all can join him there
And have our mansion too
We just need to believe and receive
What Jesus did for me and you
Rhyme
Leona J. Atkinson 10-25-13
In memory of Herman (Rock) Kunneman, a brother in Christ, and former brother-in-law on earth.
In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. –Jesus (John 14:2,3)
For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. (2 Corinthians 5:1)
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16 )
I wonder and worry,
But God speaks in many ways.
He often whispers when
I find a penny or dime:
“I will provide for your needs”
Tanka
Leona J. Atkinson 09-17-13
Based on Philippians 4:19 scripture
As I ride the World’s Roller Coaster,
Each day offers different emotions.
One day I am “King of the Hill”,
The next I find myself at the “Bottom of the Barrel”,
Often I feel like I am “The Man in the Middle”.
But when each day’s ride is over,
I make time to talk with my Father,
And His words bring me comfort.
I find my true identity
In the truth of His words.
I am a Child of the King,
But His Kingdom is not of this world.
Free Verse
Leona J. Atkinson 08-29-13
I was going,
But now, I’m not.
Plans change so quickly.
Another day passes,
As I do mundane tasks.
Time passes slowly.
Days become filled
With work and school.
Minutes fly by.
Sunrises in the East.
Sunsets in the West.
Moments in between are a blur.
Life–a daily gift.
Have I used it well?
Have I shared it with others?
The Lord of days
Watches it all
And ponders…
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He ponders all his paths. Proverbs 5:21
Free Verse
Leona J. Atkinson 08-23-13
Favored.
Clothed with Grace.
Stand firm in His Armor.
His child, His bride, His warrior.
No fear.
Cinquain
Leona J. Atkinson
07-15-13
Leonas Lines--Poetry Plus 