Wordweaving

*Even with poetry, I get blessed merely from reading. I collated the FB posts of the wife of Christ.*

Beginning

I'm beginning to understand
that in silence I am drawn to You,
that my unanswered questions
may cause me to seek You more,
know You more, trust You more.

I'm beginning to grasp
the significance of pain in my life,
that my heartache
may cause me to understand
Your children more,
love them more, support them more.

I'm beginning to develop eyes
to see Your unnoticed blessings
that sustain me and cause me to
acknowledge You more,
speak with You more, honor You more.
I'm beginning to end with You.

- Lisa Gaytan

One Small Light

Light is wisdom and learning.
Light is warmth and shelter.
Light is love and compassion.
Light comes from You.

Help me force back the dark.
Help me spread learning and loving,
home and hope.

Let Your Light shine through me
to brighten the world's dark corners.

- Sue Bradford Edwards

Pulse of the Generations

We raise our faces to You.
You who has sustained
countless generations;
with the steadiness of Your love,
with the strength of Your wisdom.
You are the blood that unites us.
You are the pulse that revives us.
You are where we begin,
where we end,
where we are.

I look to You
with soul-bursting gratitude
for the blessing of family
and the gift of Your Presence
within and around us.

-sis Margaret Taylor

The Language of Love

Thanks be to You
for semi-colons,
for m-dashes, ellipses, and commas.
Glory be in the languages of Earth,
in Morse code and Braille,
in Swahili and Portuguese.
You made us social beings,
then gave us the gift that binds,
that brings us together
in conversation, chatter, exclamation.
Joy comes from communication,
as does peace.
Help us to use our words wisely and well.

- Lori Strawn

Faith Focused

Help me to build upon the faith
that you've grown in me,
and to use it as an example
and a testament to You.
Teach me that I can overcome,
or at least endure, through it all.

- Mary Boscaino

Whatever May Come

I’m getting the idea
You know what the heck You’re doing.

You made me funny, fickle,
sometimes feral,
but You know I always
find my way back to center.

You gave me the quirks I possess,
like a penchant for pointless puns;
a black thumb unable to sustain even a ficus,
and a heart as wide as the sky.

Measuring myself against others who aren’t me
is like saying I don’t trust You.
My greatest idiosyncrasy
is that I’ve never met You,
but trust You with my life and all I hold dear.
Walk together with me, whatever may come.


- Ruth Williams

Amazed

This is my day
of unlimited chances.
A day of uncommon favor
and unending blessings.

When Your favor
and blessings overtake me,
my change will come.
I am ready and prepared
to receive my portion.
It ís my turn to prosper.

I don't fear today,
for fear tolerated
is favor unsure.

I experience Your goodness.
I have unleashed my faith
and I am amazed.

This is my day
of miracles.
I receive it! I receive it!

- Brenda Scott