Tuesday, August 28, 2018

In the Light of God's Paint - summer

the lake is holding a glimmering sky
but can no more contain it than can the eye
too vast its wild and shimmering tide
its canvas open wide
*
the mountains portrait cannot be framed
their massive crown of royalty reigns
they cannot be controlled or tamed
a thousand years the same
*
the forest breathes a breath so deep
each moment sighs and silence silence speaks
its message wafts to lofted peaks
beyond the farthest reach
*
the scented scenes of meadows find
a sense of awe and grand design
for those who search and seek and wait,
may find great hope -
in the light of God's paint. 

"Blessed is he...whose hope is in the Lord his God,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
For with You is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light.
Psalms 146:5,6,9

Sunday, August 19, 2018

rock me to sleep by the bay - summer

the bay rocks itself to sleep every night
the trees point the way
to the skies waning light
with swaying sound
it soothes the soul
simplicity captured
within its hold
I'm just a bystander
receiving its care
its calming and healing
keep calling me there
each evening I'm seeing
it's never misleading
awaiting -
its dreamscape to share

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Love's Soliloquy - summer

He means to give 
His Love to me
before I leave
so freedom can be
full and truly free.
His Words were first
but now there is meaning,
the world is fresh
and beyond what it was seeming!
So many scales from my eyes
have fallen
that I pristinely see now
His calling;
there's much the evil one 
leaves torn asunder
but what God desires as revelation
has opened us to His wonder...
Love is caring
Love is kind
never meant to be left behind
or shoved away or trampled beneath
but enveloping our life complete
to whomever we may meet.
Love is His ambassador,
the only one evil can't defeat
it can't be dismantled
or dismayed
for where all else fails
His Love will find the Way...

"See what great love the Father has lavished on us that we should be called children of God!

1 John 3:1