I long to love youbut don’t know quite how It seems the harder a trythe more damage it does Drawing close to youactually pushes you away …slowly we are drifting apart. I want to be closer to youto share life’s moments each day But instead we just coordinatethe daily business, […]
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I Want To Cry
I want to cry but no tears comeA new season has begunand yet I keep wanting to cling to the past,hoping that the good aspects of it will last. I feel that lump in my throatand hope that I can stay afloat.I know that crying might help me healwhen I […]
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Shattered Dreams for my Daughter
I watch my daughter strugglenearly fully grown,yet crawling on the floorjust to get to the toilet,or a classroomexhausted after only a few minutes on her feetwith the support of crutches or a parent’s arm The vibrant individualismThe joyful dancing aroundnot caring what others might thinkall temporarily suspended or is it […]
Life with God
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Grateful for this Visit
I’m grateful for this time I’ve hadit has been really great, not badso wonderful the kids to seeand with my wife in person to be I enjoyed the early morning walksso that we could have uninterrupted talksAfter the bad storms on Friday, which delayed my flightthe weather has been gorgeous, […]
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Love Reality
I think about the future all the time but often at the expense of the present Blessings innumerable are currently mine, Though not every one of them is pleasant Am I missing out on the now, as I sojourn, Always focused on what is next coming? Letting this moment pass […]
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Brain Retrain
Oh brain, it’s time to retrainto leave old ways behindto stop going back again and againit’s time to show you’re a new mind Years of sinful thoughtsputrid, though we “ought not”became the default patternas if thoughts didn’t matter But they do. They change us.And the way we see and treat […]
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Fishing Line and Sin
Oh Fishing Line, why are you so terribly tangled?Wouldn’t you rather be in the pond, and dangle?So that I might possibly catch something?Instead, I must sit here, catching nothing As I try to unravel the terrible knotI have one recurring thoughtOh Fishing Line you are like sin,“So easily entangles us” […]
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Forty-Six
As I’m turning 46 todayI’m taking time to think and prayLooking up to the clear, blue skyI wonder: “Is life passing me by?” No, life is busy, always fulltoo much at times, but never dullIn all my toil, have I done enough?Reflected Jesus, when times are tough? Life has highs […]
Life with God , Nature
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My Rock
Oh God you are my Rock! When everything around is unsettling when changes seem never ending I can stand firmly on You. You do not change or move even when things are not smooth I can remain confidently on You. When strong storms of life abound when it seems things […]
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Rest Day
The weather outside is full of gloom as I sit alone, in this hotel room It’s nice to finally have a day off! the schedule recently has been a bit rough– Working every weekend for various reasons I’m thankful it’s not always like that, just some seasons I tried to […]