Heart of Gratitude

Gratitude in the warm sunlight
Laying its head against my sheets
Breathing in another beautiful morning
As a song of Thanksgiving leaps in my heart
Memory of loved ones and friends
Rises before me all smiles
Necessary to give thanks to God
For this most precious life of ours

Happy Thanksgiving!!

A Sunday Verse

Hi all,

Hope you all had a wonderful Sunday. I am inspired today by a pair of verses in Psalm 104:

Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, who stretch out the heavens like a curtain. He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, who makes the clouds His chariot, who walks on the wings of the wind.

May Gratitude

Hi all,

Here are the countless blessings I have been keeping in my daily journal. I hope you all enjoy the Memorial weekend.

Warm sunlight pouring through the window
Dust particles swirling in the light
God is ever present and unchanging
New, unexpected joys of life
The wind in all its sweeping power
Old, familiar faces
A place to call home
An old memory can burst me into smiles
God is shelter in the rain
I never walk alone
Spring rain to replenish the earth
Conversations from the heart
Hard lessons make you stronger
Each day is the beginning of new experiences
Turning the page and writing a different ending

Quiet Glory

All is quiet
A hush lulls the wind
Glory and wisdom
Peace and understanding
Ears deciphering hymns
Prayers in flight like shooting stars
Interrupted only by chirping crickets
Dim brilliance of silence
Dreams sweet in our minds
Thoughts dormant on our lips
Mindful of earth and time
The spirit is at rest
In the horizon, God’s glory shines

Midnight Prayer

It is the darkness, God, and I
Beholding the silver doe moon
Night's face timeless as the stars
Praying lips fluttering in the dark
The silence of earth and time
Beautifully swimming in the mind
I am full of hope and love
My prayer a lullaby of peace

His Appearance

I hope you all have a blessed Easter

Hark ye thirsty and hungered
Ye wearied and bruised
The bones which cease to rise
Wakes and rises once more
The heart which wanders
Now races onward
At His appearance
Shall we sleep and wait
Or gather at His gate
For a glimpse of glory

More

More of you, less of me
The soul is but a tiny seed
Nurtured by the engrafted word of truth
Stretching outwards, they form great roots

More sunlight to paint against the darkness
To quicken this heart of stone
Breath life into this flesh
An elixir in wearied bones

More joy to awake the morning
Arising with a shout of glory
Stomach rumbling with fervor
Cascading upwards several stories

More love to bestow upon the masses
To anoint their eyes to see
A single flame can light a fire
In pursuit of destiny

Cup of Spirit

Scripture is life
Breath and meaning
Verses tug at the heart
Sinking into His rest
Faith, the sunrise of the blessed
When the weary heart weeps
And the soul seeks sleep
Brew a cup of spirit

Crowning Year

You visit the earth and water it, You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, for so You have prepared it...You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your paths drip with abundance (Psalm 65: 9, 11).

Crowning year

Reign on earth

In the splendor

Wisdom

Love

And glory

Of Him above

Spiritual Beauty

Eyelids deep with wisdom
Lashes dipped in prayer
Lips caressing agape love
Hair adorned in God's glory

Lashes dipped in prayer
Joy is the rouge of her cheeks
Hair adorned in God's glory
Words lingering like the breeze

Joy is the rouge of her cheeks
Honor and praise ripen in breath
Words lingering like the breeze
Eyes exude a heavenly depth

Honor and praise ripen in breath
Life is the nectar of her blood
Eyes exude a heavenly depth
Daily her God blesses her soul

Life is the nectar of her blood
Peace is her adorning raiment
Daily her God blesses her soul
Her feet glistens in the road of faith

Peace is her adorning raiment
Body swimming in virtue's river
Her feet glistens in the road of faith
Prayer is her midnight companion

Body swimming in virtue's river
Glory bathes her like the sun
Prayer is her midnight's companion
Visions quicken her legs to run
She is a spiritual beauty

Drops of God

Drops of God
Brush against my windowpane
Golden is the sun
Expanding across the great blue
Wind enveloping the atmosphere
Sweeping like His breath
Clouds part and the heavenly heights
Bloom in enraptured glory
Mysteries of creation
Reveal themselves subtlety
On the wings of a dove
Snow covered mountains
Rolling on blades of grass
Trembling on tree limbs
Rippling in child's laughter
Folding in loving arms
Caressing eyelids in sleep