How is it
How is it That we bask in comfort While others gasp for air At the edge of the cliff Between death and life How is it That we fuss over petty things While some hearts beat furiously Fleeing the rush of that Which the earth spews How is it That we nurse...
This Story Called Life
If life is a journey, then each of us is a lonesome traveler. Not that we travel alone from start to finish, but that our path is distinctly our own. No one else starts at the same exact point as we do, no one else ends at the same point as we do. No one else takes...
A Noticed Penny
Mark 12:41-44 (NASB) 41And He sat down opposite the treasury, and began observing how the people were putting money into the treasury; I wonder what this day in the life of Jesus was like. As busy as Jesus was, at this instance, He took the time to simply sit down and...
The Peculiarity of Joy
This thought is by no means original to me, but recent events have brought this back to mind. In the human experience, pain and suffering are those that have a leveling effect on (pretty much) every human being on the planet. What I mean by a leveling effect is the...
Her
Petals on a stem Draft through silk and the like Gracefulness, edginess Mystery, transparence Conflicting emblems For Eve and her daughters Who can say L'essence d'une femme Beauty's meaning Measure of femineity O to lose sight of I To be fixed upward And at last find...
Le cri de l’été
En paix, en temps de tranquillité, c’était mon désarroi En aisance et sûreté, c’était ma ruine Trois saisons et une Je me lamente sur celle-ci plus que les trois Ne l’ai-je pas vu ? Le fardeau était un présent Dans la fournaise, j’étais béni L’adversité m’a mis sur...
Hello and Goodbye
Bright sunshine backdropped the moment of hello Breezy mornings, easy smiles Yet red was the color of evening Even more dreadful was the black that blankets the night I spoke and found a rushed answer Was that a goodbye? I guess so long, fair-weather friend
Patience and Courage
Patience as well as courage has its victories. By meekness under trial, no less than by boldness in enterprise, souls may be won to Christ. The Christian who manifests patience and cheerfulness under bereavement and suffering, who meets even death itself with the...
Growing Joys
What I wanted to do with the title is the following: "Growing Pains Joys," but apparently Wordpress doesn't allow strikethrough characters on the title. This entry is one that I had meant to write since last summer, and if I did, it would have been titled “Growing...