Keeping My Balance

Trying to find some balance here,

Feeling like I can’t win,
Until I heard You speak to me,
Calming me down again.
 
I hear Your voice in that of friends,
My loving family,
Reminding me I’m not alone,
That You are here with me.
 
There is so much still to be done,
That ball’s still in the air,
But I know I can balance it
Because I know You’re there.

God's Questions For Me

God just stopped by to query me;

Child, what have you done today?
Did you offer a kinder word
Than what you wanted to say?
Did you lift up a weary heart
By sharing with it a smile?
Or make another’s burden light
By chatting with them a while?
Did you reach out and pray for help
For one lost along the way?
And did you think to offer thanks
For the grace you live each day?
                              
All of the questions that He asked
Are weighing on me tonight.
Tomorrow they will be my guide,
That I may bring Him delight.
 
Ephesians 4:2
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

The Day Ahead

I watched the mountain, rimmed with fire,

Touched by the morning sun
And I knew that, ready or not,
A new day had begun.
 
So I rose up and praised the Lord
That, though my rest was slight,
I stood beneath the golden sky
And did not die last night.
 
I praised Him that my eyes could see
The gold clouds sweep the sky
And that my ears could clearly hear
The seagull’s plaintive cry.
            
I praised Him that the day ahead,
Though faced on little sleep,
Was one more chance He’d given me,
To find joy I can keep!

Counting Blessings and Petals

Counting my blessings in each day,

Thankful for all I’ve got.
Each petal plucked says He Loves Me.
There is no loves me not.
 
However hard a day may be,
With troubles overwrought,
I count the petals, He Loves Me,
And find no loves me not.

The Autumn Rose

The garden’s full of dying blooms,

And yet her cherry smile
Lights up its withered countenance
With her sweet, classy style.
 
Not bowing to the bitterness
That touches other hearts,
Instead she offers loving joy,
With all that it imparts.
 
She chooses to see life as sweet,
Despite what greets her eyes,
Delighting in each new dawn as
A breathtaking surprise.
 
For it is not the autumn’s chill
She feels at each day’s start,
But the warm breath of her God’s love
That blooms within her heart.

The Leaf In The Web

While I was walking in the trees

I saw a falling leaf
Entangled in a spider web,
An out of place motif.
 
For it belonged upon the tree
Or nestled on the ground
With all of its bright family
Scattered all around.
 
It’s caught in limbo, trapped in time,
Spinning helplessly
And somehow when I saw it there
I knew that I saw me.
 
For I am not who I once was,
Nor yet who I will be,
Instead I’m drifting, spinning, lost,
Longing to be set free.
 
But I have faith that in due time
That spinning leaf and I
Will break free of what holds us now
And, on God's breath, we'll fly.

 

The Colors of Joy

What joyful colors, born in fall,

Before the world’s long sleep.
As if to offer sweeter dreams,
A drowsing world to keep.
 
Thus was it in the Lord’s design,
That even winter’s chill
Might not be cold enough to freeze
The autumn’s vibrant thrill.
 
So in the darker days to come
Remember with delight
The joyful moments of today,
The color and the light.

Learning To Be Wise

Each day I understand anew

How truly great you are;
Each moment is a miracle,
There’s joy in every scar.
 
Each pain will pass, each new day dawns
With promise in its hand.
Although I may not see it yet,
It’s all going as planned.
 
Each day I understand you more;
Your love, your boundless grace,
The firm hand that moves me along
When stuck too long in place.
 
The road I travel has its hills,
It has its valleys, too,
But up or down, easy or tough
I’ve learned you’ll see me through.
 
I have a long way yet to go,
And much still to endure.
I’m not sure what each day will bring,
But, of your love, I’m sure.
 
Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Numb and Overwhelmed

Tonight my mind is simply numb,

I’ve lingered through the day
In memories of times now past
That I can’t drive away.
 
The mists that greeted me at dawn
Still hovered on the bay
As I watched a cold, feeble sun
Say good night to the day.
 
Though all my chores are half way done,
I just don’t seem to care,
For I know if they’re not done now,
Tomorrow they’ll be there.
 
I know that this feeling will pass,
But in the meantime, please,
Refresh my soul, renew my strength
And help me from my knees.
 
Psalm 23:3
He refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.

Sins Like Mist

Though they’re many, those sins of mine,

He scattered them like mist
That melts away with morning’s sun
Until they don’t exist.
 
And, like the inlet cleared of mist,
My soul floods with His light.
For He has swept my sins away
And made my grey world bright.
 
Isaiah 44:22
I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.