The path leads through the battlefield. Oh wounded one with fallen shield, where has your vigor gone? The enemy rages wild and fierce, spewing arrows aimed to pierce and drain you, still as stone. And though your duty is the sword against the overwhelming horde, you need not fight alone. Take up the trumpet; sound […]
Read more "Sound the Trumpet"It was a pleasant day before the wind riled the water to pummeling waves and threats of drowning. The shore seemed too far, the paddles too heavy, the waves too high to best. Too late to hide and too dangerous to veer, we left our fears to wailing and clinging about our legs while we […]
Read more "Head On"I stepped out my door into a masterpiece— the strength of morning blurred by hovering, airborne water; the trees still sleeping, not yet wakened by the wind; the sunshine warming white to gold, lamp-like among the leaves; the birds waking and taking up their daily song again. I closed the door on the realms of […]
Read more "Morning Masterpiece"Ah, pencils! Welcome, trusted friends! You ready bearers of our thoughts who sometimes break, but never bend intentions; you who take your lot verbatim, leaving us to judge what to cut and what to keep; the willing ones who, at our nudge, would scribble words without a bleep or turn and wipe the work away; […]
Read more "To the Pencils"O LORD, You’ve seen the eyesore guide me— mistaken glory strutting like an idol. You’ve heard the swelling praises pride me into fantasies beyond my title. You’ve seen the fallen angels ride me like soldiers guiding horses out to fight. You’ve heard the shrieks the monster cried me— deriding, whining, striking for my rights. You’ve […]
Read more "A Prayer for Humility"Winter to spring to summer in a blur of tedium and tears, but then the timid, swelling glow of light against stale night. I forgot about the fireflies.
Read more "Fireflies"Good Shepherd of my doubting heart, remind me of Your grace in guiding me in righteousness unto this grassy place. There is no lightning in Your heart to turn and strike me dead, but streams of Living waters to refresh my soul instead. Your glory is the care You take for errant, helpless sheep. And […]
Read more "A Prayer after Reading Psalm 23"For those of you who are wondering, Romeo and I have officially been together for 2.75 days! 🥰 After my last post exploring ways to be an awesome girlfriend, I received a question from one of my followers that I feel needs to be addressed. She writes, “I am eighteen years old, and I have […]
Read more "Juliet’s Journal: Conquering Singleness"Tread carefully the underside of dawn where claw-like brush snatches at your feet, where ghosts of deeds long dead still haunt, and monsters stalk, ravenous for meat. The darkness crawls like spiders for your soul, to catch and wrap you deftly in its lies. Beware the fangs that draw the life out, whole; and do […]
Read more "Be Wary on Your Way"I am a crooked line; I do not like to measure. I know that calculated work is fine, but is there not a finer pleasure, rolling out like frayed twine?
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