How You Choose to Strengthen Us

Abba, I’d like to write about more than flowers, and love

but then again

that’s where our strength

comes from, or how you choose

to strengthen us

here on earth.

   

Note: Abba is Hebrew for Dad or Father.

    

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Harbors Hold Us Anchored

Harbors hold us anchored, but only until we are brave enough

to admit we needed the rest, and until we seek more

than just the wind. A deep knowing that our hearts

are renewed, by longing more frequently

for the setting sun.

    

Note: My friends I am seeking a deeper rest

but to be honest, I often wonder how.

    

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Cold Waves

Cold waves marking us, pushing us to the shore,

or perhaps to the safety of a rock layered island

until we can gain our feet again.

   

There are tough times that we don’t understand

pushed to a deceptive safety, but we can

grasp at stone, and slip

maybe even fall

when bravery isn’t true

or when we allow our spirit to drift

over the waves.

   

We can lose ourselves, only to find

we are reinvented.

  

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Seas of Reflection

The sea will often capture us, lending us a new set of eyes

so that through our hearts we understand the vision

of who we could be, not merely drifting.

     

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Let Yourself Be Silently Drawn

“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull

of what you really love.

It will not lead you astray.”

 Rumi

Note: For me, it is writing.

      

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Our Quiet Streams Last Forever

Our raging rivers will be difficult to capture on paper,

but our quiet streams, last forever going deeper

so we can listen carefully, then share

the reflections given.

    

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As the Poems Write Themselves

Through our eyes and deep down into our hearts,

encouragement strengthens, having washed us

through the light of orchids

and a warm breeze

caressing our faces

as the poems write themselves,

in the spring sunlight.

    

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Flowers in the Wild

Even though flower shows are beautiful, somehow

flowers in the wild, raise our spirits even higher

as we let go and trust, that in the wild

our world is made right again.

     

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Tender Mercies

Heaven’s tender mercies, and love for us

can be seen and felt, in the light of soft petals

revealing that our hearts are safe

in His wondrous hands.

     

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You’re an Overcomer

This is one my all time favorite videos. Yes, I’ve shared it before but I felt I should share it today.

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