encouragement – Rivers Renewed

The Light of Hope

Our poems and phrases will sustain us,

as long as we don’t turn on our backs

on the light of hope,

walk forward

and guard your heart.

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Oceans

Oceans have always pulled me

into a silent meditation,

and I am always encouraged

by what I find there.

A Windy Day by the Lake

In the wild wind down by the lake today, my hat blew off

and flew away, while the Mallard snickered

and the heron smiled silently.

I know he smiled,

he was holding back a laugh

I saw him with my own eyes,

no really, I did.

In These Moments

As I walk in the woods, in these moments of birds in the leaves

there is a stillness within, listening

and somehow, like nowhere else

I’m drawn in

closer to knowing

some type of presence,

a tangible, formerly unknown

as if God is walking in the forest

with me.

The Sun in the Pine Trees

As I walked out the door, March winds brought December with them

tossing tree branches in every direction, yet the evergreens

were holding steady, and the sun in the pine trees

spoke to me saying, “don’t be deceived, spring

has not gone away…”

Hearts Running Free

So many of us weary from winter, look forward expectantly

that maybe this season will lift us, free us

that our hearts can run free again,

believing once more,

as we breathe

that good air

warmed

by the sun.

Encouragement for Today

Carry the courage of a lion, and great love,

these two

and they will always,

sustain you.

Hope Speaks

Hope speaks to our hearts in the strength of spring,

the Earth healing the soil,

our spirits lifted

as we embrace the sun.

I Step Outside Frozen

In my given time before the dawn, I step outside frozen

but not forsaken, I allow the light to see me,

and all that I have seen, my heart

awakens finally, pressing

into this new day.

In the Blue Winter Sky

Encouragement spoke to me today

in the blue winter sky,

in the calm silence

of the pine trees

confident now,

I actually know

that storms do not last.

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