Category: poetry
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A Few Haikus
The Lord is My name My glory I will not share Praise is Mine alone ~From Isaiah 42:8 Snow capped Olympics Hint of blush on mountain snow From a sunrise kiss ~ Inspired by the Olympic Mountains In sunrise glow is Seen dark shapes on still water Pause from migration Copyright Jonelle Liddell
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Surrendering “If”
With God we can surrender “if” “If ‘twas,” “if it shall be” No need anxious reflection His plan, our certainty Our past, worked as He willed it Our present, in His hand Our future, ready written In the volumes of His plan Wills good for those who love Him Working all things in love And…
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Cry For Justice
O God of justice Shield of the helpless Hear my cry as I call out to Thee Orphan’s protector Widow’s defender Why are such evil ones left roaming free? Where are the millstones The slow rot in their bones Withdraw Thy great mercy, they cease to exist Why is that mercy shown Their deeds of…
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Silent Herald
We think of noise in moments That will resonate through time, But once silence heralded What truly stood sublime- Point that marked a watershed From which our age declines. Creation—being booming, As You spoke the moon and stars Into place and added chatter, Creatures scattered near and far, Imaginings exploded, World seeming without mar. The…
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Words
The words you speak are powerful Proceeding from your heart. They influence your thinking Like a horse pulling a cart –As such they merit caution Lest they pierce with error’s dart. Of careless words a counting So He promised on that day. I want to be found worthy So I think, and seek, and pray…
Of Hope and Rhymes 