The feast of God before us spread, With incense of his love divine, Our hand outstretched, as we are led To fountain-streams of oil and wine. And life–a cascade, sea-storm high, Wave on wave, mounts and descends, Height upon height, it meets our eye, Heaven-drenched, our upborne heads and hands. His emerald-rainbowed glory crowns, His […]
Month: February 2021
In you, O Lord, my soul has learned to bow, All tinsel treasures gone, no comfort now, Behind me earth’s vast store, an empty shell, My heart in you at home, and all is well. And all thoughts that within me, blind, unfold, Are now a children’s story, left untold. For now my heart hears […]
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Insight – John 21:7
Lord, open heart and eyes that we may see, And touch our ears, that, speaking, you are heard. While groping blind and captive though we be, Though walking man appear as walking tree, And though our feet may sink into the sea, Keep us within Thy ever-spoken Word; That after night-long labor, when we meet, […]
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Psalm 131:2
Make of my soul a twilight-place, Quiet calmness, evening-touch, The fever-pace, still, at sun-slant, Pride’s poor man leans upon his crutch. To listen, until I am taught, To wait, until my soul has heard, In silence, for my empty thoughts, To speak, to say I have no words.
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Abraham and Isaac – Gen. 22
Most calm, severe, is heaven’s strife, And to reveal God’s steps with man He put the very flame of life Within the hand of Abraham. Face set to resurrection-hope, With bonds of faith they both were bound, And Isaac bore the cordwood up, And Isaac laid it down. The sun had set, the air was […]
When sin surrounds us with distress And pride would wear a flaming crown, Take refuge in the Lord above, To tear our idols to the ground, We tell of all his faithfulness, And glory in his love. To look to gods that cannot see, To listen to a speechless stone, To carry gods with lifeless […]
To now see Jesus, lifted up, “The Son is glorified,” he said. He took the cup, and then gave thanks, A crown of thorns would wound his head. And then they all drank from that cup, The blood of death, the wine of life, To follow, giving up my rights, To make, to be, a […]
How can we weigh a million souls Like sand cast up beside the sea, To weigh them in the balance Of our chains, our fears, and our desires? Low flames, so pale they quench the light, So cold, they burn like fire. To make a mark for every man, A hidden rule, an empty line […]
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Resurrection day
That bell, now silent, shall be heard again. The Lamb, the Lion, who with one pealing shout Brought death’s dark bastions crumbling into ruin Shall walk again to that high gate And shout to ruin all that ancient, empty waste. He leads His chosen ones, now tender as He is, Victorious as He is, and […]
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The Shepherd
Weighed with the weight of many hands The unseen visitor patient stands To seek with his unending cry: “And is this God? and is He nigh?”