Blog — Poems

I believe there are few lessons greater than these. Selah. Believe in the Lord our God with all your might, remember your purpose in the long dark night. Speak of gratitude when you want all the things, carry out your work with a heart that sings. Search for joy in the midst of plight, and just use love to combat spite. Focus on these things, believe what’s true ... wherever you go, God will always love you.

When everything in me screams “go to bed” yet still I work away -- just too many things to do at night, that can’t be done by day. For daytime brings the best of things, homeschool, the snacks, the fun -- yet once the sweet ones tuck abed, the work has just begun. These are the choices I have made, and I will not complain -- I could always make some different ones so that I can sleep again. But even though the days are long, the years are short I know -- too quickly will these girls be off,...

Thanksgiving will always be a bit bittersweet. I wrote this poem 4 years ago, about the contentment I felt in my life. One year later, many aspects of that life were falling down around my ears. Since then, I've learned an even deeper kind of contentment ... the kind that comes from going through hard things and finding God in them. The kind that you get from having a hard day where the kids are crying and the jobs coming in aren't matching the money going out and the dishes are piling up and you are on.your.own, but you're not,...

My life could be called a shambles? Generations of pain through and through My path concealed by brambles  I turn my eyes to You You clear one step before me Cut through thorns and weeds I am not unwounded But along with me you bleed You send the rain to help me cry As if to say "I'm here" My heart is touched, with wings I fly My path becoming clear. One step is all that's clear to take One step so it will be A beautiful life with You I'll make A life that's finally cut free