Tag: relationship with God
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The Cloud of Unknowing A Poem on the Dark Night
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The Cloud of UnknowingTo be free from the desires of the mindstep out into the night,outside of space and time.Wear the darkness, clothed like a dress.In your unknowing,you’re truly blessed.What you seek lies farther than eyes can see – step after stepfaith must lead.Like a flower, like a seed,in the darknessis where roots feed.We need…
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Poem About Intimacy with God
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Intimacy With GodSpeaking in the silence,waiting in the midst of contemplation,listening on the other line of prayerawaits the answerto the relentless yearning of the human heart.Do not come seeking secret knowledge.Do not expect divine visions,to become enlightened,or to transcend physical reality.But come to the silencesimply to listen,desiring and longing forintimacy with the Divine,experiencing God’s love…
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Opus Dei – A Poem About the Work of God In Your Life
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Opus Dei – A Poem About the Work of God In Your Life Your hot breath has blown on me and provided the oxygen for glowing embers of love where there was once nothing but cold, hard coals. You’ve cultivated my soul and provided the rich, black soil for roots of patience where there was…
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Grace – A Poem
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Grace – A Poem I am awed by the way you move me like freshly fallen snowflakes dusting across the frozen ground. Some days I forget the barren tundra from which I came and how you whispered by name, echoing across that vacant landscape so that a lost soul could be found. Some days time…
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The Black Veil – A Poem
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The Black Veil – A Poem I wear this black veil of despair Like the wrappings of a mummy, Covering my self-inflicted wounds. My face frozen in cold, blank stare Trapped within my tomb, Alone in my room. Why do you continue to test me? Why do you hold out savory meat Only to snatch…
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Be Aware. Be Alert. Be Ready – A Commentary For Advent
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No One Knows That Day and Hour “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they…
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The Mirror of Truth – A Poem
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The Mirror of Truth – A Poem Into the mirror I gaze and am wrapped within the frame of a smoky haze of secrets swirling within glass. I can’t deny the face, can’t pretend I don’t know, have no trace of realization that the figure before my eyes is me. It’s unsettling to see the…
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Build Within Me A Foundation of Thanksgiving – A Poem of Praise to God
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Build Within Me A Foundation of Thanksgiving – A Poem of Praise to God May your rays of righteousness pierce through the clouds and shadows of my heart. May my mind give way to your fruit – take up your shears and prune these vines that ensnare me. Give thanks, give praise to the tree…
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Everyday Miracles – A Poem About Finding God and Contentment in Ordinary Things
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Finding Miracles in Everyday Life Nature has so many miracles lurking in the ordinary. We can find so many miracles in everyday life–we just have to learn to pay attention and be mindful which is hard to do in the modern world with so many distractions and with how fast paced life has become. But…
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Upon This Rock – A Christian Poem of Grace
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Upon This Rock – A Christian Poem of Grace Upon this rock I walk Uncertain, yet composed. Not crushed beneath the veil of darkness, For with me always is a light that glows. The demons of my weakness harass me. Past failures breed doubts to future plans. But upon this rock I’m free, Caressed and…
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Waiting For Wisdom – Keeping Faith During Hard Times
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“Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself…
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God’s Promises – A Christian Poem
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God’s Promises It is said faith can move mountains,So why are you still looking for a way around?In the desert the Lord will raise fountains,So why are you still worried water won’t be found? It is said “a faintly burning wick he will not quench”*A weak heart he will not break.So why are you shielding…
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The Neglected Lover – A Love Poem About Self Love and Loving Yourself
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Sometimes it is easy to love your neighbor, but much more difficult to have self love. Self loathing and self-hatred are real problems for some people. You would never treat others or hold them to the same standards as you do yourself, so why do you keep doing it? You’re just as deserving of love as…
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Prayer For Guidance – How To Make Hard Decisions and Choices
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There are no guarantees in life. And in a sense, I guess that’s what makes it so beautiful. What satisfaction and joy would come out of living if we already knew exactly how our lives would go? But on the other side of the coin, hard decisions and choices can be downright scary and stressful…
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Whom Shall I Send?
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“And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ Then I said, ‘Here I am! Send me.’” (Isaiah 6:8) Many times my selfishness wishes my ears were mute to the Lord’s whisper of “whom shall I send”. I have been searching for God my entire…
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Surrendering and Serving God
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“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” (Matthew 6:24) God really worked on my heart last night thinking about this topic. I have been in a season…
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Loving God in the Midst of Doubt
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From a very early age, I’ve felt a strong connection to God in my heart beyond anything that was learned or indoctrinated into me. It is a intimacy that calls to me, whispers my name, and demands that I pay attention and find meaning in what is unfolding around me. But stubbornness and pride are…
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Follow Me – A Christian Poem About Following Jesus
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The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him,“Follow me.” 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of…
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