Give as freely as you have received! — Matthew 10:8 We left the torn and crumpled paper under the tree until this morning — a reminder of an anticipation that feeds a Christmas longing — to give and to receive, but it is more than an exchange of trinkets, it is the desire to relate,Continue reading “The Surrendered Gift”
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Uprooted
She lays the pale-pink rose inside the fountain remembering how it was a living thing, rooted, just a day or so ago, but the blush lingers, the scent remains, the petals are still silken to the touch, but only for a day or two more, with no roots, no veins inside the soil, it willContinue reading “Uprooted”
Cool Ribbons
A sepal, petal, and a thorn Upon a common summer’s morn – A flask of Dew – A Bee or two – A Breeze – a caper in the trees – And I’m a Rose! — A Rose by Emily Dickinson I know why poets write about the gentle rose; I can get lost inContinue reading “Cool Ribbons”
Layers
No Scripture is exhausted by a single explanation. The flowers of God’s garden bloom not only double, but sevenfold; they are continually pouring forth fresh fragrance. — Charles Spurgeon Fragrance held within these gentle folds that I hold, cool and silken petals hidden within my enclosed palm; but such beauty is better unfurled in aContinue reading “Layers”
Stewards
Tillers of land and soil and seed to bloom sustenance; keepers of earthly creatures, shepherding all, minding our duty to family, governing the us in humanity, given authority to manage the gifts, the provisions bestowed by a holy God, not to hold selfishly while saturated in complacency, not to hoard in fear or indifference whileContinue reading “Stewards”
Poetic Meanderings 