journey – Poetic Meanderings

The Narrow Way

Turn my eyes away from worthless things… — Psalm 119:37 There is so much beauty in this weary and broken world— butterfly wings, the sun each morning, kindness, gentle words— we must walk in two truths: we live in a world ravaged by our fallen nature, and we live in a world lit by YourContinue reading “The Narrow Way”

A Season

“Once we have tasted far streams, touched the gold, found some limit beyond the waterfall, a season changes and we come back changed but safe, quiet, grateful.” — William Stafford In the golden season, the grappling-gray of our waiting winter must soon begin. And we will refuse the bitter gall that rises when spring leavesContinue reading “A Season”

Stretches

I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.” —Wendell Berry from The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry A path, a walkway, a cobbled track, hiking trails and mountain passes,Continue reading “Stretches”

Outside My Window

A blur of fenceposts and wildflowers, miles of mesquite and blooming cactus, fields in every hue of grass — lime, forrest, and deepening into a far blue-green sea, a hill rolling like a wave into the cloud-lined horizon, and while I look forward to arriving at our weekend destination, I find such a distilled peaceContinue reading “Outside My Window”

Before Dusk

You caught my eye, this slight movement as I watched the sun’s long-lingering rays, slant shafts of yellow layering between shadows beginning to rise…. And I wondered why — you had such a cozy bed, a home of nutrients and shade, so why are you inching up this brick, away from the silken petal ofContinue reading “Before Dusk”

Going Home

Then Christ will make His home in your hearts as you trust in Him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is. — Ephesians 3:17-18, NLTContinue reading “Going Home”

Steps

The steep bank at the end of a trail left us with our only option, and so we stood, gazed out upon the gentle waters, took time to consider the beauty of a moment before turning back, retreading, impressing our steps further into soil, joy- filled by the notion we had forged our part of aContinue reading “Steps”

Terrains

Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. — Psalm 119:105 Ripples, crests, tipping points, jagged edges, garden paths — life is a journey of terrains, some smooth plains and others tangled and rough-hewn. It is new each day the sun drops hope upon us, each wind changeContinue reading “Terrains”