On a balmy summer evnin I spent my time remembrin The times I spent a wilin’ The midnight hours away We’d speak until the mornin With fancy words a tellin ‘Bout things we were a dreamin Durin’ the course of day The heart would be a swellin With things we…
The artist sees a world gone wrong Yet feels the chance of glory strong If all upon their bended knee Would seek Him with humility So the artist seeks to make A piece of artistry to take And offer for the public view A vision of what is made new…
Feather soft thy pillow make To cradle tender till you wake The gentle curve of thy sweet head And rest ye peaceful on thy bed And all thy dreams so gentle be Until the dawn will waken thee Thanks to Sarah for the last two lines.
In small moments I sit in my bedroom window Thinking about how the world is so small How in the matter of a single still moment The choice that you make could alter it all What if while praying in the garden that night Jesus had spoken My will and…
Give the moon my love, dear heart For daylight fades in yonder sea The amber glow of evenings light Speaks softly of my bed to me and then revised by another as… Daylight fades in yonder sea The amber glow of evening’s light Speaks softly of my bed to me…
I wrote these a long time ago, under a psuedonym. A plan to help spur me to write that mostly failed, as well as offer me a chance to experiment with the blogger tool. Oh well, I didn’t have time, and quickly lost interest. I remembered it some time ago…
I saw a great white mountainIt stood still and forlornCast upon a lonely landA face in stolid formI went to see that mountainI thought it called to meA voice raw with emotionIt called with urgencyYou I’ll give adventureUpon my rocky cleftGreat and wild to beholdUpon the mountain deftI ranged upon…
David becomes KingBut his sin with BathsheebaHas great consequence
In spite of warningThe Kings of Israel turnFrom the Law of God
The Jews turned from GodBeing judged they repentedGod’s man restored them
God said, "Take the Land"Joshua said, "for my house,We will serve the Lord"
Sometimes words won’t do. My thoughts are all so jumbled, And in my mind so tumbled, About with disarray. Oh what could I say? So I chose instead to purchase, A card with this one purpose, To let you know its true, I think the world of you. (for Mrs.…
Take a deep breath And smile a winsome smile For the moon whose silver light Lets fall upon the sylvan world Will watch with patient guard With angels whose charge Is given thee to keep The winsome smile Fresh upon your face
Wanting to move, I find myself seized with indecision Having a desire to respond, yet holding back I know not what my Lord wills in this situation And time marches on, heedless Deep wants, the secret dreams, held close and dear Grasping the insistent hope, while waiting For the fog…
Sweet dreams and faerie roses Bedeck thy bedroom window Spreading sweet the fragrances You smell upon your pillow While you dream of fondest wishes Beneath the night scape willow
Fireflies and whippoorwills On summer nights of yesteryear Bring to mind the thoughts so dear Stored away in precious nooks And kept in secret far from sight Till in the evening late at night With giggles and smiles and furtive looks You share with those who mean the most And…