Miscellaneous Musings on Mothering, Miracles, and the Music of Life
15
Jun
I asked for a place To belong; God gave, instead, Belonging to Him. I asked for smooth roads; Instead, God granted me wings To rise up and fly. I asked Him for peace; He made me a peace maker And then sent me forth. So all my prayers He answered in His own way; And [...]
Tags: haiku, inspiration, poem, poetry, prayer
6
Dec
In light of the big, scary, grown-up world out there… My God is able! Ah, wonderful truth! Say not ‘impossible’; not to my King, Strength of the aged and Guide of the youth; My God is able to do anything! Able to meet, with His infinite power, Any attack; to cause warring to cease; Able [...]
4
Sep
It’s been a long time – a hot, busy, uninspired summer, where I just didn’t have much to say. But yesterday I was musing, not for the first time, on what really makes the difference between poetry and prose. Is it not the unexplained? In prose, at least well-written prose, everything is laid out for [...]
Tags: contentment, peace, poetry, trust
21
Nov
What is the trust of a child based on? Is it their own ability to determine trustworthiness? Hmm. Maybe their trust is based on their evaluation of the situation as one that looks manageable. You think? Or perhaps they base their trust on their own goodness – whether they are good enough to trust their [...]
23
Sep
Sometimes, when I am not thinking clearly, I am tempted to think that God has forgotten me. When it seems like the darkness is closing in and there is no light to see the path ahead – when the end of the road has come and there is nowhere to turn – when there is [...]
11
Aug
This poem has not much to do with mothering and everything to do with what life feels like right now. Thank the Lord for His sure promises no matter what happens! The End I’ve come to the end of the well-marked path – The path that I thought was right, And all I can see [...]
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