Day: February 13, 2021

Does water ponder,

Does it muse over:

Whether it garners

Applause, fame, favors,

Meandering in valleys,

Quenching water lilies.

Skirting forest timbers,

Does it ever pine

Under the tall pines

As it carves rivers.

Does water wonder

At the healing power

Of its pure ambrosia.

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Water I – A Poem

This poem, written in May of 2019, again brings a message which has been part of some recent devotionals and Bible readings.  May all believers continue to reach out to others with the message of God’s grace and peace.  He never grows weary of gathering the Lost to hear His Word.

Walking down an empty sidewalk all alone

Feeling lost when no one calls his phone

Facing the final sunset of a life

Remembering past sinful strife

Rubbing together his chilly, worn hands

Warming a cold heart of a humbled man

 

Recalling a strong home built brick by brick

Wiping away tears when she became sick

Losing his loving bride to illness

Asking, “Why God, is this meant?”

 

Battling the raging, turbulent cosmic powers

Creating lonely darkness that sadly towers

Living without a daily dose of hope

Trying to understand his life’s…