Alfa and Omega

Everything swirls around you
Flows toward you
Consummation of the ages
Rock of ages
Beginning and end
My starting point
My finishing ribbon
My meaning today.

Tranquility

Tranquility
Can you reach out and touch it
Does it appear then slowly envelop you
Like loving arms holding you as the sun slips over the deep blue horizon
The quiet of night once the storm has passed
The fire that warms you inside
Away from the blistering rain
Is it the steady beat of your own heart
At rest
At peace
Tranquil.

How's your balance?

Life hangs in the balance
A donation here
A coma there
Fragile
Like flowers
Beautiful arrays
Alluring fragrance
Then blown away by the wind
Jesus hung on a tree
So I would no longer be weighed
In the balance
No longer
A fading flower
But
An eternal tree
Planted by streams of
Living water.

In Christ the hope of glory

The rhythms of life
Flow freely
Within a living hope
Bringing suffering to its knees
Through joy that knows no limit
For it is bound in heaven
Kept for all eternity. 

Jesus loves me this I know!

I awaken to a new day of love
Faithfully rolling out its blanket of grace
Like the early morning dew
You cover me with mercy
Inviting me to drink
Deeply from your cup of life
You say
Come let my fountain wash over you
Come let me draw you in
Come that I may know you
Let your weary heart find rest
Let my glory lift your head
So I put my trust in you my treasure
My hope is stirred anew
Inside love's deepest longing
No one nor anything else will
ever do.

Integrity

Where's your integrity gone son?
Swung east with the wind
West with the breeze
Neither here nor there
Drifting like a feather
Changing one minute from the next
Just like the weather
Too much talk
Way too much
Words rolling off lips
A dime a dozen
Like honey on a hot spoon
Just slipping off
Then melting away
Off into the distance
Lost in the sunset
Never hitting the mark
Never finding its place
A life without integrity
A man without truth
Unbridled lies
Racing towards destruction
Without future or hope
Meaningless
Find integrity son
Then you'll have courage enough
To run your race.

C

Big

My thoughts go far beyond
the highest mountain
Which in light of eternity
is but a speck on the horizon.