Saturday, August 18, 2012

abiding




not fighting
or fleeing the
storm but abiding
in the Vine
while cool drops
bejewel skin
and roots anchor
deeply in the
soil below




For the earth which drinks in the rain which often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessings from God;
Hebrews 6:7 

Sunday, August 5, 2012

bloom



each bud burgeons
contented
with its face
to the sun
unhurried unworried
that the fullness
of the bloom
is not revealed
all at once




Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. And He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.



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