I envy your stillness Your peace As I thrash about in the heat and mire Of Restless thoughts trapped in a Restless frame Jesus I look to You For peace In My limbs My joints My heart Peace in the wee hours When Your light Is dim In me
Humility Homily
The last word The last word You may have The last
Ghosts
I’m haunted by ghosts The ghosts who ghosted me Whispers of Loneliness Loss Shadows of Love (unrequited) Pass over My soul And Leave A Hollow Ache
The Main Thing
Beloved Keep the Main Thing The Main Thing (and) I AM The Main Thing
Sunday
Sunday Sunday (used to be a fun day) Sunday Sunday Sad Now I gulp down the grief (for all that was lost) And Go (to try) To trust (because) --- Because Of And In And Through And For YOU Jesus For You I trade my anger (towards the ones who poisoned the well) For forgiveness For peace For hope For faith For love For You
Bevy
A bevy of voices Beckon Call Teach Preach Shout Demand Speak Whisper Complain Confront Cajole Encourage Slam Text Tweet Post Broadcast Stream Podcast Remind (whew) But Jesus It's You Jesus Simply You Jesus (in and through and amongst and in spite of all that) That I Am listening For
Ghosted
How low can you go Ummm Well How about getting ghosted by a Professional God Gospeler Woah Ummm Well That is pretty low As low things go Even so Beloved Let it go Let it go Let it go
The River
I want to stand in the River Feel you Push Push Push Against me Take me from the shore Beautiful River Sweep me off my feet With The irresistible current The irresistible current Of Poppa's Plans Purpose Peace Swallow me whole Beautiful River Swallow me whole In The current of your love The current of your love Your ways (Higher and better than mine) Your way Yahweh Sweep me along Beautiful River Sweep me along To New and unknown shores I'm leaving the life jacket behind Leaving it all behind
Geese Scatter
The lake
Now teeming with goose and gander
Awakens
Filled
With noise and splatter
Honk
Honk
Honk
Honk
You fly
Organized by some unseen eye
In v’s and v’s and v’s and v’s
Flee fly flo
(my beloved)
Off.
You.
Go.
Perpetuity
Perpetuity 1: ETERNITY sense 2: the quality or state of being perpetual bequeathed to them in perpetuity 3a: the condition of an estate limited so that it will not take effect or vest within the period fixed by law b: an estate so limited 4: an annuity payable forever1
Perpetuity Are there many things? (actually) You ✓ Your love ✓ I thought the word was inperpetuity (did you?) Am I the only one? Confused
Colleen R. Jantzen 