Anxiety
SCAMPERING
There is something in me, a restless scampering. My eyes, on frantic search for my heart’s pampering? From person to person my heart is on the hunt, Desperate to gain that for some pain I may blunt? Does it depend on me to find what brings me peace? I fear that if that’s true,…
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An Early Morning Walk
November 16, 2021 The early morning dawn, peeking over the hills, Brought with it cold, upon myself brisk chills. I was not alone on this morning walk, Inside my heart? It wanted to talk. Gnawing questions, disturbing pouts, Rising hopes and crummy doubts, Relationships not mended, Some still offended. Problems…
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UNTROUBLED?
UNTROUBLED? “In this world you will have trouble.” Well, Jesus, I certainly know about that! When troubles come I usually fall flat! “Let not your heart be troubled.” When troubles come in their course, Troubles troubling, my heart comes apart. First troubles come, then my troubled heart. Just like the cart comes after the…
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A Poem for the Book of Psalms
BOOK OF PSALMS August 1, 2019 Fear of abject failure! Fear of being useless! Fear of more rejection! Fear of looking foolish! Fear of one more crisis, of bad things happening! Why am I so afraid? It’s just so maddening! Oh, I cry out to You. Are You an absentee? Is this my prayer answered,…
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ANCHOR
ANCHOR Though huge, weighty, bulky, it’s something you won’t see. Hidden, veiled out of sight on a cruise out at sea. And you won’t feel its strength when ocean waters smooth, But when sea billows roll an anchor the heart soothes. Down deep in the sea bed the anchor does its work, Against the…
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FEELINGS
FEELINGS “If I don’t feel something, it really isn’t real.” Oh fickle feelings, me, a slave to what I feel? Feelings can come and go, like offshore winds at sea. Feelings, bad wind gauges of what’s inside of me. My feelings can be fed by my thoughts, words, and deeds! New feelings can…
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