Heart
HER HEART’S TRAGEDY
Her life’s outer story was forged in tragic pain, Fueled by self-protection and what crumbs she can gain. “Why would I turn to God? Where was He years ago? I can protect my heart! Him? No desire to know.” What happens to a heart, when God we turn away? The Maker of our heart, from…
Hard Hearts
Eyes that will not see, Ears that will not hear. “I see what I want to see. And hear what I want to hear.” It’s all too true of mankind. We’re too often, locked in one’s mind, “I’ve already made up my mind! Faith? Why I’d rather fly blind!” Are “the open-minded” Even…
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,…
The Hard Heart
Fixed and impervious, Mocking, contemptuous, Hard, impenetrable, Hostile, intractable. Ever colder, chilling, Proud, closed off, unwilling, Stubborn, recalcitrant, Stiff-necked, intransigent.
Restless Heart
Looking, Searching, For that elusive something. Striving, Seeking, To quell an ache. Hunting, Combing, To fill a yearning. Missing, Empty, Longing for what?
Shelter
Home is a metaphor where You and I do talk. The concrete foundation secure on which we walk. The walls all around us guard from danger’s domain. The roof over our heads keeps out the driving rain. Windows let in Your light, Your beauty we enjoy. The hearth provides us fire, turns cold to…