Suffering
Hard Hearts
Do you have eyes that will not see? Do you have ears that will not hear? “I will see what I want to see. I will hear what I want to hear.” It’s all too true of all mankind, Too often locked in one’s mind. “I’ve already made up my mind! Faith? Faith?! Why…
Read MoreRefining Fires
All around us the howling of a windstorm, The cold of a snowstorm, thermals of a firestorm. Not talking weather but trials beyond displeasure. Storms’ outer afflictions and inner contradictions. Is your furnace oven, white hot with burning heat? Is this Refiner’s fire? “Please, no more,” you entreat. “I can’t take any more! To…
Read MoreThe Anchor
The old, wooden warship at the mercy of the waves, Heaving skyward, plunging seaward, in search of watery graves? The waves ripped off the rudder in the fierce Atlantic gale! And the hurricane-like wind just broke off the main sail! The strong gulf current will surge us far out to sea! While the safe…
Read MoreMan of Sorrows
A man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. His last friend on earth? A repentant thief. Battered, bruised and pierced, crowds hurled their contempt. Hardly anyone shed tears of lament.
Read More6 ACHES OF THE SOUL
SIX ACHES OF THE SOUL September 6, 2020 A frustrating world, the first kind of ache, Earthquakes, annoyances, and another headache. Would we turn to God if this world was ideal? The God of redemption is found in life’s ordeal! The pain of bad choices, the second kind of ache, Consequences felt…
Read MoreTHE SCULPTOR
THE SCULPTOR This massive, weighty thing, a giant granite rock, Cut out of mountainside, it sits as one great block. Transported far away from ice and winter snow, Cold is left behind. Now, in sculptor’s studio. Shattering hammer blows, the hard granite, pounded. Giant pieces flying, sharp slivers compounded, Rocks, pebbles pulverized, dust…
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