Pastor Seth’s Poems and Musings
“Apparent” Weakness
Apparent, felt strength, but more a weightless soul. Power, “Confidence mine!” Hollow sounding tolls. “I don’t need anyone.” Plaintive loneliness strolls. “Don’t tell me what to do.” Haunting emptiness holes. Apparent, felt weakness, but one weighty in soul. In hushed humility, the power of God tolls. To overcome one’s self, the path to be…
Read More Self-Actualization
Buzz words from psychology past, “The glory of the self!” Miscast. And “self-actualization?” The ego’s road to damnation.
Read More The 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 More 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?
Read More Book of Numbers
Life, tougher than you thought. It all starts with high hopes, But the road is a bumpy, And along come the mopes. Unbelieving, spoiled, “Why aren’t things better?? Have I missed my way? Am I becoming bitter?” Muttering and mumbling, sputtering and grumbling. Whining and griping, complaining and sniping. Bellyaching and ranting, grousing and…
Read More Under the Shadow
The sun is hot, the heat boiling, The desert air so stifling. Weary from the arid heat, This thirsty soul, empty, deplete. Scorching, Suffocating, Smothering, Sweltering, Weary, Worn, Wobbling, Woozy. Fatigued, Forlorn, Frazzled, (But not finished!) He who dwells in His shelter Will find rest from the smelter. Finding peace in Him…
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