Oh God of a Thousand Sorrows

Oh God of a Thousand Sorrows

Did You ever choke With sorrow and grief? My heart of hearts is broke. My pain knew no relief. Like a hangman’s noose, I open my mouth, but I am mute. My voice is crushed with grief And searing pains beyond belief. My side pains from crying. My bowels cramp from...
Your Immeasurable Grace

Your Immeasurable Grace

The dew drips from the lilies. The mist rises from the river road. The air is brim with melodies. Your kind eyes peek from Your abode. Your grace is immeasurable. My soul swells with gratitude. Your thinking is unknowable. Yet Your gifts are plentitude. I fail at...
The Burial Myrrh

The Burial Myrrh

To the child mother Mary purred While the nearby scent of Myrrh Wafted slowly heavenward To the empty throne of the Word Hastily into Joseph’s tomb The body enters the womb Of the earth’s deepest room Like a rejected lonely bridegroom Later came the Myrrh To the...
The stilled Frame on the dead tree

The stilled Frame on the dead tree

They let His lifeless body Fall to the red dry dirt. Once so full of Power mildly, Now devoid of breath, inert. Sacred blood oozed and dripped From every ragged wound. Raw gnarled flesh wrapped In mocking fresh linen wound. Off on a bouncing cart To a tomb far away...
He Restoreth My Soul Psalm 23

He Restoreth My Soul Psalm 23

Seeking relief from life’s cares, worries, conflicts, and trials, we seek God, our Heavenly Father, who sent His healing Son into the world to bring us back to His divine presence. We seek restoration of health, emotional stability, family unity, and life in Jesus...
Jesus Our Loving yet Powerful Babe

Jesus Our Loving yet Powerful Babe

Tis once He was born, And once He died for us, No longer may we mourn, This happy Christmas. Christ the humble child, Jesus who now in Heaven is Mighty to save, Yet oh so kind and mild. To aim, to do what he says, Tis the faith of the disciple brave. by Roger J...
He leadeth me beside the still waters Psalm 23

He leadeth me beside the still waters Psalm 23

One of the earliest names of God the Father is Elohim which is plural for “El”. There are two letters in ancient pictographic Hebrew that comprise “El”. The first is the ox head. The second is the shepherd’s staff. So powerful was this ancient letter in God’s name...
The Lord is my Shepherd: I shall not want

The Lord is my Shepherd: I shall not want

When Israel followed the Lord, the gentle shepherd, no one went hungry. The laws of Moses had many provisions for the care of the poor.[i] When the leaders robbed the poor, they were breaking the law of Moses. Ruth, the Moabite maiden, was well taken care of with her...