Poems

Additions

There is love in God’s molding
   and exalting of our desires.
Our desire, as beautiful and
   impactful as it may be,
is merely a draft, a rough
   sketch, of something
   He always beheld.
Imagine …

A flower opens

Oh, that all the flowers could be
roses, looking just like me.
Why cannot the pansy change?
Why ever such a ...

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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Time for school

What do I know? 
I’m a child of God,
   and my intelligence 
comes from my
   Father-Mother God …

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Timeless days

Eternal God, who’s always near,
­—expanding moments
and conquering years ...

Unreservedly so

Without a qualm,
   a doubt, or fear,
we belong to
   You, Father,
   not to the world.
No matter the
   picture, the news …

Pick me up

A little person raises 
   both arms up 
To the big person with him. 
It is a natural thing to do—
A gesture …

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From Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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You are in place

You are in place 
You are never out of place, 
never separate from Love,
   always stepping …

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Looking through
   my own
   corners of thought
   I find
one or two
   grand, solid,
   and lasting ideas …

Love’s embrace

Whenever clouds 
    and mist appear
And tumult brings
     a saddened tear,
Resist dismay to see aright …

Must yield

This emptiness 
whispering I’m all alone 
must yield 
to Your 
infinite presence …

Mountaintop view

Elijah encounters God—
   not in force 
but in the compelling fact
   of His presence …

Today’s raindrops

Isn’t it funny how 
today’s raindrops 
pitter-pattering 
against my window 
wash away all remembrance 
of yesterday’s 
sunshine? …