Poems

BACK FROM THE BRINK

Suddenly from head to toe I trembled—not because I'd nearly plungedinto the pond to staybut because I sawthe hugeness of my arrogance.

ANSWERING ADVERSITY

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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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BEFORE DAWN

Is it Venusthat tops the tallest pineframed by my window?

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A personal demand?

WHEN HEALING COMES

It may be on some silent, sandy beachWith lazy waters lapping at my feetOr on a crowded, noisy city street.

PAUSE WITHIN PROGRESS

Restful stand is this—upon rung,not leafof laurel.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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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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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TO KNOW

I jounce my baby son on my kneeAnd think of another mother,One I never met, whom I am learning to knowBecause all mothers know each other.

THE GIFT OF DAY

Dayis no idle giftfrom a thoughtless benefactor,no insubstantial stageon which we can appear as actorsof our own preposterous fiction—making it up as we go along.

ALIGHT WITH LOVE

Man's eyes are lit with love.

ACCEPTABLE

Prophet—honored, respected,"save in his own country"—feels cruel blastof rejection.

THE REAL YOU

Boy, you ain't no lump of clay;God made you it is true—but He didn't make you that way.

The Parable of the Sower

A sower—One who plants seeds.