Poems

I didn’t go to the beach
   this summer,
but God gave me a
   sunny-heartedness
to warm my smiles
   to friends and foes.
Why? Because …

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 …

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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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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Time for school 

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

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 …

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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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From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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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 …

You are in place 

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

Collections 

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 …