I lean on God’s strength to get through the day
to regulate my energy
to make everything okay
an even-keel
a gentle mood
cleanup is a breeze
just don’t forget the food
Category: poetry
Distressed
The first time I caused a guest, Our clients, to scream and get upset.
I gave them homemade syrup
on from scratch pancakes
It wasn’t what he thought
it wasn’t what he wanted.
He screamed and stomped.
I washed them off. He
calms down and had cereal
too.
Groom’s reminder
pleasure we can imagine with the flesh
and weddings we conceive of,
the excitement of Jesus for His Bride
is beyond imagination,
eagerness beyond compare.
Bridegroom’s reminder
building tension,
boiling
must stay calm, not too eager
stay focused on the Now, in this present moment
enjoy the feast when it comes but it is not Now.
It is not here, yet
things must be soft, and dry,
for now.
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sleep must happen.
intimacy shared is not yet
a phantom ache fills sacks
overcooked pasta that wants to become rigid
Breathe deeply,
keep the blood flowing.
ease the tension
Breathe deeply
relax the muscles
that day is not today.
That moment is not now
focus on the now
Gluttony rears
I feel the rumble in my stomach.
Gluttony rears its head,
cake, and sweets, and frosted-mountains,
a stomach distended,
loose skin that will not leave
a body expecting fat.
prayer helps, but a miracle is needed.
I beseech my Maker.
I know He wants His temple,
my body,
to be its best.
Abba
calmer of frayed nerves
gentle nurturer,
my Abba Father
My lover and knower of my soul
I scream in Your shoulder
You comfort me in my pain
You wish to know, for me to tell You
You want to bear it for me
I let You
though sometimes I don’t want to.
Sometimes I want to hold it myself
It is an act of vulnerability
to let someone else carry my wounds
of such tender, vulnerable, perception
and tender, Vulnerable heart
To let another bear my burden
to let another, hear my cries at night.
You want to do that for me.
But You do not take it from me.
You only take what I give.
It happens
When God says a thing will happen,
It happens.
It may take a month,
It may take a year,
It happens.
It may take over 100 years,
It happens.
It may take several hundred years,
But when God says a thing will happen,
It happens.
When God makes a promise,
He keeps it.
When God says He will do a thing
He does it.
God makes no threats.
God only promises.
When God says “A thing will happen,”
It happens.
It Happens.
It HAPPENS!
Joy of your Bride
I cannot begin to imagine
the joy of being Your bride
to share Your feast,
to have Your peace
to finally be in that tide
of no more pain, and sorrow, and tears wiped away
is beyond my imagining to fully conceive of that day.
overwhelm
a shadow looms.
choices weighing
weighing through the gloom
choices to make
Roads to walk
tasks to complete
dogs to guide.
creatures to care for
Rivers
run high on a rainy day,
roots are covered.
Banks are full
glory shines brightly.
Beauty and all His doings and ways
are a joy to behold
I saw on the surface
Martin Write 