Posted in Poem, Prayer, tagged Christian Poems, Devotional Poem, Fay Lewis Noble, Poetry on September 5, 2012|
I know my heart has prayed this prayer . . .
Prayer for Song
Mend my broken mood,
Maker of Life and Song,
Lest this interlude
Of silence be too long.
Call my soul awake,
Set my heart aflame!
Singing fire will make
Ash of sloth and shame.
Touch my lips with song,
Wing my words with good.
Shepherd of things gone wrong,
Mend my broken mood.
—Fay Lewis Noble
Posted in God, Poem, tagged Charles Wesley, Christian Poem, Poem about God on August 29, 2012|
Arise, my soul, arise;
Shake off thy guilty fears;
The bleeding Sacrifice
In my behalf appears:
Before the throne my Surety stands,
My name is written on His hands.
My God is reconciled;
His pardoning voice I hear:
He owns me for His child;
I can no longer fear:
With confidence I now draw nigh,
And “Father, Abba, Father,” cry.
—Charles Wesley
Posted in God, hymns, Poem, tagged Christian Poem, Greek Hymn, Poem about God on August 22, 2012|
My God, shall sin its power maintain
And in my soul defiant live!
“Tis not enough that Thou forgive,
The cross must rise and self be slain.
O God of love, Thy power disclose:
“Tis not enough that Christ should rise,
I, too, must seek the brightening skies,
And rise from death, as Christ arose.
Posted in Poem, tagged Christian Poetry, Laurence Housman, Spikenard on August 8, 2012|
As one who came with ointments sweet,
Abettors to her fleshly guilt,
And brake and poured them at Thy Feet,
And worshipped Thee with spikenard spilt:
So from a body full of blame,
And tongue too deeply versed in shame,
Do I pour speech upon Thy Name.
O Thou, if tongue may yet beseech,
Near to Thine awful Feet let reach
This broken spikenard of my speech!
Laurence Housman (1865-1959)
Posted in God, Poem, tagged Devotional Poem, Emily Bronte's Poem, God, No Coward Soul is Mine, poem, Poems of faith on May 21, 2012|
Posted in God, Poem, tagged Blanche Mary Kelly, God, poem, Poetry of inspiration, The Mirror on May 7, 2012| 1 Comment »
Lord, make my soul
To mirror Thee,
Thyself alone
To shine in me,
That men may see
Thy love, Thy grace,
Not note the glass
That shows Thy face
–Blanche Mary Kelly
Posted in Attributes, God, Poem, tagged God, Grace, Poetry, Protector, Ralph Waldo Emerson on April 30, 2012|
How much, preventing God, how much I owe
To the defences thou hast round me set;
Example, custom, fear, occasion slow, —
These scorned bondmen were my parapet.
I dare not peep over this parapet
To gauge with glance the roaring gulf below,
The depths of sin to which I had descended,
Had not these me against myself defended
–Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted in Attributes, God, Poem, the provider, Uncategorized, tagged Charles Wharton Stork, God, God's goodness, Poetry for believers, Poetry of inspiration, You have been too good to me on April 23, 2012|
Posted in Poem, tagged Bible, bond servant, poem, slave by choice on February 29, 2012|
Rooted and Grounded 