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In the past few weeks, there has been a heaviness of spirit and sorrow among our church family and within my own soul. Not only have two dearly loved members of Covenant Life Church gone on to be with the…
Category Poetry
Womanly Wooing
I thought this was an interesting poem… Mary T. Lathrap (1838-1895) A WOMAN’S ANSWER TO A MAN’S QUESTION. [Written in reply to a man’s poetic unfolding of what he conceived to be a woman’s duty.] Do you know you have…
More Blessed to Give
Dear blog readers, I have a secret to tell you. Well, it’s not even really a secret. It’s simply a beautiful principle, that when whispered into your heart by experience, warms the very core of your being and entire outlet…
One Day Soon
One day soon, I will go, Back to what was so well known. But this place, one quite strange, Feels oddly more like home. In this time, I have changed, And more than I can say. It’s simply happened over…
The Cure
.For a hurting friend. Lacking love, She flees to Him. For never does He deny, Those whose food, are The tears they cry. Waning vision, To lift up her heart. Weighted down, here on earth, By the seeming shame, Of…
A Room with a View
This weekend, I had the privilege of attending the AIM Ladies Retreat in Nairobi from Saturday morning to Sunday evening. Many RVA ladies, along with ladies from other various ministries under AIM, all gathered for 3 days of food, fellowship,…
:: Birthday Prayer and Poem ::
Our Prayer “Thou that hast given so much to me, Give one thing more – a grateful heart; Not thankful when it pleaseth me As if Thy blessings had spare days; But such a heart, whose pulse may be Thy…
Thanksgiving
Yesterday, I was in the RVA library and found this book in the special holiday section called, “Poems for the Great Days.” Curiously, I turned to page 185, where the Thanksgiving poems began. Herein, I discovered some wonderful, wonderful poems…
Angels on Guard
In the blue and grey, It occurs to me, That all life’s possibilities, Seem endless. Seem wide. And in each day, I wrap my mind, Around the things I’m trying to find, Like courage. Like love. For, so subtly, In…
Proverbs 3: 5-6
Many of us know, and have memorized, the classic Proverb of King Solomon from Proverbs 3: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. Â In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He…