Why?

Why the defensiveness
Why The struggle without end
Why the walls
Why the pain, old friend?


Peace is waiting
Peace outside the door
Peace can be reached
Peace and so much more,


Love bears the load
Love ends the pain
Love breaks the walls
Love dances in the rain.

Strong Enough

I want to be strong

Not just for me, but for you

I want to have faith

To always know what to do

But sometimes my strength

Gets in the way

I push on forward

And forget to pray

Bring me back to your word

Where truth is revealed

Help me to have strength

Strong enough to yield

Email

Two unread emails
Distract me from my work
Ready to delete
And get on with my day
"Hi Grandad" catches the eye
I read, and travel to
A four year old's playground


"I love you Grandad"
"I love you too Gracie"

The Garden

A bent white head
Bobbing above the tomatoes
Gnarled fingers collecting beans
Neat, orderly rows
Without a weed to be seen
A lifetime of experience
Yields a bountiful harvest.

Strength

I don't have the strength

The trial is too deep

My strength is all gone

Yet I can't even sleep

My burden's so heavy 

The load hard to bear

Then a friend steps beside me

And the trouble he shares

I never thought I'd have

The strength for this trial

But the Savior walks with me

Mile after mile

He promised I would never

Bear my burdens alone

He'd be right beside me 

With strength yet unknown

Without this dark valley

I would never have needed

The strength to walk through it

When my faith was depleted

I would never have known

How He'd answer my prayer

How the refuge that before wasn't needed

Would be there.

Saturday Evening

The end of the day
All the tools are put away
Time to sit in my chair
Relax and let down my hair
Work is done.

The Goal

We never know what day

We'll take that final step

Be joined together with our Lord

Complete in Him at last

So let's walk together 

Side by side and

Reaching toward the prize,

His will,our common goal

As we grow close to Him

We are nearer to each other

And the final step we take

Will only be a small one