ever awed

clouds shape shifting

as rain teases

while I watch

again lost

awed

silenced

still

quietly stopping by at Sandy's place

 

He said so

Haven’t I commanded you? Strength! Courage! 

Don’t be timid; don’t get discouraged. 

God, your God, is with you every step you take

 Joshua 1:9 The Message

new land stretches

out long, wide

before me

clouds speak of storms

ahead, and I stop

gulping courage

like thin air, simply

because He

said so

if I stay, or

go, there He Is

helping me

put my brave on

linking up with Kelli in unforced rhythm

 

point of view

I find myself, again

living in the inbetween

winter lingers in this

not yet spring

stepping out the door

I turn to my left

to a cloud darkened sky

and it somehow feels right

this heaviness

as I have felt called

to prayer, for needs known

and unknown

I trust the Holy Spirit

to interpret, groans

beyond my understanding

yet, in turning

to my right, the sky 

fills with boldness

of blue, light

beauty, assertion

of life, hope breathes

I can choose where 

I focus, where 

my eyes will rest

I choose life

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, 

that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; 

therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live,

loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice, and cleaving to him; 

for that means life to you and length of days, 

that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, 

to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. 

Deuteronomy 30:19-20 RSV

 

After the rains

The rains of the early morning 

left a coat of damp on the deck wood 

and the now thawed ground. 

The branches, still bare, glistened.

The air had a strange quality, the light polarized, 

drawing me out with my phone to try to capture it.

Light through shadows, colours splashed across the clouds

this is how I have been sensing life lately

and all I see is beauty

and I am learning, bit by bit

deeper in my spirit

without the darkness

we can never see the light