and Purposeful Prose
Sometimes the rain is refreshing Sometimes the rain is a blessing I don't want to rush outside today Inside I'll rest, revive and pray. March 20, 2021 Tina W. Hope, Patience, and Faithfulness. "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer."Romans 12:12 "Then I will give you your rains in their season, and [...]
You hung the stars. How could I forget? In Your hands there is wisdom There is power in Your breath. You took such care As you planned our days You counted the stars And called each by name. We're never adrift Your love is eternal It’s so lovingly written in the skies above. How great [...]
Do the Pines pine for days gone by When their leaves turn brown from the bite of plight? Do they look back longingly at stolen days When life becomes a desolate haze? Or do they hang on tight As they look ahead To better ways and days instead? You can't go back But you can [...]
Maybe you've heard it too often The sound of falling rain Perhaps it's left you longing For sunshine once again. But oh the sound of falling rain To me it's still a sweet refrain Maybe you're caught in the deluge And it's a struggle to hear the sweet song I understand the pain there When [...]
I'm waking up Still, I'm not out of the woods. For so long I've grown upon the forest floor Light streaming through the trees Yet, wanting more. Watching the wild things pass on by Searching for a glimpse of Your star filled sky. I'm waking up And I'm surrounded by trees. I lost track of [...]
Steeping We're in hot water Hold on a little longer God’s patiently waiting for us to get stronger. Tina S.W. April 4, 2020 Another Cup When my cup is empty, Lord, fill me up You are my portion The one I love For in Your presence there is fullness of joy When my cup runneth [...]
And don't come back another day... If I'm honest I just want to hide I don't know what to say anymore And I don't want to hear anymore Not what God has to say Just what the world keeps murmuring It's too overwhelming I don't know which way to turn To God, of course, but… [...]
I'm fortunate to be watered My life isn't the same The Lord is my shelter So I'm standing in the rain. Tina S.W. March 3, 2020 Taken while we were parked at the pharmacy drive-thru. Andrew: You're taking a blurry photo out the window? Me: Mmhmm. He still doesn't quite get us creative types, but [...]
Gentleness takes patience; It's aims to be kind; It prays without ceasing; it loses it's pride; It knows we're all flesh, so It looks for others best. These things it rejoices in. In God it abides. Gentleness is thoughtful; It chooses words wisely; it doesn't rush in with sword raised high; It was taught that [...]
It's a peaceful word Yet I struggle to rest As I lean on my understanding And what I believe is best It's a reassuring word No, we don't have to fret Yet I find myself weary From this match that I've met Why do I wrestle? Why do I fight? Why don't I surrender? And [...]
