The Shadorma is a Spanish poetic form with a syllabic meter of 3/5/3/3/7/5
Thy Peace on Christmas Day
Christmas Day
finds me seeking peace
in prayer
in Your love
surrounding me as refuge
from what is not You
For Cee's FOTD (flower of the day): December 25, 2021 Check out her beautiful Peruvian Lily Cee says: "Don’t forget that my FOTD challenge accepts gardens, leaves and berries as well as flowers." Merry Christmas everyone!
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.
Isaiah 26:3-4
For Cee's FOTD, August 22, 2021:See the beautiful pink hibiscus on her site! Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD). "Please feel free to post every day or when you you feel like it. Don’t forget that my FOTD challenge accepts gardens, leaves and berries as well as flowers."
Come, magical sprites of sea, land, and air
Dreamlifters that transport us far from care
Belugas, or bluebells, or a child and a mare
My speech to you is dire and fair:
Dire, because of last year’s dismal fare
Of health and crises that cause us to beware
Threat of contagion from death’s lair;
Fair, because your songs lay bare
The beauties of God’s mercies and care
Shown in his Son whom we boldly dare
Address as our brother, Lord and Savior,
Whose love we eagerly want to share
Aware that we can rejoice in this new year
With all those whose burdens he helps to bear.
Michelle's January 2021 Writing Prompts: "Belugas and dreamlifters" Linda's JusJoJan Prompt, "Speech" Image credit: Pexels.com
Aloft green and gold
we crowd dull bottles to ward
faitours of darkness.
We dye clarity
for gaudy tranquility
but eyes move skyward.
You are not hidden
in magnificent sky-breadth
your glory beckons.
So even pigs graze
under Your eyes, contented
while we root clamor.
For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.
Psalm 36:9
These photos are from the Shenandoah Valley where light seems to reign in Edenic beauty.
Written for Rochelle's Friday Fictioneers Word count: 100 words or less PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Click on the frog and join in the fun!
City of Peace
“What are you thinking?” Avram asks me gently as we walk in the shadows of the old city.
“’O, Jerusalem, Jerusalem!’”1 I quote. “Why so much suffering, Avram, the blood that has flowed across the centuries into this day?”
“Our hands bear that guilt.”
“And sickness, earthquakes, floods?”
“Do you wonder nature suffers as part of the judgment on us?”
“The curse!” I snort.
Avram speaks quietly. “The Maker of the Universe has not left us without blessings, of which He is the foremost, or redemption, because of His love.”
“I only see hatred.”
“Then that is all you will find.”
1Luke 13:34 — “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!“
Psalm 69:32
When the humble see it they will be glad;
you who seek God, let your hearts revive.
Acts 17:26-27
And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us ….
Jude’s Saturday Symphony #8 in which Jude poses the following question: What animal do you most relate to or admire, and why? Fandango’s #FOWC: “covered”
Creaturely Rumination
So you want to know what animal I admire?
This of my ponderous thoughts you require
And, my friend, I’ll acquiesce to your request,
I’ve got you covered! My answer, no jest,
Thus plainly is: the creature meriting such love
Must be as wise as a snake and harmless as a dove.
Aha, you say! That’s two creatures, not one!
But appearances deceive, especially those human,
And under one skin can reside two creatures:
Two snakes, two doves, doubles in their features
Twice wise and as deadly or twice haplessly unwary
Equally alarming as their fortunes they miscarry.
Think now of a creature, a lamb or a dove, so harmless, so mild
But wise, like a snake, and knowing, a man, woman, or child;
One creature who is heeding the law of love from its Author
And the same creature undeceived by the world’s favor or disfavor.
Such a God-fearing creature – oh, could it be you? Could it be me? –
Is the freest of the free, at peace, my friend, with God eternally.
“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.” (Matt. 10: 16, ESV)
Beautiful bedtime song from Fernando Ortega: “Jesus, King of Angels.”
May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus be with you tonight and give you a good night’s sleep free from all anxiety to greet the new day with fresh hope.
Jesus, King of angles, Heaven’s light
Shine your face upon this house tonight.
Let no evil come into my dreams,
Light of Heaven, keep me in your peace.Remind me how you made dark spirits flee,
And spoke your power to the raging sea,
And spoke your mercy to a sinful man –
Remind me, Jesus, for this is what I am.The universe is vast beyond the stars
But Your are mindful when a sparrow falls
And mindful of the anxious thoughts
That find me, surround me, and bind meWith all my heart I love you,
Sovereign Lord.
Tomorrow, let me love you even more,
And rise to speak
The goodness of Your name
Until I close my eyes in sleep again.The universe is vast beyond the stars
But you are mindful when a sparrow falls
And mindful of the anxious thoughts
That find me, surround me, and bind meJesus, King of angels, Heaven’s light
Hold my hand,
And keep me through this night
This Jolly Beggar 