Thanksgiving has just passed, and I couldn’t relate more to the pilgrims. I have just traveled across the country. Somewhere where I know no one and know very little about. Everyone warned that moving would be hard, and it was. Yet I am here to say, hard is not the same thing as bad. InContinue reading “DECEMBER 2025 NEWSLETTER”
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SAVIOR WHY?
My Mighty God is good, I believe this to be true.Lord is my painful question of “why” rude?I know my human understanding is finite,But sometimes I wonder how this is right.How is it that the horrible people always conceive?While the honorable don’t get the infertility reprieve. Why do the crooked ones make it to the top?WhileContinue reading “SAVIOR WHY?”
MOMENTS WHISPER MEMORIES
Can but a moment whisper memories.Can but a song hum something sweet.Cherish each one of those passing moments your eye sees.Hold it close with every pitter-patter heartbeat.Let its warmth fill your empty cup.Let its stillness bring you rest.Don’t let the loud voices interrupt,The healing magic that is blessed.Come now shining sun from above.Come now theContinue reading “MOMENTS WHISPER MEMORIES”
738
It is said that sorrow is better than laughter.It is a spiritual practice that is an anchor.Pouring forth a joy when secure in the redeemer.Let our souls rest in the trust we find at the cross.It holds a joyous serenity even during loss.When lowly the spirit springs forth a heavenly song.How does the down castContinue reading “738”
DARKNESS
Darkness has blinded my eyes. Hatred was welling up inside.Darkness has stumbled my steps.While bitterness slowly crept.How does one find the path?When covered in darkness’s wrath.They don’t, unless led by a lamp,To where the Lord may encamp.Where is your heart?Why did it depart?Was it swallowed up in darkness,Cut by evil’s sharpness?Let my heart abide.There will beContinue reading “DARKNESS”
CHRISTIAN GRIEF
Grief shall enter a Christians’ home,But should not let the heart roam.Corruption of the heart starts in the mind.When one conforms to mankind.Let your sorrows be grieved,So that your soul may be relieved.But don’t let grief grow bitter,For doubt is a hard hitter.Unresolved grief makes the heart corrupt.Set sail to self destruct.Lament in order toContinue reading “CHRISTIAN GRIEF”
THOSE LEFT BEHIND
To live in the shadows of someone you loveIs to be treated like you’re not enough.To cheer them on in the back,While you wonder what you lack.Does the problem lie with me?Sometimes it feels like I’m not there to be seen.To be forgotten and still be humble.While my weary heart starts to stumble.Status and popularityContinue reading “THOSE LEFT BEHIND”
BE STILL
Be still my soul.Be still as I grab hold.I seek thee, my Lord.I find thee in thy word.My heart is still.Upon thy hill, I find your will.You are not hidden,Grace has been given.Be still my soul,The Lord grabs hold.Nothing steals his grip.Even if I slip.Be still.Trust His will. R.D. Jess
MOUNT SACRIFICE
Up thy mount I go to sacrifice man.In its place I find a ram.Did mercy climb thy mount with me?To watch me surrender everything.My blade raised high to finish the deed.When mercy’s ram called me free.Breath of relief filled my lungs.There my heavy heart hung.On thy mount of sacrifice.Where my faith was multiplied,And God’s goodnessContinue reading “MOUNT SACRIFICE”
DRIVEN AND TOSSED
Driven and tossed by the wind.Driven and tossed within.Driven and tossed by the sea.Driven and tossed by what I believe.Tossed around by my sorrows.Driven mad by no tomorrow.Driven and tossed by the wind.Driven and tossed by my sin.Driven and tossed by the sea.Driven and tossed until I believed. by – R.d. jess