January 22, 2012 4:46 pm / no comments
“O Lord, my Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth.” The Pleiades and Orion sing your praise. Sparrows and chickadees mimic their song. All creation seems in harmony with you, the Master Conductor. All, that is, except me. Why? Why do I alone want to sing my own melody? I certainly am [...]
January 9, 2012 8:23 pm / no comments
A PERSONAL PRAYER O God, the Light of the heart that sees You, The Life of the soul that loves You, The Strength of the mind that seeks You: May I ever continue to be steadfast in Your love. Be the joy of my heart; Take all of me to Yourself, and abide therein. The [...]
December 30, 2011 7:12 am / no comments
The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty; The LORD is clothed, He has girded Himself with strength. Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be moved. Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting. The floods have lifted up, O LORD, The floods have lifted up their voice; The [...]
November 22, 2011 9:51 pm / no comments
Lord, forgive me that when life’s circumstances lift me to the crest of the wave, I tend to forget Thee. Yet, like an errant child, I have blamed Thee with my every failure, even as I credit myself with every success. When my fears evaporate like the morning mist, then vainly I imagine that I [...]
October 19, 2011 9:46 pm / no comments
Grant me, O Lord, to know what I ought to know, To love what I ought to love, To praise what delights thee most, To value what is precious in thy sight, To hate what is offensive to thee. Do not suffer me to judge according to the sight of my eyes, Nor to pass [...]