Look And Live

Repentance is a word under debate

Jesus said to the woman

"Sin no more"

While Moses told those bit by the snake

To look

At the bronze snake on the pole

And live

An inner recognition of needing help

An external prompt to change

Or a call from John the Baptist

To repent

Each gets people to the same place 

Of new life

Even as different key words

Are employed

To produce the change in the individual

Integrity

This word gets tossed around

In many circles

But what does it mean

To how I live my life?

How does it colour my view 

Of the world?

How does it filter what

I listen to

Or what I say?

The goal that I am whole

Of one piece

And that what you see

Is what you get

Celebration

This is not it--

But the metrical verse has begun

As I write the stories in prose first

And then compress them even further

Into a song to sing

And this journey has taken just under 

One year!

The first poems for my blog were penned

Last June

And now my first two metrical pieces

Are ready to sing

Thank You Lord, for this journey.

Change

Twenty three years ago today

A little baby girl became part of our family

And now she's all grown up

Married

And living in another city

Lord, the changes just never end

From birth to death

It sometimes seems the only constant

Is change

As I walk up my country hill

It is the changes of the seasons

That I notice the most

And yesterday's walk in the woods

Revealed jack in the pulpits and trilliums

That soon will be finished for the season

And faded into the background

A Day Off

This spring has become an ongoing adventure

To photograph flowers along my country road

And elsewhere

But today I hear the rain landing on my window

As I wake up for a new day

So Lord, what can I do for rest today?

A long walk up a country road

Is often the best way to clear my head

And prepare for whatever is coming next

And yet today is still a quiet day

Rain or not