Make me as a flower in sun and rain. May I, as by nature, turn to follow You In Your course throughout my life. Let Your holy, healing waters penetrate my being, As roots planted securely in Your Providential soil, Drink of Your constant streams. As it is Your nature to water and supply, May … Continue reading
Sunday Snippets–A Catholic Carnival
It’s time once again for Sunday Snippets. We are Catholic bloggers sharing weekly our best posts with one another. Join us to read and/or contribute. To participate, go to your blog and create a post titled Sunday Snippets–A Catholic Carnival. Make sure that the post links back to here, and leave a link to your snippets post on our host, RAnn’s, site, This, … Continue reading
Fleeting Prayers – Arrows to the Heart #Prayer # Christianpoetry
Fleeting prayers Known but to God Recorded in His Heart. Nothing wasted, all in flower, bearing fruit, supplying for the need of His Church. throughout Time, Nothing wasted, nothing forgotten, all in flower, all bearing fruit. By Joann Nelander
Upon the Vine
How sweet the fruit upon the vine, Coming to be Because of Thee. Made to be food With a touch of delight, Feeding body and inviting the soul, Born of a thousand labors, Yet dependent on Thee, You, Giver of sun, earth and seed, Asking of Man (me), To but work the Plan. Then, weathered … Continue reading
Fishers of Men
O, Lord, what’s it all about, This “blogging?” Feeds, links, posts and pings, So much to learn, Much more to do. A world within a world, A web of letters, syllables, and words, And people pinging people, For seeing, or not seeing, Things just as they do. Why me? Why a blogosphere? It won’t make … Continue reading
Fire of God’s Love
Fire of Love, O steadfast Love, Forge of me Enduring Love, As chains, whose links are born In fire and flame. Hammered by blows, That in the end form And deliver my frame. Claim my metal From the molten chaos To shape and save me, Never more, misshapen, Wanton, amorphous, Hardness of heart. Copyright © … Continue reading
