The lilies like trumpetsStand about Your altar.In their loveliness,They proclaim Love.In their pure white splendor,They blast forthYour glory. All hallowed Mystery,You satisfy for the Fall,Make happy our eternal destiny. In Your thirst for Man,Your make new our souls,And plan a futureFull of Hope,Drinking our condemnationTo its bitter dregs,Turning back the seaOf our unrighteousness,Drowning the enemy. … Continue reading
Dawning New Day
O Lord, I have no doubtOf Faith’s fulfillment.I no longer ask “when,”For passing days,But flavor and add splendor,To my Sabbath Rest,My dream of Love unending. If weary of this wastelandSpring returns with leaf and bud.Birds’ refrain and cricket chirpPull back the curtain,Time and Sin descended,To light on promiseDawning of New Day. Copyright 2011 Joann Nelander
Cloud and Clutter
Grey the day with cloud and clutter,Music’s muted melody obscured,Discord in search of harmony,Gives lie to the Promise of His Presence,If Truth were only that which can be seen. Faith, though,Believes not vision, but God,For God’s sake.All powers of perception,But a touch of His finger,A curtain parted for a peek,Hardly the measureOf the Almighty’s might. … Continue reading
Be Holy! 