All thanks and gratitude arise to dance before Your throne. All praise and honor bow with swelling heart to glorify my God. Make me a vessel overflowing, A chalice full of grace willing for the good, Desiring but one All Holy Love. © 2013 Joann Nelander
Lent
Lent is about Love, Recognizing our lack and need. Lent is about Spring, Becoming fertile ground for Christ’s seed. Lent is about Life, Allowing the sprout to be freed. Lent is about creation, Imaging Christ in love and deed. ©2013 Joann Nelander
Flower and Fruit for Thee
O, Lord of life’s harvest, Penetrate the depths of my misery With Thy loveliness, So that the new life, Rising from this soil, Be the embodiment Of wisdom and grace. May my flower and fruit be The fresh form of holiness, Born of virginal “Fiat”, And humility’s abandonment In sacrificial love. Come forth Lazarus, Not … Continue reading
Lenten Springtime
Enjoy the springtime of life And live in wonder. Enjoy in awe the Love God lavishes upon the lowly. Enjoy the ever fresh image of Christ Imprinted in our souls. It is Lent Enjoy your food, Receive it from the hand of God. Abhor sin and cease to feed on fodder, That you might have … Continue reading
