https://youtu.be/0mTcyTZ_Yc0 Joann Nelander
I Am
I Am Your grandeur overwhelms me. You lavish Your splendor, Even on the ordinary, Like grass upon the meadow, And tears welling from the heart. Where can I look that You are not? Even the fallow field, Awaits another day, As a virgin in repose, Seeing, in needful desire, A time of promise and plenty. … Continue reading
A CHRISTMAS PRAYER It is Christmas, O Lord! While time wears down hope, You remain our only hope! While riches are fleeting and disappointing, You still amaze and attract us by the absolute poverty of Bethlehem. O little Infant of Bethlehem, You are the hope we seek. O little Infant of Bethlehem, You are the … Continue reading
Lifted Up, I Am Drawn
Lifted up, You hang above the world. Your outstretched arms Measure the breath of Your Love. How great the distance between us, Yet, greater still, Your unquenchable thirst for me. I am a child, a lowly one, Troubling you, yet, and always. I tug at the hem of Your garment, While You tug at my … Continue reading
Invitation
The Invitaton God is all in all. Beyond all, He enters being. The unknowable allows Himself to be known. He is invitation and celebration. God is graciously given, seemingly a part of me, given with my Baptism, but always far beyond my comprehension. Though He continually sustains, draws, and enables me for life here, … Continue reading
Invoking the Holy Name of Jesus
https://youtu.be/4ohGnkn5Sgw Joann Nelander