Immanuel Came
You didn’t hold Christmas back from my troubles. You slipped into my dirty world on a crowded night of cares, with a star and angels as a birth announcement. Chubby fingers curled around my broken heart before I knew I […]
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My Pain in the Carpenter’s Hands
Joy widens the eye dimmed by sorrow, and reveals hope within the grain of a planed life.
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Pain Unwrapped
Patiently packaged within pain
is the gift of possibility.
Unopened or opened—content remains the same.
The Night Watchman
Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of his might and because he is strong in power, not one is […]
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Model of Forgiveness
How do I turn the other cheek? Do I glare down my enemy with kindness? Slap them over the head with generosity? Silence them with my devoutness? Humiliate them with my humility? The goal of forgiveness can’t be to glorify […]
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The Sweet Fragrance of Worship
Mmm, what is that sweet fragrance? I am learning to crawl onto the altar of trust, daily, and die to self. Oh God, refine me. In the flames of suffering, nothing else matters but You. Burn off all that hinders […]
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Made in Your Image
Twisted by confusion and sin— My body lay, crumbled, wearing rust among the discarded and dispised things of this world. Worth. Purpose. What were those? I was no longer useful. Until you gathered my broken pieces and welded my […]
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Unfair Fight
I shouldn’t be standing. You’ve twisted and broken my body so many times The count should be over. How many knockout punches can I sustain? As many as He allows. You should have known you’d lose. My manager bought the […]
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Furnace of Hope (Choka Haiku)
Belief’s amber warmth chilled black by fear. I wonder— Do I exist here? Desolate nightmare Purple bruises on repeat— You rescued my heart. Tender shoots of trust sprout knowing Your faithfulness— Nightmare crushed crimson. Unquenchable Hope stands beside. I emerge […]
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The Father’s Heart
Start here. In the shivering nakedness of not knowing but being known. A rebirth. Where your heartbeat nestles under the Father’s. Listen. His voice secures your every anxious thought when He calls you by name. Beloved. Finally, you can rest […]
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National Suicide Hotline
If you or a loved one are in immediate danger, call the National Suicide Lifeline at 988 or go to the website at https://988lifeline.org/