Devotional Poetry

19 Metitations

1
Security

I rest secure
within Thy Covenant, O Lord,
Safe from the darts of idle fancy
and vain imaginings.

2
Sacred Silence

Sanctified from the tumult of materiality,
Mind reposes upon the sea of tranquility,
Blessed with the hush of contemplation,
Floating upon the current of meditation,
Contemplating the revealed Word of God.

3
Self-Improvement

The effort made by the individual
to unlock her own human potential,
and discover her true self.

4
The Scent of Roses

I know the Master is with me
Standing right beside me
For I detect the scent of roses in the air
Unseen by the eyes of matter
He stands beside my chair
Releasing the scent of roses into the air

5
Soul on the Material Plane

Blue glazed planter peeks
from embrace of green ivy
and brown macramé.

6
Seasonal Changes

The seasons change
The cycles turn
Life moves evolves goes forward
From conception to birth
From birth to death
While in between
We evolve in body mind spirit
We must advance
Or remain in place be left behind

7
Seeking God

At the boundary of vision
The tree line obscures
The receding horizon

8
Death's Riddle

A messenger of joy,
whose gleaming two edged sword
severs the umbilical cord
joining body and soul.

9
DNA

DNA's spiral staircase
descends to the next generation
while ascending the ladder of evolution.

10
Death

The door
to eternal life
in all the worlds of God,
the messenger of joy,
and herald of immortality.

11
On the Edge

Poised on the edge
Ready to overflow
Tears unshed

Wait in the
Silence of twilight
To inudate

12
Sacred Silence

On a cloudy day
the silence borders on the sacred,
like a jazz ensemble
playing gospel.

The cloudy silence
is a poem penned in a cathedral,
whose stanzas build to a climax
like Handel's Messiah.

Descending in blinding sheets,
the silence cleanses the mind,
like a blues song sang
by a gospel choir.

13
Word of God

The Word of God is the Bread of life,
Without it my soul is a vane blown in the winds of strife.

14
Glory To God

Glory to God in the Highest!
Peace to His people on earth!
Christian Hymn

Glory to God in the Highest!
Adoration to His Promised One
Who out of the clouds of glory,
Descends through the mercy of God,
Honor to God in the All-Glorious,

Peace to His people on earth!
Reconciliation to the planet's inhabitants,
Through the return of their Lord,
Who revealed the New Jerusalem,
Through the Glory of God.

15
Self-Improvement

Little by little, day by day,
I strive to tread the narrow way.

16
Climbing Mountains

To attain the object of her quest,
The seeker must never rest,
But must ascend the mountains,
That separate the valleys of faith.

17
Cathedral

Beneath a canopy of stars,
Gather the followers of light,
Eyes blazing with love's fire.

18
God's Love

God sees us as we can be,
But loves us as we are.
Author Unknowns

God sees the soul within,
That weeps in silent agony;
Sees the potential hidden
In the victims of starvation.

God loves the flowers of His garden;
The rainbow of humanity;
He loves the faithful of all creeds,
And the nonbelievers.

19
Paradigm Shift

The mind
constructs a model of reality;
a paradigm it accepts as reality.

Input
from the world at large,
form interactions between self and humanity,
affect the model causing the mind to edit,
to change the paradigm.

Poet's Note: ▼

These poems were written over several years. Their inspiration was meditation on the revealed Word of the Almighty.