Resurrection Clothes

The Visit Beached in his lean-back chair   He sits reclin ed and staring into what   I cannot reach .   An introvert at soul , h e comes alive    W hen younger spirits enter , sit   A ttendant after banter in the circle   Discovering their own lives inside   His gift of weaving wings from spiderwebs     Memories of dialogs gone by   Characters like sibling stars   Intermingling until   A laugh erupts and bubbles from the belly up   U ntil it catches fire a round the circle   Fills and lifts o ff high    Into eternal elements.         Inspired by Mary Lou Kowalski's little book of poems and commentary entitled Old Monk, this is the first (and only, so far) in my hoped-for collection: Old Married.    

Have you ever had a time of severe trial of your faith that eventually passed, and you wondered afterward why it was so hard to trust God during that test? I have, and through one of them, in particular, I learned a lesson that I’ve remembered ever since—a lesson about hope and trust in God. A number of years ago, everyone in my immediate family was experiencing serious personal problems all at the same time, and I felt responsible for things beyond my control (which was almost everything). Eventually, as these situations worsened and I was constantly worrying—really obsessing over them—I fell into a state of anxiety and depression. I didn’t seek medical treatment or counseling because I felt so hopeless that I couldn’t imagine anything making it better. And besides, the problems everywhere I turned seemed so real and unfixable that my wounded mind told me my feelings were true. I tried to turn it all over to God, but then each time I’d immediately start worrying again. Fin...

Jesus, what in the world?                                       ~ for Sister Gail “Whatever you ask in my name, I will do….” John 14:13 Jesus, what in the world do you mean? I’ve asked for so much, asked so many times. But now as I think of it, haven’t you said the times of fulfillment, unknown to us now, are all in the Father’s command, all integral parts of His heavenly plan? Ah, yes, Love, tread lightly this beautiful earth. You’re learning to trust in the wisdom of God, to grasp that God’s timing, God’s bringing to birth is part of the answer. So leave all with God. We’re taking good care of every request that comes from the center of your heart at rest in the will of your Maker, Redeemer and Guide. But that qualifies it, Lord. What of the rest? The request in great anguish: Is that not heard too? Will that not be answered? Is that not of You? ...