Oh my Father, oh my Shepherd King The love you offer are tears that sting  salty wounds and ashen face  lonely deserts , lands of waste  Rocky Terrace , unknown Depths a wooden cross , a painful death  to know this glory how can I bear  to taste the suffering and heaven share  unless you … Continue reading The Work is Done

Lord I know that you know me,  for that reason my fear is small  the innermost parts of my heart,  the innocent Ways that I fall.  Every thought and intent of my soul, The longings you see every one  the quiet reflections , the hopes and exceptions  the works both complete and undone  the tiny … Continue reading Struggles of Faithful Proportions

Kim Blenkhorn I read the words you wrote in tears I felt your desperation In every line a scream for help A need for consolation On every page after page after page Words poured out like rain Tell the tale of a of a broken heart A Young lover lost in pain You didn’t have … Continue reading Poem To My Younger Self

As Children bring their broken toys with tears for us to mend, I brought my broken dreams to God, because he was my friend Surely, he would see the need, And go to work at once, Prioritizing all my things, And meeting all my wants, I waited for what seemed some time For him to … Continue reading Broken Things

Oh the mighty hand of God I never can resist, The compelling voice of Christ my King, Seldom ceases to bring me rest, His all consuming fiery love Convincing my heart to beat, His pure untainted words of life Penetrate each time we meet, Oh the seeing eyes of God That fix upon my state … Continue reading Final Feast

I know how God Feels about his children when I look at mine, all the Love and all the frustration Divine. I’m tired of trying to get ungrateful and unredeemed children to obey my rules all day I know how God felt I’m tired of emptying myself to give them what they need, and getting … Continue reading Parenting Teenagers

This poem is for any parent who ever felt their work was not good enough.