Silent, Vibrant and Beautiful

I went beyond to walk today
Into the wood to see
Then while dusk fell abroad I stayed,
As a sailor upon high sea.

Natures' being engulfs me round.
My God, likewise, feels close.
Though still, I hear my favorite sounds
He, to me doth disclose.

The rain that fell hath now abated...
So still after the storm.
Now is when nature is concentrated...
And easier, so, to learn.

A still, silent glade lies before,
Midst a motionless stand of timber.
So silent in whole and yet with noises in store,
All jagged with sunlight, from clouds growing thinner.

With shadows growing longer
And the sun sinking fast...
Natures’ grip doth grow yet stronger,
As I’ve found a field of grass.

Crouched-astride a rock, on-top a rise
By a field, on-side a mountain.
To watch in awe the brazen skies
And the valley, the tempest has stricken.

Sporadic sun-rays shine through the mist
Transforming to show a rainbow.
A wide realm of life seems so fresh-kissed
To the river-side farms below.

Billowing fog "from the river" rises.
Surroundings sparkle like a fountain.
All else seems vanity... God's beauty chastises! 
The works of man are "for now" forgotten.

So, to watch and o, to listen
Is why I have come.
To seek that which delivers
My mind that can’t succumb.

O, the silence! "thus the peace
Of our first habitation!
Vibrant!" yet, smoothed through grace
Is the beauty of creation!

So simple to behold.
So complex in design.
Quick to bless the soul.
And sure, to sooth the mind.

Good for inspiration.
A perfect spot for prayer!
Still sure midst confusion.
When were you last found there?

Tis God's own world, for his own pleasure.
And though parts now seem frightful,
Enter what He gave by measure,
For tis silent, tis vibrant, and beautiful!

God Makes Things Happen

God makes things happen,

in His time, at His will
He can make the wind’s gust
or He can cause them to still.

He can alter the course,
of the season’s of the year
He can make them painless
or cause in them great fear.

God, makes things happen,
nothing is a coincidence
everything He does . . .
is of great significance.

He makes kingdoms rise,
He causes them to tumble
He can withdrawn His wisdom
or give it to the humble.

God, makes things happen,
in His time, at His will
there is no one else who has
His power, or His skill!

Daniel 2:20-21

“Daniel answered and said,
Blessed be the name of God
for ever and ever:
for wisdom and might are his:
And he changeth the times
and the seasons: he removeth kings,
and setteth up kings: he giveth
wisdom unto the wise,
and knowledge to them
that know understanding:”

From Here to There

From here to there, my Lord, is where

I wish that I would come
But nowhere near it would appear
Though far from where begun

This hunger now seems to somehow
Be never satisfied
Try as I might this appetite
For more has ever cried

How is it so, this gap will grow
As I am passing through
I round the bend to near the end
Behold a mountain new

We need the place where trusting grace
From God is where we rest
We need discern that what we learn
In gaps from God is best

God’s pleased with you when you pursue
When He’s what you desire
And there’s no price that would suffice
To stop you climbing higher

Now don’t lose heart because you start
Yet never seem to finish
You understand it is His plan
His love will not diminish

His work in us is finished thus
To whet the appetite
To hunger more for what’s in store
And re-adjust our sight

So do not tire for your desire
Shall surely soon be met
Before His throne when ushered home
Your hunger you’ll forget

God haste the day when we can say
My Lord I do declare
Your work begun is now all done
You’re faithful “here to there”

The One

We simply cannot grasp the loss
Until it becomes our painful cross
Whether we become the one
When at last all is said and done.

There is suffering and heartache
So humbling when we must take
Yet, if there would be but one
Who believes in God, the Son.

Rest and peace will surely come
Even when a body must succumb
Because God asks for us to care
Take the time to love and share.

And only time will truly tell
If we are the one, or the well
For the one who needs the friend
Might become you, in the end.

Life is hard and unpredictable
But God calls on the able
Yet sadly so many fail to give
In their own life they will live.

So hear the words the Savior sends
He says, "I have called you friends"
There is no greater love, cries the Son
When you are called to be the "one"

"Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for a friend... I have called you friends..." (John 15:13-15)