Valley Princess

The Proposal The sun has set on this brief timeFor a new one to arise,A chapter’s last turning page,And for it we’re more wise.The future’s road is long ahead.Hand in hand we will treadThe lengthening of our years,The learning of… Continue reading

Comfort A time for every season comesLike waters in a streamThat flow and pass us byIn a vaguer and dimmer dream.A season for every time arrivesLike the distant and lighted beamOf the ancient stars, ordainedTo meet us now, to meanSomeone… Continue reading

What About You? What about you?You see the news and all the pain here on the earth.You see that men kill men and don’t care what they’re worth.What about you?What about you?You think that all the chaos is too far… Continue reading

The Altar of Incense My heart was like a carcassCharged with a wreaking smell.My lips were dead to speak the truth, But my odor did tell. My heart is now like incense1And burned by Holy Fire.Its fragrance fills my temple:My… Continue reading

Children of Abraham, Children of God I am nothing but a grain of sandBlown by the wind, tossed by the waves,And in advance God told AbramHis children would be such He saves.1I’m not alone in twofold ways.His covenant extends to… Continue reading

The day I reposted this devotional from my book, my dad had a heart attack. Can that be a coincidence? This poem of mine was such a reminder to me that God is in control and He is there for… Continue reading

Pride Amos preached in IsraelBut none of them repented.When Jonah preached in NinevahOf judgement, God relentedThe punishment to come. The Gentile Adad-nirari1Was cleansed by donning ashes,But Uzziah of the chosen onesWas given leprous rashesAnd banned from the Lord’s sight. The… Continue reading

Do Not Cover What Is Seen Do not cover what is seenOr deny what is true.Don’t reject the work of God,Even if that is you.You are a child of Abraham,One ruled by Christ on HighAs sure as the sun’s daily… Continue reading

I Never Knew I never knew how narrowThat the road was meant to be.The footpath is much broaderThan the margins I now see.I never knew the ground covered,How far this path extends.When I began I didn’t know(And still don’t) where… Continue reading

The Book of Life Some make themselves immortal in a bookMuch like this one, and hope that it will last,That they’ll live on in words that people lookAt, great, like treasures from the past.But once they’re gone, they don’t know… Continue reading