I was out with Belle the Wolf this morning, and saw a patch of mesa spot-lit by the rising sun. Kinda cool.
I stand upon a darkened stage;
the audience have all gone home.
I didn't know that this script-page
said I would be here alone
with the ghosts of broken dreams
and memory of past delights
floating 'midst the shadowed beams,
but Someone still is on the lights
and I hear closing of a switch;
from on high, light-beam comes down
and in its brightness there's grace which
heartens this bruised tired clown,
whose days have come so misbegotten,
with the knowing that he's not forgotten.
The Five Minute Friday prompt this week is CHAPTER. Sounds kinda booky.
Chapters come and chapters pass,
some are taut and some are slack,
and some are a pain in the donkey,
but what the heck, you can't go back,
so count the rosebuds while you may,
watch the lizards dash around,
cherish every given day
even if beaten to the ground,
for what you were makes what you are,
a thing of beauty built by God,
and do not think that any scar
makes you ruined, broken, flawed,
'cause great God hath designed you
for repairs with His Own Krazy Glue.
Well, that went somewhere other than planned, but, hey, just under four minutes. Yeah
Music from Mercy Me, with Greater.
Sylvia hopes there's ice cream at the end of that sunray.
Beautiful picture of the sunrise.
ReplyDeleteGrams, seeing that sunrise was an honour.
DeleteI saw something similar last week, Andrew, and seeing a spotlight on the mountains - for just a moment in time (literally!) is amazing! I'm glad you were able to capture it in a photo to share with us. And I'm glad "Someone is still on the lights." We are never alone for He is always with us.
ReplyDeleteI was really glad to get the picture, Lisa. Normally I don't carry my phone; this morning I did.
DeleteAnd The Wolf even stood still for a picture!
Lovely picture and great poems as always. Just been listening to MercyMe as I write, so I appreciate your song choice too!
ReplyDeleteLesley, I am so glad you enjoyed the poems and the song!
DeleteThank you for sharing. I love it.
ReplyDeleteThank YOU.
DeleteI appreciate the Krazy Glue!
ReplyDeleteTish, God's Krazy Glue fixes anything...and His Duct Tape... well, WOW!
DeleteI love that none of us are ever forgotten. Not by the Designer and his Krazy Glue! Great poems, as always!
ReplyDeleteKym, thank you. Yes, it's great that He keeps us in mind!
Deletewell written Andrew! We need to remember the past builds our future chapter. FMF17
ReplyDeleteAnnette, thank you so much. Sometimes it is hard to see the past building the future, but there is a peace in accepting it.
DeleteAndrew, I love them both. I'm not good at following the 5 minute rule, but you've done it beautifully. Thanking God for His Krazy Glue, this morning, and thank you for sharing your rich words!
ReplyDeleteThe five minute thing...these days I turn it over to God and just type (on my phone).
DeleteWhat comes out can be unexpected.
Love the light photo & the poems Andrew ☺️
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Jennifer
Jennifer, thank you so much!
DeleteThe writer in me likes that God writes our stories in chapters - it makes me feel like I'm in a writing group as exciting as C.S. Lewis and Tolkien - but I don't have to come up with all the great ideas!
ReplyDeleteMaryleigh, yeah, me too... but I see some pretty great ideas in what you write.
DeleteIt's amazing how sunrises always speak to us - no matter how many we have seen, each one brings its own message of hope. Grateful for God's Krazy Glue which not only puts us back together but keeps us together!
ReplyDeleteJoanne, for me there's Krazy Glue in that first flash of the sun's corona at the edge of the eastern mountains. Keeps me going. I try to see it every day.
DeleteWarm greetings to Belle! What a wonderful companion to greet the sun!
ReplyDeleteMichele, Belle greets you with a happy wolf-WOOF!
DeleteThe photo is amazing, Andrew! Isn't God awesome in having that there for you!
ReplyDeleteDonna, as the cancer gets way worse (metastases in both arms and a leg), I am overwhelmed by gratitude for the manifest blessings in my life.
DeleteAndrew I've been krazy-glued so many times! Love these poems. Prayers to you don't stop even when I am silent.
ReplyDeleteMary, thank you, and you're always, ALWAYS in my prayers.
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