You are my best thought My highest hope My deepest peace My greatest joy You are the purest air The place where I can breathe The place where I can see … clearly But sometimes These thoughts of You Drift, shift, and scatter Sometimes They disappear before they are even fully formed Dancing away on … More You are My Best Thought
Looking outAt the vast expanse of the seaCould this beThe true measureOf Your love for me?I feel so smallSo insignificantSo unseenYet gazing outAt the vast expanse of the seaI’m keenly awareOf YOUR eyesGazing upon meEyes of tender mercyEyes of unrelenting passionWholly aware ofWholly unhindered byMy smallnessMy weaknessYet wholly committed toReleasingA vast ocean …Of UnendingUnrelentingAnd untamedLoveUnabashedly … More Vast
Cubbyholes and cornersHidden placesSacred spacesThere, I’m firmly heldI’m lovedAdoredSecure in Your embraceEmpowered to let goOf the need to be neededOf the desire to inspireEmpowered to simply beMe with YouWithout a single shred of significanceOr the illusion of usefulnessImmersed in a childlike faithThat wholly believesWho I amWhen all is laid bareIs more than enoughFor YouCould it … More Cubbyholes and Corners
I’ve been trying to hold on … To hunger Trying to hold on … To passion Trying to hold on … To the version of me I thought You were forming But what if the only way to hold on Means letting go of every past version of what those words mean? What if it … More This Moment in Time
Just sitting here In between The now and the not yet The promise and the process The faith and fear that coexist Here In between But even here In between There is beauty Because He is here He is always here He is always near Even in between So while I sit here In … More The Beauty of Now
T’was the night before Christmas And all through the house Not a creature was stirring Not even a mouse I finally sat down With a cup of steaming hot tea To ponder the beauty Of what this season truly means Christmas hasn’t always been The easiest of times Deep loneliness and pain Often left me … More This Most Holy Night (a “Night Before Christmas” poem)
Digital Image “Stand” from the Warrior Bride Series by Constance Woods Romantic whimsy and steely determination Etched upon her face A beautiful gown flowing gracefully Over the combat boots on her feet With compassion in her heart Iron in her soul And a spirit aligned with His She is a lover ready for war Her … More The Warrior Bride
Abba, hold me Please, just hold me Hold me close- Close to Your heart I don’t want to try to say the right things I don’t want to try to do the right things I just want to be me The real–uncensored, unfiltered–me Here with You I don’t want to try to convince You That … More Away From the Noise
In Your Presence, there is …no hurry …no stress …no striving …no worry …no fear …no confusion …no lack In Your Presence, there is …only peace …only rest …only restoration …only clarity …only grace …only love …only You “You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your … More In Your Presence
Everything is better Your way, Jesus Your ways are always perfect You are always consistent Always present Always filled with love and compassion Even when my heart tries to plan its own way You direct my steps Even when I disconnect from my truest self You never do You never lose sight of me It’s … More So Much Better Your Way
Expansion Stretching Growing Learning… Usually uncomfortable Always necessary To make room for more… More focus More fullness More fruitfulness More faithfulness More favor Increased capacity… To walk in His goodness To demonstrate His faithfulness To release His kingdom To do His will… On earth as it is in heaven Expansion Stretching Growing Learning… Embrace it … More Expansion
Come out of hiding My chosen ones Come into the open For your time has come Faith forged in the fire of painful adversity Character developed in hiddenness and quiet obscurity Love refined, redefined by uncompromised purity His beauty now revealed with grace and maturity Saul’s time has passed Let David arise As one in His … More Let David Arise
A daughter of the King… Wears dignity like a cloak She is confident and courageous Creative and compassionate A carrier of His presence and peace Arrayed in her Father’s own armor She is humble, yet powerful Gentle, yet bold She is fearless Formidable And free Blessed and highly favored Simply because she is His Cherished … More Daughters of the King
Take me to that holy place Take me to that sacred space It’s the place where I can breathe – The place where the air is pure It’s the place I was created to dwell The place where my spirit soars It’s the atmosphere of heaven – The place where the air is pure There’s … More Where the Air is Pure
Slow down Take a moment Take one brilliant, blissful moment To breathe Quiet the turmoil Of raging emotions Release the strain and stress Churning within your soul Look up Look deeply Look beyond the temporal Look beyond your circumstances And search the eyes Of the One Whose eyes are always on you Behold His beauty … More One Brilliant, Blissful Moment
In Your eyes I see the love that died for me A burning passion that never has and never will fade Piercing my soul and bringing light to the darkest corners of my heart Love that burns through me Mercy that holds me Joy that fills me Lost forever in unending pools of life In … More In Your Eyes
This morning I found myself humming the words to a song I wrote years ago: In the stillness of this moment There’s a blissful holy hush I fix my eyes on Jesus My mind set on things above In the stillness of this moment I live to see Your smile Surrounded by Your goodness I … More Remembering My Heart’s Home
“Just as I am – without one plea, But that Thy blood was shed for me, And that Thou bidst me come to Thee, -Oh Lamb of God, I come.” Just as I am Yet still… Just as I AM Completely me- Flawed, broken, imperfect Yet complete in You- Perfect, healed, whole How can this … More Just As I Am
Beloved… What if that is who you really are? The beloved of the Beloved Adored Cherished Delighted in Beloved … What if you simply allowed yourself to be loved? Loved by the greatest Lover of all Chosen Desired Accepted as you are Beloved … What if you chose to live from love? Living from … More Beloved
You stretch out Your hand The invitation clear I step out onto the waves and into the dance I lean in close My head upon Your chest And gently You lead me without a word I have no answers I don’t see the way But as I move with You my heart is at rest … More The Sacred Dance
Cindy Powell 