Best Reassures Poems
They sit in silence at the table
Eating their evening meal
He gently wipes the food from her face
This life they now live still feels so surreal
She now sits in her recliner chair
While he makes her a cup of tea
Emotionless and still
She stares blankly at the T.V
He closes his weary eyes and remembers
The who she used to be
Her sweetness, her laughter
And a life together fulfilled and happy
Asleep now in her chair
He reflects on where she has gone
Alone and confused in her own mind
He has missed her for so long
He helps her put on her nightie
Gets her tucked into bed
His kisses her and voices “l love you my sweet”
As he gently strokes her head
She takes his hand and squeezes it softly
As a lone tear rolls down her cheek
He smiles ,cuddles and reassures her
Lovingly whispers “Oh there you are my sweet”!
Imagine a world
Where silence fills the void,
Sighing so its heard,
A voice raining kindness.
Imagine a life
Where joy is alive inside
The ones who know strife
Will be erased by serenity’s smiling
Imagine a dream
Where God is at the center
Giving inspiration to redeem,
Filling the heart with generosity
And peace!
Imagine a heart
Who listens to the hope
Echoes wonders so amazing,
Embracing the sound of a prayerful
Whisper, breaking apart….
The darkness, the hurt, the doubt
So that there is not even one cloud
To dim the joy, the awesome shout
From the soul who feels this love, so real
Wiping away every tear, bringing out
The answer to every fear…
Just imagine what it means to believe
That God, in all His glory…
Came to this world to relieve every
Spirit of the burden it carries,
The endless need for forgiveness…
IMAGINE – grace that can save the soul
From the shadows of past sins,
Mending with a love that makes us whole
So we know what it is to believe
In the wonder that is reality, the goal
Is to imagine with the faith to know…
This is a faith that will forever console,
Bringing peace that is beyond description…
Imagine a world…
Where love is given unconditionally
With a heart that knows that God
In all His glory, will come back for His church,
The church built from the people…
Who believe in His love, His grace, His light…
Never letting go of the faith that brings
Peace beyond comprehension, peace that lives
At the center of the believing that reassures
Every soul that knows – Jesus is alive
He is the love who cannot die!
Imagine a world…
Who takes the time, this Easter,
To remember His sacrifice
And the glory that shines so bright
From the heart who believes
He is ALIVE,… and we can know
The love that we imagine – exists inside
Those who believe in His resurrection.
This Easter, I’m so thankful I’m forgiven
By a love that is still alive and giving
Light to the darkness, joy to the desolate
Faith to the unfaithful and peace to the hectic.
This Easter, I know that I’m so very blessed!
Writing Challenge - I Words - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Constance La France
Word chosen: 3.imagine
March 1, 2023
The rose greets the dawn
softly the breeze reassures...
Dewy tears consoled
© Harry J Horsman 2010
I know I don’t always do the right thing
Sometimes life just gets in my way
I know I don’t always pray the right prayer
Sometimes doubt leaves me in despair
I know I don’t always leave love in my path
Even though Jesus would make a way past
The sorrow, the confusion, the darkness
So that His love would shine all through me
I know that I can’t always bring His grace
So that others feel His light, His embrace
I know that I can’t always shine His love
Into the darkness, gentleness from above
I know that I can’t always kiss away the hurt
Assuring that no one ever feels like dirt
Still, I try…
I reach beyond my fears, my tears
Sing songs of hope, laughing through the years
I try to make others see His light in my heart
Burning away the darkness, reassuring dreams
Silencing the worry and uplifting those in need
Still, I try…
I know I don’t do enough, but I give
From my heart and soul, I breathe His promises
Encourage feelings of faith, devotion and trust
Loyalty to the One who makes a way for everyone
To come to the amazing God who created us
I try to give back, even though I’m so small
I serve a Mighty GOD who can do anything at all
He is light and love – He is grace from above
He makes a way for each one of us – delivers
Redeems, reassures – saves us to the uttermost!
Humbly and without anything notable to give
I come to you, my friend, with only one request…
Please give Jesus a chance – He really is the best!
A BRIAN STRAND PREMIERE CHOICE Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand
Date Posted: August 26, 2022
Black; brown; yellow or white
Wherever you came from
Rich; poor; young or old
Whoever you are
Professional, educated or not
No matter what status you are
Single, married bisexual
No matter what personality you have
We can be friends
Life is more colorful
When friends are dear and truthful
A shoulder to lean and cry on
A hand to squeeze and hold
Indeed, pals give comforts
Worth of fortunes like treasures
Whenever disagreements arise
True friends win for sure
True peers protects and cares
They understand and reassures
Forgetting any pressure
As they know all will are God's creatures
Friends are not selfish
Selfless like love in flourish
It is beyond time and description
It is far from extinction
One big boom reverberates,
we shelter 'neath the railway bridge,
the swirling wind ensures we get a soaking anyway.
The Croal is roaring well above the watermark,
the nature lover in me hopes the smaller fish
will beat the flow and seek a sheltered cranny.
Peewits squeal, and wheel through softened skies,
as sunshine makes a welcome reappearance.
Drying out, we wait for trains,
our notebooks at the ready.
A record twenty-six come through,
some chug to local destinations,
others muscle by, non-stop,
to Carlisle and the Scottish Highlands.
We eat our sandwiches in silence,
underlining names and numbers.
Clambering up the embankment
and skittering down, as gravity
grabs then releases we fall in a heap,
and can't wait to do it again!
An impromptu game of catch,
throwing stones instead of tennis balls,
our laughter uncontrollable,
we trip and stagger home.
The warp and weft, the fabric of my youth
still reassures me with these moments of enduring truth.
God’s blessings are new every morning
I awaken to send up praises to Him
And I want to remind you of His warning
For those who do not believe, the end is grim
God sent His one and only Son into the world
To be a sacrifice for those who would believe
Find salvation in the One who has whirled
Each of us into a dance that we could never conceive
A dance of faith that believes in real praise
A dance of joy that fills us up with pure wonderment
A dance of hope that reassures all our days
A dance of love that gives true abandonment
God’s blessings are alive with a roaring fire
Revealing compassions that come from above
His revelations are the miracles that inspire
Enlightenment and a rich creativity built by love
God sent His one and only Son into the world
To save us from sins that would be an end to us
Thanks to Him, all our sins have been buried
In a past that is cast far away so there is no fuss
We no longer need to cry about our dreadful past
He has saved us from the darkest night of terror
He answers prayers that come from the heart if asked
And gives renewed hope to those who prepare her
Heart… Give it to the Lord God above, Jesus of Nazareth
The One who brings the greatest peace and love
The One who brings blessings that are earth shattering
His salvation is the greatest gift sent from above
Jesus is the answer to every problem!
Have faith and believe He is the good Shepherd
He is filled with a love and peace that is awesome
With Him living inside, you’ll be alive forever
He fills me up with compassion
He is my constant companion
I love Him because He abides
Inside my heart where he guides
He allows me to feel fully accepted
With Him, I know I’m never neglected
I love His presence always alive with me
Listening to the prayers that I do plea
He whispers to me a comforting hope
That fills my entire life with ways to cope
I love Him living where I can always question
His knowledge gives me the best suggestion
He calms my soul with His gentle voice
Giving me the wonders of a sincere choice
I love His guidance that reassures my thoughts
With Him beside me, I always think of the cross
He opens my mind to reach for my dreams
With Him, I know that I’m stronger than it seems
I love His encouragement to be who I should
He’s forever with me, teaching me all that’s good
He lights up my life with His fire from above
Sent down to instruct me on everything that is love
I love being with Him and knowing His wisdom
He always assures me that my Lord has risen
He reminds me of the reasons that I believe
His amazing faith is a joy that I can perceive
I love knowing that He will never leave me
With His hope, faith and love I am surely free
He is the Holy Spirit, the fire sent from Jesus
With His loving grace, He is who frees us
From sorrow, worry and pain that injures
With the Holy Spirit, I’m certainly a winner!
November 28, 2019
Holy Spirit Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Chantelle Anne Cooke
He won’t fit inside a church
He won’t fit inside a thought
He won’t fit inside a hope
Yet He fits inside a heart
He is light and He is love
He lavishes us, each one, with good
He restores us when we doubt
He reminds us we can always surmount
The enemies that seems to cloud
Our joy, our hope, our inspiration
The feelings that create in us
A grace that rains down His love
He won’t fit inside a dream
He won’t fit inside a house
He won’t fit inside a song
Yet He will fit inside the soul
He is the wonder that leads us on
The feeling of promise that teaches our hearts
The beauty and joy of knowing His love
Abides within us, where He will fulfill us
He is the kindness and the strength
That brings us beyond all the sorrow and grief
He destroys the darkest dread, despair
Reassures our hearts that we always have a prayer
He won’t fit inside a star
He won’t fit inside a cathedral
He won’t fit inside a religion
Yet, He will fit inside the spirit
He is wise and He is trustworthy
His light reflects the peace that is His
Sign – His crest – His insignia that suggests
He knows our hearts, our souls, our spirits
He tears down all the walls we’ve built
With our worries, our fears and our suspicions
He shows us how to love, unconditionally, completely
With a love that He inspires, rousing inside
The one who knows He is the answer to each prayer
The reason for our desires, our hopes, our dreams
The reason for our joy, our kindness, our faith
The reason for a love that lives throughout eternity
He won’t fit inside a mind
But He will fit inside a life!
1 Kings 8:27 (KJV) – But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
Still is the night, deep blue as the sea
The moon and I keep a rendezvous
A star reaches out, to light up my way
I won’t be afraid, at the end of the day
Rising before me, is a staircase of crystal
Whispers of angels, are singing a song
As soft music plays, the soft breezes whistle
You call out my name, and lead me along
Tonight is the moment, I’ve waited so long!
Of wishes I’ve held, to see you again
The questions I’ve asked, I know you have heard me
Here and hereafter are just steps apart
Each step brings me closer.. Oh, be still, my heart!
So soon I’ll have answers!
The place I belong, is waiting for me
All things I have longed for, I’m beginning to see
Reaching out with your hand, your smile reassures me
Stars shine in your eyes, as you wrap me in love
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For Linda Marie's Contest: Stairway To The Stars
By Carrie Richards 2/17/12
I
love to
hear him laugh -
this student not
brilliant, but looking
like a sweet member of
Menudo. Maybe it's the
way he laughs like me. . . heartily,
or maybe it is just because his
laughter reassures me I'm still funny.
It’s the year twenty, twenty-six
Will you remember… all the beautiful
Reasons, oh, I know, only God can fix
All the pain living inside, pain so dark
Wherever I go, even just for kicks
There is the promise of His light’s muse
Tenderly revealing love in the mix
Love that reassures and heals and feels…
Just like the gentling truth of His grace
Never letting me go it alone, without
All the peace I’ve found within His embrace,
Oh the light shines softly, assuring me
There is a promise of beautiful in this place
Where He reminds me why I’m here,
Why I’m sure that one day I’ll see His face
And I’ll remember the joy that delights…
Joy so miraculous, so fulfilling, so willing
To light my heart with inspirations, a muse
His love is surly alive and always spilling
Over into my life, writing me notes of gold,
Promises that whatever is, hope is fulfilling
All that I ever yearned for, or dreamed of
With a sweetness that reassures, instilling
Inside of me, a love that will set my soul free!
I believe 2026 will be the year of sweet relationship
With this man called Jesus, this King of Kings
I believe I’ll know the joy of a fellowship
Beyond my wildest dreams, a fellowship so amazing
I will forever be praising, - this is no ego trip
My heart and soul will be defined by the love that abides
Because this Jesus, this Savior, holds ownership
To my spirit, my faith, my heart, soul and spirit…
In 2026, I believe He will reach down and bless me
With unspeakable grace, joy and peace – love that stirs
Up in side me, a wonderful that is totally free,
A wonderful that taught me to listen to the voice
The voice that comes from believing He hung on that tree
To save me, not only from the world, but from me
With a promise that everlasting will forever be
The light that shines through every heart who agrees…
His love is everlasting and His love has set me free
His love is what my dreams are made of, love
So sure and so amazing that I can only see…
Eternity with the One who came and died for me!
Her touch is gentle
Seeking only to comfort,
To search out the source
Of their trouble, their pain
They lie at first, silent
In fear of what dark form
Has sent this suffering
To disrupt their peace
The worry tears at their heart
Speaking only to their ears
Painting pictures only for their eyes
For they are alone; only they can feel
Her gentle touch, her voice,
Her presence reassures them
They are not alone,
There are those who care
Their fear retreats, recoils
Their ears turned deaf to its voice
Its pictures now but shadows
That no eyes can see
This gentle care, this courage
Opens their hearts, their hope’s restored
They share then, feeling close
To those who cared for them
Arising in softest sapphire,
Shimmery as the night,
Inviting silence to release her,
Tears flowing, thick and sincere,
Breaking through melancholy,
Trembling with dark dread,
Erasing all the soul’s vivacity –
Erasing the existence of her memories.
Appearing in somber ashen,
Overcast by doubts – catastrophe,
Shrinking beneath seas of dejection,
Unwarranted shadows,
Casting careless heartaches,
Destined to fail – the misery so real,
Unwelcome as the tears, trailing,
Like dew, soft and soothing,
Pulsating through the veins who remember…
Ascending in the lost hues,
Dusky death, her faded words so wrong,
Like a sad, sad song…
Lingering on the soul, deaf
To the colors of hope, the vibrant
Charms of cheery gold and bubbly rose,
Healing the heart, risking all the beautiful
For the moments when pleasant feelings
Fall, like rain – softly blessing away all fear,
Washing away the pain with a breath,
Gasping for the moments before death,
Stole the laughter from the dreams,
The sensitivity from the subtle memories.
Climbing the moments before grief
Struck the soul with its night,
Reminding that autumn, yes, the fall…
She always comes to call,
Leaving only the naked branches,
The whispers of wind, caressing the still
Cool blessings, tenderly
Like a flowing grace, abiding
Pouring out her promises of life
Even after the graveside service has drained,
All the beautiful from the colors,
Colors of grief, meant to bring a heart peace.
Yes, these colors of grief,
They’ll always abide to relieve,
Comforting the souls who can see past –
The loss, into the promise of heaven eternal.
Listen to the aching prayers, the promise is there,
Alive in the memories, in the gentleness,
Where a still reflection of God’s breathless harmony –
Kisses away every anxiety,
Reassures and consoles, lightens the heaviest loads,
With the promise of a home with Him in heaven above,
A home made of His pure, sweet love!
He is the strength
Beneath all my belief
He brings me hope and peace
Kindness, faith and grace
All the love that I can imagine
His wonderous might
Is beyond my conceiving
He is the strength
That brings my heart wisdom
He is the light
That thrives when I’m dreading
The darkness that comes
From the hopelessness of depression
The bleakness of despair
He is the strength
Behind all my feelings
His grace reassures me
That peace is inside my soul
Light whispers through my hope
Joy sings from my spirit
He is the strength
Under my wildest dreams
He silences all my worry
With reassurance and encouragement
Promise that He will always be there
Giving me the answers, the second chances
The faith to reach out in anticipation
Of all the gifts that He blesses
He is the strength
That guides my hand
When I can’t really understand
But still believe that, with Him, I can
Make my dreams come true
Realize the sweetness of pure truth
Awaken the dawn with the likelihood
Of a moment filled with praise
A moment that remembers His grace
A moment that abides in faith
A moment when He surely amazes
He is the strength
That abides in my soul
When I sincerely believe
When I surely know
He is my light, my only hope
The reason for my love
The love that grows and grows
Sure that He will answer each prayer
With the inspiration that is aware
He is my God and I am His child
He is my King and I am the result of His light
He is my Creator and I am His creation
He is my Love and I am the One who praises
Because He is alive, shining bright
Filling up my heart and soul
With a love that is forever astonishing me!