Devotion Thanks Poems

I was just a little girl, when I saw them,
The hands that blessed my heart,
With kindness, compassion and attention,
Hands that sought to protect me,
Bless me...

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I ran across a photo of our old dog Whitman with Thanksgiving just a day away…
It was a photo of him healthy and happy…before his...

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I can offer no tribute today...
No words that sparkle, nor gifts of grand.
Yet I still feel an urge to admire your majesty.
Forgive me mistress, for...

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In the heart, there beats 
Hope – second chances, new
Dreams, wishes, aspirations
Promises that reveal the ways
Inspiration guides and fulfills

In the heart, there beats
Faith – belief...

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A second chance is always there
As God is offering us a second chance
Like vaccination,organ transplant
And test-tube baby
A hope and life is always there
Let's thank the...

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There are moments when I forget
To whisper a prayer of thanks I won’t regret
For all the joy and hope, sweet peace
The unending song of glory...

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Thank you for your faith
In the country you so love
That you’d offer up your life
In a cataclysmic strife.
Thank you for your courage
Although you shook inside.
You...

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Send me elixir back and bless me with the rain
The fruits of the sacred tree and the ointments of pain...

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Silence screams
Deafening the sound
Of trees singing
A melody in tune with
Tender green grass

Almost as wise
As the foolish words
Warning hearts
To listen up, never fall
Into a love so...

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God! Your graces upon me have been unique!
In you, I find solace and safe from fatigue!
Vices all wiping, you've made me Angelique!
Innermost heart of mine...

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Some people believe in taking it to their Lord in prayer 
I on the other hand believe in tipping it into the seas in tears...

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Towdah, to give thanks
I do give thanks
O Father my God
Lord Jesus I do give thanks
O I will, I shall give thanks unto you

Tehillah, to shout...

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In this lifetime full of yearning;
through which came wishing and dreaming;
within many splendid, unquiet flairs;
a voice murmured the word, ‘prayer!’
I was needy and you were...

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Give thanks with a grateful heart 
Be satisfied for what you got 
Look around 
At what is found 
All around inside and out your heart...

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Devotion Poem Seven, The Unknowing

(Written for Jim Eslinger, as I face complex surgery)


The difficult coming days shall combine
Into a memory of run hours.
And the hours...

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