photo with permission from Alex Markovich, haiku mine…
Tag Archives: hope
MULTITUDES…
The agony of the world
impacts us all
ocean waves pounding the land
eroding grain by grain
the beaches of our lives
until only the bedrock
of our beliefs remains
Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision!
for the day of the Lord is near…Joel chapter 3
LOVE
When all beneath heaven abides in love
we work the fields with song and dance
but when all beneath heaven forgets love
war-horses rage across the land
What misery is greater than a lack of contentment
and what greed greater than the passion for gain
holding contentment within
there is where the secret lies
after Tao Te Ching (6th Century BC)
THE BELL TOLLS…
I don’t want to hear
the news, wildfires and floods
despair, hunger and wars
once again, nowhere
for the dove to land
and we, blinded by lies
propaganda and possessions
stagger towards apocalypse
no time for horror
just make a start
loving our neighbour
losing ourselves
while there is time
© Maureen Sudlow
A PROMISE FOR A HURTING WORLD
Spent the morning emptying and clearing cupboards in preparation for the start of our kitchen renovations. Lots of things that are past their use-by date, and other bits and pieces that haven’t been used since we came to Whanganui, got tossed. The pantry was emptied, and pots and pans re-stacked. And at the end of all of this we hope to have a new kitchen.
I got to thinking about renewal in general, and God’s statement that one day He will make all things new, and all that rubbish that causes so much pain will be thrown out…
OUR GOD REIGNS…
HEALING
‘If My people who are called by My name, will humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face…then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land…’
2nd Chronicles 7:14
