Category Archives: Religious thought

Anxious Breathless Prayer: Haiku

I can’t hold my breath
As I drop to my knees and
Plead in earnest prayer.
(Backstory: A friend’s potential daughter-in-law was detained with passport issues. The friend said they were “breathlessly waiting”, and asked us to pray that the travel issues would be resolved. They were.)

Psalm of David: Sadness and Gratitude

In the days of my sorrow,
let me recall what great blessing
The LORD hath bestowed
upon me and my house.

Let me count those gifts,
the peaceable things
which He in His mercy
has given me.

Let my heart from then on
be no more sorrowed or worried.
Let my soul not lie down in sadness,
but instead let me rise up in joy and rejoicing.

Let me praise
the goodness and mercy
of God and His Son,
that I may be a glad
and a profitable servant.

Let me be found worthy
to be welcomed into Their Kingdom,
both down here on earth,
and in Their eternal realms, for forever.