Random thoughts on the journey
To see what cannot be seen, what is hidden in plain sight. What was there all along. To see essence and beauty and causation because of a new light. And the scales fell and were gone. You called His name, He drew near to you, you reached out in trust and faith And He held … Continue reading On Divine Love
First light counts in the morning songthat flies on the light moist air.Of birds and bees in compound timethat knows no bounds.They don't recall the night just gone or woes of day beforeThey sing a timeless song of praise for us to sing along.
If only words could take away, the pain, the loss you feel today,Then I would speak and never cease, until you found your inner peace.But we know that's not how this goes, and each in her own way as God only knows,Just rest in Him who knows each hair and over time he'll take you … Continue reading A word on grief
There came a day that none foresaw,when nothing would as was before.When all we knew just fell away.We all knew where we were that day. All we held to, everything dearseemed to evaporate in fearour worlds then shrunk to home alonewas this an end or just begun? And when the trappings fall awaywhen all we've … Continue reading On COVID 19
In between: a shadow land silence, pain, foreboding. side and feet, the nailed hands, blood drenched earth. End's beginning tension building silence as the blackness roars. hold out for the third day's dawning a day as never was before. “To be sure, it was not Easter Sunday but Holy Saturday, but, the more … Continue reading Holy Saturday
Who can know the reasons why, that some will live and some will die. That hearts will break and tears will flow, why such pain, we may not know. He knows each hair upon our heads knows our hurt, our fears, our dread He longs to draw us close to Him To soothe us, to … Continue reading Father and Son
You set the boundaries to the seas, You gave the heavens their place. You created order from the chaos. You gave every created thing its place to be, In the air, on the land and in the sea. And you made us over it as gift. Who are we that You should so … Continue reading Marion Bay
Where is the light? Whence comes the morn? It seems like forever this darkness. My heart is grown weary, my mind’s eyes grow dim, My soul is overcome by the sadness. When all hope seems gone, and the night travels on Like the dragging of heavy feet in the snow. When nothing seems real, … Continue reading finding Hope
This path your on you did not choose, it chose you my friend. You serve a God who called you through it and promised life without end. He knows your pain, it hung with Him upon that Easter tree. His arms held wide as if to say: Come, give it all to me. … Continue reading A well-worn path
When everything around you burns when colours drain; step into the deep When all you've known and thought and held is shaken when there's nothing left to lean upon; step into the deep. When wind and waves rise from the deep and rage about your sodden feet and threaten you; step into the deep Lift … Continue reading Into the deep
Paul Russell: Musings 