Purpose Poems
As I shared on the Life Songs page, when I began writing my blog and established this website to house it in 2014, I didn't know at the time that this would later lead me to writing songs in 2021. And even though songs are essentially poems set to music, I didn't begin writing stand-alone poems until December 2022 - a Christmas poem as it were.
Christmas was when Jesus came down to earth and became God in human form - when He became like us. When He became God with us. When He came to experience every form of human suffering that we could ever experience.
So the fact that the first poem I ever wrote was on the topic of Christmas is just beautiful, because it was around that time when I came to understand to gift of suffering, as I wrote about in this blog post titled as such: The Gift of Suffering. And it is through suffering that I have come to know my purpose like never before.
Thus why I have named this category Purpose Poems - which also happens to correspond to my tagline: "Finding joy and purpose in everyday living." I created this tagline back in 2014, well before I ever knew that I would be adding this additional content to my website. But God knew. God knew all along.
And I pray that as you read my Purpose Poems, God will reveal to you the purposes that He's had for you all along as well.
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Who Is Like the Lord?
Who is like You, Lord? You are faithful and true. Promise maker, promise keeper. All my hope is in You. You command it and it’s done. I will see it come to pass. So let me enter Your rest today, trusting in Your paths…
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Look and See
Take a step outside. Pause, look around. Take time to see God’s beauty abound. Wherever you look God’s blessings surround...
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Let Love Win
Let love be louder than hate, let it be louder than strife, louder than self-righteousness, and all manner of pride...
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The Year to Break Free
God told her that this would be the year to break free, but something would be required of her, she'd have to agree...
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I Met God on the Bathroom Floor
I met God on the bathroom floor, in a way I’d never known Him before. I’m not sure how I came to fall, I guess I crumbled from the weight of it all...
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November
Oh November, what will your winds bring? You promise cooler temps and a season of thanksgiving. But with the falling leaves...
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Do You See Him
It is my privilege to share another one of my dad's poems: Each day that you live, you can see Jesus. Whether it be in the valley so low, or on the mountain so high...
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Help Me
I'm not the only poet in my family - my dad wrote some poems too. Dad passed away on September 17, 2023, and I will be sharing some of my his works as I feel led, starting with the poem below. It’s really a prayer in poem form. And it along with the scriptures I’ve added at the end echo the cry of my heart and God’s response to meet me in my need today. What a privilege to still be able to hear my dad’s voice and to hear God’s voice through him...
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Your Whole Heart
How can God make your heart whole if you don’t give Him your whole heart? How can He repair what’s broken if you don’t give Him every part...
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You Can’t Thank Away Your Pain
You can’t thank away your pain. You can’t count blessings in vain. But when you call God’s name, oh what sweet refrain…
