I love you
simply

because I have paid the price

you are
simply
Mine

cj 2016

poems

are like grapes

squeezed
from the winepress

of grief
and sorrow....


cj 2016

The tears of my heart
thick
like blood

cj  2016

carry me, Lord,
please carry me
pick up these feet
too tired to walk
this heart
too burdened to feel
these lips
too tired to talk
this mind
too clouded to think
my life
is at an end
and that
is where Yours
begins...

cj 2016

How God
loves us
Be patient
as God's love
grows
within us
as He teaches us
how
to love

as we choose to act
in loving ways
the emotions
will follow

we will find
our love
will be
returned...

cj 2016

the Lord says

stand
at the crossroads

look

ask
for the ancient paths

seek
where the good way is

walk
in it

there

you will find

rest

for your souls....

cj 2016

It is not great men who change the world, but weak men in the hands of a great God...

Oswald Chambers