HE WILL NEVER LEAVE ME
I am touched by the rays
Of a sun I cannot see.
Still, I am changed.
By Martha L Shaw © 2-29-2016
HE WILL NEVER LEAVE ME
I am touched by the rays
Of a sun I cannot see.
Still, I am changed.
By Martha L Shaw © 2-29-2016
I embarked along the path
I was directed to take.
Assuming it would be short . . . .
Assuming clear weather . . .
Assuming a warm climate . . .
But these were brief and fleeting at best.
The path was mostly unpaved,
Slippery and full of fallen trees.
I stumbled and skinned my knees.
I was cold.
The only sound I heard was my own breathing
And the call of wild beasts of prey!
Oh, when would I . . .
No!
Ouch!
Why?
Will I ever?
At some point I turned around a bend
And there it was!
My destination,
For a time anyway,
Had been reached!
I sighed at the glow of the sun
And felt its rays.
I wonder . . .
Could it have been there all along
Waiting for me to look up?
By Martha L Shaw – © 2013
Just as a mother bird broods
to protect her young . . .
giving them warmth,
safety,
covered with her love,
and when the time comes
sets them free
to do as they were created to do . . .
so, too, does our Creator God
love and protect us
in the shelter of His wings.
We may not see Him,
but His love, power, and grace
are with us always.
By Martha L Shaw – ©2018
Lord,
your great love
your grace,
your favor
sweeps the clouds away
and opens my eyes anew
to the brilliance of Your light . . .
more glistening even than the sun
shining down on me
in unmeasurable abundance
from the endless sky!!
Let me be your servant
that others
may feel drawn to you
and know
your magnificance!
By Martha L Shaw – ©2018
Marked As Yours
Your arms stretched out,
“it is finished” is what you said,
But for me it had only just begun.
All those years before my birth,
Your hand print of love
Was already on my soul
And eternal life with you was mine
Before my first breath!
Yours is a love without beginning
And without end!
By Martha L Shaw – ©2013
My transformation
mosaic of brokenness
reordered by God
By Martha L Shaw ©2016
To see what is truly opulent
one must look,
not to the obvious,
but to the very soul!
By Martha L Shaw ©2018
I fell to my knees
In the darkened space
With no sound but my own breath
But still
My soul heard your voice
And by the light of a single candle
I found The Way
By Martha L Shaw ©2015
Come on, y’all – you have shaken your head and thought
“what gives, Lord!” Just like all of us! Well, He gives!
Ephesians 5:19-20
speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
This quote is one I cannot read often enough. It’s so easy to be thankful when things in my life are just as I wish them to be, but when my plans don’t work out, or my prayers aren’t answered in the way I wish they’d been, I don’t always think to say “praise the Lord anyway” and I KNOW I should. The quote both reminds and convicts me because God’s plan is always best and when He blesses me by not giving me what I want, what I receive ultimately turns out to be more than I can ever desire or pray for, just as the Bible repeatedly tells us. So, join me in saying “thanks” even when the answer is “no.” Thank you Lord for always knowing what’s best for me and for your patience!