Not a Single Thing
There’s not a single thing that you don’t know, But every heart is open to your eyes; I wonder about the who and where and how, O God, you hear the baby’s hidden cries. In you, Almighty, there’s no...
View ArticleThis Passing World Holds Nothing
Father in heaven, this passing world holds nothing, Offers nothing for the child of God: Remind us always of this evident truth, Let Satan not deceive nor blind our eyes, As Eve fell prey and lost the...
View ArticleTime Not Short Enough
The sounds of life surround us — babies, dogs, machines, the singing of birds, the whir of fans, overhead planes, far-off thunder, groans of pain and death — these sounds are us, O Lord, on earth in...
View ArticleSave us!
Heavenly Father, heaven is the only worthy goal for the future. All else will perish. Nothing will last except eternal life at your side. Save us! Powerful Lord, the forces of the world would crush us...
View ArticleLet Nothing Here Weigh More
Food and drink and work and rest, And love, above all, for family and friends; With gifts like these we’re richly blessed — O Lord, upon you our life depends. More than all this world’s desires, And...
View ArticleTo Awake to Joy
To awake to joy unmixed with pain, Eternal life unmarred by death, Communion free of hurtful sin — O God, secure me on this path!
View ArticleWe Will Not Live Only Once
O God eternal, it is not true, you know, That we only live once. We shall live again. We will be raised from the dead. We will appear before your judgment throne. We will enter eternity. We will suffer...
View ArticleThis Life of Contradictions
This life of contradictions, full of nonsense, fallacious reasons — charged, impassioned pleas — hard, stubborn will — a soul by pain and suffering forged. Like Earth with lava at its core — volcanoes...
View ArticleFor Certain People
For certain people my prayers ascend, My list is long, with foe and friend — O God who made all things, please hear, For what I humbly ask is clear. As much as I desire for them Good health and home —...
View ArticleTrue and Living God
Sovereign God of heaven and earth: You are God, the true and living God, You are light and love, compassion and power, You are everywhere and near, Always present in my life. You are God, creator of...
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