"Unpacking"

New place

Boxes and bags

Bags and boxes

Shrinking space

I find the familiar

I find the forgotten

Each item opening

The gate to Memory Lane

Some steps are precious

But it’s not always a sunny street

There are potholes and puddles,

Also shadows and alleys

I open a door,

See a covered hole in the floor

Is there treasure there?

Or a jumbled, shattered mess?

I step back and breathe,

Lock the gate but keep the key

Too many boxes at once

Take a break for a week

I’ve had time to sort

And lace up my boots

I open a bag

And step forward again

"Every Man A Warrior"

Pen

Fist

Sword

Gun

Gold

Words

Silence

"Hope"

My flame had gone out
but You found an ember

Coaxed it
Blew on it
Shielded it

I am rekindled
The fire shall blaze again

"A Fistful Of Air"

I take aim with my bow

and realize my quiver,

once full,

has been neglected

My arrows are sharp

and wonderfully made

They'd sure fly straight

But I've scattered them,

left them behind

I can pull

until muscles ache

or bow breaks

But no target will I strike,

nor prize will be won,

shooting with a fistful of air

"Therefore I Am"

The Lord's name is called
Everlasting Father
My God loves me
With everlasting love

Nothing shall separate
Daddy's love from me
I am
More than a conqueror

I will be like Daddy
I should abide in Him
I can abide in Him
I will not be ashamed at His coming

I am born of Him so
I can do righteousness
I can do righteousness?
I can do righteousness!


I am beloved


I have hope in my Father;
He has purified me
As He is pure

He was revealed
In Jesus the Christ
Took my sin (away)
There is no sin in Christ
I am in Christ

I am not deceived
I practice righteousness
I am righteous
As He is righteous
Because He is righteous

I have passed from death

to Life

I will not love in word only
Actions speak louder
So I will love in deed
So I will love in truth

God is greater
Than my heart
I have confidence
Toward my great God

Therefore I am