Poetry Where You Live Poetry and photo site with over 1,650 poems and 660 pictures, along with many links. At least 500 of my poems are faith based. Member of United Methodist Church. Statistics Unique Visitors: Total Unique Visitors: Outgoing: Total Outgoing: 0 0 25 2167

Articles from Poetry Where You Live

Knocking on the Door 2007-08-14 06:52:00 Answering the welcome of the fatherthe ever present welcomeand offer of justifying gracewhen we make the conscious actto say yes to our Saviormove into the home, the house of Godwhere we can live, grow,find our call, our gifts,our place in the kingdomAugust 6, 2007 21:40A poem on justifying graceOur mission trip,from Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, MEto the Down East Maine Mission,Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,East Machias, ME ...

The Front Porch 2007-08-14 06:46:00 God sets out a welcomea bountiful front porchexpansive and always presenta front porch, maybewith a homemade pie coolingor maybe a bouquetfresh-cut flowersa mat before the doorHis prevenient grace, ready when we areBy these we know the love of the ownerthe open arms of the fatheropen to every prodigal son, prodigal daughterignoring, forgiving our sinswelcoming us through the door.August 6, 2007 21:25a poem on prevenient graceOur mission trip,from Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, MEto the Down East Maine Mission,Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,East Machias, ME ...

Disturbing the Spiders 2007-08-14 06:38:00 For a few momentson the side of the housethe main thing I was doingwasn’t painting, not even scraping.I was disturbing the spiders,the big fat spiders, the residentsof the wall over the peeling paintThey hovered expectantly waiting for preyprotecting their egg sacks, their children,and I was the intruder into their world,not the other way around.August 6, 2007 22:40Our mission trip,from Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, MEto the Down East Maine Mission,Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,East Machias, ME ...

In the Circle 2007-08-14 06:34:00 We gathered againin the circle, our placeto join in Your wordto still the chatter,stop our other work,center us in our mission,our purpose here.Sharing time in the circledrawing closer to one anothercloser to you, Lordto do your work, with clear visionearly in the morning, at nightin the circle.August 6, 2007 8:12amOur mission trip,from Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, MEto the Down East Maine Mission,Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,East Machias, ME ...

Make Love Come Alive – A Prayer 2007-08-13 15:54:00 Lord, how easy it isto speak of love,to say, to pledge,undying, unending loveclaiming to understand,to appreciate the meaningof real love; oh we see butonly a foggy image oflove in the mirror,a weak shadow ofthe full flowering of Your love.Help us Lord,to take steps, on the strength of Your foundation,even tentative, faltering steps,even in our infancy,to make love come alive for another,through unexpected, kind words,a genuine smile, signs of real respect,true appreciation, servanthood.Help us put others before ourselves,to wait for all, not just our turn.Remind us Lord toTake the time to find the good in eachand speak words of love,whenever we speak, in whatever we do.Amen.August 6, 2007 22:21, edited on August 7, 2007 7:07amto use as a prayer during devotion time1 Corinthians 13 andOur mission trip,from Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, MEto the Down East Maine Mission,Jacksonville United Methodi ...

Make Love Come Alive 2007-08-13 15:50:00 How easy it is Lordto speak of love,to say, to pledge,undying, unending loveclaiming to understand,to appreciate the meaningof real love; oh we see butonly a foggy image oflove in the mirror,a weak shadow ofthe full flowering of Your love.We can take steps,even tentative, faltering steps,even in our infancy,to make love come alive for another,through unexpected, kind words,a genuine smile, signs of real respect,true appreciation, servanthood.To put others before ourselves,to wait for all, not just our turn.Take the time to find the good in eachand speak words of love,whenever we speak, in whatever we do.August 6, 2007 22:211 Corinthians 13 andOur mission trip,from Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, MEto the Down East Maine Mission,Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,East Machias, ME ...

Unique Within Creation 2007-08-13 15:44:00 The devotional askeda different, a challenging question,asking how I am “unique in creation”A thought not easily answered in simple termsour DNA, our fingerprints may be unique;but what of our experience, our thoughts,our dreams for our future. I ameverything I have seen, tasted, smelled,heard, felt; everything I have done,everything I have chosen not to do.My mother’s son, my wife’s husband,father to my girls. Poet, attorney, prophet,accountant, neighbor, and more.I am unique in creationbecause I exist and just as Godis found in the great I Am,so we, each of us, born in the image,the image of God, each I, is unique.August 5, 2007 22:58Our mission trip,from Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, MEto the Down East Maine Mission,Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,East Machias, ME ...

The Carpenter – A Prayer 2007-08-13 15:34:00 Dear Lord,Before you were the Good Shepherd,you were the carpenter’s son,a carpenter himself.We can learn much, from youthe carpenter, even asthe fishermen did,after your rising.Cutting with the grain,planning the boards level,sanded smooth, measuring,planning, drafting andredrafting, before the first cut,long before the nailing.Help us be your hands, using the tools,our skills, the blueprint,for this work and our livesand for the people we are helping.Guide us Lord to followthe plans of the carpenterand our heavenly father,the creator, the master architect.Amen.August 5, 2007 10:25am, edited August 8, 2007 8:30amfor the prayer for devotion timeOur mission trip,from Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, MEto the Down East Maine Mission,Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,East Machias, ME ...

The Carpenter 2007-08-13 15:32:00 Before he was the Good Shepherd,he was the carpenter’s son,a carpenter himself.We can learn much, fromthe carpenter, even asthe fishermen did,after his rising.Cutting with the grain,planning the boards level,sanded smooth, measuring,planning, drafting andredrafting, before the first cut,long before the nailing.Being the hands, using the tools,the skills, the blueprint,for this work and their lives.Following the plans of the carpenterand his heavenly father,the creator, the master architect.August 5, 2007 10:25amOur mission trip,from Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, MEto the Down East Maine Mission,Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,East Machias, ME ...

A Greater Whole 2007-08-13 15:25:00 Together we are here,together we can achieve,serve the communitythese people, togetherwe are more, can do morethan as individuals.Together we are stronger,more able to meet challengesable to use disparate gifts,different experience, understandingto do more togetherAugust 5, 2007 22:45Our mission trip,from Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, MEto the Down East Maine Mission,Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,East Machias, ME ...

The Mason 2007-08-13 15:22:00 The work of the mason,the building of the foundation,the rock, the stone, the level placeupon which the house,the whole structure dependsUsing his skill to craft,to create, to fill the cracksto make smooth, even, levelto anchor the rest, securely.August 5, 2007 10:15amOur mission trip,from Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, MEto the Down East Maine Mission,Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,East Machias, ME ...

All My Days 2007-08-13 15:09:00 I believe the wordsof the psalmist from so long agosharing their assuranceof Your design, Your providence,Your knowing of all of my days,even before I was born,knowing my choices, my free willbefore I catch a single breathAugust 5, 2007 11:13amPsalm 139:16 and Our mission trip,from Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, MEto the Down East Maine Mission,Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,East Machias, ME ...

Loading the Van 2007-08-13 15:05:00 Fidgety, that is probablythe best way to describe usa ragtag gathering by the vanloading a week’s supplies, provisions,the stuff we needPacing in place, antsy for the start,the getting underway, embarkingon our mission trip,anticipating, expectant,ready to go, to do, to bethe Master’s instruments,His Hands, downeast.August 5, 2007 10:09amOur mission trip,from Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, MEto the Down East Maine Mission,Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,East Machias, ME ...

The Architect 2007-08-13 14:50:00 Out of the creationan order, a place for eacha selection, a role to playWe too, each with different giftsdifferent roles in creation,in building the kingdom,part of the architect’s planall along, from the beginningAugust 5, 2007 10:49amOur mission trip,from Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, MEto the Down East Maine Mission,Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,East Machias, ME ...

In Mission 2007-08-13 14:45:00 In Missionto the people of that simple placepeople of that land,roots deep in that rough scrabbleeeking out life on the land,the sea, the open ocean beforethe blueberry fields,the forest behindout on the edge of our land.Going there in missionhoping to serve themmake their lives just a bit easierAugust 5, 2007 10:00amOn the start of our mission trip,from Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH, to Jacksonville and Machias, MEto the Down East Maine Mission,Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,East Machias, ME ...