Quiet Time Rhymes

February 11, 2024

The words that I write I can edit and change,
I am free to adjust them, to move, rearrange.
When I speak there’s no key labeled backspace,
Once spoken it’s done with no chance to erase.

Words spoken in anger I often regret,
Give rise to harsh words with all parties unset.
Why are words spoken so hard to control?
Lord help me speak lovingly words from my soul.

Lord help me touch others through words that I speak,
Build others up, find the courage they seek.
Help me be open, and share from my heart;
Find words of comfort, Your love to impart.

Lord help me show love in the words that I choose;
Help me show love in the tone that I use.

February 10, 2024

Lord cleanse my heart, may it stay pure.
My selfish ways Your love can cure.
Your Spirit’s there inside of me,
To guide me, Lord, and help me see.

I pray that daily I discern
Your voice that I may hear and learn.
So many folks with words to say.
Lord help me clearly know the way,

The pathway through the rough terrain.
Help me with words Your love proclaim.
Help me convey in rhyme and verse
Your love that formed the universe,

Your love that put the stars in place,
Extends to us amazing grace.

February 9, 2024

To navigate a narrow road,
To enter through a narrow gate,
Don’t travel with a heavy load.
Stay focused for the road’s not straight.

It doesn’t help to rush around.
I’ll miss a turn and lose my way.
Be still and listen for the sound,
“The path is here, don’t go astray.”

The more I read, and pray, and learn,
The more I open up my heart,
The more I’m able to discern
Which path to take, which task to start.

Lord help me hear and know Your voice
Each time that I must make a choice.

February 8, 2024

God gave us emotions, a heart that can feel.
David, the Psalmist wrote down and revealed
Emotions he felt, never hid them away.
He captured them well and we read them today.

He held nothing back as he spoke from his heart,
A man who loved God and it set him apart.
His words were so honest, He spoke to his God.
Expressing emotions he never thought odd.

God never designed us to hold back the tears,
Suppressing emotions, ignoring our fears.
Emotions are healthy, they help us to grow.
Yet often we’re taught that men don’t let them show.

Lord help me to play from my heart every string.
Help me share from inside what I feel as I sing.

February 6, 2024

Are you calling me God? Are You calling today?
Am I listening Lord to what You have to say?
Help me follow You Lord, as You show me the way.
Help me listen and hear You with all of my heart.

As I’m reading Your Words, are they speaking to me?
I pray that Your Spirit will help me to see.
No longer in bondage, Lord set my soul free.
You made the change Lord; I made a new start.

I’m grateful to listen and write words of rhyme.
I’m grateful each morning You’ve given me time,
Read verses of scripture, Your words are sublime.
Lord help me discern them, Your message impart.

Lord help me find wisdom that comes from Your heart,
A treasure of value that never departs.

February 5, 2024

I’m just a simple man who writes, God’s message to convey.
He’s calling out, “Come home again,” to all the ones who stray.
It’s up to you to listen, hear Him and to heed.
His love extends to all who hear, not earned by word or deed.

In simple trust we hear His words, accept them, and believe,
Ignore the ones enticing you, the liars who deceive.
His message written long ago is calling out to you.
In simple faith accept His love, His Word’s forever true.

No matter where your path has been, or what you’ve done before,
God’s love is true, it’s up to you, accept it or ignore.
Within your heart accept God’s love, you can be born again.
God’s love will fill your heart and soul, let peace and joy begin.

God’s Son in love has paid the price, allow His love inside.
He’ll wrap you in His loving arms, God’s Spirit will reside.

February 4, 2024

Beyond the realm of time and space,
The One who put the stars in place,
Exists beyond our mortal mind.
He’s limitless and not confined,

Yet clothes the lilies in the field,
And sent His Son, His love revealed.
No one can fully comprehend.
My earthly time one day will end.

I’ll be transformed. I’ll see His face.
I’ll know His love, His beauty, grace.
Set free from this, my body’s shell,
Beyond what human words can tell.

One day I’ll know God’s perfect love,
Eternally with Him above.

February 3, 2024

My quiet time, my quiet place
Is early morn’ to seek God’s face.
A time to read, a time to pray,
That cherished time to start my day.

The still dark hour before the sun
It’s then that most my rhymes are spun.
Hot coffee cup beside my chair,
I reach inside for thoughts to bare.

Perhaps a mem’ry from the past,
I write it down to help it last.
Sometimes it’s thoughts that stir my soul,
From long ago, so rich, so old.

I pray you too can pause and find
The memories you’ve left behind.

February 2, 2024

I pray that with two ears I listen,
Discerning and able to hear.
I pray that my two eyes can glisten,
See hearts of the ones I hold dear.

I pray that my one mouth speaks softly,
Considering words that I speak.
Lord give me the words to speak wisely,
Provide me the wisdom I seek.

Lord help me to focus on others,
And listen to more than the words,
Love others as sisters and brothers,
So others will know they’ve been heard.

Help me listen to those all around me,
And Lord help me also to see.

Our lives at times like days at sea,
We weather storms and dark of night.
We chart a course for what will be,
But can’t for sure predict our plight.

The ports, the stops along the way,
Most we plan but some surprise.
We think we know how long we’ll stay,
But can’t predict what may arise.

A ship has instruments to guide,
To plot a course and navigate.
We too need help, our ocean’s wide.
At times it’s best to pray and wait.

Through oceans we’ve not been before,
Lord guide us to that distant shore.