Poetry Circle

Where is your comfort when pain abounds...

“Comfort in the Cross” A Guest Blog by Sarah Walton I came across this article this morning, through a link in my inbox. The publish date caught my attention–one week before our grandchildren’s ATV accident. THE day when our beautiful granddaughter was suddenly taken to Heaven, our hearts were broken, and our family and our […]

I’ve been thinking … (Reflections from my heart) Do you remember the comforting sights, sounds and smells of home when you were growing up? I’m recalling kitchen sounds: dishes rattling, silverware jingling, dishwasher humming, a pot bubbling, and sometimes even vegetables burning. Coming home from school sounds: back door closing, “Ma, I’m home” announcing, footsteps […]

Dear Elisia Jane, Soon it will be a year since you left us. So soon, too soon, so sudden. We didn’t know–I didn’t know–that the hugs you gave on Easter would be the last I’d feel your touch. This Thursday would have been your fourteenth birthday. A reminder of the day you were born bringing […]

HEAVEN SEEMS MUCH NEARER

    By Morton M. Miles  (adapted) Though our Lord has promised mansions    To the faithful and true, And sent His Spirit to us,    Our own spirits to renew:   Though we are secure in Jesus.    And in His strength, we know no fear. Still, it seemed the distant future,    When our heaven would appear. […]

Should We Forget? (For Elisia)

By Morton M. Miles (adapted)   It has been said, “We should forget   The sorrows that we bear; Let memory fade fast away,   New life with others share.”   This thought is fine, and may be true   For sorrows left alone; But ours is mixed; for happiness   Our inner hearts have […]