PEACE POST-68

Posted on September 5, 2020 by joseph elon lillie under Pastor Wrinkles

“O Thou who art my quietness, my deep repose,
My rest from strife of tongues, my holy hill,
Fair is Thy pavilion, where I hold me still.
Back let them fall from me, my clamorous foes,
Confusions multiplied;
From crowding things of sense I flee, and Thee I hide.
Until this tyranny be overpast,
Thy hand will hold me fast;
What though the tumult of the storm increase,
Grant to Thy servant strength, O Lord, and bless with peace.”
― Amy Carmichael, Toward Jerusalem

The Tidal Surge

Posted on August 31, 2020 by joseph elon lillie under stray poetry- challenge poetry, The Stories

This post is created in response to RONOVANWRITES WEEKLY HAIKU CHALLENGE #321 WITH THE CHALLENGE WORDS “MORROW” AND “SURGE”.

The Tidal Surge

by J. Lillie

The Sea sends its waves

As tomorrow’s tidal surge

On today’s bleak shores.

Endless Heart

Posted on August 29, 2020 by joseph elon lillie under stray poetry- challenge poetry, The Stories, Uncategorized

Sammi Cox has issued writing challenge #172.

Here are the parameters: A word prompt to get your creativity flowing this weekend. How you use the prompt is up to you. Write a piece of flash fiction, a poem, a chapter for your novel…anything you like. Or take the challenge below – there are no prizes – it’s not a competition but rather a fun writing exercise. If you want to share what you come up with, please leave a link to it in the comments.

ALTERNATE CHALLENGE:

ENDLESS HEART

by J. Lillie

My friend says reality is killing him:Covid-19, lay-offs, election cycles, family stress, overdue bills, black lives matter and white man’s privlege, Democrats, Republicans and the scraps of whatever is left between them. It’s all too much for one man’s mind to fathom never mind survive.

The land’s enshrouded.

Darkness reigns for the moment

But the sun will burn through.

I tell my friend that Reality doesn’t kill. Reality brings life: love, joy, peace, long- suffering, gentleness, kindness, faith, meekness and self control. Surely sin has bent our perception of what is and made it everything that is not real. Reality is the kingdom of God within us.

Eternity dwells

In jars made of weak clay, so

Endless heart live on.

Certainty

Posted on August 12, 2020 by joseph elon lillie under stray poetry- challenge poetry, The Stories

Waiting eyes watch skies,

Filled with summer’s thick glory,

Certain times will change.

Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge: #318 Meet & Part

Posted on August 11, 2020 by joseph elon lillie under stray poetry- challenge poetry, The Stories

This post is created in response to RONOVAN’S WEEKLY HAIKU CHALLENGE #318 REGARDING THE WORDS MEET & PART.

KISS THE WHEAT

by J. Lillie

The sun will soon meet

In the lap of the garden.

Setting fields ablaze.

Wheat and tares will burn.

Parted at last in harvest

Sun-kissed wheat will heal.

RONOVAN WRITES WEEKLY HAIKU CHALLENGE EYE AND LIGHT

Posted on August 8, 2020 by joseph elon lillie under stray poetry- challenge poetry, The Stories

This post is created in response to RONOVAN’S WEEKLY HAIKU CHALLENGE #317 REGARDING EYE AND LIGHT.

THE SIGHT WITHIN

by J.LILLIE

Everyone says it’s going to be all right. We’ll soon be back to normal…or at least a new normal. My soul sees something different. It ministers in images, like the old man sitting on the corner by the Cumberland Farms, mask down, waiting, just waiting for someone with “the bug” to walk by and breathe on him.

The light is fading.

It splashes across the sky

Beautiful dying.