Dale offers the prompt “through an opening” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
These are all older photos over many years. In the first photo, I imagined the clouds making an opening for the sun to shine.
In the second, the rocks made an opening for the plants to grow.
In the third I imagined the cracks between the stones forming the Western Wall in Jerusalem made an opening for petitions.
We used to sing a simple song
and both of us would sing along.
Though it was soft with lyrics strong
we sing that song no more.
Though other songs have come and gone
the songs that I still linger on
are soft and simple, deeply drawn
from one song long ago.
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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “thankful” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted at Poet’s Corner.
This poem now also appears on Spillwords.
I wrote this poem in the Ovi form after listening last Friday evening to Jimmy Webb‘s song MacArthur Park sung by Richard Harris before I knew this week’s inspiration word. I am thankful for all the songs.
George listened to Anton say, Those in Hell want to be there. This convinced George that Anton hung onto reality by only a looney link since why would anyone ever want to be in a place like that?
When George died and went to Hell he became a prominent commander in Satan’s army commissioned to nuke the daylights out of Heaven. By contrast when Anton died he went to Heaven.
George exhausted himself throughout his eternity attacking Heaven in every which way he could imagine with extreme prejudice. However, Heaven being what it is, Anton noticed none of it.
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Denise offers the prompt word “link” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
I got the idea that I put in Anton’s mouth that those in Hell wanted to be there from the following passage in The Great Divorce.
There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, “Thy will be done,” and those to whom God says, “Thy will be done.” All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that self-choice there could be no Hell. (C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce, page 75)
Dale offers the prompt “any two colors” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
My two colors are blue and white. Some other colors slipped in, but they are primarily blue and white.
Repent, rejoice, revive, arise.
May love flow kindly from my eyes.
May tears turn into joyful cries
and with that joy new life.
Repent, rejoice, revive, arise.
The spirit lives and never dies.
The way’s the wonder of the wise
for they have hungered for it.
Repent, rejoice, revive, arise.
My hope* is Jesus crucified—
AND RESURRECTED. No more lies.
Through Him death was defeated.
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Ronovan Hester offers the word of inspiration “mine” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. A slightly modified version is on Poet’s Corner.
*Our hope, as well
Ryan paced the floor complaining about Timothy whom he paraded for judgement through his mind. His indignation was so rationally air-tight that he built a dam of condemnation out of it.
Then a miracle happened. Ryan had a vision of how much the Lord loved Timothy in spite of every accusation Ryan could concoct against him.
When Ryan’s own repentance breached the dam, he didn’t know what overcame him. His heart was flooded with joy.
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Denise offers the prompt word “vision” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Dale offers the prompt “art for art’s sake” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
Below are photos of Spanish moss. It hangs from trees in the southeastern part of the United States. I think of it as a swirling bunch mindless modern (or pretentious postmodern) art as an excuse to use it for this prompt.
We were in Tampa, Florida, recently. The place where we stayed had many trees with this growing on them.
Though troubles turn about until
wild worries dominate your will,
be hungry and you’ll have your fill.
Be still and know He’s God.
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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. I am grateful to Mary (tqhousecat)’s recent post featuring Psalm 46:10. This poem has also been posted on Poet’s Corner.
Psalm 46:10
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
