Hand Upon My Shoulder

November 29, 2016Vonita 3 Comments

(Steve Hofmeyer)

The Lord’s my Shepherd

David cried

I’ll desire none

Down in pastures green I lie

Where peaceful waters run

He gives new life within me

He leads me where I want to be

Even though I go

Through valleys of death

I fear no evil ’cause I feel

Thy rod and staff will comfort me

In the presence of my enemies

Prepare a table just for me

Anoint my head with oil

My cup overflows

Love and goodness unfailing

Will always follow me

All the days of my life

Let me live with Thee

The fire once took me far beyond

When black was burning gold

Will I still play the part of men

Or boys who don’t grow old

‘Cause what is known by days to come
Is known by God and not by some

Who fake their hope in man

‘Cause once I bowed and begged my breath

For he who died before his death

And blamed it all on God

God understands

Through love and goodness unfailing

I too can understand

That all the days of my life

Are counted upon His hand

You’re here, though not in person,

still you father, me in thought

But Your hand upon my shoulder

Is a hand that can’t be bought

You’re here, though not in person, but your voice can still be heard

Like David, we’re all forgotten

But remembered in our

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Agapanthus

November 29, 2016Vonita 6 Comments

Aren’t they beautiful?

Tenacity

November 28, 2016Vonita 11 Comments

Sometimes one is needing tenacity to get through what one needs to get through in life. Such example for me this morning. I failed at something. I had to solve a few problems, and I solved none. In short, I failed. Again. I burst into tears. But fortunately for me, I’m used to failure. And picking myself up again. Because it’s boring and tired on the floor.

So this afternoon and evening I solved all the problems. I could and I did. It might be too little, too late, but for me, I have closure. I can say I can do something. Because I could and I did. My tears have dried. I am feeling happy (as much as).

And I can say this for myself. I have tenacity.

Summer’s Arrived

November 28, 2016Vonita 18 Comments

Look what I found in my driveway yesterday!

Victory

November 27, 2016Vonita 7 Comments

God loves you

And He loves me

His grace abounds

Forgiveness free

I hear His voice

I feel His touch

Joy overflows –

Sweet victory

Remorse

November 26, 2016Vonita 14 Comments

I did something so terrible and shocking and inexplicable that I cannot even explain how or why or what I was thinking, except I wasn’t thinking, only driven by an emotion greater than myself, that I have no defense and the only bright part is:

I never killed anyone

(Or hurt a child, because that’s even worse than killing someone)

Woman

November 26, 2016Vonita 4 Comments

A woman took my hand. Wrapping her arms around me I could feel her soft skin, and delicately perfumed scent. Her long straight hair brushed over my arm as she leaned over to plant a kiss on my cheek. So unexpectedly. So very different to a man. So gentle and enticing. I lost my breath.

Aftermath

November 26, 2016Vonita 9 Comments

A thick heavy black soot settles over the landscape that was previously filled with roses and petals and flowers and all of nature’s beauty, filling the air with their scent and igniting the senses with their glory, all being replaced and suffocated with dead grey ash. Where are the roses? They have died.