Patty Thomsen
Christmas 2019
The human dilemma’s incurable disease, Fraught with conflict, drama, maker of misery. Not positive thinking, nor resolutions new, Can overcome the sin that lies in me and you. We put on happy fronts, “Everything is OK.” “Great things are happening.” (At least, that’s what we say). But something’s in the heart that makes a…
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In the Fortress
How many are enraged, the petty and the small? Disgruntled archers shoot sharp, piercing arrows, all. I long for the safety of your garrison’s fort! Why do I come to You as only last resort? When I look to humans for sense of importance I’ll always miss the trail to Your solid fortress.…
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Book of Genesis
Beginnings of our world, The goodness of Your hand. It didn’t take us long Making messes on land. Adam, Eve, and Noah, Abraham and Sarah, Ten brothers, and two more, The patriarch era. Self, curved in on itself: Foolish “drama,” conflicts, Egos, pride, fights and strife, Childish quarrels, nitpicks. By nature ego…
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The Narrow Path
My first twenty years I walked the road broad Until empty, longing, I came to know God. Forty-seven years since; on God’s path I have trod. Different kinds of terrain I’ve walked on this Earth’s sod. Hovering jungle growth, fear and danger abound Amidst the STARK unknown ‘twas once lost; now I’m found. On…
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The Hard Heart
Fixed and impervious, Mocking, contemptuous, Hard, impenetrable, Hostile, intractable. Ever colder, chilling, Proud, closed off, unwilling, Stubborn, recalcitrant, Stiff-necked, intransigent.
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“Apparent” Weakness
Apparent, felt strength, but more a weightless soul. Power, “Confidence mine!” Hollow sounding tolls. “I don’t need anyone.” Plaintive loneliness strolls. “Don’t tell me what to do.” Haunting emptiness holes. Apparent, felt weakness, but one weighty in soul. In hushed humility, the power of God tolls. To overcome one’s self, the path to be…
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