Patty Thomsen
For Three Moms Who Lost Adult Children
Will someone grieve with me? To be with me in heart? The loss I’ll always bear, My heart is torn apart. Will someone let me grieve? Not, “You have to ‘move on’.” “You have to live your life.” My child is always gone! Will someone see my grief? Will someone walk with me?…
Read MoreDiscouragement
It’s not circumstances that bring discouragement, Nor negative people, nor disillusionment. Then what is happening that puts me in the mopes? A mistake hard to see: trusting in misplaced hopes! FALSE hopes that start out well but in the end? They sting! FLEETING hopes only last until the birds take wing! FUTILE hopes show…
Read MoreA Prayer for Wisdom
O Lord, please make me wise. To live without disguise. To see You, give me eyes, Certain hopes in the skies! Make me wise at sunrise To meet life’s lows and highs, To see through Satan’s lies, To value You, my prize! Make me wise in life’s sighs, Alert to hear heart’s cries.…
Read MoreAnger
His high horse gallopin’, the rider was yellin’ Demands, accusations, horrible names, tellin’. Yet “justified,” haughty, his rights he was claimin’, He threw his mean lasso, his gun was a-shamin’. Sin of entitlement is like hay to a horse. It feeds our foul anger with nary a remorse. All guns now a-blazin’, the tongue,…
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