Seth Gatchell
Heart’s Delight
HEART’S DELIGHT Quietly sat, rapt attention, Connection’s joy, His expression! To see His face, and hear His heart, Such rich delight, never depart. (Luke 10:38-42) Seth
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DIVINE CONSPIRACY
When my old foolish ways, promised much, yet backfired, Into my misery, me, by grace, You acquired. Yet still, entitled me, can old ways be expired? Justice and grace conspired! A new heart is desired! Seth
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Pruning
Our red bougainvillea, waterfalled scarlet blooms, The gardener’s sharpened shears, severing branches, doomed. Branches pillaged, gathered, today, it faced its gloom. And once fiery red blooms? Their lot, the trash man’s tomb. “My once great gloried blooms, now ravaged and humbled. That in which I trusted, my beauty, now tumbled. That in which I…
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A tribute to men for Father’s Day
THE HUNTER The hunter awakens, each morning in his search, Through the forest he plods, to the deer-blind, his perch. The early morning dew, water splatters his boots, Venison in his dreams, for their dinner he shoots. Many people depend on his daily pursuit, Hungry stomachs to feed, he must be resolute. The deer…
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False Dichotomy: “I Believe in Reason; You Believe in Faith”
MY FRIEND, AN ATHEIST A good friend shared with me that he’s an atheist, What philosophers call a materialist. He believes what only science and data prove. Anything else? He refuses to be moved. What he can’t explain is, why is “something missing,” That there’s much more to life, things like love and…
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THE SCULPTOR
THE SCULPTOR This massive, weighty thing, a giant granite rock, Cut out of mountainside, it sits as one great block. Transported far away from ice and winter snow, Cold is left behind. Now, in sculptor’s studio. Shattering hammer blows, the hard granite, pounded. Giant pieces flying, sharp slivers compounded, Rocks, pebbles pulverized, dust…
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