Pastor Seth’s Poems and Musings
The Anchor
The old, wooden warship at the mercy of the waves, Heaving skyward, plunging seaward, in search of watery graves? The waves ripped off the rudder in the fierce Atlantic gale! And the hurricane-like wind just broke off the main sail! The strong gulf current will surge us far out to sea! While the safe…
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Restless Heart
Looking, Searching, For that elusive something. Striving, Seeking, To quell an ache. Hunting, Combing, To fill a yearning. Missing, Empty, Longing for what?
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Book of Numbers
Life, tougher than you thought. It all starts with high hopes, But the road is a bumpy, And along come the mopes. Unbelieving, spoiled, “Why aren’t things better?? Have I missed my way? Am I becoming bitter?” Muttering and mumbling, sputtering and grumbling. Whining and griping, complaining and sniping. Bellyaching and ranting, grousing and…
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Under the Shadow
The sun is hot, the heat boiling, The desert air so stifling. Weary from the arid heat, This thirsty soul, empty, deplete. Scorching, Suffocating, Smothering, Sweltering, Weary, Worn, Wobbling, Woozy. Fatigued, Forlorn, Frazzled, (But not finished!) He who dwells in His shelter Will find rest from the smelter. Finding peace in Him…
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The Hungry Male Soul
Invite Him into felt weakness, Invite Him into felt dryness, Invite Him into loneliness, Invite Him into emptiness. To be strong in my weakness. To endure with resilience. To love with tenderness. To offer life in felt deadness.
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A Husband’s Communication
“We can’t communicate,” a husband said to me. “Tell me more,” I asked. “We always disagree.” As he explained himself, this was his rationale, All he could see of self was he was rational. What he yet could not see was sadly palpable. That between wife and him was something relational. He could not…
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