Pastor Seth’s Poems and Musings

Self-Actualization

09/08/2021

Buzz words from psychology past, “The glory of the self!” Miscast. And “self-actualization?” The ego’s road to damnation.

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The Anchor

09/08/2021

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

09/08/2021

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

09/08/2021

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

09/08/2021

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

09/08/2021

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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