Poetry

The God of Things Both Great and Small

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The God of storms and sunsets
Of lightning, ice and snow
Of oceans vast and waterfalls
Is the one we think we know

But pollywogs and roses 
Bumblebees and crows
Are also part of His great plan
And each breath we take He knows

This God of things both great and small
Will listen when we weep
And though we are so very small
He delights His child to keep


And if worry can’t accomplish a little thing like that, what’s the use of worrying over bigger things? 
Luke 12:26 NLT

The God of Things Both Great and Small
by Peter Caligiuri
Copyright 2026 © all rights reserved


Bookends

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There are bookends that sit on my table
With my Bible, and journals and books
A tottering row of this thing and that
With my thoughts and my dreams in their nooks

Like my opening show on its one end
With the years crowded there in between
And together they give me reminders
Of my soon coming brief closing scene

Yet my heart holds a peace at its center
For God promised that I have a place
And the one who is writing my chapters
Keeps the best for the last by His grace 

So, teach us to number our days,
That we might get a heart of wisdom
Psalm 90:12 ESV
Bookends by Peter Caligiuri
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All rights reserved

God’s Christmas

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Without the Father's giving
There's no gift for me today
Without the Christ's descending
The manger holds but hay
Without the Spirit's shadow
Mary's womb would empty be
But by the Lamb of Bethlehem
God's Christmas came to me!

God's Christmas
by Peter Caligiuri
Copyright 2025

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him would not perish but have ever lasting life. John 3:16