The Eye of the Artist

“Don’t you like the window that we just installed?”
He asked when he saw that she wasn’t enthralled
“But Gramma the level was perfect” he said
But she was certain still shaking her head

“It’s the eye of the artist,” she replied with a grin
So he went to the window to check it again
Then sure as the sun sets each day in the West
His level confirmed it was low on the left

Now, twenty years later I recall with a smile
That the work that we did was still off by a mile
We just didn’t notice the sag of the sash
But the eye of the artist saw all in a flash

And the Artist of Heaven, left His throne room above
To come to my window and fix it with love
For the eye of the artist sees beyond who I am
Then He lifts me up by the blood of the Lamb

For the Son of man came to seek and save the lost. Luke 19:10 NLT

The Eye of the Artist
By Peter Caligiuri
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The God of Things Both Great and Small

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
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Bookends

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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