Poetry

Love Is

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 Love is patient as it turns
 And walks down our small street
 There in kindness taking time
 To wash our dirty feet
  
 Love protects from angry waves
 And believes we’ll come to see
 Gives us hope in deepest trials
 Till doubt and shadows flee
  
 Love was working in the dark
 Before they came that day
 Before they knew Christ was alive
  Love rolled the stone away!
  
 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful it does not rejoice at wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love Is by Peter Caligiuri 2020 All rights reserved

Giving Him Thanks

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Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.            Ephesians 5:20

In today’s verse the Apostle Paul tells us to be thankful for everything. Now without a doubt there are plenty of terrible things going on in the world around us all the time. But thankfulness is more than simply a play by play analysis of life as if it was some sort of cosmic football game. Instead the gratitude that God has in mind is about seeing things as God sees them as we come to worship.

We see the pot holes in the road while God sees the end of the journey. We feel the cold of the winter wind while God sees the roots of the trees resting while they gather their energy for spring. We are angry over hurtful words spoken to us while God is hoping it will give us opportunity to learn to forgive. We experience the loneliness of eight months of this Covid-19 shutdown but God is reminding us of what and who matter most in life.

We may not be able to see loved ones but we can tell them we love them by a card or a phone call. Maybe we won’t have a chance to sit at a table with our family for Thanksgiving but Jesus has promised us that He will sit down at the table with us wherever we are. God is good. We have much to be thankful for even in 2020! May God bless you and Happy Thanksgiving!

Giving Thanks

Giving thanks when things go well 
Is an easy thing to do
But to give Him thanks when the chips are down
Is God's will for me and you

Giving Thanks by Peter Caligiuri © 2020 All rights reserved

City Gates

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Outside the City Gates 

 On cloudy days
 In shadow hours
 Or when the skies grow clear
 He speaks a word with quiet power
 For everyone who hears
  
 But some will look to earthly power 
 And temporary things
 Yet for the ones who will believe
 He is the King of Kings
  
  Who calls our name each one by one
 Then turns to us and waits
 For us to rise and come to him
 Outside the city gates 

Outside the City Gates by Peter Caligiuri © 2020 All rights reserved