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
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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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Will We Follow?

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We each have a role in Psalm twenty-three
Ours is to follow, Our Father’s to lead
He owns the green pastures where He offers us rest
And He leads by still waters on the path that is best
Will we choose to lie down
Will we worry instead?
Will we follow HIs footsteps
Through the valley ahead?

Will we sit at the table, He’s prepared with His treasure
While the enemy watches He fills cups beyond measure
Will we rest and receive?
Will we stay? Will we leave?
For a home waits ahead
For all those who believe!

The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures
He leadeth me beside the still waters
Psalm 23:1-2 KJV

Will we Follow?
by Peter Caligiuri
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