Should you love yourself for God’s sake, as well as your own? Here is a poetic meditation I wrote, which addresses God about “Self-Love”: I will love myself for Your sake, Because You have shown me love, And Your love must never be in vain. If I did not accept Your love, Welcome as an […]
Meditations
Your Essential Song
I am never very far from music. I have been a singer most of my life, more for my sake than anybody else. Here is a poetic meditation, titled “Your Essential Song.” It speaks to me, and I hope it will to you: In every soul lies an essential song, Which may be song only […]
Open the Gift
I have just published a book, titled, “Closer than Your Own I. Meditations on Union with God.” The work is now available at Amazon.com. I have previously posted a few of these meditations on this website. Here is another, “Open the Gift”: Open the gift you are, To yourself and others, The gift from God, […]
Resting on the Sea
I am calmed by the sea. I wrote a little poem about resting on the sea. Imagine how the following would feel: Sometimes I would like to be a bead of water resting On the rolling stomach of the Sea, Just for a time, so as to fully merge with oceanic Water. As I would […]
Stillness
I have to have some stillness everyday. Usually, I get that in the early morning before the sun comes up, when I engage in “Abiding Prayer.” Here is a meditative poem I wrote titled, “Stillness”: There is a knowing only stillness can convey, A grasping only silence will allow, So that insight may take root […]
The Trampoline of Prayer
Prayer is like jumping on a trampoline. With that image in mind, I wrote the following. I challenge you to follow its imagery all the way to the end: TRAMPOLINE Beginning to pray The hungering prayer that truly seeks God, Is like stepping out on to a trampoline, And giving up full control of your […]
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