LIAHONA PSALM
The will to live is Faith –
The energy to Do.
Desire to act is Faith –
An Agent’s follow-through.
The heart of Faith is pow’r –
The courage to proceed.
The face of Faith is Hope –
The spirit’s Antecede.
The will to give is Faith –
A tendency to Care –
A moving principle –
Propensities to share.
The gist of Faith is life –
The Sister of Belief.
The seed of Faith is love –
The practice of Relief.
(4 February 2020, Springville, Utah)
AURORA NOTE
Do Birds help bring the Dawn?
Does their song move the wind
That spins the clouds that turn the world
So morning can begin?
(4 February 2020, Springville, Utah)
FIRST THINGS PSALM
God’s first love is Life –
His true love, Language –
God’s best love is Wife –
His real love, Music.
God’s first hope is Light –
His true hope, Vision –
God’s best hope is Sight –
His real hope, Wisdom.
God’s first word is Faith –
His true word, Belief –
God’s best word is Health –
His real word, Beloved.
(19 February 2020, Provo, Utah)
ELEGY FOR FRAN
Amazing face –
How dear the smile
That cheered a child like me.
I was alone –
I found a friend –
She gave me family.
(Cedar Hills, Utah, 18 May 2020)
EXCHANGE
We cannot be forgiven
Without learning to forgive.
We cannot be beloved
Without learning how to live.
We cannot be believing
Without learning how to love.
(Springville, Utah, 20 May 2020)
THE GEM
You say that you’re Tornado, but
Your sister says you’re Calm.
You listen like a Laser beam
With ears and heart of Balm.
You say that you’re not Active, but
You never miss a Beat.
Perceiving an unspoken Need,
Your ministry is Fleet.
A Hurricane of losses is
No hindrance to your Mirth.
A load of heavy Burdens can’t
Disguise your vital Worth.
Too loyal to abandon Hope,
You give a Second Chance.
Too lively to relinquish Love,
You call us to the Dance.
(26 June 2010, Springville, Utah, 6:00am)
THE SEER
You can see into souls
As you enter the scene.
You discern parts and wholes.
You distinguish between.
You can draw out a smile
As you banter the breeze.
While you name and compile,
You extinguish dis-ease.
You can make mountains stay
For the sake of your friends.
You did offer to pray.
You perceive what transcends.
You can sing to the deaf
By the hale of your speech.
You can bring light from death.
You receive what you reach.
(27 June 2020, Springville, Utah, 4:33am)
MEDITATIONS
Seek ye first His Kingdom come.
Speak ye so: His Will be done.
Walk the Way of Worthiness.
Run to Him in Righteousness.
(5 December 2020, Springville)
Our Charity will never fail,
And Empathy will yet prevail.
The Beauty forged from ash remains
In spite of wind-tossed tempest pains.
(7 December 2020, Springville)
The Tent will be a Temple.
The Fall will help you rise.
Mistakes convert to Miracles.
Suspense turns to Surprise.
(9 December 2020, Springville)
KINGFISHER
The Savior is a fisherman –
He casts with net – or line.
He works and waits with rod and reel –
In fresh seas – or in brine.
The Savior is the Fisher-King –
The azure diving Bird –
Who lifts us from the freezing Lake
And warms us with a Word,
Partakes us as His Sacrament,
Converts us into Flesh
With Flaming Tongues that translate fins
To wings of Nourishment.
(14 December 2020, Springville, Utah)
TRAWLING
And so He calls us to the task
Of drawing others forth:
“Come follow me, and you’ll retrieve
My treasures of great worth.”
(15 December 2020, Springville)
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