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Clare Oct 2020
Seven arches of colour
Spiritual perfection

Red, the ultimate covering
His blood

Orange, the absolute comforter
The Paraclete

Yellow, the only source
His light

Green, the crowning hope
Life eternal

Blue, the uttermost calm
His peace

Indigo, the only riches
Heavenly grace

Violet, the everlasting shield
His covenant

Promises in each arch
Perfect covering
Clare Oct 2020
Pondering the magnificent love of the Alpha
Explaining this most wonderful mystery is impossible
Realizing that erasing our sins is silliness
Finding our uttermost fulfillment in our Lord
Empowering us to rise above kour limitations
Conquering all our fears through His infinity
Trusting the ordained commands of the Omega

Lovely, is His compassion
0verwhelming, is His comprehension
Victorious, are His ways
Eternal, are His promises

Considering the power and authority of Alpha
Answering to the call of the Almighty
Silencing us quietly to His awesome Omnipotence
Turning to the One who holds eternity
Expelling from our minds thoughts of desertion
Targeting our focus to the Holy One
Hallowing the awesome presence of the Omega

Omniscient, is His presence
Uplifting, are His commands
True, is His word

Finding the strength needed in the Alpha
Embracing the security provided by His majesty
Accepting the tender mercies of His magnificence
Remembering always the triumph of the Omega
Clare Oct 2020
Prayer is a pearl of great price
In this windswept pilgrimage which is ours.
Oh, to discover the secrets of prayer!
That will bring us nearer to God
To listen for His still small voice
And close enough to hear His whisper.
His whisper of wisdom for our lives.

Prayer is remaining still in His presence
To seek to see His gentle face,
And touching the strings of His heart
For a desperately sin-sick human race.
But alas, our greatest neglect is prayer
And therefore seeing the world Hell-bound
Hell-bound, the disastrous effects of prayerlessness.

Prayer brings great pleasure to our God.
He knows our every need and desire
And He answers us before we call.
Loving to see us place our trust
Utterly in His good and wise judgment.
His desire is to have our fellowship
Our fellowship, the reason of our creation.

Prayer, the precious communion between Creator’s heart
And the heart of His beloved creation.
He waits to hear our smallest cry
And yet we leave Him so alone
Longing for our fellowship, He pines
Waiting, longing, craving, imploring, crying, crying
Crying, crying, just to hear our voices………….

Oh, why this great neglect of prayer?
Clare Sep 2020
Clouds, Clouds, Clouds, Clouds
Calculated Clouds
Interesting Idioms
Physical Phenomena
Spiritual Symbolisms

Cloud seven
Completely happy, perfectly satisfied, wholly euphoric
Cloud eight
Befuddled by drinking too much liquor
Cloud nine
Jumping for joy; walking on air

Have one’s head in the clouds
To be out of touch with reality
Every cloud has a silver lining
Difficult times always lead to better days
He must be under a cloud
People have an unfavourable opinion of him
There’s a cloud on the horizon
An omen threatening to happen in time
To live in cloud-cuckoo land
Believing those truly impossible things will happen

High-Level Clouds
Cirrus and Cirrostratus
Mid-Level Clouds
Altocumulus and Altostratus
Low-Level Clouds
Nimbostratus and Stratocumulus
Vertical Development Clouds
Cumulus and Cumulonimbus
Other Cloud Types
Contrails and Billows
Mammatus and Orographic
And Pileus

An arc in the clouds represents God’s promises
A pillar of cloud symbolised the Lord’s guidance
Do you understand the balancing of the clouds?
He that considers the clouds shall not reap
In OT times, the cloud filled the temple
Jesus Christ will return on clouds of victory

And a personal one
Black clouds one afternoon covered the Salève
Hiding a most beautiful rainbow
And despite the clouds’ efforts to confuse
His promises are forever true

Which cloud are you under?
Clare Sep 2020
The dove
Symbol of peace
In times of darkness
In times of great turmoil
In the deepest valley of sorrow
A dove appears on my window sill
I hear the Lord’s gentle whisper
“Peace, my child, my peace”
Thank you, my Lord
I whisper back
Thank you

The rainbow
Symbol of promise
A great resplendant arch
Fluorescent in beauty and wonder
Hides itself behind the transient clouds
Appearing and disappearing from our sight
Like His promises, not always seen
Seeming to vanish with trials
However, they are true
Until their fulfilment
Thank you

The rainbow
Symbol of covering
His blood protecting us
His wonderful light, our mantle
His peace and grace, our comforts
A double arch is an extraordinary occurrence
Above me, this exceptional phenomenon
Singularly confirms His divine favour
A truly refreshing encouragement
In forthcoming years
Thank you

A smile
Symbol of compassion
When I’m feeling lonely
And things appear so hopeless
And the waiting seems never ending
Out of nowhere, there appears a smile
Beaming on a child’s cheerful face
Gently reminding me, once again
Of His patient understanding
That never fails
Thank you

This poem was inspired by those precious moments we each have with our Lord.
A picture of me proves the unusual event in the third stanza.
Clare Sep 2020
His awesome silence
Allays the soul

His beautiful silence
Blesses our spirit

His calm silence
Comforts our heart

His deafening silence
Dramatises His presence

His eloquent silence
Eludes all words

His frequent silence
Finalizes all questions

His glorious presence
Gratifies the senses

His Holy silence
Hushes our being

His incredible silence
Illuminates our minds

His judicious silence
Judges all matters

His kingly silence
Kindles a flame

His long silence
Lingers all night

His mysterious silence
Mystifies His aura

His necessary silence
Negates all doubts

His outstanding silence
Outdoes our interference

His peaceful silence
Precedes all victories

His quick silence
Questions our motives

His royal silence
Restores the poor

His sudden silence
Surprises the proud

His tangible silence
Touches the searching

His unique silence
Unravels all misconceptions

His voiceless silence
Visits the hasty

His wonderful silence
Washes all fears

His X-ray silence
X-irradiates our consciences

His yuletide silence
Yields to reflection

His zesty silence
Zooms into prosperity
Clare Aug 2020
The heavens declare your handiwork
Handiwork of awesome uniqueness
Uniqueness too wonderful
Wonderful creation
Creation

I contemplate the transient clouds
Clouds so singularly different
Different and beautiful
Beautiful phenomena
Phenomena

The treasures of the snow
Snow so wholly white
White and spotless
Spotless purity
Purity

The splendour of the butterfly
Butterfly so entirely fragile
Fragile in nature
Nature singing
Singing

The majesty of an eagle
Eagle symbol of hope
Hope of freedom
Freedom today
Today

The agility of the gazelle
Gazelle of a promise
Promise of tomorrow
Tomorrow’s victory
Victory

The exquisiteness of a baby
Baby of new beginnings
Beginnings of life
Life earthbound
Earthbound

The ephemeral joys of childhood
Childhood of naive innocence
Innocence easily lost
Lost forever
Forever

Seize this moment in time
Time so quickly gone
Gone for evermore
Evermore wasted
Wasted

The heavens declare your handiwork
Handiwork of awesome uniqueness
Uniqueness too wonderful
Wonderful creation
Creation
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