by Krista | May 31, 2025 | New Beginnings, Poetry Blog, Spring, The Garden |
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?…” Isiah 43:18-19 The beauty of a spring morning is hard to put into words. Try as I might to capture the sights and...
by Krista | Apr 19, 2025 | Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, Spring |
Proverbs 30:4-5 “Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down? Who holds the wind in his fists? Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak? Who has created the whole wide world? What is his name—and his son’s name? Tell me if you...
by Krista | Apr 21, 2024 | Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, Spring, The Garden |
Psalm 118:24 This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Sometimes when I awake I find that I can only remember my dreams for a fleeting moment and then they quickly fade from my memory. Springtime can also be a bit that way for me. It...
by Krista | Mar 7, 2024 | Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, Spring, The Sea |
Some mornings I awake to a world blanketed in mist. This mist rolls in off the sea and winds its way through the trees, obscuring my view so that all I can see is a blur behind the haze. This mist only stays for a short while and then, as the morning sun rises, it...
by Krista | Feb 23, 2024 | New Beginnings, Poetry Blog, Spring, The Garden |
Lamentations 3:21-23 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. There is something unique and hopeful about the...
by Krista | May 13, 2023 | Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, Spring, The Garden |
As the long, frozen winter melts into the beauty of spring, I feel myself come alive again. It is in the garden where the sights and sounds and smells of spring’s awakening first begins. It is in the smell of the soft rains that fall. It is in the sight of the tiny...
