Tag Archives: hope

Toward Peace

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Doc Arnett

We sit, then, sipping cold drinks
and watching the moon slip its way
into the branches of the pin oak. Continue reading →

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Holding to Hope

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Doc Arnett

There is, sometimes,
a fine line between hope and madness,
a keen edge between the ledge of despair
and believing
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In all of this and more, I remember that we live in a fallen world, a world of pain, disease, affliction and death. I remember that the power of faith, often expressed in prayer, is remarkable and inexplicable. I remember that the God of the Storm has promised that I will be able to bear every burden, every test, every temptation. Continue reading →

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A Prayer for Affliction

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Doc Arnett

May you endure
the awful cost of love
with such determination
that all reluctance is worn away.
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The Witness of a Greater Light

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Doc Arnett

I love the look of a winter moon,
barely past full,
just that slight slump of the middle
suggesting it is only slightly less
than the night before.
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Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged evidence, faith, full moon, God, hope, light, moon, moonshine, optimism, presence of God, sun | Comments Off

The Ancient of Days

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Beyond the bluffs and the bare-branched ridge,

in the thin cut between the over-hanging shroud

and the blackness of frozen ground,

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Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged feeding horses, hope, presence of God, reassurance, sunrise, winter sky | Comments Off

September Blessing

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Doc Arnett

faith fresh as dew,

love as abounding as the sky,

and hope strong as the rising sun.
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In Step with the Spirit

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Faith in the face of adversity
Hope in the midst of despair
Love in response to hostility Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving Evening

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Doc Arnett

In my fifty-plus years of sunsets and shadows, I’ve never seen a more impressive play of light and tone, spectacular in its subtleness. Continue reading →

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Beyond the Struggle

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Doc Arnett

I sometimes struggle to release myself from my own plans and believe that he has included me in his. Beyond that struggle lies the place where peace passes understanding and where I can live the abundant life.