“Common Cents”

you know what I love?
I never thought
I could work from home
without a husband
yet here I am
working from home
without a husband
and making it

never let doubt win
and stop you from stepping out
in doing what you believe
God’s called you to do

if you listen
you’ll never quit
you’ll learn to trust
you’ll grow a little taller
at hearing His Voice

you may want to cry
may give up a million times
but never follow through
because you’ll make it

listen to His voice

Encouraging
Strengthening
Developing your sense

to keep going

“Oxygen”

breathe in
breathe out

see
another moment’s
passed

waiting’s not that bad
it’s the thinking
that wears one down

the wondering
the ‘what if’s
the fear

breathe in
breathe out
another moment

to trust
to choose
to follow His lead

it’s as easy as
breathing

“Waiting to Go”

sitting in His Presence
slows things down
and speeds things up

it causes storms to calm
and waters to rise

it quiets the heart
and awakens the soul

it’s where roots grow down
and trees grow up

He’s in no hurry
doesn’t wait till you’re ready
and always loves who you are

“Eternal Flames (of Glory)”

I wonder do they know
how I wanted to quit
how I planned to quit
this month

so many tears
conversations with God
all the while
Him revealing

a new kind of love
seen through His eyes
to keep going
no matter what

a yoke
around the neck
His burden light
as silk

time needed to be spent
without
to watch Him come through
again and again

through friends
through strangers
through family
through love

I can’t explain
the breaking of hope
in realizing a dream
has to end

why bother waking
why bother showering
why bother cooking
without hope

Hope always there
Hope inside
Hope around me
causing me to dream and not quit

the enemy knows
how to use doubt to kill passion
but didn’t know how
to put out the flame

“Pulse”

the quietness of my heart
hears the heavens
where to go
when to move
how to love
and with the beat of my heart
I’ll listen

some things I thought
could never be
are