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We must stop callingour own noise love If it never costs us timenever rearranges our lifenever risks our reputationit is only talkrehearsing itself Love does not announceIt shows up Not in wordNot in speech But in truth that bleedsinto what we do -based on 1 JN 3:18 Read more
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Holy Spirit,Breath within my breath,remain. I yield the noise of my heart to You.Pray when I am unable.Burn only what keeps me from God. Form Christ in the hidden places of my soul.Bend my will toward love,my desire toward truth. Stay.Guide me into the fullnesswhere nothing is divided,and God is all. Breathe.Pray.Form.Stay. Now and forever.Amen. Read more
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They said every life is sacredThey said amen They said obey the lawThey said amen They said this is necessaryThey said amen They said it is not personalThey said amen At dawn the doors were openedAt dawn the fear was learned They said order is peaceThey said amen They said Romans said submitThey did not… Read more
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Winter speaks in fewer colors,a stripped languageafter the eloquence of fall,before the abundance of spring. The world is mostly breath and bone,fields hushed to a single tone,as if creation has learnedthe holiness of restraint. Yet nothing is empty. A cardinal burns redin the wide cold silence,a living emberset deliberately against the pale.Evening gathers fire at… Read more
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Not the neighbor you would have chosen.Not the easy one.Not the safe one. The command does not ask your opinion. Your neighbor is the interruptionstanding in the middle of your life,carrying need you did not scheduleand wounds you do not want to touch. They are not theoretical.They are here. You do not get to edit… Read more
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Perfect Onelead me the quiet way of Your heartwithout the restless hunger to impressbut the slow turning of my soultoward the fullness of Your love You are whole in every breathYou pour light on those who curse YouYou rain mercy on those who forget YouYou love without measureand call me to walk in that same… Read more
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Consider: Without HimI accomplish nothingWith HimI accomplish everything I Chooseto follow HimWho’s alreadychosen me Read more
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Because justice is still postponedwith polite languageand reasonable excuses Because power still fearsa love it cannot controllove that marcheslove that refuses hatredeven when hatred feels justified Dr. King still speaksbecause we still listen to liesthat tell us silence is peaceand order is righteousness His words matterbecause the dream was never naiveit was demanding It asked… Read more
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When the light dimsand the noise finally quietsno one will ask what we ownedor how we were admired for thisor that The trophies will rust in their casesThe titles will loosen from our namesEven our arguments, sharpened to winwill lie dull and unused. There will be no defense built from busynessNo appeal filed in the… Read more
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In the whisper where striving falls silentwhere the heart unclenches its tired fistssomething gentle begins to unfold No blazenor trembling visionjust a simple clearing of the inner sky In slow-moving mercyI believed in what I could not seebecause I now see what has always been true fear distorts pride builds walls longing aches for what… Read more
A Collection of Prayerful Poems by Tim McGee
Prayerfully Poetic 