Prayerfully Poetic

A Collection of Prayerful Poems by Tim McGee

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  • I will leave it all

    I want to leave it allthe careful keeping,the small cache of certaintythe names I give to fearso I can pretend it belongs to me I want to leave it allto love Not the soft word I usewhen I mean comfortbut the love that madethe first bird lift its chest into airwithout asking permission That isto… Read more

  • No debate

    All are bornwith the same breath of God,the same imprint beneath the skin No color, class, or tongueadds weight to a soulno difference subtracts worth To wound another for what they areis to deny the Creatorwhose image they carry Equality is not an idea to debateit is a truth a command to obey -based on… Read more

  • In Truth and in Action

    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

  • Winter’s Prayer

    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

  • Love Without Loopholes

    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

  • Lead me

    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

  • The Choice

    Consider: Without HimI accomplish nothingWith HimI accomplish everything I Chooseto follow HimWho’s alreadychosen me Read more

  • Be Still and Know

    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

  • I Will Come Near

    I will come near.Not to explain.Not to soften what you have hardened. I will come nearas a witnessin justice,in judgement. I will speak against they who seekfalse power more than obedience.Against the covenant breakerwho hides in shadowsand sings in the light. I will speak against the liarwho uses My nameto make falsehood sound righteous. Against… Read more

  • Winter Sunrise

    The trees stand in shadow,holding the night’s questions. The sun rises,a golden giftspilled over the world. Water receives it,silent, wide,mirroring light as prayer. I breathe in the quiet,noticing patiencein every branch. If the world can open this way,perhaps I can too,letting His lightfill what I cannot see. Read more