Prayerfully Poetic

A Collection of Prayerful Poems by Tim McGee

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  • 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

  • The Word Became Flesh

    Before time had a measure,the Word moved silentlythrough shadow and stillness.Life stirred as a deep, luminous pulsethat called existence itself into being.In that life, the light shinesto reveal the sacred contour of all things,the hidden heartbeat of the world.And the Word became flesh.We saw His gloryfilled with grace and truth. -Inspired by John 1:1-15 Read more

  • The Last Days of Advent

    The candles have spoken their namesand burned themselves down to quiet truths.Hope learned to endure,Joy softened into stillness,Peace found room in the ache,Love bent low and stayed. Now the wreath holds its breath. We have walked the long waythrough promise and patience,through prayers that did not hurry God.The road narrows here.Words thin.Attention sharpens. Above us,… Read more

  • A Thanksgiving Prayer

    I pray for those who gather in joy,their tables bright with laughter,their hearts warmed by familiar voices,their gratitude rising like incensein the quiet places of the soul. I pray for those who do not find joyin gathering,whose memories sit heavy on the table,whose hopes feel threadbare,whose hearts carry storiesthat others do not see.May grace meet… Read more