Prayerfully Poetic

A Collection of Prayerful Poems by Tim McGee

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  • God, why me?

    *image generated with AI, November 2022 I stumble, hands too weak to holdthe weight You’ve placed unto them.I’m no Moses, no Gideon—certainly no saint—just a voice caught hiding in the cracks of silence. Yet You call me, as if I’ve something to offer,though my hands are empty,my heart unsure,my countenance weak. Why me, God?Why choose Read more

  • Who do you say I am?

    *image generated using AI In prayerful stillness I ponder,leaving time for careful reflection,I seek to vivify the depth of my soul,to seek, to question, to pray, to prepare. Rising from the echo of ancient whispers,and in the murmur of a gentle breeze,I hear the question, timeless, profound,“Who do you say I am?” In the entangled Read more

  • Red Sky at Night

    God dips His brushin the embers of lovepulls gold from wheat fieldsamber from leavescrimson from the heartof a newly bloomed rose with an accentuated sweepHe splashes the skylavender and rosewhile an arc of apricot gently kisses the horizon each hue a silent hymna fleeting prayerin the dance of day’s end in the night’s red skyI Read more

  • Faith, Hope, Love

    Lord, grant me a burning faith,A flame that never wanes,To overcome the darkest nights,Guiding me past my pain. Bestow upon me a joyful hope,A beacon in the storm,Lifting my spirit high above,Where grace and peace are born. And a holy love, pure and true,For You and all I see,In every soul and every heart,Your presence Read more

  • In the veiled morning light, shadows come and go, Why are you downcast, O my soul, O my soul.Walkin’ this lonely road, ain’t got no home, I thirst for God alone, where else can I go? Troubles on my back, feelin’ like a stone, Why are you downcast, O my soul, O my soul.Lost in Read more