Prayerfully Poetic

A Collection of Prayerful Poems by Tim McGee

#Jesus

  • Unmoved

    We sprint to keep upwith the trembling fashions of dust.We rush to comply as hems rise and fall,as tongues twist into new shapes,and as virtue changes its nameevery hour on the hour. We drink deep from the rivers of trend,bow to the altar of relevance,and call it wisdom.We trade convictionslike garments out of seasonand call Read more

  • Turn Back (a spoken word poem)

    The world is burningand we scroll.The world is burningand we scroll. We scroll. Politics is a battlefield.Society a warzone.We pick sides with hashtags.We bleed opinionsand call it truth. Venom in our veins.Rage in our throats.Hate in our heartsand we call itfreedom. Happiness?Measured in likes.Measured in heartsthat do not beat. We’re dying of thirstwhile drowning in Read more

  • Uncontained (a Haiku)

    Heaven overflowsradiant love breaches cloudsHis love uncontained Read more

  • Already Given

    We question Him.What must I do?Where is Your will?How shall I walk this tangled earthin step with heaven? But the answer clearly echoes,not new,not hiddenin winds or visions,nor candles or stained glass. It’s been spokenin the wilderness,Etched in stone and sung in psalms.Shouted by prophets.Spoken by the Word Himself. Love. Do so with all your Read more

  • I Crossed the Street

    I saw Your face todayand I turned away.I knew it was You.Not at first.But something in Your eyes. Your humanity was undeniable.Your divinity hidden in dust and weariness.You looked at me.And still, I looked through You. Your hands were trembling.Your sign was misspelled.Your clothes were worn thin by cold and time.I was ashamed. Ashamed for Read more

  • Forgive to be Forgiven

    Unmoved burden within my heart,each name a weight I can’t put down.Their silence echoes in my soul,and mine in theirs, a thorny crown. I long to lay this burden low,to breathe again, unbound, undone.But grace is heavy in the handuntil it’s offered, one by one. Grant me strength to break this chain,to let the mercy Read more

  • To Hear His Voice

    The morning rain falls soft and slowA breeze through autumn’s leaves does blowThe sunrise stills the waking landAll fashioned by the Maker’s hand Within such calm His voice is nearA whisper only hearts can hearIn beauty silence depth and graceHe shows His love reveals His face But in the noise I strain to findThe sacred Read more

  • Inseparable

    We are not meant to walk alonefrom breath to dustwe are born of Oneand drawn to the same flame Godorigin and end When we seek Him side by sidehands openhearts turnedwe build the kind of bondsthat echo Edenreflecting His imageshaped in His likeness To love Godis to love each otherone thread woven through two hearts Read more

  • The Vanishing Point

    I built a throne of words and willChiseled from dreams I dared to nameA kingdom rising, breath by breathUntil the mirror looked the same But in the hush a whisper cameNot thunder not a sky ablazeJust simple truth to truly liveIs not to shine but give way He must increaseThe stars that burn are not Read more

  • Allegiance lost

    a lament and longing You formed us from dustbreathed Your own breath into clayand whispered“Have dominion” To cultivate     (not crush)To hold     (not hoard) Yet werestless with enoughreach for moreconfusing image with equalityobedience with ownership We trample the gardenin our race for crownsturning plows to swordsand rivers to poison We named the creaturesthen forgot their namesWe Read more