Prayerfully Poetic

A Collection of Prayerful Poems by Tim McGee

Love

  • The messy work

    We scrub our hands with soap,rinse off the dust and sweat,as if love’s labor leaves no mark. But the deeper grime is silence,turning away,love withheld. That stain seeps inward,clinging to the soul.No water can reach it. Only a heart laid bare,washed in surrender,comes clean. Read more

  • Seeking Depth

    Lord I step into the quietwhere my questions rise like mistand lingershaping shadows on the water. My touch disturbs the surface.Is my faith this thinthis fragile thread betweenwhat I knowand what I long to believe? Draw me deeper.Past the weight of doubtpast the stones I keep in secretto where Your silence speakslouder than my strivingwhere Read more

  • Living for Christ (Now with 100% SEO Optimization!)

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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 249 years after the birth

    A declarative birtha people reaching for freedom,casting off the yoke of kings,with hope in the promise of rights no man could take. But what of the conqueror within?We broke from the crown,yet the hunger to ruleremained rooted in our soil. Two hundred and forty-nine years,a long season,enough for wisdom to take root,enough for the wounds Read more