Prayerfully Poetic

A Collection of Prayerful Poems by Tim McGee

#Prayer

  • The Choice

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

  • On Love Alone

    When the light dimsand the noise finally quietsno one will ask what we ownedor how we were admired for thisor that The trophies will rust in their casesThe titles will loosen from our namesEven our arguments, sharpened to winwill lie dull and unused. There will be no defense built from busynessNo appeal filed in the… 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

  • 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 First Visitors

    They came from elsewhere,from prayers spoken in another tongue,from charts of fire and dustwhere the heavens were read like a scrollnever meant to stay closed. Not sons of covenant,not schooled in the law,but watchers of the nightwho trusted that light is never random,that a star may choose a road. They carried with themthe weight of… Read more

  • New Year’s True Offering

    We clink our glasses at midnightas if the calendar itself were magic,counting down like astronautsready to launch into better versionsof ourselves. We make lists as long as confetti trails.Eat cleaner. Try harder. Wake earlier.Run farther. Fail slower.Become, somehow, dazzling. The gyms glow with January pilgrimsseeking salvation on treadmills,while planners fill with bold intentionswritten in heroic… 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

  • Advent Prayer

    -Inspired by Revelation 22:20 Come, Lord Jesusinto the waiting silence of my heart.Let hope take root where weariness has grown,and faith find light where shadows linger. Teach me to watch, not with anxious eyes,but with a soul made still in trust.You have come once in humility,and You will come again in glory,but even now, come… 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