HEAVEN: Walking barefoot in reality, Blue canopied with wholeness . Warmed by perfect love, Free: Completely free To see God, To think and act Like Him. HERE: Earth’s small windows Admit patches of totality, Glimpses of truth. Worse– We often live In artificial Light. In this New Year we pray A dissatisfaction With small thoughts, […]
JESUS IS. . . LOVE – “God is love, and those who abide in love, abide in God and God abides in them.” 1 John 4:16 PEACE – “He is Himself our Peace.” Ephesians 2:14 STRENGTH – “I can do all things through Christ who strenthens me.” Philippians 4:13 GRACE – “From His goodness we […]
Song by Linda Lane Gage and David Lane George in the last month of her life. IT’S BEEN YOU, LORD. . . Verse 1 As the world looks upon me, they might say I’ve been strong. They might say I am something, but they are so wrong. In my heart I’m rejoicing, how I wish […]
Roses on glass Simply, Quietly, Shedding beauty In the room. Roses. . . Giving Freely Without thought Of return. Roses. . . Breathing Fragrance And peace In their being. Roses and you. . . Gently Reflecting The God You love. 2 Corinthians 2:14 by Linda L. Gage for a friend, 2004
Life is a maze, A labyrinth of paths, Leading. . . I do not know where. At the beginning The way seemed clear: Charted, planned, Where I would go, What I would do, My destination dreamed. But later, or sooner Pain Narrows The Path. The maze becomes Confusing The labyrinth Tortuous. I find a hundred […]
In my earliest Beginnings I heard the music Of your heart. I grew Surrounded by your life. New in this world I nestled in Your eyes’ delight And in The comfort of Your arms. I learned to walk Listening to Your cheers, To make choices Admonished by Your cautions. Every day I lived Encouraged, Believed […]
“Oh God of Love, Creator of Joy, How richly You bless us. You took our aloneness and gave us each Joy. You gave us each a lover that we might Travel all the roads of life together: Where we walk in quietness and peace; The rushing freeways of life Where we drive and are driven; […]
Oh God, Thank You That You love me All The Time When I’m weak And tired, Sick and Alone. Your love Surrounds, Soothes, Comforts, Heals me. You give Me strength. I am not alone. By Linda L. Gage, 1981
