Join author and teacher, Melissa McLaughlin, and grow in the Truthful Grace of Jesus Christ through Spirit-filled, Bible-based, prayerful poems that inspire, encourage, and challenge you to draw ever closer to our Lord and God.
Poem: Hope Blooms
By Melissa McLaughlin
Tiny crocus
In deep, dank darkness.
Breathing,
Resting,
Waiting.
Hidden glory
God’s grandeur ... read more
Poem: A Song of Thanksgiving from Psalm 100
By Melissa McLaughlin
*Poem based on Psalm 100
Lift up your scratchy voice!
Rouse those battle-weary bones to rejoice in God’s goodness!
Stand up and stretch that sore back to seek the Lord’s presence with ... read more
Poem: Undiminished
God of eternity,
Brilliance of heaven,
Blazing shimmers of transcendent spark,
Unrestrained flashes, swirling flames, eclipsing Northern lights.
For time immemorial,
Generation upon generation,
Basked in celestial ... read more
Poem: His Love Endures Forever
Poem based on Psalm 136
I arise each day by heaven’s breath.
His love endures forever.
The sun greets my eyes with morning light.
His love endures forever.
Coffee for two and prayer with my ... read more
Poem: Summer Grace in Firefly Light
In still evening hush
The lightning bug arises
Commencing its summer dance of glory.
Greenish yellow glow
Twinkles on and then off
Floating, flickering, fleeting.
One blink and it’s ... read more
Poem: Blooming and Releasing
My soul revives in spring glory.
Earthy scents of wet soil
Touch my nose in the puffy wind.
Driving on highways
Once barren and dark
The world heard God’s call,
“Out with the old,
In with the ... read more
Poem: God’s love is like…
God’s love is a rushing waterfall.
Steadfast cleansing refreshing
Carrying life onward and forever
Unstoppable.
God’s love is like downy snow.
Effervescent, emanating light
holy pure ever-fresh
Endless design and ... read more
Grateful as the Falling Leaves
Grateful as the falling leaves
Releasing their tiny grip
In joyful abandon
Tumbling free
Following the wind’s touch
Lighting darkened alleys
With splashes of orange, red, yellow, and brown
Piling high in gutters and ... read more
Bearer of Christ’s Light
Darkness looms.
Heavy.
Still.
Shadowed.
Whispered deceptions.
Seething accusations.
Cloaked lies swirling.
“You are not loved.
No one really cares.
You are called by
your failures, mistakes, ... read more
One Year Closer
One year gone.
A new year awaits.
Breathless
with dazzling days
high hopes
and glimmers of grandeur.
Never mind bent bodies
and weary bones
slower steps
and wisdom from wasted days gone by.
Though evil from without ... read more
The Gift of Christ
The gift of Christ
I take the stain of your sin… I cleanse you with the light of my mercy.
I take the sting of death… I infuse you with the joy of life eternal.
I defeat hell, Satan, evil… I award you with my ... read more
Poem: In the Garden of Gethsemane
His footsteps fall softly in the olive grove
Enveloped in verdant Garden fragrance
The tender leaves, the stalwart trunks rooted and still,
The young olive fruit swelling with sustenance
A Garden pulsing with life
Yet death casts ... read more
