Death & Life – Reforming Joy

You (A Prayer)

You know the love I have for You

And when I’m sinful and untrusting too

You know the things that I regret

How when You teach I soon forget

And yet You love

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 by Michaela Joy Categories: BlogTags: Abba, Death & Life, He Is A Good Father, He Is Sovereign, His Love Is Steadfast, Hope, Hope & Sorrow, Joy, Love, Our Only Hope, Pain, Pray, Trust 2 Comments

Transplantation

My thoughts so easily jumble

Joining my dreams like a pile of rubble

I tasted

I saw

I thought it was good

But the Giver is better

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November 2, 2020October 31, 2020 by Michaela Joy Categories: Blog, PoemsTags: Better, Christian, Death & Life, Dreams, Heaven, His Love Is Steadfast, Joy, Life, Love, My Gardener, Pain, Poem, Poetry, Resurrection, Rubble, Transplantation Leave a comment

I have stared at death three times. Once as a child looking at the face of another child. The first little baby I remember holding as a little girl and now my mother was holding me so I could look into her coffin. The second time was at the face of a precious little one whose eyes never saw earthly light. And the most recent time I looked death in the face was of a man whose long life suddenly felt short. Continue reading →

July 31, 2017July 31, 2017 by Michaela Joy Categories: BlogTags: But a Drop, Death & Life, Grace, On Death, Our Only Hope 1 Comment