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August 27, 2022August 27, 2022 by Michaela Joy Categories: BlogTags: Dreams, Grace, His Love Is Steadfast, Hope, Joy, Life, Look to Jesus, Love, Love One Another, My Rainbow Baby, Peace, Reforming Joy, Sorrow, Tears, Thankful, Thinking, Trials Come, Writing 2 Comments

Lydia Grace

Every day with you is a gift not promised

A new morning mercy that breaks through night’s darkness

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June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 by Michaela Joy Categories: Blog, PoemsTags: Death & Life, Dreams, Grace, Heaven, Hope, Joy, Look to Jesus, Love, Lydia Grace, My Rainbow Baby, Photography, Poetry, Remember, Smiles, Writing Leave a comment

Real

Is this real?

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April 28, 2022 by Michaela Joy Categories: Blog, PoemsTags: Baby, Grace, He Is Good, His Love Is Steadfast, Hope, Joy, Love, Miracles, My Rainbow Baby, New every morning, Photography, Poetry, Proof, Real, Trust, Writing Leave a comment

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

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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 4 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

No Trace

Sandals removed

Where the rocks have been smoothed

Waters rise, waters fall

I am small Continue reading →

December 9, 2019 by Michaela Joy Categories: Blog, PoemsTags: Grace, Joy, Life, Love, No Trace, Peace, Photography, Poetry, Remember, Sand, The Sea, Thinking, Writing Leave a comment

Take Me

A river flows

Running to lose itself

Into something bigger

Something better

Take me to where water meets water Continue reading →

September 22, 2019September 22, 2019 by Michaela Joy Categories: Blog, PoemsTags: Breaking, God's Love, Grace, Grind, Holy Holy Holy, Hope, Joy, Love, Ocean, Peace, Photography, Poetry, Remember, Significance, Sing, Soft enough to sleep on, Something Better, Something Bigger, Sorrow, Take Me, Thankful, Thinking, Trust, Trust in the Lord, Waves, Writing 1 Comment

Dear Me: Steadfast Love

And so begins a series of letters in which I will write to my future self. Continue reading →

August 25, 2019November 2, 2019 by Michaela Joy Categories: Blog, Dear MeTags: A Letter, A Note To Self, Dear Forthcoming Me, God's Love, Grace, Joy, Love, Peace, Photography, Remember, Savior, Steadfast, Steadfast Love, Thankful, The Word, Thinking, Trust, Writing Leave a comment

Daddy

You know how to have fun

Whether putting your mullet in a ponytail to make your little girl laugh

Dancing with her to the blast of your klipsch speakers. Lost hearing anyone? Continue reading →

June 16, 2019August 25, 2019 by Michaela Joy Categories: Blog, PoemsTags: B&W, Daddy, Fun, Happy Father's Day, I love you, Joy, Just so you know, Love, Poetry, Remember, Thankful, Writing 1 Comment

Forgetful Me

Forgetful me remember what He’s done

That nothing has His providence outrun

He spoke: light, dust, breath, soul, man, life begun Continue reading →

April 19, 2019August 25, 2019 by Michaela Joy Categories: PoemsTags: Empty Yet Full, Forgetful, Good Friday, Grace, Hope, Hope & Sorrow, In Christ Alone, Joy, Light, Photography, Poetry, Remember, Savior, Sorrow, Spring, Steadfast, Tenderness, Thankful, The Furture, Thinking, Today & Tomorrow, Trust, Trust in the Lord, Wild Flowers, Writing 1 Comment