wet grass, image by Petra, on Pixabay
Summer Blessing
Peace to the hungry and the bored,
Comfort to the mourning and meek,
Iced tea for the weary,
Tiny lights to glint off tired tears.
Be glad! You’re in good company
If your service goes unthanked.
Don’t forget! Your taste
Touches minds and hearts
Like seasoned salt,
Food fills friends with flavor.
Fireflies show their good works
Teaching us glory.
And after summer rain
Evening grass wets dancing feet.
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Do Not Fear Them
Woman, housewife, mother, friend,
Your consequence knows no end.
Worth far above influence or measure,
You are our Savior’s treasure,
Precious in His sight,
Woman, worker, marvel, light.
You will accomplish your given purpose:
Kindness, calmness, deepness, fullness.
Worth far above wages, skills, or glory,
You were made to tell His story.
Please see yourself as what you are:
Woman, wonder, messenger, star.
Walk worthy of who you will become;
Trust the unlimited power of the Son.
Worth far above price or applause,
Your bright crown came at His cost.
Adopted, beloved, forgiven of sin,
Woman, housewife, marvel, friend.
Rubies, sparrows, all we adore—
You are worth far, far more.
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Olivia Oster is a writer living on Lookout Mountain, Georgia, whose fiction
and poetry explore the spiritual aspect of common everyday life as well as
the elements of life with which she is most familiar: chronic pain, parenting,
gardening, cooking, and homemaking. Olivia’s poetry has been accepted in
The Reformed Journal and The Lake. She has also published A New Grammary,
a grammar book focusing on grammar formulas, and a poetry chapbook called
Poetic Faith. Olivia is a teacher, wife, mother of five, and taker of long walks
with her rescued dachshund-beagle and chihuahua-mini-pinscher.
July 2024 issue
The first poem's title is "Summer Blessing," and it is. But the second poem is also a blessing!