Mary Grace Writing

Tag: Christian poetry

  • Beginning

    Beginning

    A breath into the sails of life Moving human souls Gentle breeze Buffeting wind A gale that rips at the furled canvas

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  • Hope like Cold Fury

    Hope like Cold Fury

    She took my anger And flew away So now, I can finally pray

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  • Self Controle

    Self Controle

    To have control or persevere? Sometimes the difference isn’t clear.

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  • Gentleness

    Gentleness

    Whispers that linger in the cup of hand to heart.

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  • Faithfulness

    Faithfulness

    To be a constantunwavering mass To last To hold knowledgeopen handed honestly To choose a pathand follow through thoroughly Never giving upNever backing down faithfully Copyright ©2023 Mary Grace van der Kroef

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  • Goodness

    Goodness

    Goodness done, spreads out like flowing water, touching lives in ripples, gentle waves. Goodness withheld is missed like a blown kiss, or forgotten rains. Goodness, action or being? God gives no man this name.Yet we can walk the path he paved and read each stone footprints engraved with Goodness spelling out his love, in actions…

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  • Patience

    Patience

    Patience isn’t passive but A power held in check, ready when Time comes to move Inexorably forward. PatiencE shows a passion for peace iN bite sized nuggets unafraid of silenCe wisE in gauging climates. ©2021 Mary Grace van der Kroef Available titles by Mary Grace van der Kroef

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  • Peace

    Peace

    Present places, present faces, in the moment here with you

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  • Joy

    Joy

    Found in simple spaceswhen lights have dimmed to easeweariness of day from shoulders prone. In the morning beamswhere radiance singsreserving stage for feathered accompaniment notes. Shimmers in the shadowslike the fuzziness of heat,but greats in bells that chime with chirping mirth. Often hid amidwide open spaceblending with a magic you can not trace. Given to…

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  • Never Empty/Ekstasis Magazine

    Never Empty/Ekstasis Magazine

    “Reviving the Christian Imagination“ “Covering creative culture with Christianity Today“ “Within the pages of Ekstasis, we exhibit arts and letter that reflect the depths of Christian life.” – from the Ekstasis Magazine About Page – I have found the pages of Ekstasis Magazine, both online and in print, to be a place of great beauty…

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