Poets & Saints

Scripture  

Job 11:7 (NRSVUE)  

Can you fathom the mysteries of God?  

Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

Refrain  

I am held by the mystery, not separate from it.

Quote  

Thomas Merton  

“My Lord God…

Scripture  

John 14:23 (NRSVUE)  

Jesus answered him,  

“Those who love me will keep my word,  

and my Father will love them,  

and we will come to them  

and make our home with them.”

Refrain  

I belong to …

Scripture  

Isaiah 43:1 (NRSVUE)  

But now thus says the Lord,  

he who created you, O Jacob,  

he who formed you, O Israel:  

Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;  

I have called you by name, you are min…

Scripture  

Genesis 28:16 (NIV)  

When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought,  

“Surely the Lord is in this place,  

and I was not aware of it.”

Refrain  

God is here in the ordinary.

Poem  

Mary Oliver, fr…

Scripture  

1 Corinthians 13:12 (NRSVUE)  

For now we see in a mirror, dimly,  

but then we will see face to face.  

Now I know only in part;  

then I will know fully,  

even as I have been fully known.

Ref…

Scripture  

Romans 5:3–5 (NIV)  

Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings,  

because we know that suffering produces perseverance;  

perseverance, character;  

and character, hope.  

And hope does …

Scripture  

2 Corinthians 12:9 (ESV)  

But he said to me,  

“My grace is sufficient for you,  

for my power is made perfect in weakness.”  

Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses,  

so…

Scripture  

Mark 2:3–5 (NIV)  

Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man,  

carried by four of them.  

Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd,  

they made an opening in the roof a…

Scripture  

Romans 12:1 (NRSVUE)  

I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters,  

by the mercies of God,  

to present your bodies as a living sacrifice,  

holy and acceptable to God,  

which is your sp…

Scripture  

Ecclesiastes 3:1,3 (NRSVUE)  

For everything there is a season,  

and a time for every matter under heaven:  

…a time to heal,  

a time to break down,  

and a time to build up.

Refrain  

I trust …

Scripture  

Joshua 1:9 (NIV)  

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous.  

Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged,  

for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.

Refrain  

I have the …

Scripture  

Psalm 8:3–4 (NIV)  

When I consider your heavens,  

the work of your fingers,  

the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,  

what is mankind that you are mindful of them,  

human bein…

Scripture  

Lamentations 3:25 (NRSVUE)  

The Lord is good to those who wait for him,  

to the soul that seeks him.

Refrain  

Waiting is still a place where God meets me.

Quote

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin  

“A…

Scripture  

Isaiah 43:19 (NIV)  

See, I am doing a new thing!  

Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?  

I am making a way in the wilderness  

and streams in the wasteland.

Refrain  

I am not undone—I a…

Scripture  

Psalm 34:18 (NIV)  

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted  

and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Refrain  

God does not rush my sorrow.

Quote  

Nicholas Wolterstorff, from Lament for a So…

Scripture  

Song of Songs 8:5 (NIV)  

Who is this coming up from the wilderness  

leaning on her beloved?

Refrain  

I lean on the One who carries me.

Quote  

Julian of Norwich  

“He did not say: You will not…

Scripture  

Mark 8:25 (NIV)  

Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes.  

Then his eyes were opened,  

his sight was restored,  

and he saw everything clearly.

Refrain  

In time, the light returns.

Qu…

Scripture  

Matthew 5:6 (NRSVUE)  

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,  

for they will be filled.

Refrain  

My hunger is sacred ground.

Quote

Teresa of Avila  

“God, if You are love,  

…

Scripture  

Habakkuk 2:20 (NIV)  

The Lord is in his holy temple;  

let all the earth be silent before him.

Refrain  

I meet God in the quiet.

Quote

Thomas Merton  

“True silence is the rest of the mind,  

an…

Scripture  

Jeremiah 20:9 (ESV)  

If I say, “I will not mention him  

or speak any more in his name,”  

there is in my heart as it were a burning fire  

shut up in my bones,  

and I am weary with holding i…