Poets & Saints

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…

Scripture  

Psalm 126:5 (NIV)  

Those who sow with tears  

will reap with songs of joy.

Refrain  

What was planted in sorrow rises in joy.

Quote

Wendell Berry, from Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Fron…

Scripture  

Exodus 33:14 (NIV)  

The Lord replied,  

“My Presence will go with you,  

and I will give you rest.”

Refrain  

In the pause, God is present.

Quote

Macrina Wiederkehr  

“O God,  

help me to believe …

Scripture  

Hosea 6:1 (NIV)  

“Come, let us return to the Lord.  

He has torn us to pieces  

but he will heal us;  

he has injured us  

but he will bind up our wounds.”

Refrain  

I return to the God who neve…

Scripture  

Psalm 16:5–6 (NRSVUE)  

The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;  

you hold my lot.  

The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;  

I have a goodly heritage.

Refrain  

My limits a…

Scripture  

Isaiah 37:31 (ESV)  

And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah  

shall again take root downward  

and bear fruit upward.

Refrain  

God is moving in the unseen roots.

Quote  

Rabindranath Ta…

Scripture  

Isaiah 38:14 (NIV)  

I cried like a swift or thrush,  

I moaned like a mourning dove.  

My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens.  

I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!

Refrain  

Whe…

Scripture  

Psalm 90:2 (NIV)  

Before the mountains were born  

or you brought forth the whole world,  

from everlasting to everlasting  

you are God.

Refrain  

I belong to the eternal now.

Quote 

John O’Dono…

Scripture  

Matthew 11:28–30 (NIV)  

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,  

and I will give you rest.  

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,  

for I am gentle and humble in heart,  

and you…

Scripture  

2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV)  

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen,  

but on what is unseen,  

since what is seen is temporary,  

but what is unseen is eternal.

Refrain  

I am carried by what can…

Scripture  

Genesis 16:13 (NIV)  

She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her:  

“You are the God who sees me,”  

for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”

Refrain  

I am fully seen and deep…

Scripture  

Habakkuk 3:17–18 (NRSVUE)  

Though the fig tree does not blossom  

and no fruit is on the vines;  

though the produce of the olive fails  

and the fields yield no food;  

though the flock is cu…