A Prayer for God’s Wings of Calm Amid Stressful and Unsettling Times by Debbie Harris

13 Sunday Apr 2025

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The sonnet, titled “A Prayer for God’s Wings of Calm Amid Stressful and Unsettling Times,” portrays a heartfelt plea for divine peace when life’s chaos and fear overwhelm the soul. It describes God’s wings as a secure refuge, offering comfort and serenity amidst intense struggles. The poem emphasizes that no burden is too great for God’s mercy, which calms anxiety and restores hope. It encourages prayer in moments of distress, assuring that God’s love provides a tranquil shelter, guiding the heart to safety and rest.

When tempests rise and chaos grips the soul,
And fear’s sharp claws would rend the heart apart,
We lift our cries where mortal hopes may fall,
To seek the peace that only God imparts.

Beneath His wings, a refuge strong and sure,
We find repose from life’s unyielding strain;
His mercy folds us, steadfast and secure,
A shield of calm amid the storm’s refrain.

No trial too fierce, no burden too profound,
For God’s embrace will still the raging sea;
His whispered love restores with gentle sound,
And bids our anxious spirits to be free.

So pray, dear heart, when shadows fiercely loom,
For wings of calm to bear thee safely home.

Adorning the Soul with a Crown of Prayer’s Timeless Gemstones by Debbie Harris

13 Sunday Apr 2025

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The sonnet “A Crown of Prayer’s Eternal Gems” portrays prayers as precious gemstones forming a divine crown for the soul. Each prayer—likened to emeralds (hope), rubies (fervor), sapphires (faith), and diamonds (grace)—shines with unique brilliance, surpassing earthly wealth. This crown, weightless yet powerful, holds celestial light, heals inner wounds, and endures beyond time. Crafted through heartfelt words, it reflects eternal skies, adorning the spirit with an immortal glow no mortal could replicate.

Each prayer a gem to crown the soul’s design,
A radiant jewel set in sacred gold.
Like emeralds, hope in tender hues does shine,
While rubies burn with fervor uncontroll’d.

Sapphire’s calm faith reflects the heavens’ blue,
And diamond’s grace cuts through the darkest night.
No earthly king could claim a wealth so true,
For prayer’s bright crown bestows celestial light.

No weight it bears, yet holds the stars above,
Its brilliance mends the heart’s unspoken pain.
Each whispered word, a facet carved with love,
Endures through storm, untouched by time’s disdain.

This regal wreath, no mortal hand could frame,
Adorns the spirit with immortal flame.

Sonnet: Clothed in Divine Royalty, Freed by the Cross of the Eternal Lord by Debbie Harris

13 Sunday Apr 2025

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The sonnet, titled “Clothed in Divine Royalty, Freed by the Cross of the Eternal Lord,” celebrates the triumphant redemption of humanity through Jesus Christ, the King of Kings. It portrays His royal splendor and sovereign love, which calls and redeems each person, clothing them in divine light. The poem highlights Christ’s humility in descending to save humanity through His sacrificial cross, depicted as a throne of love that defeats death. With a joyous tone, it envisions trumpets and angelic praise heralding His victory, as the redeemed, adorned in royal garments, eternally celebrate His glorious reign.

O how our souls in humble joy proclaim,
The King of Kings, with royal splendor bright!
His sovereign love has called us each by name,
And robed us in His everlasting light.

With golden scepter raised, He reigns above,
Yet stooped to lift us from our wretched fall.
His cross, a throne of sacrificial love,
Has shattered death and ransomed one and all.

Let trumpets sound where angels chant His praise,
For Christ, the Lord of Lords, has won the day!
His victory resounds through endless days,
As we, redeemed, in royal garments stay.

All hail the King, whose grace our hearts ignite,
We celebrate His reign in boundless light!

Seventy Times Seven: Emulating Christ Our King’s Endless Forgiveness by Debbie Harris

13 Sunday Apr 2025

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The sonnet, titled “Seventy Times Seven: Emulating Christ Our King’s Endless Forgiveness,” reflects Charles Spurgeon’s quote about Christ’s teaching to Peter to forgive “seventy times seven” times (Matthew 18:22), emphasizing boundless mercy. It explores the idea that just as God forgives us endlessly, we must also forgive others without limit, mirroring Christ’s example as our King. The poem uses a Shakespearean sonnet structure, with three quatrains and a final couplet, culminating in a call to forgive with royal authority: “Like Christ our King, let mercy’s scepter swing.” The title and content together highlight the challenge to emulate Christ’s infinite forgiveness in a majestic, reverent tone.

When Christ to Peter spoke of mercy’s span,
“Till seventy times seven” was His decree,
A boundless grace to mend the heart of man,
For love must flow as vast as heaven’s sea.
We falter oft, yet find not love’s defeat,
Though sins may pile like shadows in the night,
Each pardon blooms where bitterness retreat,
A second chance beneath God’s holy light.
For God Himself forgives beyond our count,
His mercy endless as the stars above,
So we, too, must in kindness e’er surmount,
And mirror Heaven’s unrelenting love.
Let each new dawn a fresh forgiveness bring,
Like Christ our King, let mercy’s scepter swing.

A Prayer for Comfort in Christ’s Boundless Love as Death Draws Near by Debbie Harris

12 Saturday Apr 2025

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The sonnet, titled A Prayer for Comfort in Christ’s Boundless Love as Death Draws Near, is a Shakespearean sonnet offering a heartfelt prayer for those grieving as a loved one nears death. It portrays God as a merciful anchor and beacon, providing strength and light amid sorrow and fear. The prayer seeks peace for the dying, enveloped in Christ’s grace, and comfort for those left behind, depicted as God’s flock navigating grief’s uncertainty. With vivid imagery of heaven’s gate and a calming divine presence, it emphasizes trust in God’s eternal love and guidance, blending solace with hope.

A Prayer for Comfort in Christ’s Boundless Love as Death Draws Near

O Lord, whose mercy holds us in our fears,
We lift this family’s heart to Thy kind care.
As death draws near, with pain and trembling tears,
Thy boundless love sustains them through their sorrow.

Thou art their anchor in this fragile hour,
A beacon bright when shadows cloud their sight.
With gentle grace, bestow Thy soothing peace,
To ease their soul and fill their dark with light.

For one so dear, now poised at heaven’s gate,
We seek Thy peace to guide their final breath.
O Christ, enfold them in Thy sacred state,
And calm their fears before the veil of death.

Uphold thy flock in grief’s uncertain sea,
And lead them, Lord, to trust eternally in Thee.

Through Sacred Pages: The Divine Remaking of the Faithful Soul by Debbie Harris

12 Saturday Apr 2025

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The sonnet illustrates how a born-again believer is transformed by immersing themselves in scripture. The more they study, the more their soul sheds worldly burdens, renewed by the eternal Word from Genesis to Revelation. Its timeless power, unbound by fleeting trends, shapes the heart to reflect divine glory, culminating in the call to seek truth and let it “transform” the spirit into a “holy form.”

The born-again, with souls by grace remade,
In scripture’s truth discover life’s pure flame.
Each sacred word, eternal, never fades,
And carves the heart to bear a holy name.

The more they dwell where prophets’ voices sing,
The more their spirit sheds its earthly chain.
From Genesis to Revelation’s spring,
A boundless fount no time can e’er restrain.

No fleeting trend can dim this deathless light,
No mortal tool its endless power confines.
The Word alone, through ages burning bright,
Renews the soul where heaven’s glory shines.

So seek the Word, let truth your spirit transform,
For sacred light turns clay to holy form.

Sonnet: When Christ’s Light Shifts the Soul’s Eternal View by Debbie Harris

12 Saturday Apr 2025

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The sonnet explores the transformation of perspective through Christ and scripture, where newfound faith leads others to falsely accuse the speaker of deceit. Despite being labeled a liar, the follower of Jesus Christ is urged to remain steadfast, mirroring Christ’s own perseverance through mockery. The final stanza emphasizes resilience, love over anger, and trust in Christ’s truth to vindicate the speaker’s change as genuine. The rhyme scheme of the last stanza is ABBA, fitting the Petrarchan sonnet structure.

When Christ’s pure light does pierce the shadowed mind,
And scriptures’ truth remolds the heart’s deep core,
The world, once blind, now scorns what it abhorred—
Your change they brand as falsehood, cruelly unkind.

They see not how the Spirit’s flame refines,
How grace rewrites the soul’s unyielding scroll.
Your words, though true, they deem a traitor’s role,
For faith’s new lens reveals what doubt confines.

Yet stand you firm, though labeled as a lie,
For Christ’s own path was mocked by those astray.
His cross, His word, your anchor shall abide.

Let love, not wrath, your steadfast heart reply—
Through slander’s storm, His truth will light your way,
And prove your change no falsehood, but His bride.

All Beauty Finds Its Source in Jesus Christ Our Lord, the Eternal Fountain of Grace by Debbie Harris

12 Saturday Apr 2025

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The sonnet, titled “All Beauty Finds Its Source in Jesus Christ Our Lord, the Eternal Fountain of Grace”, reflects the spiritual longing in C.S. Lewis’s quote, “The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing — to find the place where all the beauty came from,” from Till We Have Faces. It portrays a soul’s journey, symbolized by a boat drifting through a tranquil, twilight landscape toward a distant castle, with still waters, moonlit glow, and mirrored light evoking a mystical quest. The poem captures an irresistible call to discover the origin of beauty, identifying Jesus Christ as its true source and the eternal fountain of grace. The soul’s pursuit fulfills the longing Lewis describes, revealing that all beauty flows from Christ, whose divine presence satisfies the heart’s deepest desire, resonating with the reflective tone of the original image.

Through twilight’s hush, where still waters glide,
A whisper echoes, soft yet fierce with flame,
A call none can ignore, though shadows hide,
It draws the soul to Christ, where beauty came.

A heart, a boat on longing’s endless sea,
Drifts past the trees, beneath a moonlit glow,
Each ripple sings of sacred mystery,
A pull to find the Savior’s light bestowed.

The castle looms, a silhouette of grace,
Its mirrored light on waves that gently gleam—
The quest pursues the truth, love’s pure embrace,
To wake in Jesus, Author of this dream.

In such a search, the soul shall find its shore,
Where Christ’s own beauty none can e’er ignore.

A Sonnet of Trust Amid the Lions’ Roar: Christ, the Truth, Guards Every Soul Forevermore by Debbie Harris

12 Saturday Apr 2025

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“A Sonnet of Trust Amid the Lions’ Roar: Christ, the Truth, Guards Every Soul Forevermore” is a Shakespearean sonnet retelling Daniel 6. In Babylon, Daniel’s steadfast prayers defy a king’s decree, provoking foes to cast him into a lions’ den. Sustained by Christ’s light, he’s protected by God’s angel, emerging unharmed to Darius’ awe. For every soul, from Babylon to now, Christ, the Truth, reigns, His might guarding all with eternal victory, echoing Psalm 121:2’s unwavering trust in divine help

In Babylon, where Daniel’s prayers arose,
Defying laws that banned his faithful call,
His foes with envy schemed to work their woes,
And cast him where the lions’ hunger thrall.

The king, though grieved, could not the edict bend,
So stone was rolled to seal the den’s dark gate.
Yet Daniel knelt, his trust would never end,
For Christ’s own light did guard his fearful state.

No roar prevailed, no claw his flesh did tear,
God’s angel bound the jaws of death’s design.
At dawn, Darius found him whole, a prayer
Proclaimed the Truth that holds through every sign.

From Babylon to now, for every soul,
Christ, Truth, shall reign, His might shall guard our soul.

The Shepherd’s Rest: A Villanelle on Psalm 23 by Debbie Harris

12 Saturday Apr 2025

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“The Shepherd’s Rest: A Villanelle on Psalm 23” draws from Psalm 23:1-2, celebrating God as the shepherd who guides all souls to peace. The villanelle’s repeating refrains evoke a universal journey through life’s trials—want, fear, and shadows—where God’s presence ensures no lack. Green pastures and still waters symbolize divine rest, freely offered to humanity across ages. Despite weariness or danger, His rod, staff, and mercy lead to refuge, affirming that every heart can find solace in His unchanging promise. The poem underscores trust and comfort, inviting all to abide in the shepherd’s care, reflecting the shared longing for divine guidance.

The Lord, my shepherd, bids my soul to rest,
Through weary lands where want may cast its shade,
In pastures green, His peace shall be my guest.

No lack I know, though trials may infest,
His rod and staff uphold the path He made—
The Lord, my shepherd, bids my soul to rest.

By waters still, my fears are all repressed,
His gentle hand has every debt repaid—
In pastures green, His peace shall be my guest.

When shadows fall, His mercy is expressed,
No heart need wander, lost or sore afraid—
The Lord, my shepherd, bids my soul to rest.

All souls may find the refuge He professed,
In every age, His promise shall not fade—
In pastures green, His peace shall be my guest.

O humankind, by grace forever blessed,
Walk where His love has living waters laid—
The Lord, my shepherd, bids my soul to rest,
In pastures green, His peace shall be my guest.