Tag Archives: Prayer

To Live By Faith

Luke 17:5-6 To Live By Faith by Michael Romani Life comes hard to deal its hand Striking harder than we understand Living in faith to our very best Ever hopeful that we will pass the test Even the apostles prayed … Continue reading

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Living Your Best Today

Based on large part on Isaiah 50:4-7: Living Your Best Today by Michael Romani We find ourselves in our prayers Feeling like we’re walking stairs Labored in our efforts to remain and be Everything in all of our possibilities Hoping for … Continue reading

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Not Conformed, But, Transformed

Based in part on Romans 12:2: Not Conformed, But, Transformed by Michael Romani In thankfulness, we live our prayer With gratitude for God being there Laying our burdens down to rest We live our love to the very best Keeping a … Continue reading

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Taken Breath

A poem based on a Memorial Day dance and a reality for far too many: Taken Breath by Michael Romani Whisper has it that it took away your breath The day they called to inform you of my death Seems … Continue reading

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Archaic

As the older man looked out his fifth floor window It was easy to tell which direction this would go The storm surge forced the waters constant rising It left him kind of breathless, though hardly surprising The young man … Continue reading

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Poem For the Healing

Poem For the Healing by Michael Romani Looking from a distance for clarity I offer this prayer in all sincerity That whatever troubles bind you Are not enough to ever blind you That resting inside God’s healing hand Is the … Continue reading

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Getting Out of My Way

John 12:23-28 Getting Out of My Way by Michael Romani Every day, I ask God to change my heart To please do away with my worse parts To please make me the sort of ever true That is closer to … Continue reading

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A Short Conversation With God

A Short Conversation With God by Michael Romani Some might see this as prayer And I suppose maybe that’s fair But, I hear this as conversation On this journey toward destination Though too given to procrastination Still this life has … Continue reading

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To Each of Us; From Each of Us

https://flic.kr/p/s676w6 To Each of Us; From Each of Us by Michael Romani As for you, continue in the ways To live this love in all our days Spreading the Gospel all around Turning the lost into the found Spreading the … Continue reading

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Deplete

Wormwood moments never complete Takes so long for radiation to deplete In a Spring’s chill, Russia in April 1986 The beginning of endless pick up sticks Meltdown core in chain reaction Black out failure in a second’s distraction Death walks … Continue reading

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