Category Archives: Poetry, Reflecting on Scripture

Think and discovering Scripture through poetry.

A Miracle Grow Ad

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Tom Bolton

A devotion from August 2013                All Together Some days, these snippets, these taught verses Boost me up and make me smug. But I step back and see that it is all one– –One work that I hold to teach … Continue reading →

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I l l u m i n e d

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Tom Bolton

Psalm 119:105   Illumined My life is seen here, illumined for me and all. It is here that I see ahead and most clearly see back. It is here that the light shines all around, From Within, and from above, … Continue reading →

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Blessed in the Word

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Tom Bolton

This was the second stanza of my meditation on Psalm 119, which I started in December 2011. I finished in Spring 2012 and I have periodically been drawn back to this piece over the past few years. Psalm 119                                               … Continue reading →

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Peace

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Tom Bolton

In morning devotion:                             At Peace Now At peace this bright July morning, Green grass as deep green and fragrant as I can recall, The sky clear and welcoming me, The lake crystalline and deep azure, I fear nothing today. … Continue reading →

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Caring

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Tom Bolton

On a Saturday morning in early 2012, I had been reading Matthew and John 13, and then went to Isaiah. I left with these thoughts in my poetry.                                       We Care I was startled today at the many voices in … Continue reading →

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In Quiet

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Tom Bolton

(I was reflecting on Galatians and reading Bonhoeffer when I wrote this.)                  In Quiet, Reflecting Today I look in a mirror, and I see there Brother Dietrich behind me at ten o’clock, and I’m learning to listen, and I’m … Continue reading →

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Devotions on Two Stanzas of Psalm 119

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Tom Bolton

John Wesley said in his notes on Psalm 119, ” The general scope and design of this psalm is, to magnify the law and make it honourable: to shew the excellency and usefulness of divine Revelation, and recommend it to … Continue reading →

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