Slight smile

Slight smile

They might not need me, but they might. I’ll let my head be just in sight; A smile as small as mine might be Precisely their necessity.   Emily Dickinson (1830-86), Poem 1391.
Take time to be holy

Take time to be holy

Take time to be holy, speak oft with thy Lord, Abide in him always, and feed on his word. Make friends of God’s children, help those who are weak; Forgetting in nothing his blessing to seek.   Take time to be holy, the world rushes on; Spend much time in secret with...
Search my sense and know my heart

Search my sense and know my heart

Search me O God, my actions try, And let my life appear As seen by thine all-searching eye; To mine my ways make clear.   Search all my sense and know my heart, Who only canst make known, And let the deep, the hidden part, To me be fully shown.   Throw light into the...
I have only today

I have only today

An hour which passes by; My life is a moment Which I have no power to stay. You know, O God, That to love you here on earth – I have only today.    Therese of Lisieux (1873-97).
New every morning

New every morning

New every morning is the love Our wakening and uprising prove; Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Restored to life and power and thought.   John Keble (1792-1866) 1822.