Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

Devotion

  • O the calming waves of the sea, O the peace of the Light of Jesus in us…

    1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. 2 See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Isaiah 60 (NKJV) There is darkness and there is light. We experience this… Read more

  • O Dark Clouds of Nurturing Water…

    He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.  Ecclesiastes 11:4 (KJV) I am born of God as He formed me in my mother’s womb. I am sanctified in Jesus Christ and nurtured each moment by the Holy Spirit. I spend days in the warmth of the light… Read more

  • “Passing Through” by Annie Johnson Flint

    PASSING THROUGH (See Isaiah 43:1-2) “When Thou passest through the waters,” Deep the waves may be & cold, But JEHOVAH is our Refuge And His promise is our hold; For the LORD Himself hath said it, He the faithful God & true; “When thou comest to the waters, Thou shalt not go down, but through.… Read more

  • …for I am a lamp that emanates joy

    1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. 2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. 3 If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. 5 I wait… Read more

  • ..and the bleating heart beckons

    3 But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? 4 Now therefore thus saith… Read more