Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

Scripture

  • In One Hand Eternity

    7 The works of His hands are verity and justice; All His precepts are sure. Psalm 111 (NKJV) Our hope thus lies herein. We are from the dust in flesh but in our soul, God’s breath.[a] In His Spirit our soul comes alive as a perfect image. We are Adam first and perfect. We are Mankind, a pleasing sight to… Read more

  • Propelled to Sanity

    Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter‘s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? Isaiah 29:16 (KJV) We cannot guide the Potter’s hand. We cannot influence the… Read more

  • The Yearning Heart Pines

    For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16 (KJV) We must look and listen intently. As our focus fades outwardly, He fortifies inward. Trust your inward life. There is a world we walk in that is bent on material… Read more

  • The First Temple

    If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is… Read more

  • All Sorrow Turns to Light

    4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. Romans 10:4 That which once satisfied, satisfies no longer. Write these words on a napkin, neatly fold it, and place it away deep in your mind. The world is zealous for our attention. It is a living organism with millions… Read more