Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

Scripture

  • Tarry not on the Point!

    When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 1 Corinthians 13:11 (New King James Version) When I was a child, life was grand! I was the first male born to carry on the… Read more

  • Know He Calls, Pray We Hear

    A third time the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy. So Eli told Samuel, “Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down… Read more

  • The Back-Swing Times

    I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him. Ecclesiastes 3:14 (NIV) The pendulum swings. It travels to the right and the gleeful rise and the joyful sing. There is accomplishment in the days ahead.… Read more

  • fifty-five

    22 Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. 23 But you, God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of decay; the bloodthirsty and deceitful will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you. Psalm 55:22,23 If I look… Read more

  • Your Ways, O Lord

    4 Show me Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths. 5 Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day. Psalm 25 (NKJV) Am I ever there yet? Where is there? My life is good. I count the blessings bestowed… Read more