Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

endurance

  • green and white

    But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold. Job 23:10 O that I should look upon the past Still salvaging  pieces of things You will outlast Gripping struggles gone long ago Greener pastures, whiter snow. But what is this pain inside my core? A reminder! Read more

  • Veiled and Clouded

    “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” Romans 5:1 (NKJV) Empty me Lord, my mind betrays filled with thoughts for intended delays Empty me Lord, of the veil of night that blocks out light and defers my sight Empty me Lord, of this mind so clouded Read more

  • embraced

    Embers glowing, fire bright Warmth protrudes from what is light From afar we view, you take my hand Such distance to travel to this venerated land Through freezing field I traipse a pilgrim’s journey But I worry not because you’re with me And tarry not, the gait is swift A lightened load gives me a Read more

  • 1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. Read more

  • 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: 3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did Read more