Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

trust

  • Originally posted on Rick Stassi Poetry: When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; 1 Corinthians 13:11 In the Fall of my life, leaves peeled away from my branches and fell to the ground. In my understanding, I was like a tree. Once… Read more

  • Our Truth, the Way

    Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. Psalm 144:4 (KJV) For as we behold angst in our days, These are the times when our focus on God strays Be wary of moments of depart As the enemy shall aim his fiery dart. But, for what will we gain Read more

  • And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. 1 John 2:2 (NKJV) Atonement Born in man all ill of will, Patience lost with reasoning unreal. Transparent elixirs alluring call, His face pressed against a wall. Hear the siren’s tempting song, Pressing darkness moves along. Read more

  • Pray Vanity Lost

    They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord. Jonah 2:8,9 (KJV) Look not upon emptiness, Place no value there. Panic not upon distress, Cleave to vanity, know despair. Observe your breath Read more

  • The Subtle Light of the Moon

    Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:6 (New King James Version) I prayed today. “Lord remove all anxiety and fear from me” I appealed sincerely to God. I know He listens. Read more