Author Archives: Joel Emerson

Weary and confused, clean and yet stained,Driven by hunger and filled with great pain.Lonely as darkness with trust just a trace,All of this comes from the eyes on your face.But a tiny light it comes forth that helps you to … Continue reading →

Take a minute from your busy day,To hear a word that I must say.We think life’s grand, it surely is,Consider your Creator, for all is His.The universe so huge and vast,God Almighty goes way on past.Every hair on every head,Has … Continue reading →

Faster than a speeding bullet the world it is a turning,Like a raging fire, time is surely burning.And though we may be sitting, we’re running ever fast,Running to the future, running from the past.These motions imperceptible, to the naked eye,But … Continue reading →

On an ocean of great trouble, we fearfully set sail,Though our souls are more than weary, and our tiny ships are frail.The waves and wind would do us in as the storm it is relentless,All thoughts of safety and security … Continue reading →

God is great, God is good,Let us thank Him for our food.By His hands we all are fed,Give us Lord our daily Bread.But not today, today I pray,From all food I stay away.I declare for me, this day a fast,Like … Continue reading →

A tiny branch pruned from a tree under strain,This pruning did cause this tree a great pain.Tiny branch was grafted into a tree of great love,A gift to this tree from sweet Jesus above.The wind of God’s Spirit it comes … Continue reading →

Long ago before I could swim, I jumped in the water with my friend Jim,I know now what I didn’t know then, before I got too deep, I kept my eye on him.The very things that I don’t know I’ll … Continue reading →

Elisha had a bounty upon his old bald head,The evil king wanted nothing more than poor Elisha dead.Elisha was a prophet spy working for the Lord,He held more power with his words than the sharpest sword.The king sent out a … Continue reading →