Make peace,
with life’s heat
and callous pressures,
for diamonds
are thus formed
in the heart’s
dark chambers.
© 2014 by Dennis Ference
(First posted without pic 8/24/14.)
Surrender
Compassion
Choose not
the path of perfection,
frigid and ruthless
in its demands.
Walk rather
the road of compassion,
with love and mercy
streaming generously
from open hands.© 2014 Dennis Ference
Healing
It is only
when I learned
to let Love
love through me
that my healing began.© 2014 Dennis Ference
Unknowing
In the end, perhaps it is unknowing that lights the night.
© 2015 Dennis Ference
god and God
How sad to cling
so steadfastly to the small god
that exists only in our mind
when the Creator of the universe
has gifted us with All.© 2015 Dennis Ference
Call and Response
The door to awakened intimacy
with the Divine Presence
swings wide open when
we practice spirituality
not to conquer evil
or to win a prize
but to deepen our response
to the sacred call of Love.© 2015 Dennis Ference
God’s Language
If we want to speak to others about God
but are not conversant
in the language
of love and mercy
we will communicate little.© 2015 Dennis Ference
The Deepest Prayer
If you understand
that the deepest prayer is
harmony with the Divine Presence,
then be still and enter the prayer
of all of Nature that breathes in you.© 2015 Dennis Ference
Photo: © 2014 Lily Brock
To My Repeated Questioning
To my repeated questioning,
again and again,
the Spirit replied:
cultivate faith, be available,
and surrender into Life
right where you are,
and you will find
the Truth for which you long.© 2015 Dennis Ference
Photo: © 2014 Lily Brock
Saving Grace
To all who, like me, slowly
and with unconscious stealth,
maneuver to take back control
after they have experienced
God’s saving grace,
do not be so foolish
as to think you will ever be
without the need for that grace.© 2015 Dennis Ference
