Follow the thread of love
It will lead you home
When darkness, evil, fog or fear
Obscure your vision
Wait until you see it again
Don’t move until you do
It will break through
It always does
Move towards it now
And learn to let it
Pass through you
Change and transform you
It takes time
But if you do
It will spread out behind you
Like a trail or a path
Or rays of light
And others will find
Their way home too
© 2021 Julie Clark
May this new year
Show the fruit of what we have learned
from the troubles and sorrows of the passing year
How we need each other
Always have, but somehow
Lost sight of our connection
To each other
To our earth home
To our heaven coming down home
May the fire
The flood
The hurricane force winds
The pandemic
Be used
To strengthen and straighten the bent and broken
Places in our hearts
To repair and renew
The moral compass
of all, including
The powers that rule
The powers that have crushed
The powers arising
Replacing the old
Bringing the new
Until, until
“The kingdom of this world
becomes the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ” *
How long
How long
How we long for that day
© 2020 Julie Clark
(*Revelations 11:15)
Yesterday
I checked in with little Julie
You know, my inner child
There she was
In her little dress
Sticking close to me
Every now and again
She would hold onto
The sides of her dress
And do a little twirl or
A little sashay
Then she would sit down
Again on the step
And keep her eye on me
She likes the quiet
She loves the bird song
She’s a little shy
A little skittish
She knows
It is not safe out there
Too loud
Too confusing
Too dangerous
She is sticking
Close to home
Close to me
Where she feels safe
© Julie Clark
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Let’s take care of the earth
All people
Everywhere
It is our only home.
The stars and the planets
Are too far away.
They were not given to us
To inhabit with these bodies,
but to guide and inspire.
We can be
The gentle
The meek,
The careful
Who inherit the earth.
We can think of our children
And their children
And their children’s children.
We can share her resources
We do not need to hoard them
She has enough for us all.
Enjoy her beauty
She feeds your souls
Be inspired to create
More beauty
More abundance
We can do this together.
© 2018 Julie Clark
I.
If only we could laugh together
With pure joy
If only we could play together
Running free
If only we could trust
and let go
If only kindness
Was at the top of our list
Instead of the unmentionables
Which I will not mention
Because you know,
They are blasted over us
Over and over until
We are numb
If only we were as
The little child stood in our midst
Clapping his hands
In glee
A smile that is wide and open
As the ocean-free
Forgiveness will bring us back
Home again
Given and received
And wipe away every tear
Root out all the bitterness
So the tender root of joy
Can push up it’s head
II.
Longing for Peace
Reconciliation, forgiveness
Starting fresh again
Prince of Peace – Come
Show us your ways
Teach us your paths
Help us to walk in the way
Of peace
A humble road
Admitting we have
Done wrong
Asking for forgiveness
Giving it
How we bungle these things
With pride, fear
Protecting ourselves
Our interests
Lay down these weapons
Lay them down
III.
How many tears
Can the oceans hold?
When will this violence
Cease?
What will stop the cycle?
More violence is not the answer!
Have we not learned that, yet?
It only prolongs and increases
The destruction and death.
We must wake up!
All must do the work
Of the farmer
Go back to the basics
Sow the seeds of peace
Tears of repentance
And forgiveness
The courageous ones
Will walk towards their enemies
With hands empty
Save for peace
This earth does not belong
To those who devour it
But to the Meek
The gentle of heart
The tide will turn
Wait for it
© 2016 Julie Clark
This is my body – broken for you
I gave it freely – for you
Remember Me
This my blood – poured out for you
I gave it freely – for you
Remember Me
As the Father sent me – so send I you
As I laid down my life – lay yours down too
Remember Me
Freely you have received – freely give
I am Emanuel – always with you
On your journey towards Home
Remember Me
In your struggle to make sense – In your struggle to make peace
Remember the poor, the sick, the imprisoned
In all that you do – in the work I have given you
Remember Me
Be. Long.
Longing to
Belong.
Yearning
to be
Home.
To love
and be loved.
Accepted.
Welcomed.
Free to be
planted
nourished
and grow
in this
rich soil.
II.
I belong to God.
He belongs to me.
I belong to this earth.
I am made from it.
The earth belongs to me,
not to exploit but to care for and use as needed.
I belong to heaven.
I have the breath God breathed in me.
Heaven belongs to me.
This breath of God is my down deposit.
© 2015 Julie Clark
Beloved Ones are like
a cabin in the woods
A safe place to stop
along the journey home
Warm fire of family
of being oneself
No need to cloak
my vulnerability
Or hide my face
in a mask
Feast and refresh
take the nourishment
Rest for the next leg of the road
be it stoney or steep
Another cabin will appear
a light in the window
Will beckon me
when needed most
© 2014 Julie Clark
In the space between
My need –
My prayer
And His provision
There is an opportunity
For communion
With the Man of Sorrows
The Son of Man
Who had nowhere to call home
On this earth
I can enter the Sacred Garden
And stay awake for a while
With Him
While He bears my pain
And works unseen
His answer to my need
I will be changed
Deeply marked
With the fellowship of
His suffering
© 2013 Julie Clark
I must always
Find myself
Lost
In order
For you
To find me
And bring me
Home
On your shoulders
Rejoicing
In other words
It’s when I think
I’m found
Have all the answers
To everyone’s problems
My trouble begins
I lose my way
I still need you
Every day
To find me
And turn my heart
Towards home
© 2013 Julie Clark
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