by Cheryl Merrick
Sowing love
Gathering friendship
Simplifying home
Discovering peace
Living carefully
Enjoying health
Pondering scriptures
Feeling His presence
Keeping covenants
Receiving blessings
Planting principles
Harvesting inspiration
Friday, April 1, 2016
Test of the Heart
by Cheryl Merrick
Is it a true test to give
when time, energy, and resources
are had in plenty?
Does giving from abundance
draw upon stores of love
that giving in times of want must?
Does a spirit stretch & grow in times of ease,
as it does in moments
of desperate struggle?
How do you test a heart?
Is it a true test to give
when time, energy, and resources
are had in plenty?
Does giving from abundance
draw upon stores of love
that giving in times of want must?
Does a spirit stretch & grow in times of ease,
as it does in moments
of desperate struggle?
How do you test a heart?
Strengthened
by Cheryl Merrick
Sometimes the challenge
may be removed,
but other times
it is used, like weights,
to increase our strength.
Accepting the Lord’s
training program for us,
our weaknesses
are slowly made into strengths.
as He shapes us into
the person
He knows we can become.
Sometimes the challenge
may be removed,
but other times
it is used, like weights,
to increase our strength.
Accepting the Lord’s
training program for us,
our weaknesses
are slowly made into strengths.
as He shapes us into
the person
He knows we can become.
Removing the Deadwood
by Cheryl Merrick
Like the blustering winds
that blow the deadwood
down from the tree,
My trials and challenges
shake my imperfections
loose from my soul
6/18/2013
Like the blustering winds
that blow the deadwood
down from the tree,
My trials and challenges
shake my imperfections
loose from my soul
6/18/2013
Prepared
by Cheryl Merrick
She remembers
her feelings as a child,
and now makes efforts
to help the class feel secure.
Remembering the challenges
of raising her son,
the older woman
wisely counsels her friend.
She remembers
her feelings as a child,
and now makes efforts
to help the class feel secure.
Remembering the challenges
of raising her son,
the older woman
wisely counsels her friend.
Preparation
by Cheryl Merrick
The potter approaches his bench,
Taking a lump of clay,
He slams it hard against the surface.
Oh pain? Did I really volunteer for this?
The preparation has begun.
The clay must be smooth
To take form and survive the firing.
So as, as he stretches, cuts, and pounds,
I complain, bemoan, then finally,
submit in faith,
To be worked, shaped by the vision,
of the Master Potter
The potter approaches his bench,
Taking a lump of clay,
He slams it hard against the surface.
Oh pain? Did I really volunteer for this?
The preparation has begun.
The clay must be smooth
To take form and survive the firing.
So as, as he stretches, cuts, and pounds,
I complain, bemoan, then finally,
submit in faith,
To be worked, shaped by the vision,
of the Master Potter
Perfection
by Cheryl Merrick
As she frustratingly drives
herself to perform each task
in a certain precise manner
which she has determined
is “perfection”,
She strives to build her own, private
Tower of Babel.
At times, discouraged, she pauses
to wail, “I can’t be perfect!”,
As she frustratingly drives
herself to perform each task
in a certain precise manner
which she has determined
is “perfection”,
She strives to build her own, private
Tower of Babel.
At times, discouraged, she pauses
to wail, “I can’t be perfect!”,
Palaces
by Cheryl Merrick
Carefully he nailed each board
onto his small house,
only to cry in frustration
as a mighty wind
blows it all away,
leaving the ground
clear and bare,
ready for the master builder
to create a palace.
Carefully he nailed each board
onto his small house,
only to cry in frustration
as a mighty wind
blows it all away,
leaving the ground
clear and bare,
ready for the master builder
to create a palace.
Pacing
by Cheryl Merrick
After listening to Conference*
I know I need to change.
I am a creative person
who doesn’t enjoy structure.
Consequently,
I do what I feel like
then find undone
what I really wanted,
or needed to do.
After listening to Conference*
I know I need to change.
I am a creative person
who doesn’t enjoy structure.
Consequently,
I do what I feel like
then find undone
what I really wanted,
or needed to do.
Only Two Choices
by Cheryl Merrick
Light or Darkness
Hope or Despair
Faith or Fear
Love or Selfishness
Humility or Pride
Trust or Obstinance
Growth or Withering
Serving or Taking
Giving or Hoarding
Building or Destroying
Encouraging or Criticizing
Freedom or Slavery
There are only two choices
Life or Death
Light or Darkness
Hope or Despair
Faith or Fear
Love or Selfishness
Humility or Pride
Trust or Obstinance
Growth or Withering
Serving or Taking
Giving or Hoarding
Building or Destroying
Encouraging or Criticizing
Freedom or Slavery
There are only two choices
Life or Death
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