Tag Archives: life

To Lie Down Weary

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Doc Arnett

There are many fine things in this world; a good night’s rest is among the finest! Continue reading →

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Moments of Meaning

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Moments of joy, moments of pain, moments of great satisfaction. It is their sum that makes our lives and we would not be the same if a single one of them was missing. Continue reading →

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Evening Feeding

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Walking down to the hay barn
in the late light of ending day,

I see soft streaks of color,
strokes of lavender and pink
left above the sinking sun,
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Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged alfalfa, brome, chores, duty, feeding horses, hay, life, responsibility, timothy | Comments Off

The Least Slice

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Doc Arnett

I know that soon,
a wide slate darkness
will cover the sky
and the tender blush of a rising sun
will fade. Continue reading →

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The Glory of Purpose

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Doc Arnett

These may well be the ugliest apple trees I have ever seen, Continue reading →

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From Dust, Angels

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Held to earth
by body and breath,
rarely eager for the death
that brings us that final release, Continue reading →

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Ah, Troubles

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Doc Arnett

But in the dark aloneness, when our deepest hurts are most our own, we bare ourselves before our Maker, wounded, weakened, ashamed and angry of our suffering. Continue reading →

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We will all, in whatever ways and with whatever responses, further experience the gleanings and meanings of this life we are given. Some carried in the soft breathing of loved ones’ sleeping and others in the prayers of early hours.
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Warm Front

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Though we may not like the thunder
and lightning may scar the tree,
it is oft times the storm
brings the rain that feeds us.

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Shadowland

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Doc Arnett

We spend our lives in shadows,
embracing a warmth of sun
that is done too soon:
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