The Sun Comes Up
with the word “Selah”
It is thought to mean
‘the orchestra comes up’
Behind the scenes
music is playing
ever so softly
background notes
Is it not so
often in our lives
when the times are tough
when the days are dark
the sun comes up
and the orchestra
that was there all the time
blossoms into full notes
when our clocks jump ahead
and Easter presents
The ‘music’ comes up
the winter hidden sun
soaks and warms the soil and us
and colors unfold around us
bathing our bodies, minds, and spirits
Ah, yes, the Son comes up!
Selah! Lin 03/08
Through her eyes…
my lover’s eyes
and known to melt me, meld me
in numerous ways:
Her mind is keen
perception fine
in measuring situations
knowing people
in intuitive ways
she often knows them better
than straight line me
who tends to be
the last to sense some subtleties
Her judgment solid
time and again
she is the rock so firm
in sticking to
what she knows as ‘right’
matching knowledge with action
knows each child
and spouse and grandchild too
carries burdens
for all of us
in wishing us the best
From only child
to mother of five
and grandmother now to six
her love surrounds
encourages on
each and all of us.
Some forty years and more
she’s held my hand (and me)
advising, helping, sharing, loving
how blessed can one man be?
Indeed I know,
God loves me so,
because, just look,
He gave her to me…
Kay, Kayper, Constance Lin, 08/05
August Fog
but just for a moment passing
the night air lays heavily
on morning breaking
Don’t we know
the son is ‘out there’
Power on high coming
burning through the fog,
the flotsum jetsum of earth
of humans coming, going
so quickly
We make our moves
scurrying here…, and there…
needing to stop
to listen
to soak it all in
Quietly
the fog blanket covers
quietly
it is pushed away
Not by our might
not by our power
but that of a Creator
who is above all things
and in all things
As sleep slips away
and our minds begin to click
our vision is wont to clear
and we can greet the morning
“Great is thy faithfulness
morning by morning
new mercies I see
All I have needed
thy hands have provided
Great is thy faithfulness
Lord unto me.”*
Lin 08/09
*Chisholm, Runyan, 1923, Great is Thy Faithfulness