by Pete Schipper | Nov 22, 2023 | Prayers, Uncategorized
The Otino-Waa Creed I am a special child of God, chosen and saved for a unique purpose. My life has been difficult, but God has been and will be with me. I have my own guardian angel who watches over me. It is not my fault my parents are dead; I will miss them until...
by Pete Schipper | Nov 22, 2023 | Poetry
AM I A STONE? Christina Rosetti Am I a stone and not a sheep, that I can stand, O Christ, beneath Thy cross to number drop by drop Thy blood’s slow loss and yet not weep? Not so these women loved who with exceeding grief lamented Thee. ...
by Pete Schipper | Nov 22, 2023 | Poetry
I Am . . . I am who I am. Sometimes it feels like it is not okay to be me, when I hurt and when I cry, when I am a child alone, unloved. That is how it feels . . . It is not okay to be me. It feels like I have to be someone else . . . but I don’t...
by Pete Schipper | Nov 22, 2023 | Poetry
Standing on the crumbling edge, I viewed the vastness of the Abyss with disbelief: this cannot be. Yet it was, and is. I had avoided this place for years. Fearsome place, I knew what it was, but now, I was here, watching the ones on the other side. ...
by Pete Schipper | Nov 22, 2023 | Poetry
Children are a gift from the Lord. Psalm 127:3 . “I’ll lend you for a little time a child of mine,” He said, “for you to love the while she lives and mourn for when she’s dead. It may be five or six years, or twenty-two...
