Cue Cards

Cue Cards

While parking her car

she watched a man

slowly push a grocery basket

piled high with crushed cans.

A cardboard sign appeared out of nowhere

and on it the word “Pray.”

“Bless this man’s work with dignity, God."

Later that day she observed

a mother walking her daughter from a school playground.

In an instant, some careless teenagers shoved them aside

and ran to a waiting car.

A cardboard sign arose again

and on it the word "Pray."

"God, show Yourself to this child and mother 
and continue to deliver them  from danger."  

Obey those daily cue cards 
held up by the Holy Spirit.

© 2014 Lana Gray

Show Off

Show Off

She twirled around in her new dress

And admired the image in the mirror.

Her sisters tired of the scene

And began to make fun of her body parts –

Anything to steal the confidence

Of this younger sibling.

She didn’t care.

She loved her long arms, wide smile, curly hair
And even the feel of her shiny pink chiffon dress

As she whirled and turned.

She was used to being called a show off 
and refused to let the words erase the moment. . .

the moment when she paraded the beauty of His creation.

© 2014 Lana Gray

Bloom

Bloom where you are planted.
© 2014 Lana Gray