Category Archives: Poetry

Love your spouse as you love God

Posted on September 17, 2018 by thebows99krug

Patricia cries out in the depth of my heart; from the depth of my soul she raises her voice. At the busiest corner of my mind she cries out; at the entrance to the deepest part of me she speaks. … Continue reading →

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Meditative remembering

Posted on September 6, 2018 by thebows99krug

Odd the things you remember, last night, I woke remembering: Waking early in the morning darkness. Listening, feeling the complete presence of my beloved there beside me in the dark.  Matching the rhythm of my breathing to hers, using it … Continue reading →

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Waiting to see again

Posted on September 5, 2018 by thebows99krug

After her second serious stroke Pat asked me to buy her a notebook so she could keep up her journal while in the hospital. The stroke distorted her sight and the only thing she wrote in it was: “I will … Continue reading →

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Praying and Believing

Posted on August 31, 2018 by thebows99krug

Sometimes a religious truth hits you like a physical blow. Pat experienced it when she first heard “Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.” – (Rabindranath Tagore).  She cried … Continue reading →

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We love therefore we exist

Posted on August 25, 2018 by thebows99krug

Descartes’ “I think therefore I am” in itself doesn’t prove existence. It is the awareness of “thinking” that proves existence. God created the universe to be aware of Himself. Creation is an act of self love, God is Love. God … Continue reading →

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Meditation on Psalm 23

Posted on August 23, 2018 by thebows99krug

Remarkable experience this morning! I awoke to a feeling of warmth and the presence of Pat in that empty space around my heart. I was thinking or rather reciting the 23rd Psalm but a version where the singular became the … Continue reading →

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Known by God

Posted on August 11, 2018 by thebows99krug

“I am” is the very name of God, that essence of me that I truly bear, the inner most quality of being alive. When I die it is all that is left of me. It is my reality that exists … Continue reading →

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Awakening the heart!

Posted on August 4, 2018 by thebows99krug

Jesus taught that “Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.” (Luke 17:21) That Kingdom of Heaven within us is our inner most essence, the very image of God He … Continue reading →

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Grief and Emptiness

Posted on August 3, 2018 by thebows99krug

Consider the grief that lovers feel. It is emptiness, sorrel for your departed loved one, that hollow around your heart once filled to overflowing with her essential being. An absence where everything becomes essential, each sound distinct and bare, and … Continue reading →

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When lovers kiss

Posted on July 31, 2018 by thebows99krug

“You love me royally, as I love you. Seated together in our garden Kingdom, Keeping up our silent conversation, Clothed in robes of joy of every hue. For us, our royal love has had no parallel: It rooted, grew, and … Continue reading →

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