Filling the Boat

 

I wonder if the fish,

(if they had larger brain capacity)

looking up to the surface

and seeing His footprints

(appearing, disappearing, appearing),

walking with faith during the storm,

could they be thinking:

Could that be the same man

who said, "cast your nets"?

The one who gathered

so many of our brothers

that they filled the boat

to overflowing? 

© 2023 Richard Havenga

 

Silver Arcs

Like the wake of a boat,
the effect of our lives
expands, unrolls,
long after we've
left.

The long-lived ripples
all point to the source;
whether credit or blame,
generous or selfish,
love shared or withheld. 

Moments and memories
move out in silver arcs
eventually slipping away,
leveling out into tranquility.

Our course
still determined
by our  source:
our ever-loving God. 

© 2018 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:  Wabasis Lake Park - Kent County, Michigan