Little Bright Eyes A Poem For My Daughter, By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ Little Arms, Little Legs, And Little Bright Eyes. Little Laugh, Big Smiles, And Wide Open Skies. ~ My Heart so Full My Heart Enraptured, By Little Bright Eyes! ~ Tiny Heart, Little Breath, And Little Bright Eyes. Tiny Steps, Giant Leaps, And […]
Finding Truth in an Age of Reason
We live in the information age! The every day person has more information accessible to them than at any other time in history! We can go out on this thing called the internet and research all kinds of things, find all kinds of information. Yet truth it seems, is harder than ever to find. Reason […]
The Joy in Disability
Self focus kills our joy. In a world where self-help books abound with ways to get fulfillment in your life that statement might seem a bit odd. But I’d swear by it. Self focus and a self obsessive attitude, good or bad, will destroy your joy. I think we really truly have no idea how […]
Passion for Purity
Passion for Purity A Poem By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ Here it is My choice, my destiny To stand with His Or to turn and flee ~ To walk in peace To speak with clarity Or to hide my face And deny eternity ~ Let truth find my speech And turn away confusion And let […]
My Jesus has Teeth!
Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight, At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more, When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death, And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again. -The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Aslan…. The name is dear to me. Oh […]
Love Each Other: A Thought for Valentines Day
This is my command: Love each other. John 15:17 Today is a day for lovers to celebrate. We come out with cards and flowers and stuffed animals and every restaurant is packed. That is what Valentines day is isn’t it? There is very little known about Saint Valentine, and so it might be a little […]
Only Me ~ A Poem in Honor of Valentines Day
Only Me A Poem By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ The moment I saw him I was in love And that love as pure as a dove But then I was still but a child And truly I was a little bit wild ~ And he could never love me ~ I know it doesn’t sound […]
The Action of Joy
My name is Joy. It’s a pretty good name, but as a more than a little depressed teenager who had the name Joy, well, I didn’t appreciate the irony much. And as a person who is more than a little analytical, I thought really hard and long about what exactly this name I had means. The name Joy has a […]
Risking Responsibility
I once heard a story about a culture that did not consider an adult to be a true “adult” until they had a child. An internet search can’t find confirmation of this culture, but I find the idea to be interesting. The idea that we don’t really understand responsibility until we are responsible for another […]
Take Me to the Dawn of Creation
Take Me to the Dawn of Creation A Poem By Joy Aletheia Stevens Dedicated to My Husband ~ Take me to the dawn of creation So I can see your birth The moment the thought of the nations Came into the earth ~ I want to see The thought that was pure in God’s mind […]
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