Poems For Warriors

I have been listening to worship music almost exclusively for the past 4 weeks now. Most days in the car or while I am at work I listen to audiobooks. I love listening to fiction. But I have put that on pause for the time being. I have been listening to worship music because I find it helps me to hear the voice of the Lord more clearly and I want to be tuned into that more than anything else I am…

Hi! I am glad you found my site and if you’ve been here before, thanks for coming back! Today, I want to check in with a personal update. A few weeks ago, some church friends and I went to YWAM New Orleans on a Missions Trip to help out our Missions friends and to bless and encourage the people we came across in New Orleans. I feel like God has a calling on my life to Missions, but at the…

This isn’t a “new” song and since it is based on one of the most famous of King David’s Psalms, Psalm 23, it is likely to be familiar to many. This song is powerful. Crawford uses the words of David’s psalm to combat her own anxiety, fear, and general unease that routinely rears its ugly head in this chaotic and unpredictable world. Her lyrics remind her listeners of the immense peace available…

The dark night of mourningis endingThe joy of the morninghas comeThe goodness of the LORDdeclares it is time to CELEBRATEI lay down the clothes of my griefand put on my shoes for dancingBe Glad, O My Heart!Be Lifted Up, O My Head!Be Revived, O My Soul!The goodness of Godhas made me Radiant with JOY!For He has made me Happy! © 2026 Jason A. Muckley

I love Forrest Frank. His upbeat, sometimes rap or R&B, usually pop songs, are very encouraging and great to sing along to. This one is a bit different than the rest of the songs he typically produces, but it is so powerful. Jesus is not afraid of the pain and the trouble we go through. Sometimes when someone asks how you are doing, they probably don’t really want to know, they just want to hear…

I am writing again! And that’s a good thing. Writing poetry for me is definitely something that ebbs and flows. I will have seasons where I can write 3, 5, 7 or more poems in a single day and the creative juices are flowing. In other seasons, I feel a bit bored of writing and not into it, so trying to pick up a pen and notebook to write feels more like a chore. I am a firm believer in the adage,…

I love this song “Peace of God” by Housefires featuring Ajhah Walls. It has been a bit of a rollercoaster week so far this week, and in the midst of it, I was looking at some of my recommendations on Spotify and came across this album, “Chapel Sessions (Vol. 2)” and this was the first song on the EP. Instantly, all of the worry, the cares, the fears and the junk that had been trying to invade my…

“Heart the Lover,” by Lily King WOW! I just finished “Heart the Lover,” the latest novel by Lily King, and it blew me away! This book was powerful and it had some very important foundational questions about life, love, relationships, regret and grief that it raises. The story is about an unnamed narrator and her college flings and love interests with a couple of bright young men. They are in…

I recently found Christian singer-songwriter, Michael Gabriel Monroe. His first full length album, Some Things I’ve Been Learning About God, came out on Friday, September 29, 2025 and it has been on repeat on my Spotify account since then. I love this album and I love this artist. This song “I Trust You” came out as a single in April 2025, and was featured on the new album. It is soooo good! If…

i’ve written it beforebut i love a good rainsalve for the soula resetthe weather graythe sky is blankthe sun coveredthe warmth dissipatedturn off the lightsbundle upa mug of teaby candlelightdeep restsleeping to the soundpattering raindropsheavenly repose © 2025 Jason A. Muckley

Balcony House – Mesa Verde National Park “Every sensitive person carries in himself old cities enclosed by ancient walls.” ROBERT WALSER This is a profound quote by Robert Walser, a Swiss writer, born in 1878 and died in 1956. It just seems that some people who tend to think about what they are going to say before blurting something out, can see something deeper in what is happening, compared…

I love movies and when it comes to “Christian” or faith-based movies, I am a bit of a snob. I don’t mind movies with a positive message, but I think if a movie is done poorly, it will have a negative impact on expressing that message. Fandango at Home (formerly Vudu) has an amazing, limited-time deal on 5 great faith-based movies for only $5. Now, I have seen most of these movies and they are up…

I got a pre-screening pass from Focus Features to screen their new film, “The Ballad of Wallis Island” starring Tom Basden as Herb McGwyer, a solo musician, formerly of a folk duet, McGwyer Mortimer, who is lured to the remote Wallis Island in the UK by Charles, an eccentric millionaire (played by Tim Key) offering him £500,000 to play a private gig for a small audience. Carey Mulligan stars as…

Wow! This song, “Dear Heartache” by 7 Hills Worship is powerful. I don’t currently feel this way, but I remembered when I did. Grief is a powerful emotion. Sometimes it can be very dark. Loss, pain, hurt all can affect you in different ways and some things just hit harder. I was listening to this album, released in 2024 by 7 Hills Worship “…Like Poetry” for the first time and this song stopped…

I came across this song, “Better Yet” by Leanna Crawford as I was finishing up my work day and it really struck me. It was a powerful reminder to anyone who has been waiting. Waiting for a spouse. Waiting for a child. Waiting for something promised to come to fruition. It is a hard place to be. I have been there. I am there too. But what I know with more certainty than anything else, is I serve…

7 The Lord is my strength and my shield;my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.Therefore my heart celebrates,and I give thanks to him with my song. 8 The Lord is the strength of his people;he is a stronghold of salvation for his anointed. Psalm 28:7-8 (CSB) Fear is a real thing and sometimes can make you feel paralyzed. In this psalm, David is on the run from King Saul. If any one had reason…

Photo by Sajad Fi on Unsplash how does self-perceptionimpact your identity?can you change the courseof your life based on a change in your thinking?if sowhat are you believingabout yourself?what ideas have you internalizedcausing you to act accordingly?are you contentwith your lifeor is there something missing?are you waiting for itto happen to youorare you going to make a change?if notdo you…