Author: Robert Van Valkenburgh

• Practice With Heart

  Lord God
  some days
  your presence
  moves through me
  unhindered
  and I can feel myself
  disappear in you
  other days
  I merely stumble
  in your direction
  blindly feeling my way
  through prayer
  and yet I continue to pray
  for if all I can do
  is to practice your presence
  I will practice
  with all my heart

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  PRACTICE WITH HEART
  By Robert Van Valkenburgh
  ‘Meditations of a Gentle Warrior’ at http://www.holisticbudo.com

  To read my longer writing, visit my blog ‘Grappling With Divinity’ at http://www.robertvanvalkenburgh.com

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  February 9, 2025

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• Spiritual Renewal

  My spirit is renewed

  in silence

  through this sacrifice

  to the stillness

  my spirit finds rest

  and I am reborn

  acknowledging

  that he is God

  and I am not he

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  SPIRITUAL RENEWAL
  By Robert Van Valkenburgh
  ‘Meditations of a Gentle Warrior’ at http://www.holisticbudo.com

  To read my longer writing, visit my blog ‘Grappling With Divinity’ at http://www.robertvanvalkenburgh.com

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• Everything Or Nothing

  The Lord speaks to me
  in subtle ways
  he whispers his desires
  upon my heart
  in solitude
  and guides me
  in community
  I am not alone
  for he is always with me
  my God is everything
  or else he is nothing
  now and forever

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  EVERYTHING OR NOTHING
  By Robert Van Valkenburgh
  ‘Meditations of a Gentle Warrior’ at http://www.holisticbudo.com

  To read my longer writing, visit my blog ‘Grappling With Divinity’ at http://www.robertvanvalkenburgh.com

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• Follow In Faith

  God is always providing
  what we need
  even if we don’t understand
  even if we feel alone
  even if we feel forsaken
  he is always there
  watching over us
  guiding his lost sheep
  back into the fold
  where we will find comfort
  peace and protection
  if we only follow him
  in faith

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  FOLLOW IN FAITH
  By Robert Van Valkenburgh
  ‘Meditations of a Gentle Warrior’ at http://www.holisticbudo.com

  To read my longer writing, visit my blog ‘Grappling With Divinity’ at http://www.robertvanvalkenburgh.com

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• This Broken World

  The ways of the Lord
  are righteous and true
  while the ways of the world
  are wicked and corrupt
  let me rest not
  upon this broken world
  relying on it
  for comfort and guidance
  but upon the Lord
  who leads me away from evil
  and out of darkness
  into the fullness
  of his promise and light

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  THIS BROKEN WORLD
  By Robert Van Valkenburgh
  ‘Meditations of a Gentle Warrior’ at http://www.holisticbudo.com

  To read my longer writing, visit my blog ‘Grappling With Divinity’ at http://www.robertvanvalkenburgh.com

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