Mindsinger

TAPESTRY

Gently he calls to me,
Softly he comes,
weaving my life on the loom of his love.
Though I can’t see it, the pattern he weaves;
Though I resist it and try to break free.
With patience and wisdom,
the Master weaves on,
‘til I’m a garment of praise and his to put on.
And He loves me and keeps me
and calls me his own.
I’ll love him and serve him and I’ll be his own.

Dark threads and golden ones,

laughter and tears.
Flow through my life as he gathers the years.
A world full of wonder,
of reason and rhyme.
My life is a tapestry, woven of time.

Gently he calls to us,

softly he comes,
weaving our lives on the loom of his love.
The Master’s a weaver of garments down here.
To be worn in his mansions
of glory up there.

You are invited to share these pages with me. Comment. Add your own thoughts and interact with those who come here. God bless and keep you.

–The Mindsinger

I am Donna Swanson, aka Mindsinger; poet, artist, composer, novelist and columnist.  I live in western Indiana on the edge of the Great Prairie with John, my husband of  56 years.  We have four children, three daughters and a son who now resides in Heaven.  Six grandchildren and one great grandchild keep our home as their meeting place for love, laughter, and family memories.

I have written several books, carved three full size and many miniature horses and carousel ponies, keep three blogs going and totally appreciate the computer which allows me to travel in and speak to the world beyond my office.  Having been a Bible teacher and student of the Bible for many years, I am continually amazed at the scope of God’s power and grace.  Hopefully my poetry and prose contain glimpses of His omnipotence and compassion.

Now that my books are becoming known and published I hope to broaden my outreach to those who read them and wish to share their impressions.  First to be published was a book of poetry and prose titled Mind Song and published by the Upper Room in Nashville.  Next in line was a self-published book, Rachel’s Daughters, an historical novel telling the story of a young woman whose first born son was killed in Herod’s Slaughter of the Innocents shortly after the birth of Christ, and who struggled to reconcile with the God she believed betrayed her.

I also self-published an anthology titled, Angel World Trilogy; story of Windfallow, a planet where sin had never encroached and where a demon sought to seduce and wound it as was Earth.  This book is still available, however I rewrote it and added two more books bringing it to a double trilogy titled The Chronicles of Windfallow, and divided into volumes one and two.  These are in process, as of today, 4/25/12, of being published by Create Space, publishing arm of Amazon.com.  Splinters of Light, also containing poetry and prose, was published by Xlibris.  While I obtained a well made book both in hard back, paperback and ebook. I do not recommend them to authors.  So far Create Space has been far superior and much less expensive.

Two weekly newspaper columns, Country Roads and Granny’s Place, appear in my local newspaper, The Review Republican  Some of the material for these are also used in my blogs.

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You are always welcome here and at any of the blogs.

April 25, 2012