Poems by Royston

If only I could touch the hem of His garment
Matthew 9:20-22 - a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment. For she said to herself, "If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well."

Struggling in the desert of life
Psalm 34:6 This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.

Jesus of Nazareth
Matthew 16:15 - "Who do you say I am?"

The last Journey has begun
Written as we approach Easter time.

Where would I be without the cross?
Visiting the Cross at Easter

Beyond the deepest darkness
2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ.

The Lord of the traffic lights
Written after a car journey when almost every traffic light I approached turned red.

He was a Carpenter
"Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's name Mary, and aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Aren't all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?" Matthew 13:55-56

The Almighty God became a Baby.
Luke 2:16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger