VICTORY!!





VICTORY!!!

After the quietness,
satan’s victory dance
Over His grave
In the stillness of the
Morning’s freshest dew
And in the richness
Of God’s plan
His whole world to renew
Nothing ever seen before
Occurred

God in the flesh
Stepped out of His
Now emptied grave!

As the ground shook
The stone was rolled away
An angel came to sit
In all his glory
Christ stepped out
To take control, full sway
Over all of creation
Once again
He came to claim
His VICTORY!!

To show satan for all eternity
He was defeated
Only God has the last word
Death now eternally cheated
As Christ stepped out into
The garden
He declared that forever
On His glorious throne
Again would He be seated

Came to save us from
An infinity of hell
Evil, darkness, condemnation
Hearing its funeral knell
To give mankind its share
In heaven’s perfect life
This is what His Resurrection
Was meant to declare!

But all this is left up to you
God will never force or coerce
Wanting you to joyfully give
Your heart out of your own choice
So you may own, shout in your own voice
Your VICTORY!

Silence


Silence

Silence
An absence of sound
The rocks have split
Upheavals have shaken
The underfoot ground
The sky has blackened
And at last cleared
The city in a festive mood
It hears people raise a few cheers
But still they do not see,
They have not understood

Followers, disciples
Huddle in a locked, darkened room
Not knowing what comes next
If at tomorrow, will that be too soon?
Or will today be their last breath
They try to comfort one another
Hoping to stave off their own death
As a few women in the corner
Continue to weep

Prayers are raised
But God is silent
He has already said all
He had to say
It happened on the night,
Of His son’s birth
And at last
The last day of His painful,
Tortured life on this green earth

So get used to the days of silence,
They serve a purpose
To you, can actually be of a
Deeper service
Learn how to wait, trust
Even when you don’t hear God’s voice
See His Almighty hand closely at work
For us, this could be life’s hardest choice

Death

Death

Death
A word we
Have all
Come to fear
For loved ones it
Can most certainly
bring forth their tears

But
It was conquered
Praise You,
Lord God
Lord Jesus
For setting up
Your plan
To save the only
One in your image
Created
Your man!

Saved by
The Prince of Peace
On an agonizing cross
He suffered, died
As His friends, mother
They saw and all did weep
But did it only for us all
Our eternal souls
To keep

So today while you
Still have the chance
Remember Christ’s Holy Glory
The agony He endured
Only to insure
That you too could step
Out of satan’s pit of hell
Emptied out of your own
Grave
Now it’s your time to turn
And of his death,
Resurrection others to tell
So they also may rejoice
With one rising crescendo’s
Voice
To praise God the Father for
The Son’s rise
On that ancient but
Most Glorious Easter morning!!

Softly

Softly

Soft and subtle
Until it isn’t
Then it rears its
Ugly head
To bite you
Swallow you
Whole
Wishing to make you
Only dead

satan’s darkness
Works like that
Starting with only angry
Complaints
Working undercover
Until it completely removes
All restraints
To fully destroy you

So they did with Christ
At first,
Only anger’s hatred
Until the evil within man
Fully exploded
Trying to destroy
Someone most sacred
God Himself!

At His last supper
On this green planet
He urged his true followers
Of many things
To love each other,
Honor His blood and body
With powerful words
With Holy truths
His words did ring

Until at last
Men with clubs
Came to gather Him
To his accusers
In only heartbeats
They would soon be His
Physical abusers
Of all these occurrences
Christ was already knowledgeable
Knowing His Father’s will was
Eternally indomitable
Walked into their death trap
And did it always and only
To save all of us, me
And of course,
You!!

Between


Between

Holy Week
A week like no other
Man will ever see
Heaven’s Holy Light
Chose to walk,
Talk with us
Die for us
Give us
The chance to
Do the choosing
Between

Choosing between what
You say?
Between good and evil
Heaven and hell
Death and life
God's peace or
Man's evil strife
Satan's narcissistic destruction
Or
God's sacrificial love

Behind whose back
You choose to follow
In whose steps
You wish to walk
Remember,
One way rings false,
Only hollow
The other leads
To a bliss filled eternity
Full of nothing but God's peace
To be eternally protected by
HIS LOVE'S DIVINE SECURITY!!

Holy Week #2 – His Triumph!!

His Triumph!

Triumphal entry
Fit for,
Worthy of only a King
Words of
HOSANNA!
Forever thru
All the ages
Will they, must they ring

Palms before your feet
Were laid in praise
From among the crowd,
Children's voices were raised
And if they had not
Well,
Then even the rocks
Could not have been stopped
From singing Your Glory!

So thank You, Lord Jesus
For stepping into
Our violent, cruel history
With each step
Each word
Each drop of blood
You declared your victory
And thankfully, blissfully
The world will never
Be the same again!!!