Personal and Spritual Life
Grumbling and Disputing Philippians 2:14 ESV “Do all things without grumbling or disputing…” There is a massive “dispute” going on right now within the church over the gospel of our salvation. For there is a challenger which and who is standing in opposition to the Lord’s true gospel of grace. Primarily or foundationally the challenger […]
Essence
Essence of blood
Released from
A throne above
Soft, silky to
The touch
But each drop contains
A liquid fire
Burning, consuming, expanding
Enters the human
Heart
Rising, flaming up to
Leap to life upon its altar,
A burning release of passion
Ardor sent from heaven
To awaken the within
Of our souls
To purpose, new life,
overflowing joy dancing
among the flames
Multiplying, intensifying
Man’s weak embers
Into an ever rising
Song-lit flame
To ascend the skies
and join their Savior’s
Red flowing passion
drop by drop
it descended,
those red liquid flames
dripping, covering a darkened earth
hearts revive,
encapsulated by
this merciful King’s gift
within the fire of an
awakened life
Had a beautiful sunrise this morning. Pictures above are of that. Praise God!!
Light
Beams, thick shafts
This light
So clear, illuminating
The air
Around me
Enclosed, surrounded
In the middle
I stand
Inside this pure essence
Of light
I look to see, observe
feel
Raise a hand
I too am made
Of light
Mingling, becoming,
Blending
Transfixed, held by,
Composed of the
ephemeral Light
From overhead.
Until
I join, melt into
The material falling
From above
No longer separate,
Joined now,
Together with,
No longer the I
Of me
Only the us
Of we, together
I stand
Within the essence of
You
Every human on this planet has an inner need to be joined with our Creator. We are made of the same eternal spiritual material as our Father. We get ourselves into trouble when we go trying to meet that need in the wrong places: sex, alcohol, drugs, ego, temporary pleasure. Only a close, intimate relationship with Him can give the fulfillment, joy and contentment that only He can give. Praise God!!
In America we have become a nation of entitlement. People feel like they are entitled to everything the earth can produce, but the truth is we actually own nothing of this earth. We are just very temporarily using God’s property. God owns all of it for the ‘earth is the Lord’s and the fullness therein’. God owns every atom, molecule, square inch, every heartbeat, every breath on it because He made all of it and us. He owns us and can do with us whatever He desires. Fortunately for us, He is trying to love us into Paradise with Himself. John the Baptist said ‘He can raise up children of Abraham from the stones’. He is in control of everything.
Today women in this country even think they’re entitled to kill their own unborn children while still in the womb, and so many of the ones we let live we don’t try to teach them about Christ, God and the Holy Spirit at all. No wonder they feel so lost. They have no moral compass by which to steer their lives. We don’t even try to hold our marriages together for the sake of our own little babies! Don’t think as a nation we will not have to answer for this before the Living God.
Our country is in trouble spiritually. We should all get down on our knees before the Living God, praise Him and beg for forgiveness. We are so blessed that He is the most loving, kindest and most forgiving Spirit in existence. Praise God!!
New Life
Light, radiance unequaled
Beams, diffuses, emanates from
a center
This light moves, walks forward
Toward me, us, a someone calls
my name, ours
A hand extends, lips smile,
My hand reaches for what is offered &
is Grasped
Within strength’s grip of power,
Inescapable, wonderful, life-giving
Love
Clasped into the heart, chest of
Perfect fulfillment, contentment and
Joy
Unsurpassed, unknown until this
Radiance claims for Himself, His own
Child
So, the question remains for all,
You
Will you accept, do you want
Will you be a part of this life,
Accept or deny
Eternity’s bliss remains, under your
heart’s control
Why would you not want, desire
lust
after perfection, mercy, grace, pleasure
unequaled
on earth’s face, never, ever experienced
anywhere except within the grip of this God,
This Christ!!
Rebirth
It tears at my flesh,
My soul is reborn
Into a world of light.
No more running out of the night.
I thank you Gracious Lord again
For this glory of new life.
It runs downhill and up
In endless joyful flight!
I’ve talked before about dreams God has given me in the past. They’re always so vivid in color and details and so beautiful. I had another one a few nights ago. I was walking with Jesus down a street, and the sense of joy was so overwhelming. He was sharing His joy with me. It was fantastic. Always is. Anyway, we were walking down the street. I had sort of blondish hair, my hair is naturally dark although at my age I’m almost completely grey, and I was dressed very casually, more bohemian. We were walking down the street. People were walking by, and we were just sharing His joy with them, talking to them. It was a great dream.
My resolution for the beginning of this new year is to be reborn. The type of rebirth that Christ told Nicodemus about, to be born of water and the Spirit. I feel a need for this. I was born into darkness from which He has saved me. I pray you could get to know your Savior better this year also. He really is fantastic, beautiful and loves you so overwhelmingly! In Christ’s name Amen. Praise God!!
Imagine
Throne, glistening,
Unapproachable
Glory, brilliant light,
Beauty, colors of infinity
Sitting in Your place
Love, forgiveness
implanted on your face
desperate need at your feet
screaming out your name
transcendent above
this noise, chaos,
darkness, ignorant rebellion
a universe held within
your hand
no longer wishing to
follow your commands
One spirit asks,
You would leave all
This!
Remember their past
We adore you, Lord
Do not leave
We will do anything
Your sovereign will to please
But, this perpetual glory
Cannot be restrained.
I cannot ignore their grief
Their sorrow or their pain
The multitudes acquiesce
And bow
Ready to submit their wills
Left only to guess
So He lays aside, removes
A crown
Glistening, reflecting each
Star, lights which abound
Only in this eternity of
Ecstasy, bliss,
Adoration, worship.
Giving His Father one last
Kiss
One last touch of a
Father’s hand
As they prepare to face the
Agony of this plan
Silence falls, all heaven
Stops
Wondering, hoping
As He bends to drop
Below.
So, with shepherds, beasts
Within a barn’s dirty stall
A Savior releases glory
taking up the saving,
redeeming His creation
from its fall.
Beauty
Before beginnings
Of time, space, energy
Matter
Only heavenly ecstasies
Existed
Even so You decided
To create
Your own eternity
Written
In fleshly forms
After You spoke
Light appeared
Your breath touched the
Ground
Dust arose and we
Walked
Up, rise up
Live, enjoy my
Presence
Stay within my boundaries
Of love
Then time shattered
As we rejected You,
Rebelled,
Lost our place in
Your paradise
But
You were not finished
With us
You came, died
Took our place
On that cross
So a waiting universe,
holding its Breath,
could see
Your Beauty
May God Bless Your Day. Praise God!!
Couldn’t resist a poem for the first day of the month of December, Christ’s birth month. Praise God!!
Wondrous Night
Wondrous night
Holy Night
Twinkle of a star
Led men to the
Wonder of a king’s
Bed and might
Sleeping in a barn
A stall
Filled with animal
Wetness and breath
Holiness to save us all
That star still shining
Calls us home
Dulled now by lights
Man-made and hung
Without thought for the one
who saves us from being alone
In the darkness
Raise your head
Look upward to a star
Which still points
To the One who left
A Throne to lie in that bed
Of straw and poverty
Of pain and a torturous death
He loved until his heart
Broke, stopped
Returning home but not until
He gave His final breath
For us, you and I
Do not forget
Look up still to see
A King enthroned
In glory, above that star
Whose life and death
paid your final dark debt
Wouldn’t you like to see Utopia? Wouldn’t we all like to see a world without pain, suffering, disagreements, wars, orphans living on the streets with nothing? We have been promised, assured we will live in such a Utopia if we believe in, try to emulate the historically documented Jesus of Nazareth.
It will begin with a revived American church. Our country leads the world in almost everything and so do our churches or they should at least try. Wouldn’t you like to see a church less divided among itself, one with more influence over the world and its culture rather than the other way around with the culture having more influence over God’s living, holy church??
I would love to see revival in the American churches. I pray for revival with more of the power of the Holy Spirit alive and well in our spiritual family. I pray for a lower divorce rate in our churches, a church less caught up in lusting after money and material possessions and one that lusts after Christ more instead. I pray for a church that is less caught up in fitting in with the world and more concerned with standing up and being different from the world’s standards. I pray for a church like the first century one that is willing to go and sell something, lay the money at the feet of our church leaders in order to help the poor and more needy in God’s family. I pray for a church whose true glory is the glory of the living Christ!
May God bless your day. Praise God!!!
