Me on A Cross? I see a lifeless form On a wooden beam It groans Mouthing a bloody foam Another useless dream Or message to be seen? Maybe both Dream and message It raises its head Showing sweat & Tears it has shed Staring into the sky It carries the face of I! It is me, Me on that cross I am where we all Surely would be If not for the other face That took my place, Jesus of Nazareth! Sinner, rebel, Against a one true God & Father I deserved that cross Perhaps in celestial eyes Only another piece of human dross. In pain, As I cursed His name Jesus, son of God Tore my flesh from The nails Put himself there To complete Heaven’s Most loving job Christ took my place That place which belongs To each & all Wicked rebellors Against our Father Now we sing a new song Of Christ’s love God’s forgiveness, Freedom, From a worn-out Worldly kingdom Captives to sin Set free by his death Breathed upon by a fresh breath Of life’s new resurrection!
Category: Christ’s Power to Save
LET GO
Let Go! Let go of Who culture Says you should be There is a better Way to know, To see Do not restrict, Confine Yourself Within the same Old line Of a world without A mind His Spirit Wishes to indwell The form, heart Of your physical shell Live and Be God’s Holy Temple!
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Comfortable Christianity?
Comfortable Christianity? (No Way) Comfort, convenience, Ah, luxury! Who would not want this It is a pleasant list Surely most or all would agree Nothing wrong with having A few nice things These words with a certain truth Do ring But. . . Do not let them be Your gods Here is where we must stop Do not let the blessings Come first before the Great Blessor Christianity is not For the faint of heart It has been that way From its start A gloriously beautiful Son In poverty His life was begun A horrific, tortured death Was all which He was left If it did not love Him It will not love us For this we must prepare & give Him all our trust To see us thru to our end Sacrifice, pain may follow We may lose every friend But Christ sees our struggles A glorious reward is promised If we follow thru each dark vale Spoken of in a Holy Book Which only truth does tell!
John 15:20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. NIV
II Timothy 3:12 Indeed all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. NIV
John 7:7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil. NIV
Haiku for Thursday
Only with Pure Fire
Can the Spirit inspire you
to Christ’s Holy Life!
The March
The March
March, March, March
Marching thru life
We will all go on
Restless and in strife
Without the truth of
Reality’s sight
People on a sidewalk’s
Hardened concrete surface
March through existence
And only death’s curse
And its unending insistence
Will finally end their march
If we only will open our eyes
Peruse what lies beyond
That thinnest veil of the skies
Look up, a loving God waits
Longing, sighing wishing
Your unhappy pain to abate
Do not stay lost
Lonely in that pain
Look up
Let Him call your name
Take that tiniest first step
Eternity’s most splendid pleasures
Wait to be your greatest gain!
Jeremiah
Jeremiah
Jeremiah, Jeremiah
With your prophet’s heart on fire
In our city’s streets
You’re crying
Hands raised
Pleading as you’re
Sighing
You are trying to inspire
With the Spirit’s holy flame
Dark, hardened hearts
The Post-modernist’s only
Claim to fame
Return to me, I’ll
Return to you
our God says
Elohim, Creator
Holding out hands
Your eternal Father
Crystal tears He sheds
As we toss & turn on beds
Deep in sweaty pain
Caused by sin, illicit gain
Greed’s ugliest names
Only ourselves to blame
Worshipping things
That we have made
With restless hands
We reach for our graves
Affirming our own verdict
A terrible day is coming
Oh, there will be a mighty burning
Heaven, earth
Gone with a thunderous roar
Souls with anguish will be torn
Knowing their last chance
Forever is no more
In life their hearts they
Hardened
Disobedient,
refused their pardon
To follow a loving Father’s
Path for life
Chose their own way
Depravity’s lusts
Into His hands
They would not trust
Their only souls
So now the bell does toll
The old world’s ways
Are forever sold
Into oblivion’s
Darkest pit
So, please listen,
As the prophet calls
Heed the warnings clearly told
In a Holy Book of old
Save yourself
and
Someone else!!
Free Will!
Free Will
Given a choice
Never will He force
Desiring for a place
Inside your heart
Holding all the power
Yet longing for the hour
You will choose
His embrace
Owning every heartbeat
but never will He leave
Anyone behind
Yearning for His Face
So, make the right choice
Listen to the voice
That leads to eternity’s
Truest joy and
Christ’s Glorious, Glowing Life!
Light in the Darkness
I know people do not particularly like to hear about supernatural experiences with God, but I tell this only hoping to reinforce your faith in a living, breathing God. This happened to me right before my first round of cancer treatments.
I have obstructive sleep apnea. It’s where your soft palette in your throat collapses down over your airway, and you stop breathing while you are asleep. Before I knew how dangerous it can be, I think I stopped breathing, and my heart stopped because all of a sudden one night after going to sleep, I was suddenly awake, fully conscious and in a very dark place. I had no physical sensations at all. All I could see was a spiral of really beautiful white clouds trailing off into the distance.
I did not want to look at the end of the spiral because the sensation came over me that if I looked at the end of it there would be no going back, but I had no choice. I had to look at the end.
I looked and that’s when it happened. Immediately, I was in the presence of the light. It was everywhere, and it was overwhelming and brilliantly bright. The colors of the rainbow were moving back and forth constantly through it. I could sense a presence, an intelligence, a someone in or behind the light but I could not see them. I tried to look away because it was so bright, but again I had no choice. I had to look at the light so I turned back toward it.
That’s when it felt like someone slammed me up against a brick wall, and with a sudden hard jolt I was back inside my body and back on my bed trying to figure out what had just happened to me.
I believe my heart stopped, and for a minute or two I died and was given a brief glimpse of God’s glory before He slammed me back into my body. We are promised a glorious resurrection life if we stay faithful to Christ our Lord. I hope this will help you in your faith walk. Praise God and have a blessed day!
Battleground #2
Battleground
Darkness chases me
From an ancient enemy
Hot breath behind
On my neck
Running I scream
For someone to protect
My heart
I labor, I pant, I moan
Pain, terror fills the air
Eyes closed from fear
I crash into your chest
You stroke my hair
Embrace, folding me
Into the gentle nest
Of your heart
Your light explodes
Filling my orphan’s world
Making up for my lacks
Of home, family
Giving me yourself,
Lord Christ,
And our joyful ecstasy!
A Creeping
A Creeping
(a prayer)
Sadness creeps in
Between the cracks
Of my Darkened heart
That I wear
Holding on to
Every care
Help me, Holy Spirit
To let go
So old memories
May no longer hold
Their black power
Thank you for appearing
Willing to come nearer
To this world’s & my pain
Trying to teach me
The strength within your name
Of Glory, Majesty, power
Over heaven and hell
Urging me to tell
Your nearness to me
For a spell
Of Your Beauty’s angels,
Darkness’s demons,
Your blinding Light
Help me to do it right
To spread your goodness
To a world so dreadfully,
Desperately, in need of
Your Love’s Passion
And Perfectly Pure Might!!
