Not OK
On our own,
We are not OK
In our own power
Not for one second,
Or one hour
Will we ever be
Or see
Salvation, redemption
Only by the blinding light
From above
Drenched in eternity’s love
Can the dark in us
Ever be overcome
Only HIS SPIRIT can we trust
To do that job
We are too weak
From sin
Only in prayer
On our knees
Will we win
Any battle with
the satan
SO KILL OFF
THE OLD SELF
If you truly wish to see
That transformation
Only Christ can bring
So allowed you will be
With true Joy to say
‘It is not I that lives
But Christ that lives in me!’
Loss
What is this sense of loss
Of a deep sadness,
Despair
Then I raise my head
To look at You
& You smile!
And my heart is even
More beguiled
And enticed
To follow You
But I am stuck
On the other side of
An uncrossable chasm
For I know on my own
I cannot
Even begin to start
To conquer its deep gorges
A dark fog envelops
My mind & heart
Then someone touches
Down with a hand
It is Your Son of Man
His blood paved the way
Because I was oh so lost
Until He reached across
So on this dark side
I need never stay
Alone, rejected digressing
From your eternal blessings
Christ is that bridge
That eternal ridge
Of hope & joy
For everyone to cross
Over into God’s love
You do not have to sit in
The darkness of eternal loss
But you must take that first step
Reach for the outstretched hand
Of the undying Son of Man!
Outside the Church
Four walls can a prison make
But prison bars confine
Limit access, restrict body & the mind
However, access to the Sublime
Was never meant to be denied
To anyone
Christ, God, Holy Spirit
Do not just exist, live
In a building one day a week
His name, face, presence
Everywhere we may seek
So His name do not speak
Only in a building
Say it out loud everywhere
Stores, neighbors, from your office chair
Say His name out loud
Be it to one person only
or in a denser crowd
Just say it with great joy
His name is oh so dearly needed
satan’s darkness it has the power to destroy
At one word, CHRIST,
The demons flee,
Fall & tremble on their knees
Carry Him out of that church building
Be His witness, messenger, everywhere
To others His great love, surpassing joy
You will be privileged to share
Be His hands, His feet, His mouth, His heart
Give to others His glorious, new, fresh start
Only 1/3 or 1/2
(one-third or one-half?)
When in cooking
Is not used a whole ingredient
End products most likely
Become only incomplete
Never of your original intent
It will look or taste bad
Or fall apart
You will have failed
Before you even start
God’s intention was
For us to give our whole self
Our Whole Heart
So to us His full, total, complete
Beauty, Glory He could impart!
To experience joy unlike
Any other
In love we would all be
Able to live
As sisters & brothers
But if you hold back
Do not give your full self
That slice, piece to God you refuse
You are only giving satan a foothold
That fragment he will be
most certainly to use!
And you will miss
The incredible, unending gift
God wants to give
Does not want you to live
Empty, guessing
So, unless you give one-hundred percent
You cannot receive the full blessing
You will lose the completeness
That which you were meant to possess
Of His Eternal, Forever Gift
Of that, any part do you want to lose?
Like A Sore Thumb
Let me say to begin
Never were we meant
To fit in
Our most gracious leader
Was despised
Then & now by a world that denies
His existence!
In pain He tried to lead
And with loving words
Our souls will feed
But on us Heaven will make
Some demands
If you love me, you will obey
My commands
He tells us
Christ’s church, family,
Is meant to be
And is to be seen
As different from the world so lost
We are to follow His example
For our lives no matter what it costs
So we are to walk, talk,
Eat, sleep, even smell
Different from a world
Which only can tell
Of satan’s acidic corruption
That insidious, deceitful destruction
Of the human soul
Christ came to release us
From all that demonic control!
So, live in it, but be not of it
We are to stick out as a sore thumb
So a generation thru you may come
To know the living Christ
To be the light, the salt
To receive His true call!
Shake off satan’s chains of darkness
Struggle, forge ahead, do your best
Reach for Christ
And thru His total bodily sacrifice
On a bloody Roman cross
Count all worldly gain a loss
And receive His Paradise!!
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Upside Down or Right Side Up?
A world in chaos
Lacking a clear direction
Things, ideas, get tossed aside
Each day, let go
Doesn’t this show
A world in confusion
Upside down?
Where Up is Down
& Down is Up
Restless words
Tossed about on
Distressed waves
Of anxious noise
Peace on some days
Seems almost unheard
But someone stands
Knocking
On everyone’s heart
Longing to be allowed to impart
His Peace-filled Spirit
Bring about a new day
Create within us a new way
To live
Trying Himself to give
To His world a new direction
Turn it Right Side Up
Where Up is truly Up
& Down is truly Down
So do not be afraid
To go against the grain
Of a lost, bewildered world
And for yourself & others gain
A better sense of how to live
Where confusion does not reign
Under this, His One Holy Name,
Christ Jesus!
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