The Race
It matters not how
The race begins
It matters only how
The race will end
From the very start
There will be times
That may truly
Almost stop your heart
But never fear
The Scriptures say
There is for race-winners
A much more glorious
Day!
As you step across the
Finish line
Through death’s portals
Or when God ends for all time
satan, sin, pain, evil’s darkness
The greatest prize you will win
You will be allowed forever to trace
Looking into that Most Beautiful Face
The One who loves you the most
All will be allowed to at last boast
In that cross, that shed blood
Which unleashed into infinity
His Passionate & Incomprehensible
UNENDING LOVE!
REVIVAL
Something needs to be
Revived
If it has
Fallen asleep or
Died
Lulled into languor
Or is it a stupor
Apathy maybe
It will take more
Time to fully see
In more of the wealthier
Countries
There is less bending
Of the knee
Faith in a Christ appears
To be dying
More & more we pursue
Earth’s pleasure
To receive a momentary bliss
Ah, the sensation
Of an entertainment’s kiss
Driving forces beyond measure
Revealing more & more
Where are our heart’s true treasures
As perhaps pure faith languishes
More & more numbers show
It’s almost vanishing
Is there hope for it to
Be reviving
For this every true believer
Should be sighing
Return to me, I will return to you
Words of God lying
Available still to be reviewed
In plain black ink on a page
So let’s begin the work
It will not happen by itself
Holy Spirit let us pray
That once again you will
Rule all our nights & days
Lord Jesus, Holy God
It is only through your power
& your blood that any are ever saved!!
Infinity’s Hordes
I can’t explain it
Most times do not
Understand it
Have always felt
Out of step
With all that goes on
Around me
Life flows
Ordinary things
Business of existing
But I stand still
Alone
Until I look up
See your face
& breathe in
One deep breath
Hordes of angels
Surround me
To do your bidding
I can feel it
Getting stronger
Lasting longer
Making ready
For that One Great Day
Waiting for that
One Last Word
To GO!
Now it will begin
It will be the end
Of satan’s sway
Over earth
Beginning its new birth
Hordes will reassert
God’s complete control
Meant to correct
Our planet’s daily
Rotation
Around a no longer
Needed sun
As we run
Into ecstatic Joy
To live with YOU
Into infinity!!!
The RendingTo rend or rent is
To be torn apart with violence
& thus will the skies overhead
In a Holy Book is said
Be rent apart
This for us will be
Our wonderful new start
Earth, sky, heavens
Rent open will all be
As we watch to see
A Living God
Return to claim
In His Gracious Name
And Holy Fame
His creation in totality
Hordes of mighty angels
Will descend
Coming evil’s reign to end
Overwhelming the earth
As Christ in His Power asserts
His Kingship, Ownership
Of a Recreated
Restored, New World
The Next Time
People very often say
As sickness or death
Looms closer in our path
Intrudes into our life’s way
“It’s better than the
alternative.”
Meaning I suppose
As on their way they persist & go
in whatever horrific condition
to be alive
Is better than life’s alternative,
Death
I shake my head, my tongue I bite
Do they not know?
Our God in the flesh,
Spiked to man’s cruel piece of wood
Dying in His own blood so red
This one we call Savior, Christ
Turned to another & said,
Today with me will you be
in My Paradise!
Why do we not trust in His words
What awaits for all who believe
& stay loyal to this beautiful Christ
Is so glorious a Paradise
Free of all pain or strife
New body, new way to exist
Totally, completely a better New Life!
A man,
Once a fisherman by trade
Until that most compelling day
He heard Jesus of Nazareth say,
“Come, follow me”
In a letter this apostle wrote,
Live as foreigners & exiles
On this, a world so fallen
So the next time I hear
Someone say those words
I will have to be honest, I fear,
And be compelled to say
No, I live & wait for a better way
To Share in His Most Perfect
& Newest of All My Days!
1 Peter 1:17 Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.
1 Peter 2:11 Dear Friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.
Get Out of The Way
Get out of the way
A change is coming to stay
Growing closer each & every day
This world, HIS earth
God is going to shake!!
Everything around us
Everything that is now seen
Done away with
Will it be
Before our eyes
Will it flee
Death, evil, satan’s darkness
Prepare your hearts
Your very soul
To transform, change us
Save Us
Has always been
Christ’s deepest most heartfelt goal
But heed the ancient Book’s warning
All who refuse His Loving Voice
For you,
At His spectacular second coming,
Will be no more second choice
Put away, endlessly forever roaming
In infinity’s Pain-filled Outer Darkness
So prepare yourselves
Get ready
Remain in your faith
Ever-Steady
Watch as He comes
This One & Only Son
Once again to change,
Re-create His Earth!!
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