The Choosing Ground


The Choosing Ground

A line has been drawn
On this earth in the sand
By an Almighty, Holy Hand
Choose on which side
You wish to stand
You must
In this,
You have no choice

For of your life
This is the reality
And God Jesus
Holds all the keys
After all,
He does give free will
He allows you to instill
Or choose
With which side
Yourself you wish to fill

On one side,
A broken world's chaos
So lost
Or on the other
A beauty so RICH
Fit only for a king
Who for your sake
Was willing to
Pay the heavy cost

So, spend your time
In a way most wise
One side renders for you
Only a dark demise
Or step over
TO THE OTHER SIDE
Offering Infinity's Bright Lights
To live, explore forever among
God's Heavenly Heights!!

Hand to Hand

Hand to Hand

Imagine. . .
This large open plain
A massive battlefield
Where today in another war
Many demons yet might I
Still be forced to kill

Thick helmet on my head
Chain metal on my chest
Finally I step forward
Serving my Master’s undying quest
To bring home the lost

A great dark enemy’s army
Gathers in this earthly field
Hoping to devour
And my most precious faith
Longing to at last kill

But we have a Living, Risen KING!
Upon our dusty clay
Did He with human feet
Sleep, cry and trod
This our Holy, Beautiful,
ALMIGHTY GOD!

So take heart
The battle is not over
Onward it still rages
As written within
A Holy Book’s eternal pages
And for us the best of news?
God wins, Christ wins
His Spirit all evil will subdue
And if you so choose
Saving us, I, we and you!!

Nothing

Nothing

Nothing,
Such a concise word
In my heart and mind
within me does it stir
a feeling of emptiness,
Of beauty, warmth, wholeness
Completely do I now feel disinclined

Until I look upward
Toward Your heaven
And I receive this new impression
Glancing ever more boldly
Sensing that to me you are trying
To teach a new lesson

Then
I hear from your own lips
That word
‘Nothing’
God, You begin to speak

Nothing
On my beautiful
Green planet
Will satisfy you completely
Within these words
Fully do I hope you will believe me

No amount of money,
Power, sex, fame or any other pleasure
Please, please do not make
Of any of these such a tremendous
Overwhelming Treasure
You were not designed
To be made whole, complete
With any of such as these

Only within me, Your loving Father God
Were you made to fill complete and filled
All those others are only cheaper, temporary thrills
So
Nothing
I repeat
Nothing
Except My Loving Presence
Will ever meet the needs and
Complete your spirit’s holy, core essence!

No One

No One

There is no one,
No not one
On the face of this green planet
Who does not need
The One and only Son

A living, breathing
Beyond words All-powerful
Beautiful, Lord, Master,
The only GOD
Ready at any time
Us inside to displace
(Notice I did not say erase)

He will fill you with Himself
So you may have a forever life
Not to end up so bereft
Not following a broken world
Spiraling toward its own
Darker death

So let Christ in
For you He only wants to win
His Eternity's Paradise
It is an honor, privilege
To carry out
Into His creation
Of His love a small slice

Making His world
A place more peaceful
So much calmer
For you, this will be
At all no bother

Making yourself able to say
Not I that lives but Christ
Helping others give to themselves
A richer world full of
Much, much better days!

The Reason!

The Reason

A political chaos,
A mess,
Rages outside our doors
Seeming louder, louder
More and more

But is it the real issue
Really the Problem?
Or is there something
Penetrating deeper
into each home
Down into the
Marrow of our bones?

Chaos, pain
The symptoms
Of a general sickness
Not just in this country
Worldwide a plague is this
Screaming, howling,
An everyday test

We sense the underlying
Abnormalness,
In our hearts a deviation
From a clearest sanity
Could it be from our hands
The faults, all our own creation?

Most, or should I say all
Ancient civilizations
Felt an undergirding need
In the heart an inner call
For something outside the self
Dare I call it a god?
Is this the hand we seem
To have been dealt?

The answer is missing
Unless we pay close attention
Let's stop all the searching
Listen to our own urgings
To words inspired by a Holy Spirit
Meant in our minds to clear it
This worldwide, mass confusion
Take it out of the hidden darkness
Away from secretive collusion
This answer to the stress
All our world's lamenting strife
Look to our King, our Lord
OUR LOVING JESUS CHRIST!!

The Reason

The Reason

A political chaos,
A mess,
Rages outside our doors
Seeming louder, louder
More and more

But is it the real issue
Really the Problem?
Or is there something
Penetrating deeper
into each home
Down into the
Marrow of our bones?

Chaos, pain
The symptoms
Of a general sickness
Not just in this country
Worldwide a plague is this
Screaming, howling,
An everyday test

We sense the underlying
Abnormalness,
In our hearts a deviation
From a clearest sanity
Could it be from our hands
The faults, all our own creation?

Most, or should I say all
Ancient civilizations
Felt an undergirding need
In the heart an inner call
For something outside the self
Dare I call it a god?
Is this the hand we seem
To have been dealt?

The answer is missing
Unless we pay close attention
Let's stop all the searching
Listen to our own urgings
To words inspired by a Holy Spirit
Meant in our minds to clear it
This worldwide, mass confusion
Take it out of the hidden darkness
Away from secretive collusion
This answer to the stress
All our world's lamenting strife
Look to our King, our Lord
Our loving Jesus Christ!!