Better Than He Left It!!

Savior!!

May God bless your Sunday morning! I pray He would again pour out His Holy Spirit on His beloved world and once more fill it with the same fire as He did on that long ago Pentecost. May God bless and protect your day!!


Better Than What He Left It!

Be you transformed!
Brave even miraculous words
You first century apostle!
By pagan ignorant ears
Were they heard
Yet,
Even though simple, plain
Look how they set a culture
On fire!

Jesus loves you just as you are
True, true
Words from pulpits heard very often today
But
In a darkened, sin-filled condition
Never did He mean to let you stay!!

Always, always better He wants
For you
To be changed, renewed
He wants to leave you better
Than what He found you
So, go, sin no more
Let your eternal spirit soar
And
Through a Holy Spirit's Pentecostal fire
Reach ever so much higher
Leave the world a little better
Than what you found it!!!

Contained!


Contained!

Surpassing strength
More
Than all the energy
Contained
Within the unseen boundaries
Of this universe
Super nova explode 
Stars are birthed
Planets rotate slowly 
Evolving
More 
Than if all our atomic bombs
Explode
You are more powerful
Than the entirety put together!!

A Holy Trinity dancing
Through infinity
In joy, power
Unseen on earth
Let go, merest man,

Let your heart and mind's
Soul expand!!!

I cannot comprehend
Such beauty, power
Coming from, having no end
I am consigned to traverse
Under the light of only 
One strong sun
While in only one hand
You hold creation’s totality

Perhaps that is what is meant
By that old-fashioned word
GLORY
Ah, such wonder
Amazement
Perhaps those thoughts alone
You give to hold off despair
To keep our souls soaring!!

How do You contain 
Such energy
Dripping from your 
Fingers' tips
Within each thought
From each word
From Your lips
Then I remember
You use some upon 
Our world
On us
Down from heaven
Is it hurled
Into glowing red sunsets
Overhead
Multi-colored tulips
Crystal spider's webs
Translucent blue waters
Reaching more than a mile
Each act of love we perform
And into the newborn child's
Very first smile!!

Maybe Your Last Change!

Maybe Your Last Chance

Written within the world’s 
Greatest Book
Are words of Life & Glory
Everyone should take a
Good hard, long look
Read of the complete &
Honest truth of Man’s story
Words that explain our Existence

But unfortunately
There is a dark side to
All of this light
Because try as hard as 
We can with all of our might
Never can we save ourselves

We are not capable of 
Pulling ourselves out 
Of our pits of depravity
We cannot be our own god
If that is the role you seek
Never will you fulfill that job

It took God’s own act of kindness
To pull us out of all the darkness
To change the outcome of our eternal story
Away from His own golden throne of glory
Christ died alone in agony & blood

So today while you can take
One more breath
& your heart still beats
Do not let your ancient enemy
Steal, defeat or cheat
You out of 
What could be 
Your one last chance

While for you it is still Today
Begin a fresh new start
This Moment give Him your whole heart
None of us knows how many more 
Of these heart beats are left
Death awaits at every step
& after that,
THERE ARE NO MORE SECOND CHANCES
THERE WILL BE NO BACKWARD GLANCES

Hebrews 9:27 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgement

Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.


More



More than

Father, mother

Sister, brother

Friend, neighbor

Family, community

All rolled into one

This, our God's

Holy Son



We were issued

From You

Made by You

For You, through You

If not for You

I, we would not exist

Before you placed

Each one in a womb

Did You say good-bye

With a small, tiny kiss?

I think You did, Lord Jesus

I think You did



So whenever you feel alone

Unloved, rejected 

Think on this

You too can share

Christ's life, His love

Be also resurrected

So remember

That one small kiss

Because waiting

Behind it,

Ah

Sheer bliss

As we join Him,

our Savior from Galilee

Becoming a part of

His eternity's family

To walk forever

To be gathered

Upon His Heaven's

Streets of Purest Gold!

Uncomfortable

Uncomfortable

This doesn't really feel like home
I rant, I rave
I moan,
Even give a little
Groan

It stirs in my blood
A longing, this need
Sometimes just a trickle
Or quite often
A loud, roaring flood
A need arises
Raises its head,
A flower's tender bud,
Then opens

Inside my deeper place
I start to recognize
That for which I hurt,
I sigh
I believe it is this,
This place doesn't fit

This world, this place
Well, it's just wrong
My heart, it misses
Dear Lord, Your face
My fingers itch, they burn
Longing to be allowed 
Once again to return
Close enough to trace
Your beauty, Your love's grace

But for now I must live here
This becomes ever more clear
Until I leave this fragile shell
However, for today,
You desire others of You
I must tell

This world's pain,
Which we all daily see
Was never meant to be
Christ's Reconciliation
My Faith's Compensation
A Return to Your perfection
In silence I stand & wait 
As one of your heaven's gates
Swings slightly open
Daring to call my name!

Help

Help

You Draw near
Power of a trillion sun's
Held in one hand
Sacrifice & 
Love of calvary
Within Your heart
I am not worthy

Of anything
About You
Holy Lord
Your great beauty
Incomprehensible power
Your world-shaking
Passion for us

You, the ultimate
King of all kings
Of uncountable stars,
Whole Galaxies
Wants me!!
What can I give you?

Help me then
To love You
Serve You
Sacrifice for You
Your Calvary's Sacrifice
To reciprocate
Help me to dedicate
This, my only small life,
To You!