Calm Before the Storm

We have had some beautiful, warm weather for this time of year, up into the low 70’s this week. I managed to find some time to ride my bike on our river’s greenway system and take a few pictures. It make you really, really wish April and May were already here. May you have a blessed day and praise God for his goodness in allowing our world to be such a wondrous place!

Calm Before The Storm

You seem so calm and
Mostly quiet
Only sounds of water over 
Rocks
Make me at water’s edge
Delight to listen, stop

No fresh young sprigs of 
Green
None on delicate limbs 
Yet to be seen
Today’s sun seems but 
A ruse
No matter how strong
Its rays
No matter how profuse

No strong spring’s chatters
No multiple birds’ voices
Yet to be gathered
But 
For today, the sun does smile
On this happy watered mile
Crystals shards of light 
Fill a gently rolling river

But do not fear
Soon I’ll see a world
Once more filled
With all the noise and
Joyous colors 
As spring’s breezes
Again allow my senses
To be completely thrilled!!

A New Mercy Seat

A New Mercy Seat

A new covenant
A new mercy seat
To make us more whole
Ever more complete
With arms outstretched
This resurrected Christ
Promises us new life

Long, long ago
During a desert journey
So arduous
Our Creator/God
Reached down
With Holy Hands
So glorious
To lift us up
Toward Himself

Creating a Golden
Ark of His Covenant
Between cherubim wings
He placed a Mercy Seat
Atop it
It would be for His people
Of His Love, GLORY,
Presence
A strong deposit

But with Today's
Newest covenant
God's Presence
Comes alive
A Living
Resurrected Christ,
His new Mercy Seat,
To recreate in us 
A new heart, new mind,
A completely transformed
Resurrected life!!

One Man!


One Man

One Man
Everything
Hinges, rotates
Around
One Man
Air, earth, 
Rock, water
Sand
Microbe, flea
Dolphin, elephant
Every atom,
Every molecule
Of every element

Nothing escapes 
His attention
From His notice
There is no abstention!
But
Who would want that?
In His Presence is
Love joy, peace,
Goodness, kindness
He hopes eternally
Toward this His world
More and more would
Progress!!

As Christ holds out
Nail-scarred hands
Toward His pain-free
Glory Land
Won't you join in
Bring others with you
Come live in infinity with
God's only Son of Man!!!

The Ticket

The Ticket

Jesus Christ
Into heaven
Is
OUR TICKET
With
HIS BLOOD
He came to
STOP IT
that satan's deceit!

So won't you
GET OUT
Even if it
Takes a
SMALL SHOUT
In joy
To grab people's attention
So they can
Win it
THAT HOLY TICKET
Into God's Eternal Paradise!!

In A Crowd

In A Crowd

Must I shout out loud
In the middle of this
Moving, teeming crowd
If so, 
Then here goes

The main message:
God Loves You
Repent
For the Kingdom of God
Today has He sent!!

He is so at hand
That even now He stands
At God’s right shoulder
Just waiting
Now is our time to be bolder
As His great time approaches!

It encroaches
Upon all of human history
For truly is it the world’s
Greatest story
For His Glory
To gather us all back home

But unfortunately, 
There are the some
Probably very many
That will refuse to listen
So among those to be saved
There will be great attrition

But today is also our day
Still are many to be saved
So use your voice, believers
Do not be silent any more
For this is our job,
This is our chore
To bring more back home, 
So they too may also be the achievers
In God’s Love-Filled Paradise!!

Proverbs 24:11 Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter

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.