Beauty Without End
My soul shudders
Of your Beauty, Lord
It cannot comprehend
Of your Glory, Light
Power & Love
There is no end!!
Of your mercy,
Incomprehensible Forgiveness
Of all the dark mess
I have created at times
I do not like to think of those,
Or even bring them to mind
Reign in me, Lord
May I destroy the me within
So your unending Glory
Beauty may live, win
Its eternal way, sway
Over each of
And all my days!!
Lost
Standing at insanity
On the edge of a cliff
Lost,
What is the cost,
Purpose of this life?
Look down upon this world
Full of pain, chaos, strife
Surely, never were our lives
Meant to taste like this
Our home,
Giant, round, glistening
Beautiful
In deepest, blackness of
Empty space
Listen to the winds of
This universe
As they pass us by
Singing out a name
Let there be no waste
Of its melody
Listen, then give it
A voice, shout
If you have to
This Power
This Being
The stars, winds sing of
Holds out two hands
In one, life
In the other, death
There is no dearth
Of ones that choose
To live in darkness
Upon the face
Of this earth
So, listen, be obedient
Means to pay attention to
Stand out from the crowd
Don’t be afraid to say
His name
If need be, say it out loud
He is coming back
This living, breathing Christ
Gives us a choice
So, listen, do not fear
He is always, always close, near
And to Him
You are the most dear
Of all His wonderful creation!
Original Purpose
What seems almost
Like an eternity ago
Before that moon
Cast its silver glow
Powerful, in joy
Words were spoken
Out of dark nothingness
A world was begotten
An all-powerful Creator
Because He loved
The idea of us so much
Reached down and
With a single touch
Started His own universe
With care and a little time
Embarked upon a thought-out plan
Someones in His image made
To share all of their nights & days
In His Joy & Presence
That original purpose, that plan
Was for all of His creation
Sky, earth, animals and man
To share in His Glory
That fantastic, stupendous Beauty
That loves everyone the same
Even enemies get to watch
His magnificent displays
Of love, mercy, justice, kindness
& that miraculous forgiveness
& us?
Well, we were meant to be
For all of His creation to see
Image bearers of the same
His power, light, glory &
Holy, beautiful, name
But we failed,
Rebelled as the ancient tale
Written in a Holy Book is told
To someone else our souls were sold
And evil entered our lives
Separated, lost
Until we were given
A second chance
But it came at the highest cost
GOD HIMSELF DIED FOR US!
To return us to that
Original purpose
Shed his blood to return
To us His Glory
So please pick up the Book
And read the most beautiful
Of all earth’s written stories!
Plagiarizing God
(good or bad?)
Plagiarizing may be
Either good or bad
To copy or imitate
Often is a form
of highest praise
Means someone sees you
Toward you turns their gaze
Sadly, however, often times
For authority, ownership
Plagiarizers only come to steal
From the original, what is the real
Of identity, things or power
When we, as man, think or say
We carry the highest dominion
In a vast, still unknown universe
Is not that plagiarizing
Passing ourselves off as
Someone we are not?
Do we think from the authentic,
Only GOD that is real
We can really steal
His divinity, sovereignty over us?
We tried that in a garden
It did not work
Never will
Even today we try to shirk
Shun the destructive pain
We have caused
By trying to deny, steal
God’s power, His Holy Name
We are not our own gods
A universe, this planet
Even our own bodies
None of this did we create
Nor can we control it
That claim to fame
On our heads
Will never fit
So if you must plagiarize God
Do it the right way
It is okay to copy Him
By letting go of yourself
Over your soul let Him win
Let Him stamp His own image
And pay the right kind of homage
To a stupendous, living, breathing
Magnificent & loving King!
Only You
Only you can lift
Out of the deepest, slimiest
Pit of despair
The broken human soul
Crushed, shattered,
Reeling, staggering
From the effects
The price, the toll
That wretched darkness extracts
Oh, he is good, that
Enemy of mine
Hounding me thru
All of my time
But you sit enthroned
Ensconced in your power
And your name
Destroying his sordid game
That prince of the air
That satan
Breathing his hot breath
In my face
From birth even unto today
But you remove
Of his evil every trace
Winning me to yourself
My pain you do embrace
My spirit you lift up
Until I can say
With joy you have filled my cup!
So come, Lord Jesus,
Come!
Do it again
As you did back then!!