Easter
White rabbits & chocolate bunnies
All those warm, soft fuzzies
Pastel eggs hidden in green grass
Until a happy child makes
A joyful discovery of them at last
With loud, sudden squeals of delight
What a truly pleasing sight!
All dressed up in clean, bright clothes
All done for this day’s special show
Soft ribbons in the hair
New shoes, polished, & on the feet
& goodies that will not long
Be allowed in a basket to keep
Nothing wrong with these simple delights
God does not mind us
Enjoying all his blessings
But with many of these gifts
May also at times come a terrible testing
This day of Easter is really
About a sacrifice
Not to be forgotten
For all our joys & pleasures
Came at the cost of another’s life!
A bloodied cross, a broken body
An empty tomb
God’s love on display
Brought about all of the
Joys & pleasures of this day
Made us once more
Welcome in Heaven
Brought us back into
God’s loving arms
Safe at last from all of
satan’s cruelest harms
So on that most glorious day
Our eternal souls were saved
As Christ stepped back out
Into a world He owned
Eternity’s power rolled back
That oh so heavy stone
So you too also may
Be allowed to step out of
Your own emptied grave!!
Beneath layers of glamourous country music stars and professional athletes, heaven and hell clash in a vicious battle for possession of an ancient, never seen before document as deceit, brutality and murder stalk the city sidewalks of Nashville, Tennessee, Music City USA.
On a steamy day in August, a young man dies from the Ebola virus on a downtown sidewalk. Close to midnight on the same day, tires screech and a young girl screams as the body of Father Tom McClarin smacks against the hard, cold asphalt in front of the cathedral where he serves. Both men’s destinies have been bound together by their mutual belief in a unique manuscript originating from the other side of the world.
Detective Hayden Douglan and Samual Thomas, a local pastor, follow the clues piling up and conclude both deaths are homicides. Courage and faith will be tested as the investigation leads from corruption in the highest levels of the police department and religious community to a powerful mystic cloistered behind the walls of beautiful Saint Alaric Monastery near Vienna, Austria.
Hope you enjoy reading the book as much as I enjoyed writing it. Have a blessed day & Praise God!
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 Trust
Cancer 2 times has
Called my name
Life for me does
Not feel just the same
My time down here
Grows more limited
It may not even much
Longer be extended
BUT
What awaits for me
Is held within a Trust
In greater hands than mine
Transcending the restrictive
Limits of our sense of time
From this Trust
In my daily borrows
Therein lies Christ’s strength
To overcome all pain & sorrows
Never was I meant to live
In cruel poverty
But to receive the resources
In His Kingship’s sovereignty!
Praise You, Lord Jesus!
Although the use of
This Trust
May come with a few
Conditions or regulations
Never meant to be shunned
Were His love’s guidelines
To enjoy the pleasures
That await
As you are allowed to enter
Between Heaven’s
Welcoming gates
With each step’s forward thrust
Open wide your arms to receive
The lavish riches of this,
His Glorious Trust!
SPIRIT OVERFLOWS
You touch
The tip
Of Your finger
To Your lip
Then to
The very tip
Of my hand’s
Finger
Where You let
It linger
For only one heart’s beat
And then
It overflows
So that it too may grow
This seed
It wishes
To enlarge
Itself
I take what
You offer
Fill my heart’s coffers
Then silently
It flows
Until it reaches
Down to my toes
& I touch
The tip of
My finger
Where I let
It linger
To another’s
Your Spirit
To be
Passed on
Another does
The same
So Your
Most Glorious Name
May be passed
Finger to finger
Until at last
Enough
It’s been passed
Until no one
Else remains
All has been done
To save
Each & every one!!
Heaven
Heaven is not just
A place
Heaven can only
Be found
Within a face
Radiating brighter
Than any brilliant star
Shining from afar
More precious
Than any glistening stone
Do not place your joy
Or trust in that alone
Wiser than any
Human sage
He left a throne of glory
To enter a dirty, darkened
Earthly stage
Walked with us
Ate our food
Literally
Wore our shoes
So do not let
Heaven be merely
Some idyllic place
For you
For it is only found
On holy ground
Standing before
A golden throne
Manifested, seen,
Experienced in
Jesus of Nazareth Alone!!
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