Dull Ache
A Dull Ache
Somewhere
In the middle
Growing larger
No longer little
A need
more insistent
Almost a sharp
Pain
Then becomes
a Joy
This, the means
You employ
To draw me
Closer
Your Spirit
Entices
I come to
a Sun,
Beautiful Light,
Perfection
Holding only
Life
Your Purity
Your Goodness
You breathe
Eternity
Return to me
I will return
To you
As my
Desire
Intensifies
I wonder
When it will
Be met
This ache
This longing
We all
Within feel
This unmet
Need
We constantly
Try to fill
With shallow
Thrills,
Cheap pleasures
Life can feel
Like walking
Uphill
With a heavy
load
Your beauty, God
the only real
goad
To continue
Earth
As it is now
Will never be
Utopia,
[perfection’s
power]
Only with
Christ’s return
Will that
For which we
Yearn
Be Met!
Revelation 7:9-10 After this I looked, and there before me
was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation,
tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before
the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm
branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice:
“Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”
Revelation 7:17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne
will be their shepherd; ‘he will lead them to springs of
living water’, and ‘God will wipe away every tear from
their eyes’.
Still Walking
The world
Is dead
But up &
Still walking
Around
Working,
Playing
They sound
Alive
But. . .
Without Christ
God, their Father
Anyone like
That
Is dead
Already
In their heads,
Hearts,
Denying their
God
They just don’t know it.
So many living
Without Christ
So spiritually, totally
Dead
So Sad
But, with that said,
should we not warn
Them?
To keep them
from:
The outer darkness,
Weeping, wailing
Gnashing of teeth
Worms that never
Die
Fire that is never
Quenched
More than just
Once
These things
Are described
Prophets,
Christ Himself,
Not to be denied
Said out of love
For Us
It is our
Responsibility
To Warn
Not with a tongue
So glib
But with Loving Hearts
& Words
As Christ
Himself Did
Out of
His Great Love
For Us
He warned
As you would
Warn any child
Its hand to keep,
Avoid,
Not to seek
That deadly fire
& its
Unspeakable Pain.
Matt. 13:49 -50 This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the blazing furnace where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mark 9:47-49 And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell where,
the worms that eat them do not die
and the fire is not quenched
Everyone will be salted with fire.
Isaiah 66:24 And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”
Exposure
So I will lay myself
Bare
I do not care
If they stare
If a glimpse into
My soul
Will bring them
Into your fold
then God, Let it be
If looking into
My heart
Will get them to
Start
Seeing you better
If it be ever so clever
Of
You to begin
then may You win
them on their journey
closer to your Son
bright, blazing glory
of your face
joy unbounded
found only
in the grounding
of each soul
in your great power
and self!
Startle Me
Startle me,
Wake me,
On a shelf
I’ve been
Too long
Now seems
The perfect time
For a newer song
So . . .
Wake me
Shake me
Do it again
King Jesus
As you did it then
On those dusty streets
Of old Jerusalem
Flow thru us
Live through us
Your power shining,
Exploding
As to your world
Your beauty
You’re showing
So, come
Lord Jesus
Come
Legions of angels
Behind you
To tromp,
Stomp
On this
Shallow dirt,
This clay
Quake the earth
As you did before
Awaken your church
Let it arise
At your bidding
As this dark war
Assuredly you will
Be winning
Let us not be afraid
To get our hands dirty
Comfort, convenience
Never wins the day
So do it,
Again
King Jesus
Do it Again
Awaken once
more our spirits
to call us your
Steadfast Soldiers
& Friends!
Swallowed by the Sun
The Sun
That Fiery burning orb
Of our earth he is the lord
For surely, all life here below
without its heated glow
Would die
Be dark
Encrusted by the cold
Death for every plant,
animal,
Would soon ensue
Even for me & you
For sure
It is a paradox
Yet, Swallowed by the sun
No one could survive
Burnt to a crisp
I most assuredly would die
However. . . ,
There is another sun
More glorious than you
To be swallowed
By this SON
Only brings us to
Love, joy
PEACE
Beyond my poor
Ability
To see
Or
Understand
So swallow me Lord Jesus
Engulf me in your glory
It is my same old story.
For You,
My pain-filled heart bleeds
Only Your precious warmth
Brings the life I truly need
Inside your burning light
I am allowed to see
Eternity
So I fall to my knees
Beg, implore
Swallow me Lord
Let me live, breathe, exist
Inside
Your Glistening,
Golden Glory!!
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The Flying V
It flies, zooms
Moving so fast
At first I cannot see
What this flying
Abstraction, monstrosity
Must be
It is a flying V!
It moves, zips
With so much speed
I cannot see
Its shape
So I reach an arm
Upward
To reach for its tip
At firsts it eludes
But I continue to
Pursue
Until I reach
Triumphant
Into the air
Then turn to stare
At what lies
Trembling
Within my hands
It is the letter
V
Well, this was not
Within my day’s plan!
Never would I have guessed
If I had been put to the test
That such a symbol
Would belong
To such as I
What could this mean
Then I too began to tremble
Until a hand
Reached from behind
It is for you a sign
A man smiled
As he spoke
Do you not see
What this flying V
Stands for?
I shook my head
No.
As He spoke His
Words were slow
Listen carefully
He said
And I will show
Its meaning
He removed His robe
His body was scarred
His perfect flesh
Had been deeply marred
Yes, my flesh was
Defaced
I died in disgrace
For you
Yet within my nail-scarred
Hands
I hold the Promised Land
Waiting for you
It takes a deep belief
Faith in me
This is for your
Most sincere relief
From your own
Sin
No more will it win
Control
I destroyed that
Darkness
The hold
It had on you
This V is a sign
Of my complete
Victory
Over all that enslaved
Each child of mine
I saved the day
No more will hell
Or death have its way
With you
As I watched
His arms He raised
In that perfect stance
Of old
It took only one glance
For me to know
Over His head
His arms they formed that
Perfect V
On display
For everyone forever
& always to see!!
And I could see
Of that which
He spoke
He had removed
Destroyed
That darkest of yokes
My sin
Judgement
Death comes to all
Separation of our spirit
From the flesh
Instituted by our fall
From His grace
Turned out of a
Paradise
And away from
His face
However, God
Still desires
Into His kingdom
everyone
To come
His planet
Even now awash in
His love
But there will
Be a day
Christ did say
When He returns
To light the way
To His
New Earth
A separation
Will occur
The Sheep,
Those he will keep
In His love
But with a Holy shout
The goats
Will be thrown out
Into the darkness
Where satan awaits
Between the fiery gates
It is your choice
To either praise, worship
& rejoice
In your
Creator/Father/ God
Do it now,
While among the living
do the giving,
Loving,
Sacrificing
do not be
caught unaware
do not miss
your share
of His Paradise
Choose to go the
Right way
In this you do have
The final say
Do not reject
Your God
He never rejects
Any feeble start
So !TODAY!
Do not harden
Your heart
Divisions Divisions, divisions
In a Sea
Of Faces
Never meant
To be
We were
Meant to be
All one
As
The One,
Father, Spirit
Holy Son Joined together
In the perfect dance
In one glance
You can see
This world’s
Ultimate Unity! So, it does
Not make sense
For God’s family
To be so divided
For this there
Stands no defense
A church, family
divided only
Hurts itself
Taking away
Not adding
Leaving all
Bereft of the
Fellowshipping
Love, Joy
especially
the Peace
Steals the
Equipping
Meant for us
So, Holy Family
God’s one true
Church
Tear down the
Walls Those horrible
Divisions
Never meant
To be
And we will
See. . .
Heaven!
Ephesians 4:3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.
1 Corinthians 1:12-13 What I mean is this: One of you says, I follow Paul; another, I follow Apollos; another, I follow Cephas; still another, I follow Christ. Is Christ divided?
I feel like
I feel like
A leaf,
A snowflake
Life goes by so fast
Like peering in a looking glass
Then you step away
What was it that you, God,
Had in mind
When you first thought of
Me
Was it to rhyme a line
So they perhaps might
See
Your Face?
Better, clearer,
Clearer, clearer
So they might
Draw nearer,
Nearer, nearer
To You?
Never will I know
All answers
This side of the grave
Questions will there
Always be
As on I in frailness go.
ExistenceMy heart beats
My lungs breathe
I can laugh,
Play,
Savor the day
I exist
My thoughts are
My own
In my head
They have found
A home
Within to rest
Put me to the test
Will I or won’t I
Do this or that
I can hear these,
My thoughts
For you see
This is the real
You and me
A living breathing
Spirit, soul
Only temporarily,
For now
Attached to this
mortal shell
Given a chance
to grow
Get to know
The One who runs
The universe
And beyond,
Transcendent,
With His Son
For one day He
Has promised
He will come
This living,
breathing Son
Shining in all His splendor
This wonderful Giver
Of our Life
This gift of
Our Existence!
