by Hazel Straub It is time to arise from depression and darkness because of the new life and light of God’s Spirit lives inside of believers in Jesus. The light and radiance of Yahweh casts out all darkness. It is your time to shine with the light of God, as it transforms. Although the darkness […]
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, 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.
Before
Before all time and space
There was a glorious face
Full of only grace
Love for all He surveyed
Having always the last say
Over everything
But,
His goodness, beauty
So overwhelming
So always flowing
Over and upward welling
He wished to share it
With others
So the Three got together
Made planets spin
Stars shine
But decided they had rather
Make some someones
A planetary home was made
The darkest of night
Became a day
Animals, all creatures
Brought into His sight
Then
His allowed His man to stand upright
He felt such joy
In this glorious child
He had truly let
His imagination run wild
Crowned us at last
With one glorious smile!
Shout for joy
All the earth
At the glory
Of this first birth
But never fear,
He will remove
For a second time all tears
As once again,
The battle against
Darkness He will win
Return us,
Back home
If we choose
Remember God will
Never ever lose!!
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!
The Already Am
No more struggling
To Be
I already Am
Within your loving arms
To live was always your
Infinity’s Plan
So come,
Lord Jesus,
Come
Take control
Live in my spirit’s soul
May You over
My rebellious heart
Win an absolute hold!
Throw away
My darkness
So may more clearly shine
Your LIGHTNESS
As I am allowed to rejoice
Even from this great distance
At the Beauty found
Within YOUR VOICE!
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So Forget!
A world barges in
Rude & loud, using force
Seeking its own way
To get me off my course
From you, Lord Christ
So,
On I must struggle
To stay away
From seeking its
Loud, belligerent way
&
listen to your gentle voice
instead
So, F O R G E T
Your large house
Your sleek, ramblings cars
Persistent pleasure seeking
In Him only
Am I believing!
Toward His cross
Am I retreating!
Toward a better life
& a Living Son’s Paradise!!!