The Trust

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!

Heaven

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!!

The Presence

The Presence 

A Presence overhead
Envelops, wraps
Covering you everywhere
No matter whether blue skies
Or how grey the air
Or with whom
The day you may share

No matter 
Where you go, 
Home, office, a school
While using a computer
Or some other tool
The Presence is always 
There
Trying to make sure 
You know God cares

In a small house or large
Dirty & small or expensive car
Very loved or destitute & lonely
If the world contained just you
He would have died for you only!

So stop at your desk, look up
Of time it will not take much
Acknowledge, connect
Take the time to select
To spend time with Him
Enjoy, even revel in
The pleasure, joy you will win
Within His Glorious Presence!

gods of earth

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gods of earth

Caught up in the here & now
To earthly gods we tend to lean & bow
Comfort, convenience, luxury,
Pleasure
All of these we lust after
Treasure

Let’s turn away
No longer to be fools
Controlled by useless satan’s tools
& their ever growing deceit

So, turn away
From those fragile gods of glass
As easily 
Will God’s truth shatter
The shining illusions
Coming close
Will His breath scatter
Destroy
Robbing them of their fraudulent
Joys!

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