To the Core
Muddied, bruised,
Now rotted to the core
To renew, revive, re-create
This shell’s old life
Truly for us is an impossible chore
It would take a Miracle
Needed is more power
Than mere humans possess
Only hands with greatest strength to bless
Can raise from the dead
Words more powerful than mine
Would surely have to be said
Only God can revive from
From death’s deepest sleep
All and any forms of life
This earth may hold or keep
With Loves’ greatest power
Purest eternity’s showers
And our abiding Faith
No longer will death ever again
Be able to cause anyone to weep!
A Potter’s Clay
Once soft & compliant
Lying now
Resistant, hard
On a cold, sterile ground
in broken shards
pieces of shattered
clay, damaged jars
Then comes those Potter’s Hands
Warm & ready
Full of good plans
They reach out to lift
And return to brokenness
The challenging gift
Of to serve a purpose
Adding water to soften
A dried-out skin
Once more He slowly
begins to win
A softened compliance
Using His own Strength & Will
Slowly is He able to fill
Restore to a fresh new life
Each worn out, damaged pot
From the roughened, sharp edges
He may receive bruises, a few cuts
Lose some drops of blood
But in the midst of His pain
Will come forth a deeper flood
Of love, mercy, compassion
For the brokenness He repairs
So now with newly scarred hands
He removes a crusty dirt’s thick layers
Revealing at last a clean new creation
Returning to it an original beauty
& of its dark uselessness, an ablation!
A Big DealTo an orphan such
As I
One of the biggest deals
I can spy
IsFor someone to desire
Cannot lift them higher
Than to want to be
My parent
And that is exactlyWhat God, the Holy Lord
Creator
Wants to be
For each & everyone
You are able to see
Wants to be your Father
Daddy, PapaWants every soul to gather
Under His wings forever
For all of eternityNo small trickle
Wave after wave rushing
Toward you pushing
Torrential flood
Of perfection’s love
So step into the flow
Take the time to
Get to know
The One & Only God
Who loves you the most
It’s the biggest, best deal
This world will ever see!
Today We Want
I want, you want
We all want
Those words ring
Truer than any other
Taunt
We all need
& we all have wants
Even as Christians
We all want
To:
Get to heaven
Live in God’s presence
Forever
For anyone there will be
Nothing better
For although God’s
Forgiveness, Grace
Is given so freely
Still, it is not given
Cheaply
The cost was Christ’s
Blood & life
Given in extreme pain & strife
Grace is, was not then
Nor is now cheap
It may cost you everything
Maybe even your very life
But
Is it not worth that
To live in His forever light?
So do not let us,
Christians of today,
Let mans’ world over us
Hold its complete sway
And tell us we may live
However we wish
And still receive that
Most precious of gifts
Because God does expect
That most costly of words,
OBEDIENCE!
Driving in Cars Going Nowhere
People everywhere
Driving in cars going
Nowhere
Racing, rushing,
Careening, screaming
‘Get out of my way
I have a very busy day
Going nowhere’.
Sure, we have duties
Other people to take care of
Obligations done out of love
But the rest, well. . .
Sometimes just a mess
Going nowhere
Not always in cars
Sometimes in planes
Or a lonely solitary train
But
Have we lost the will
To just be still
Instead of always
Going nowhere?
Do we forget we each
Come to the same place
At the foot of death’s gate
With no choices left
Must we end life with
Only regrets
From always seeking
The nowhere?
We end up at the foot
Of God’s throne
Coming from childhood
Or when we’re grown
To be given either His light
Or a forever darkest night
Must we always roam
Toward that nowhere
So just STOP
Learn how to choose
So a much better eternity’s home
You do not have to lose!
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Never Going
Never is
A powerful word
Unending
As a circle
Always there
Like infinity’s
Space,
Eternity’s face
Today I think
It is so sad
So very sad
Most people
Do not know
The facts of life
That will make them
The most glad
The happiest
Information
For any creature
Living in this,
Most beloved
Of God’s Creation,
Who & what you are.
And so they live
Not looking up
At their home
Instead, they roam
Aimlessly
Missing the blessings
Falling out of an
Overflowing cup
Held in God’s
Gracious hand
Flowing with things
Meant only for
His man
To bear his image
His likeness
As only we can
We, humans, are
After all
Made of the
Same eternal spirit
Have a powerful call
On each of our lives
To bond, relate
In intimacy with
His eternal face
Each of us,
On the face of this planet
Is an eternal living soul
NEVER GOING TO
CEASE TO EXIST
Even after you desist,
No longer live
In this most frail,
Human shell
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