Category: Poetry
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I Hold the Match
For so long – “overtaken by personality”* – the stone walls of selfimprisoning potential and playfulness and peace – while the tools of freedom were well within reach – the fuse of the dynamite of the soul that blasts those wallsto smithereens can only belit by me. *With thanks to Ted Nottingham’s book, Doorway to…
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The Parable of the Wind
The wind:violently loudanddisruptively present – it wrestles through the dark nightof humanity’s soul.Listen!But,it only speaks in parables,which I never truly understand – does anyone ever, really?
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Waiting is an Act (or, Some Haikus to Read – Together or Split Apart – Following Your Heart)
Waiting is an actBreathing into the momentTrusting God’s outcome Trusting God’s outcome Brings about rest for the soulOh, to sleep soundly Oh, to sleep soundly Waking to the light of dayA pure gift of faith A pure gift of faithThe peace in my redeemed heart only One can give only One can give What cannot…
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Matthew 5:6
I know I’m right!Anyone who is sane knows I’m right!I see through sober lenses. I hear through open senses.I know I’m right!My giving proves loyalty.My serving shows charity.My living shines purity. I know I’m right……just like Peter,who knew he would never deny the Lord;…like James and John,who knew they were equipped for suffering;…and like Judas,who…
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Only Through Thee
What lies in the heart of a man – or in his pastof many years agooryesterday?Does it matter – as you view himwith the eyes ofa heart clouded byself-absorbed righteousness? Oh, dear Lord, I praythat we may seeand be seenonly through Thee.
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Advent Ended
Waiting and anticipatingwhile sharing stagnant verses and sayings and prolific quotes – STOP IT! Waiting is nota placeora season – it is an action, a healing of the pain and pride deep within the peopleandthe ego.WAKE UP! LIVE LOVE!WALK TRUTH! BE your waiting and watch – as He births His world in your heart.
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That’s How He Rolls
Amidst the stench of a stableinto the arms of the unwed,He arrived screaming birthfluid smothering His head… …into the prison of humanityjudgment, shame, hateknowing full-well the outcome:the testing, the batethey’d dangle before Him;and fleeting reverenceof those who loved Him,yet ran away into the nightfor fear they’d be snaggedand experience His plight.He camefor His love of…
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Let It Snow
As the fresh falling snow hushes even busy traffic in the city, may Advent silence our disconcerted hearts into a welcoming place for our Lord – as He comes again and again each year, each month, each day – in the beggar, in the leper, in the one we all despise – for it has…
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What Do They See When They Look At Us?
In this worldthere are no kudosfor daily kindness,no statues raisedfor a calm demeanor – there is no award for holding your tongueand no gold starfor giving unsung – and for constant faiththrough good times and bad, no headlines publishedno trophies had – and still,we go onfollowing the Son,knowingandknowingandknowing, His peace, our hearts have won!More than…
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The River of His Love
The rain pounds downon the roof of my home,rinsing away the strifeand the turmoilof yesterday…My heart – then asphyxiatedby hard wordsand damaged thoughtsand deep fears – now beats tentativelyin the lifeboat of His mighty hands; and I can breathe freely again,listening intently as the river of His love washes through me.