Category: Poetry
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Blind-Hearted
Yesterday, I passed by Jesus without even acknowledging His presence – I just didn’t have the time. Honestly, who could blame me? His clothes were dirty and his hair all askew – homeless people just don’t care for themselves properly.
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The One Way to Forgiveness
How to forgive an offense which tore open innocence and poured in condemnation and shame: Pierce the side of the One who forgives those who hold the spear… …only then will eyes clear only then will ears hear, washed clean by the blood of the One, only then will hearts heal.
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Death Is Not The End
Lately, I have wanted to pump my fist at the sky and scream, “God, don’t You care about what I’m going through?!” Sometimes it seems like He’s not paying attention, or worse, that He knows what’s going on and just doesn’t care. More often than not, I don’t pump my fist at the sky and…
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In My Soul
In my soul I am strengthened, protected, inspired, accepted. There is no other place or person or thing that brings this grace. Why then do I insist on betraying my soul for the siren songs of this world?
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Thy Will Be Done*
What if Thy Will Be Done means death? What do we do then – as we watch his life drift away from us from his body from his voice from his eyes? How do we reconcile this ending before we are ready to say goodbye? Might we be blessed with just one more conversation one…
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Contentment
In the seeking my hands have opened… In the finding my mind has cleared… In the knowing my heart has received… and I no longer need anything as I rest in the arms of my Lord.
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There’s A Battle In The Temple
In my friend is a sickness – a foulness threatening his breath his blood his life. We pray for his healing – for the pain to cease for the discomfort to ease for some sort of relief; all the time forgetting – in my friend is the Spirit of God the lifeblood of generations the…
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What It’s All About
Everything – Every Single Thing – is about returning to God. So, in all things, go there first – to God – and you will have peace.
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The Captain of My Soul*
They say that “Ignorance is bliss.” I beg to differ! In ignorance I’ve lacked wisdom compassion selflessness truth – and was filled instead with the lies of control power will arrogance. There’s been nothing blissful in how I’ve treated others or myself. I’ve not been the master of myself or anything else; I’ve simply been…
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The Road to Heaven
When I was a child, I imagined the streets of Heaven would be lined with cotton candy and chocolate kisses. As a young adult, I thought instead those avenues of the Promised Land would sparkle with diamonds and pearls and gold. Now, I know only this: the road to and through and all around the…