lifelong lessons
Who was a king and yet a child? Who in a mortal’s womb tarried And born at birth a little lad? My Jesus Who lived and grew at sturdy pace? Filled with the Father’s love and grace Who for my sake, this world did grace? My Jesus When men picked stones to cast at me Who stooped to write a law for me And while in sin did set me free? My Jesus When scars of evil […]
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Through the winding path, unto Golgotha Trod children, men, mothers, babes also In their midst was a man Upon Him was a wooden cross Whips struck as they were forced Nowhere else but upon His back Mockery was made unanimously Verbal assault on this undeserving One Golgotha reached, the cross was raised Other crosses also were raised Upon the crosses were hung men Two justly, the other faultless The faultless one was struck and His blood […]
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I came across a written desire So bold, I couldn’t help looking Startled at first, I took a second look Then I saw it clearly, or so I thought “Oh God I desire to be successful I want to be rich and influential I want to be great and famous But most of all, Lord take me ‘THERE’” “Where is ‘THERE’?”, I unconsciously asked If a man prefers ‘THERE’ to wealth and influence Trading greatness for this vaguely […]
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Just words and the formless earth took a form. Only His word could conjure a geoid* Through the geoid and the void without it A being roams to and fro, the devil But He, in omnipresence dominates With weakly bonded molecules of water He did rid earth once of evil These molecules bore an ark way high Above the highest of peaks With the invisible force that sways trees Parted He the red sea for His people to tread […]
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Days I think am right Shouts jolt* me sternly Revealing the right undone Conspicuous, my evil clone Gosh! What thought I? Seamless cloth of deed How thick, yet threadbare Woven by an untailored mind Wrapped layer atop layer Warped* in purpose and intention Oh! What deceit unseen What astray could have led? Let my face be smile-less Drained of all color The cost still is cheaper If my correction is now Prov. 10:17 “People who accept […]
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The deeds that are done Will in time be forgotten The memories of a past would read as none So say some The glory of the now will fade As mist in the sun’s shine Glossy though, the picture at present looks When ‘now’ turns ‘then’ its wear will show The past casts a shadow No glare can overshadow In it the present sees its future Otherwise maybe its futility “It’s forgotten, it’s nothing” Some […]
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What exchange can give A man of anything to live? Many a man would not believe Though water hold in a sieve What fosters doubt mere Keeps the mind from truth bare Kindled atoms of evil flare Blown thither and here Quelling this fear in myriads Nothing could thus raid Save that a sovereign* soul’s paid Not after we all were made We hum the price as free Of our Saviour’s actual fee Seeing His blood […]
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Torch my heart O abstract bit Sit my quiver* with your arrows String my bow with unknown skill Target to hit, make it mine Though my quiver full of it Let the first that strings my bow Fly unhindered for the kill Love that I seek, make it mine …wholly mine Romans 12:9 “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.”(NIV)
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Tossed to, tossed fro Buffeted*on all sides Shaken without mercy In fitful*sways it stands Thin as it looks and is In the midst of the howling wind Bent, though unbroken …is the reed We may bend But break? Nay! Our salvation is full and not of us Though we be shaken, our foundation sure stands For we chose not but are of Him chosen No matter what the times tell We’re too bedecked* with grace To […]
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Forgotten are the days When we toiled till dark Our heads below our waistline Feet astride58 mounds of soil Forgotten are the years When we formed cliques, in uniforms Our desire; to learn what we ought So we could pass the test Forgotten are the days When we attended extra classes Seeking help in all nooks For a foundation, we sought to build Forgotten are the years When we fought with zeal, in queues For admission, gotten […]
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