lifelong lessons
Tears have made me look Like a scarified being They have been shed uncontrollably Rolling from upper lid to lower lip I cried not because I had tears Nor because my emotions were tweaked* But there was a pain in my heart That forced the tears from their source When I tried to hold back these tears Unthinking these thoughts that made me sad Though my eyelids were in close contact My lashes remained wet from the caress […]
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It began like a flimsy thought Testing the waters for opposition I knew its type and daring nature But seeing it creep, all I did was behold I had the bridle and the bit To condition my horse of a mind But I held both bridle and bit And watched the back of a galloping horse This thought had set my mind to race And when I knew what I was doing I was surprised I was […]
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On the quest to mold We all have borne ourselves here Carved in by torments we know Only too well to tell another Arriving at the Potter’s porch Loud wailing, silent sobs Expressing our burdens as we know how The Potter is not more moved than He is Awaiting our call We watch others’ burdens flee Earnestly wishing to be next As the Potter’s wheel spins on When our time is come We anticipate a relief, a […]
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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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