Some people’s thinking
Prosperity’s wealth
Filled with gold’s treasures
Money brings good health
Overflowing grift
Falsehoods flooding minds
Filled with finances
Greed poisons and blinds
Almighty dollars
Ignoring true cost
Riches tumble down
Future fills with frost
Character flounders
Integrity fades
Growing evil breathes
Lifetime’s failing grade
From the words of American pastor and Christian teacher, Charles Stanley: “The body of Christ–also know as the Church–is made up of all who believe in Jesus.”
Body of Christ
Filled with believers
Worshipping Him
Humble receivers
Head of God’s church
Lord Jesus Christ reigns
Following Him
Grace eases our pains
Faith’s salvation
Active Christian life
Breathing Gospel
Peace lives without strife
Boldly walking
As Christ’s faithful feet
Upholding love
Divine message greets
Believers march
Trust guides life’s mandate
Spreading Good News
Grace equips our fate
From Ephesians 4:15-16: “But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into Him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body’s growth in building itself up in love.”
World’s complexity
Simplicity seeks appeal—
Enters writer’s mind
Each crafted arrow
Filling this writer’s quiver—
Lasting prose awaits
Enlightened verses
Expressions of flowing waves—
Poet captures life
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Who is this man from Galilee?
Born on a cloudless, starry night
No rooms available at the inn
A feed box becomes His bed
Holy Spirit brings forth this child
Virgin Mary becomes His loving mother
Humble beginning for Christ the King
Nation of Israel burdened by hopelessness
Oppressed under cruel, harsh Roman rule
Waiting for their God fulfilling Messiah
Little do the people really know
God has arrived in their midst
Bringing a way to eternal Salvation
Who is this man from Galilee?
Mary and Joseph care for Immanuel
Angels of God watch over all
Providing wise counsel through Joseph’s dream
Sending the family to Egypt’s safety
Avoiding Herod’s bloody and inhumane wrath
Fulfilling Scripture, God calls His Son
Returning home from the Egyptian lands
A dutiful boy becomes a Nazarene
Learning the worthy trade of carpentry
At twelve, He visits Jerusalem’s temple
Amazing all with His Godly perspectives
Spending time in His Father’s House
Who is this man from Galilee?
Baptized by John at the Jordan
Spending forty days and nights alone
Tempted by the evil one’s craftiness
Facing temptations like any of us
Overcoming and banishing each of them
Materialism, hedonism, and egoism mean nothing
This Nazarene man moves to Galilee
Beginning His ministry with a purpose
Calling out to twelve imperfect men
Take up your cross, follow Me!
God’s Word becomes bread of life
Disciples now fish for lost people
Who is this man from Galilee?
Reaching out to forsaken, sinful people
Performing miracles, left and then right
Preaching the Sermon on the Mount
Turning simple water into wedding wine
Healing the sick and the lame
All signs of His glory with God
Feeding the 5,000 seems truly impossible
Walking on water before Peter’s eyes
Few can imagine His ultimate fate
Eyes and ears closed and unaware
This man called Jesus brings light
On Resurrection Day, fulfilling God’s promise
The world now knows Jesus Christ!
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Broken and waiting
Stumble, now falling
Mankind blind and lost
Grace always calling
Spirit picks us up
Reach for Father’s hand
Love fills empty cup
Vision clears as planned
Ask God our questions
Read Bible’s story
Taste Scripture’s account
Witness His glory
Lift eyes up high
Breathe in heaven’s love
God’s promises fly
Goodness from above
Wait for our Father
Hold tight to faith’s hand
His hope comes on board
Salvation’s steel band
Alarm clock sleeping in
Saturday morning waits
Lazy minutes calling
Extra coffee’s first mate
Day’s blessed, empty page
Life’s agenda on pause
Batteries recharging
Kicking back, just because
Quiet morning moments
Coffee’s second cup smiles
Never stuck in traffic
Saturday’s endless miles
This truly special day
Sharing its own sunshine
Life’s gray clouds chased away
Loving each hour, so fine
Each week’s favorite time
Carefree pace never shifts
Energized spirit sings
Saturday shares its gifts
Every
Given day
Blessings of peace
Christ walks among us
Spellbinding
Gospel
Speaks boldly
Treasure every word
Glories of God’s law
Beholding
Darkness
Surrounding thee
Facing tumultuous waters
God never stops helping
Sustaining
Waiting for inspiration
Seeking life’s fresh, new start
Searching nighttime’s galaxy
Empty stars fall apart
Hiding from inspiration
Fearing each day’s setback
Sleeping until afternoon
Day’s journey stays off track
Breathing with inspiration
Shirking destiny’s call
Walking away once again
Ambition slows to crawl
Dreaming of inspiration
Waking to sunrise fog
Giving up another day
Hollow thoughts fill backlog
Starting with new attitude
Taking desired station
Leaving forever, life of . . .
Empty inspiration
Your perceived failure can become the catalyst for profound reinvention.
Disappointment leads to clarity, which leads to conviction and true originality.
From 1 Peter 2:2-3: “Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation—if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.”
Infancy of man’s faith
Absent righteous skills
Fed with Word’s nourishment
Holy Spirit fills
Grappling divine lessons
Bread of Life above
Christ breathes as Living Word
Grace imparts with love
Learning faith’s elements
Son of Man preaches
One parable each time
Our Lord’s Word teaches
Practicing what is learned
Holy design’s growth
Faith in Word progresses
Maturity’s oath
Accepting Word’s goodness
Darkness now ignored
Righteous living obeys
Mercy comes on board
From Hebrews 5:13-14: “For everyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is unskilled in the word of righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.”
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