Crushing
Sin’s chains
Light defeats darkness
Resurrection breathes with life
Victory
Unwavering
Character strengthened
Integrity’s daily march
Filled with God’s righteousness
Assurance
Justifying
God’s Word
Teaching life lessons
Each application rings true
Authority
Facing life’s challenges
Decisions needing to be made
Stepping with confidence
No longer feeling afraid
Listening to own heart
Negative thoughts fading away
Taking positive steps
No longer leading astray
Flexing new attitude
Tomorrow inviting fresh start
Letting yesterday go
No longer filling sad heart
Leaving darkness behind
Choices finding healthy outlets
Loving new direction
No longer bringing regrets
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by another encounter with another human being.
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) was a French-born theologian, writer, humanitarian, and philosopher. He received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of “Reverence for Life.”
From Colossians 1:13-14: “He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
Looking down from Heaven
Observing broken world
Father, Son, and Spirit
Designing rescue’s lifeline
Dispatching Son to earth
Walking among sinners
Light’s rescue comes to save
Taking perfect human form
Witnessing Father’s love
Executing rescue
Journey to bloody Cross
Rebuilding faith’s cornerstone
Voiding enemy’s lies
Saving flawed humanity
God’s rescue overcomes
Replacing darkness with light
Paying man’s debts in full
Bearing each transgression
Through Son’s body and blood
Raising salvation’s rescue
From Acts 2:37-39: “Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, ‘Brothers, what should we do?’ Peter said to them, ‘Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to Him.'”
Wonders of nature
Endlessly magnificent—
Leaving us speechless
Exploring today
Nature’s defining lessons—
Always teaching us
Delightful buffet
Appreciate nature’s fare—
Nothing can compare
Apostle Paul writes in Galatians 6:14: “But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
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Christ comes to the world
Bringing God’s love to us
Jesus sets the bar high
Higher than we can reach
Christ delivers two true teachings
To a sinful, unsaved world
Love your God, the Father
Love others more than yourself
Jesus does more than preach
He teaches us God’s truth
His hands heal the sick
Later pierced with sharpened nails
He raises up the dead
Just as He will rise
Christ, the Messiah, brings hope
He is Savior to mankind
Wearing a crown of thorns
Humbles himself on the Cross
Rising from a dark tomb
Christ forever defeats our sins
Christ serves His Holy Father
His sacrifice continues to give
He lives
The Resurrection lives
Eternal life lives
Respond to Christ in prayer
Humble, grateful—on our knees
Honor and praise Jesus Christ
Our eternal Savior and protector
His love lights the way
Accepting Jesus as our Savior
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Originally published October, 2019.
From Isaiah 43:2: “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.”
Storm’s surging rage
Turning away from sin
Transgressions now forgiven
Lighting faith within
Light leads our way
Stirring righteous feelings
Freed from enemy’s facade
Praising truth’s dealings
Living water
Quenching believers’ thirst
God’s glory reigning supreme
Seeing hope dispersed
Every new day
Serving merciful Lord
Countless opportunities
Calling, come aboard
Father’s guidance
Flowing from grace-filled heart
Future course plotted and set
Receiving fresh start
From Isaiah 43:25: “I alone am the one who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.”
Experiencing lifetime of first steps
Beginning with toddler’s curious try
Tumbling down to earth from frequent missteps
Inquiring mind looking skyward to fly
Growing up quickly, ready for life’s prep
Entering grade school doors, stepping right in
Navigating each year, planting more steps
Looking always forward, career begins
Living life, one year follows another
Challenging new steps arriving each day
Recalling advice from caring mother
Stepping out, traveling each new highway
Remembering this life’s countless missteps
Smiling at grandchildren’s beginning steps
The best teacher is experience. Find the educational in every situation.
Console the failure, but nurture the hunger.
Bryan Cranston (born 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous accolades his work in television, film, and theater.
Accepting
Christ’s teachings
Humble and gentle
Reaching out to others
Grace
Receiving
God’s love
Eternal, flowing grace
Let ours always shine
Patience
Sharing
Father’s grace
Following His example
Our turn to share
Love
This series of poems (written in the German-inspired style of Elfchen or Elevenie) shares a total of eleven words in each poem, with a sequence by line of one, two, three, four, and one words.
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