Every precious day
With another step taken—
Rhythm’s magic leads
Three strikes and you’re out
New inning, second chances—
Back in batter’s box
Feeling reclusive
Feeds introvert’s humbleness—
Autographing prose
Maturity and freedom come when believers completely surrender to God and rely on His strength.
From Hebrews 5:12-14: “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic elements of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, 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.”
Jesus did not tell parables to confirm well-known truths, but rather to shatter well-known truths.
From John 8:31-32: “Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in Him, ‘If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.'”
John Newton (1725-1807) was an English pastor who also was a writer of several hymns, including the beloved “Amazing Grace.” His early life is filled with contrasts, when compared to his later life. He served as a ship’s captain during the slave trade, but later renounced his work after his conversion to Christianity. He became an outspoken opponent of the slave trade later in his life.
Challenges shall arise
Founding Fathers always knew
Banking on nation’s resilience
Diligence sees us through
Compromise offers path
Democracy’s open door
Common ground must be sown with faith
No longer keeping score
Nation’s tomorrow calls
Steering with imperfect hands
Leading always, “Of the People”
Across freedom’s great land
With each generation
Grateful nation never bends
Defending democracy’s quest
Freedom’s proud dividend
In his Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln immortalized the continuing spirit and faith in the American experiment of democracy with these words, “. . . that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
Women, if the soul of the nation is be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) was the wife of civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. In her own path of life, she assisted him in the march forward for civil rights, as well as being an accomplished author.
The writing of this poem is inspired from the works of American poet, Walt Whitman (1819-1892).
Escaping life’s hectic pace
Finding nature’s retreat
Breathing her refreshing air
Freedom’s open love seat
Waking to blessed sunrise
Living off nature’s land
Sowing seeds, fertile harvest
Freedom’s new motherland
Pursuing nature’s rhythm
Feeling never alone
Answering only to God
Freedom’s sturdy jawbone
Sleeping under nightly stars
Filling mind, mellow dreams
Sharing nature’s melodies
Freedom’s harmony beams
Experiencing new joy
Tasting nature’s flavor
Discovering Father’s gift
Freedom’s grace-filled favor
From Exodus 19:5: “ Now, therefore, if you obey My voice and keep My covenant, you shall be My treasured possession out of all the peoples. Indeed, the whole earth is Mine.”
Obeying God’s law
All shall fall short
Darkness consumes
Flesh’s evil tort
Sowing falsehood’s seeds
Emptiness reigns
Corruption rules
Flesh’s sinful chains
Witnessing Jesus
Calvary’s death
Covenant breaks
Flesh’s final breath
Praising Risen Lord
New freedom’s call
Harvest ready
Grace building faith’s wall
From Galatians 6:14-15: “May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to Me and I to the world. For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything, but a new creation is everything!”
Better to die fighting for freedom than to be a prisoner all the days of your life.
Judge not, before you judge yourself.
Bob Marley (1945-1981) was a Jamaican-born singer, songwriter, and musician. His unique and pioneering musical talents shared many inspiring songs.
Where liberty dwells, there is my country.
They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was a Founding Father of the United States. He served his nation as a prominent statesman and effective diplomat.
A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you’d be willing to enter it in a random place.
Religious faith is an important aspect of American culture and a fact of American political life.
John Rawls (1921-2002) is an American political philosopher. Some of his writings emphasize the concept of “justice as fairness.”
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