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Monday Memories: Without Faith

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From Hebrews 11:6:  “And without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever would approach Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him.”

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Living without faith

Never pleasing to God

Scripture grows musty

Seeing life as a fraud

 

Lacking true knowledge

Missing God’s living Word

Whole heart feels empty

Running with the wrong herd

 

Callous attitude

Faith absent, lonesome walk

Mind unbelieving

AWOL from Shepherd’s flock

 

Holy Trinity

Faith’s long forgotten light

Father, Son, Spirit

Blessed angels take flight

 

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From Proverbs 3:5:  “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight.”

Originally published December, 2020.

Come to Me (Elfchen Series #176)

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Troubling Stress

Worries

Life’s emptiness

Embracing Christ’s love

All given to Him

Freedom

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Aimless Meandering

Drifting

Lost again

Hearing Shepherd’s voice

Kneeling at Calvary’s cross

Found

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Staggering Load

Burdens

Useless baggage

Savior willingly gathers

Free to now travel

Light

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Life’s Responses (Haiku Series #154)

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Learning

Gathering new strength

Recalling past challenges—

Tomorrow waiting

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Overcoming

Difficult moments

Face-to-face conversation—

Needing loyal friends

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Abandoning

Each tribe walks its path

Ignoring one another—

Everyone lost

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Adrift

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From James 4:1:  “Those conflicts and disputes among you, where do they come from?  Do they not come from your cravings that are at war within you?”

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Walking their own path

Adrift and alone

Lost in time’s darkness

Hearing nightly groans

 

Ignoring each cry

All tribes go their way

Survival fading

Feeling life betray

 

Following nothing

Pride discolors trust

Tomorrow grows cold

Breathing tasteless dust

 

Speaking harshest words

Tattoo’s lasting sting

Evil for evil

Crashing without wings

 

Blaming each other

Lost in stormy seas

Tribes now divided

Dropping to their knees

 

Praying to Father

Seeking direction

Finding His compass

Making corrections

 

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From James 4:7-8:  “Submit yourselves therefore to God.  Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.  Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.  Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”

Without Faith

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From Hebrews 11:6:  “And without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever would approach Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him.”

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Living without faith

Never pleasing to God

Scripture grows musty

Seeing life as a fraud

 

Lacking true knowledge

Missing God’s living Word

Whole heart feels empty

Running with the wrong herd

 

Callous attitude

Faith absent, lonesome walk

Mind unbelieving

AWOL from Shepherd’s flock

 

Holy Trinity

Faith’s long forgotten light

Father, Son, Spirit

Blessed angels take flight

 

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From Proverbs 3:5:  “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight.”

Monday Memories: No Longer Lost

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This poem, written in May of 2019, again brings a message which has been part of some recent devotionals and Bible readings.  May all believers continue to reach out to others with the message of God’s grace and peace.  He never grows weary of gathering the Lost to hear His Word.

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Walking down an empty sidewalk all alone

Feeling lost when no one calls his phone

Facing the final sunset of a life

Remembering past sinful strife

Rubbing together his chilly, worn hands

Warming a cold heart of a humbled man

 

Recalling a strong home built brick by brick

Wiping away tears when she became sick

Losing his loving bride to illness

Asking, “Why God, is this meant?”

 

Battling the raging, turbulent cosmic powers

Creating lonely darkness that sadly towers

Living without a daily dose of hope

Trying to understand his life’s scope

 

Reciting scripture as Christ says, “I am with you”

Witnessing the bloody Cross, coming into view

Testing his faith, builds continued endurance

Removing sinful chains at every occurrence

 

Loving us, God guards our hearts and minds

Smiling, the old man knows he has more time

Bringing Salvation, our Savior conquers the Cross

Blessing another life, this man no longer feels lost

 

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Destined for Nowhere

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Life seems to intercept my best plans

Always leaving me with empty hands

 

Been knocked down more times than most

Perhaps, I should migrate toward the coast

 

Yet, I still survive most days, somehow

Rising again from the bloody canvas—Pow!

 

Standing alone, a battered warrior of one

Others followed promises to a faded sun

 

Every day delivers a fresh, new battle

Each minute of every hour, embattled

 

Trying to stand taller for a view

No time to rest, until I’m through

 

Life serves up more lessons to inhale

Ocean’s tides never wait for a gale

 

In my youth, destined for great fame

My dreams shattered, life now so lame

 

Standing in the middle of “Nowhere”

Why should I even bother to care?

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