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Hope’s Refreshing Pace

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From Deuteronomy 30:19-20:  “Choose life so that you and your descendants may live, loving the Lord your God, obeying Him, and holding fast to Him, for that means life to you and length of days, so that you may live in the land that the Lord swore to give to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

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Choosing to follow

Father’s divine Word

Walking in His ways

Heaven’s light unblurred

 

Cherishing each day

Father softens heart

Guiding Spirit’s breath

Truth offers fresh start

 

Taking trusted path

Father’s saving grace

Perishing no more

Hope’s refreshing pace

 

Strengthening faith’s roots

Father’s tender hand

Living waters shine

Darkness cannot stand

 

Observing sin’s filth

Father sends His Son

Washing away debts

Mercy breathes through One

 

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From Psalm 1:1-2:  “Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked or take the path that sinners tread or sit in the seat of scoffers, but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law they meditate day and night.”

J. B. Phillips Quote

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Christ is the aperture through which the immensity and magnificence of God can be seen.

From John 14:6-7:  “ Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through Me.  If you know Me, you will know My Father also. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.'”

J. B. (John Bertram) Phillips (1906-1982) was an English Bible translator, Christian author, and Anglican pastor.

As Father Planned

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From Hebrews 10:23:  “Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who has promised is faithful.”

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Worldly treasures

Sparkle every hour

Each temptation

Promises to empower

 

Never enough

Looking beyond God

Contentment sought

Destiny’s promises flawed

 

Hearing God’s Word

Faith’s truth becomes known

Sin’s journey fades

Dark promises stand alone

 

Honesty breathes

Eternity stands

Spirit leads on

Promised grace, as Father planned

 

Walking with Christ

Following hope’s light

Leaving darkness

Promising love, always bright

 

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From Lamentations 3:22-23:  “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.”

Monday Memories: Living Truths

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From Proverbs 23:23:  “Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.”

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Philosophy breathes steady, faith’s living truths

Waiting with wisdom, long missing from our youth

 

Life’s daily chase may not be worth small treasure

Reading God’s Word, bringing life’s honest measure

 

Plan on giving more to others than ourselves

Blessing us with far more than dusty bookshelves

 

Jesus teaches us to treat others with love

Harnessing our Lord’s grace and peace from above

 

Trust lives as hope’s virtue, never to be lost

Securing it tightly, at ultimate cost

 

Our daily comfort zone brings false sense of peace

Rising up with Christ, offering life’s new lease

 

Failure teaches toughest lessons of living

Earning later success, praise with thanksgiving

 

Mankind’s world spins daily, filled with too much change

Praying to God, calms life with daily exchange

 

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From James 1:17-18:  “Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.  In fulfillment of His own purpose He gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of His creatures.”

Originally published December, 2020.

Elton Trueblood Quote

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Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.

From Hebrews 11:1-3:  “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.  Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval.  By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.”

Elton Trueblood (1900-1994) was an American Christian author and theologian.  He served as chaplain to both Harvard and Stanford universities.

Mercy’s Breath (Elfchen Series #263)

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Redemption’s Truth

Darkness

Surrounds thee

God’s blazing fire

Enemy vanquished to shadows

Salvation

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Words of Hope

Heart

Distress filled

God’s trusted answers

Lighting His righteous path

Confidence

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Blessed Journey

Songs

Of praise

God’s steadfast love

His goodness endures forever

Thankfulness

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Our Creator’s Truth

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From Psalm 139:13-14:  “For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.  I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.  Wonderful are your works; that I know very well.”

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Our Creator’s breath

Inescapable

Molding each precious gift

Earth’s dynamic facelift

 

Our Creator’s touch

Undeniable

Crafting nature’s landscape

Tenderness fills each shape

 

Our Creator’s works

Unfathomable

Filling with Heaven’s light

Harsh darkness taking flight

 

Our Creator’s grace

Insurmountable

Offering love’s embrace

Patience marking each space

 

Our Creator’s faith

Undebatable

Delivering life’s hope

Atop each mountain slope

 

Our Creator’s way

Inseparable

Leading to Promised Land

His plan forever grand

 

Our Creator’s truth

Unequivocal

Writing Scripture’s story

Destined for His glory

 

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From Psalm 139:23-24:  “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts.  See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

Edward R. Murrow Quotes

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To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful.

The speed of communications is wondrous to behold.  It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.

Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965) was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent.  His informative radio posts during World War II brought news to the American public.

Wisdom’s Heart

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From Ephesians 5:15-16:  “Be careful, then, how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil.”

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Wisdom’s heart

Filling with light

More than being smart

Spirit’s peace comes each night

 

Wisdom waits

God’s strength shall come

Patience’s blessed fate

Marching to heavens’ drum

 

Wisdom’s trust

Shared from above

Faith rises from dust

Calvary bears Christ’s love

 

Wisdom thrives

Apply God’s truth

Choices breathe alive

Life’s depth replaces youth

 

Wisdom’s grace

Righteousness roams

Salvation’s birthplace

Heaven’s redeeming home

 

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From Ecclesiastes 10:10:  “If the iron is blunt and one does not whet the edge, then more strength must be exerted, but wisdom helps one to succeed.”

Savior’s Light (Elfchen Series #255)

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Trusted

Hearing

False promises

Enemy in darkness

Truth no longer hidden

Jesus

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Committed

Embracing

Faithful whisper

Leaving transgression’s darkness

Showered with daily grace

Jesus

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Engaged

Witnessing

Mercy’s forgiveness

Redemption’s Holy covenant

Hope transforms all darkness

Jesus

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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.