Freed

Chains on ones wrist that's unseen
The eyes chasing in a wayward keen
Which holds one unto slave of death
In this poem to seek guidance of breath
To tell of  shackles of a staggering walk
The crooked lines of deception in chalk 
Drawn from drunkards wine of lustful desires
In the thicket of thorns and briers
Saying, we are free to roam our own way
But, yet the entanglement of a stray
Oh, how long will ye wander
As God makes His presence known as thunder
Calling out that one might seek
To receive a new direction unto thy feet
Released from chains of guilt 
To become crafted as the beauty of a quilt
Entering unto a newfound peace and joy
With this breath calls out a redemption story
Of Christ which separates wheat from chaff
The One God lifted up as Moses raised his staff






But today I am freeing you from the chains on your wrists. Come with me to Babylon, if you like, and I will look after you; but if you do not want to, then don’t come. Look, the whole country lies before you; go wherever you please.”
Jeremiah 40:4 NIV

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.
Romans 6:22 NIV
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Date: 8/12/2023 10:31:00 AM
Good piece Stephen.' Well put together!
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Stephan McBride
Date: 8/12/2023 12:48:00 PM
All glory to God that gives the strength within us to seek His love, peace and joy, May God bless, comfort, guide and fill you with His peace, love, spirit and joy in abundance: )
Date: 8/11/2023 10:28:00 PM
We wander with chains on our hands. We think we are free to roam everywhere. But we are straying without proper direction. God is our guide. He alone can give us a new direction and a new life. We are not doomed but redeemed... but we have to follow the paths God points to us ! Beautiful thoughts dear Stephan!
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Stephan McBride
Date: 8/12/2023 12:51:00 PM
: ). Amen, love it , all glory to Christ that freed us from the chains and shackles of death, May God bless, comfort guide and fill you with His peace, love, spirit and joy in abundance: )
Date: 8/9/2023 3:05:00 PM
Hi Stephen! The earth seems doomed to have it “their own way.”.powerful poem” People follow mostly Satan and his snares. They replaced God with government and then wonder, why wars! People kill each other daily.and churches? I write a poem honoring vets who died for us.OUT of all Americans here. THREe signed? We deserve what’s coming our way. Pangie
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Stephan McBride
Date: 8/10/2023 4:04:00 PM
Indeed, my dear friend, the world in a whole is definitely flipped upside down, seems it has always been, thankfully through Christ we have a way out
Date: 8/7/2023 10:41:00 AM
Powerful, Stephan. No longer enslaved but beloved ones of God. Blessings to you Stephan.
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Stephan McBride
Date: 8/7/2023 12:43:00 PM
All glory to God through His spirit and word to give guidance, May God bless, comfort, guide and fill you with His peace, love, spirit and joy in abundance
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