First of all, I need to say
Aloud what is hidden away.
The pain of heartache weighs on me.
Can words of truth set me free?
You made me a believer.
Pain, you showed me what is real;
You even taught me how to feel.
To believe that I could rise
Above a life based on lies.
You made me a believer.
All my wounds lie deep within,
But my demons will not win.
I'll bring them out into the light,
Tell my truth and make it right.
You made me a believer.
Born to live my life with pride,
The road has been a rocky ride
Especially when the doves cried
(Heard me screaming deep inside).
You made me a believer.
So, let life throw rocks my way.
I will march into the fray.
A victim I will never be
If I react assertively.
You made me a believer.
I see the beauty through the pain.
On life must fall a little rain
To put out fires of deep regret;
Draining feelings in rivulets.
You made me a believer.
Pain made me a firm believer
That life can be a big deceiver,
But it taught me what is real;
To reconcile with how I feel.
Pain made me a believer.
A FACTUAL EMBRACE-:-
locked
curtained
comfort
close
composition
then HIGHLIGHTS& EXPOSED
once
hidden
anonymous
unsubtle
eulogy
SUNG ALOUD
assertively
expressing
humanity's
innate
joy
November 27 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Romans 14-16
Key Verse – Romans 14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR INSTRUCTING US
TO GIVE ACCOUNT OF OURSELVES TO HIM
Praise be to God for instructing us
to give account of ourselves to Him midst:
Truth always trustworthy
Testimonies assertively true
Triumph affirmatively tenacious
Trials toward abounding thanksgiving
Temptations assuring timely tested testimony
Romans 15:6 Praise be to the Lord for
exhorting us to glorify Him:
Pleasing His person
Persevering with His power
Progressing by His prosperity
Pursuing toward His purpose
Participating in His program
Preaching His precepts
Praising Him with His people
Performing by His principles
Producing along His provisions
Praying in His plan
Romans 16:20 Praise be to the Saviour for
His peace and grace as we:
Cleave to His care
Cary His commands
Cling to His compassion
Come to His cross with our concerns
Claim His closeness around His comfort. Amen!
November 27, 2024
November 25 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Romans 8-10
Key Verse – Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR ACQUITTING US FROM CONDEMNATION THROUGH CHRIST
Praise be to God for acquitting us from
condemnation through Christ with His love:
Always powerful
Assuredly peaceful
Abundantly present
Assertively precious
Awesomely priceless
Absolutely protective
Affirmatively productive
Romans 9:16 Praise be to the Lord for
showing to us His mercy for our:
Burden-bearing
Behaviour-blooming
Benefit-bountifulness
Benevolence-brightness
Beauty-bliss with His blessings
Romans 10:2 Praise be to the Saviour for
enabling us have a zeal of God with:
Scriptural knowledge
Sanctified kindness
Supplicatory knees
Salvation key to His kingdom
Sincere keeping. Amen!
November 25, 2024
May 4 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Chronicles 14-15
Key Verse – 1Chronicles 14:2 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO CONFIRMS OUR PRAYER
Praise be to God for confirming our prayer:
Perceived by His enlightenment
Presented with earnestness
Propelled for edification
Propped upon eternity
Pushed to evangelize
1Chronicles 14:10 Praise be to the Lord Who
responds to our enquiry that assures:
Truth that is tested
Triumph against tests
Thanksgiving midst trials
Trust with thoughtfulness
Tact tackling tremendous tricks
1Chronicles 15:26 Praise be to the Saviour
for His help that is:
Always strong
Assertively sure
Abundantly supplied
Affirmatively Scriptural
Available and safely steadfast. Amen!
May 4, 2024
April 11 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Kings 1-3
Key Verse – 1KingsSamuel 1:29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO REDEEMS
OUR SOULS OUT OF DISTRESS
Praise be to God for redeeming our souls out of all distress by His:
Mercy and His grace
Might midst His greatness
Miracles along His goodness
Magnificence marked by His glory
Marvelousness with His governance
1Kings 2:3 Praise be to the Lord Who
commands us to keep His charge:
Alertly fulfilling His will
Always walking in His ways
Absolutely abiding in His Word
Assertively declaring His worthiness
Affectionately praising Him in worship
1Kings 3:10 Praise be to the Saviour for
teaching us to please Him with our:
Speech declaring our faith
Service of dedicated fervency
Sacrifice displaying divine freedom
Stewardship midst determined faithfulness
Steadfastness in soulwinning despite fierce foes. Amen!
April 11, 2024
Frozen Promises June 23, 2026
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Frozen promises, aped icicles hang,
Glistening with deceit
No alteration in sight, the same yore song,
The disillusionment was a bitter defeat.
The sun, once a beacon of warmth and light,
Now hides behind a veil of darkened clouds,
The warmth of hope was replaced by plight.
Leaving us feeling lost in the shroud.
In this realm of torment and fear we tread,
Is a test of strength, where souls are led.
It's a battlefield of our creation.
Where we bear sequels of our damnation.
Yes, it's true; this world is hell.
But within its chaos, there are stories to tell.
We were not born to wither and fade.
But to rise above, unafraid.
What else do you expect? What else do you expect?
In a world filled with unrest?
A call to action, a plea for change,
To break free from this endless range.
Assertively, we are the base of the construction.
Of our living inferno, this destructive abduction.
But it's not too late; we can turn the tide.
With our grit, we can alter the course, with pride.
I'm a strong person, created of rough stone,
Wispy magenta dust was plucked off the ground.
Threatens to wreck my dreams in my moan,
As amethysts gracing my bedside endowed
Wispy magenta dust plucked off the ground,
Discovering insight in the early morning sky.
As amethysts gracing my bedside endowed,
I wish I could spew words into a width of the sly.
Discovering insight in the early morning sky,
I am bound with poetry, so it flows time on me.
I wish I could spew words into a width of sly,
Erasing all my unwillingness and anxiety.
I am bound with poetry, so it flows time on me,
Abandoning me to the mercy of the universe.
Erasing all my unwillingness and anxiety,
Assertively nothing other than a creative force.
Abandoning me to the mercy of the universe,
Threatens to wreck my dreams in my moan.
Assertively nothing other than a creative force,
I'm a strong person, created of rough stone.
Written: May 22, 2022
Wallflowers were once your favorite bloom,
so you suddenly plucked me from off the wall.
Half dead, but not yet in the tomb,
you treated me like your little doll.
You revived me to speech and gave me a name,
aligned my character to please your own.
I belonged to you, you'd assertively claim.
I was flesh of your flesh and bone of your bone.
Alone at the courthouse, we would wed
in spite of warnings from both sides.
I was somewhat alive, not yet dead,
scuffing through the room with cautious slides.
Your love was sudden, then revealed illusive.
When I revived, you became a zombie.
I guess better neglectful that abusive.
I became a part of you as you became a part of me.
12-8-2020
Leader of the home with virtuous height
Bracing up family with grand posture
Governing prudently by great faith’s might
He’s our Daddy in his godly gesture.
Daddy dearest is our human fortress.
He loves us as he trusts the Lord* Who’s great.
Assertively pointing truths he does stress
Guiding with values of excellent rate.
His humor’s sense speaks of prudence-fervour
While wholesome jokes call for analyses
His boyish looks, before, earned Mom’s favour
With wise perspective in facing crises.
A champion in his home-roles’ fulfillment
Dad exemplifies “genuine provider"
Propelled by his faithfulness’ commitment
A paragon of steadfast life-builder.
Showing verily servant-leadership
Our father’s a hero in word and deed
How we thank his marvelous guardianship
We praise God for Dad’s legacy indeed.
*Psalm 103:13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
February 15, 2020
2nd place, "Ode to a President or Leader Past or Present" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Sheri Fresonke Harper; judged on 3/2/2020.
Angels observe in un-articulated anguish from above,
anxiety afflicted by appalling accelerated ambition of the aggregate
that redefines the archaic, apocalyptical allure
driving humanity to its brink of active self annihilation;
those moments of antiquated adversarial abstractions
when history goes awry in its accursedness
revels the atrocious alienation of poverty ignored,
that hidden appetency wherein
the very acquiescence of its anticipated allure,
blinds us in our astigmatism that can anesthetize living well;
the assuage ascendancy of life's pain and amplified existence
briefly lingers, dies
as we absolve ourselves with abstinence
surpassing the more auspicious moments lost
when we could have been assertively aggrandized,
to become
more augmented humanity.
for John Hamilton's Crazy A's contest
10/30/19
1. Anguish 2. Awry 3. Auspicious 4. Atrocious 5. Assuage 6. Appetency
7. Allure 8. Absolve
Some say they from a broken family
I’m not but nowadays its broken anyway
punished when in trouble had to take responsibility
picked apart by my troubles stripped of masculinity
punishment not found when a parent ups and leaves
in all probability it took the confidence from me
labelled a cluts my fails they made me see
at 11 brother went to university
my sister moved out unhappy
so in my family unit I was on my only
funny as now my siblings disowned me
my parents are peoples they don’t want to see
I’m stuck at home reluctantly
one year over 33
let the bird fly free his nest his destiny
let him find his kids his lady
they label me lazy some say crazy
stuck here deservingly deserve living desertedly
as I’m not searching assertively,
I’m not from a broken family
just one that lives far openly
I beg, Lord, for Your wisdom* for effective spirituality
So as to walk with You everyday with perseverance
Fortified to overcome faith-tests by Your assurance
Assertively expressing Your supreme sovereignty.
I pray, Lord, for Your wisdom in my servant-heart attitude
As I worship You with my whole heart
Illumined to cleave to Your grace midst doubt’s dart
Sincerely yielding to You with joyous gratitude.
*Romans 11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
June 6, 2019
DICTATOR – SUCCESSOR - DICTATOR
Absolute power lies in his hands,
How his chest expands!
How long does a Dictator last,
This era should now
Become the past.
His greedy ego,
Should not be fed,
The people all agreed and said,
His hedonistic ways,
Have left him
But a few days.
They all know,
That he must go,
His spies advise
That he lays low.
The masses, the army,
The man in the street,
Ready to march,
Bringing thousands of feet,
So angry, so vengeful,
So ready, so united
Everything’s planned,
It has been decided.
A coup erupts,
The Dictator’s out,
A unanimous decision
Which carried clout,
And in his place
Comes a cunning clone,
Who assertively says
All the land is his own!
The hearts of the masses
Immediately sink,
How stupid
Were they ever to think,
A clone, accomplice
To the Dictators deeds,
But fully aware ,
Of the people’s needs,
Would be re-active,
Sensitive and sane of mind
Not so –
Clone and Dictator were one of a kind.
BIRD ON A TABLE
It was his table
He was there first, before me
He said assertively
Talking, chirping defianty
Wanting crumbs
Unwilling to fly away
But ready to do so
In a flash
Heart racing
Courage and hunger
Friendly but timorous
He held his ground
As my Goliath hand approached
And dropped a crumb
In front of David
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