Best Consecrating Poems
“Trust in the LORD*.” Such declares God’s sovereignty
Along His leadership as the supreme Almighty Deity---
We must bow to Him with humility
Submitting ourselves to His authority.
“Trust in the LORD.” Such affirms God’s greatness
Along His omnipotence while manifesting gentleness---
We must shine through His goodness
Consecrating ourselves to His graciousness.
“Trust in the LORD.” Such reverberates God’s warning
Along His rebuke against unbelief, doubting, and complaining---
We must repent with sincerity’s well-meaning
Yielding ourselves to His reigning.
“Trust in the LORD.” Such speaks of God’s demand
Along His precept attesting promises so grand---
We must meditate His Word, whereupon we stand
Dedicating ourselves to follow His command.
“Trust in the LORD.” Such asserts God’s compassion
Along His mercy upon us during our affliction---
We must abide in His will midst COVID19 situation
Laying ourselves to His perfect and wise action.
“Trust in the LORD.” Such announces God’s requirement
Along His statute for us to show our joyous fulfillment---
We must comply to His faith-building agreement
Committing ourselves to His soulwinning-empowerment.
“Trust in the LORD.” Such assures God’s victory
Along His triumph in our obedience to proclaim Gospel story---
We must rely on His might while praying to overcome worry
Surrendering ourselves to His control for His glory.
*Psalm 73:28 …It is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
March 21, 2020
Categories:
consecrating, christian, devotion, faith, god,
Form:
Rhyme
First day of our life
The mother is ecstatic
Finally her pains and burdens are over
Ululations and congratulations are on
Could even be the next president
But father is in tears
Camouflaged as honest joy
Another big mouth to feed
Second day of our life
The priest is ecstatic
Finally another person in line for tithe
Could even be the next pope
But mother is in tears
Camouflaged as the touching by the word
Village thugs and whores praying for you
Another statistic of robbery without violence
Third day of our life
The teacher is ecstatic
Finally someone to be the Aristotle to their Plato
Could even be the next Einstein
But priest is in tears
Camouflaged as tears for absolution
Lawyers and politicians consecrating you
Another greedy scholar on the rise
Fourth day of our life
The couters are ecstatic
Finally we love being in love
Could even get married bells ringing
But teacher is in tears
Camouflaged as being proud of you
Another dumb romantic who never learns
Fifth day of our life
We are very ecstatic
Finally we made a new life
Could it be the need to sustain bliss human mediocrity?
But our sweethearts are in tears
Camouflaged as being happy for you
Another one escapes dying alone
Sixth day of our life
Grandchildren are ecstatic
Finally someone else full of laughter and ambition
Could it be their I-phone is the only new thing under the sun?
But we are in tears
Camouflaged as pain in our backs
Another generation who don’t know how short life is
The last day of my life
The better angels inside my head are mourning
Finally I am someone who lived in this world
Could it be because I will be forgotten?
But grandchild is happy
Camouflaged as tears for losing you
Just another man without legacy gone
Categories:
consecrating, age, dark, funny, giggle,
Form:
Verse
Enemies of the peace
Are not consecrating the life
Tampering with the nature
Crucifying the childhood
On the sidewalks
Burying the chastity
In the brothels
Killing the light
Before coming the dark
Enemies of the peace
Adoring the wars
Kissing the poverty
Dreaming with the famines
Clapping for catastrophes
Destroying everything
Schools
Hospitals
Synagogues
Churches
Mosques
Temples
Enemies of the peace
They want to uproot feelings
To extinguish the flaming longing
In the hearts
And burn the growing yearning
In depths of humans
Enemies of the peace
Robbing the dreams
Jailing the tears
Deforming the colors
Crushing the flowers
Turning off the hope
Enemies of the peace
Not knowing the love
Not appreciating the values
Not believing in the peace .....................
Categories:
consecrating, peace, violence, war,
Form:
Free verse
At dawn, the air was tinged with the smell of impending heat
Best friends make the best spouses!!
Last night apart was totally overrated. Bachelor boredom.
Uptight? Not by a damned sight. Can’t wait to marry my soul mate!
Everybody’s looking so dapper! How unusual!
Mom and Dad walk with me to the garden, where I see you…
Oh my, do you look like an absolute goddess!
Over 100 degrees under the chuppah; thought we’d be the supper!
Nuptials, circling and consecrating each other, vows, true love and joyous tears
Indivisible for all time, joined as a family, my wife and I. Wife? Husband? Wow.
Nibbling the amazing food here and there while making the rounds
Jubilant and giddy while taking pictures after; the pictures show it!
Us alone for stolen moments here and there
Night fell; we drove off into the sunset with the Blue Moon rising behind us
Ending in sweet togetherness on and off all blessed night
3/18/16
Categories:
consecrating, joy, love, marriage, wedding,
Form:
Acrostic
Theology exists above and beyond the Church
Holy Orders create an esteemed priest from a humble man
Everlasting life surrounds all those who believe
Consecrating bread and wine in remembrance of Jesus
Heavenly Father, Son and Holy Spirit watch over
Under the guiding light of candle, Monks toil
Revering wise leadership of Pope, Bishops and Clergy
Christians receive blessings, giving tithes in honor
Highest is the calling to live as a Saint eternal
Categories:
consecrating, christian, devotion, faith, gospel,
Form:
Acrostic
My Wedding Day Is Special Because...
Sponsor: Olive Eloisa Guillermo
Sacred vows we swore, consecrating two blessed souls in matrimony
The anticipation before I held daddy's hand walking down the aisle,
he gave me a kiss on the cheek and wore a proud smile.
Along the shores of a harmonious island is where we became one,
holiness combined with true dedication, oh my, we were so young.
The smell of his sweet cologne brought me back to the old days,
My tender scent I carried rested gently on my bouquet.
I still remember our vows like yesterday we were on that alter,
we promised to be loyal and forgiving if ever we should falter.
Death may separate our fleshly bodies while here on earth,
but the connected souls we share would prove our days of worth.
We swore that good health would never be taken for granted,
by some chance we get sick, our comfort would never be abandoned.
We don't care about material wealth, more money more problems,
If by some chance we grow poor, our humble nature won't be forgotten.
We took an oath before our family, more importantly the Lord,
and all our dreams of starting a family would be our greatest reward.
Even if the skies turned grey and if our lives should meet obstacles,
the truth of passion would create a future where anything is possible.
Separate entities brought together by the good Lord's plan,
off into the endearing sunset we walked away, hand in hand.
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Date Written: February 22, 2016
Categories:
consecrating, husband, love, marriage, passion,
Form:
Couplet
Crystals of reflection shatter on earth’s countenance,
for Heaven is crying,
drenching the misty shroud consecrating her face
in sobbing percussion.
Liquid satin rolls down withered skin
and sensations are set alight
in the dance of icy fire.
With the tingling aroma of melancholy,
all time ceases to exist during hypnotic rhythms
consoling a heart without beat.
In a trance, I taste Heaven’s decadent sorrow
mingling with the salt of my own tears…
(Written 25/05/2013)
Categories:
consecrating, beautiful, dance, metaphor, rain,
Form:
Free verse
PHOENIX RISING
like eagles flight from earth to sky
transcending heavens aura
regenerated by nimbus light
obtain new life-- reborn to never die
renewing time and suns realm
consecrating ‘raptured’ paradise
crested feathers crown golden mould
sapphire eyes beneath seven rays overwhelm
disambiguous in flighted sphere
removing obstacles and mortality
we beg and plead to understand
how you rise above your predecessors spear
© Kim van Breda—February 2014
Categories:
consecrating, bird, mythology, parody,
Form:
Blank verse
May all sacred,
but not quite omnipotent,
fathers learn this day
as we impatiently correct
our stress-disordered sons
That respect is earned,
so maybe disrespect is too
positive and negative layered
for and against authority
for and sometimes restlessly against
repeating Business As Usual
white middle-class dadisms:
You snooze
you lose
May apply to your lethargic
chronically anxious
thuggish
couch-surfing
cannabis-fed son
And yet feels counter-intuitive
for babies
and us great grandads
who need our outside rest
away from commercial
too lit up
and loud
and relentlessly plastic
inhumane degradations
In such a rabidly anxious hurry
to wait for inevitable pandemics
and genocide,
floods
hurricanes
tsunamis
forest fires
drought
dry river beds
famine
insomnia
rabidity
insurance company bankruptcy
government balkanization
supremacist tribalism
Silent self-medicating snoozes
feels like a healthy alternative to:
capitalist narcissism
anthro-supreme monotheism
monoculturing nationalism
painful survivalist isolation
demented diseases
species extinctions
self v other criminalizations
weaponizations
May feel like hoarding safety
for defense-oriented males
on a bad day
in a depressing moment
Become
yackity yack disrespectful
feeling entitled to rightwing exclusively define
"real [unwoke narcissistic] men."
Yet quietly hiding
under these sacredly respected
and secular unrespected unsuspecting layers
of diverse manhood hues and warring cues
lie traumatizing patriarchal cultures.
Capital co-invested resilient climates
prefer cooperatively active integrity
over passive faith-based respect
and dramatically traumatic disrespect
and unenlightened
stress-triggered verbal unrespect
accelerating competitions,
dis-integrity
unhealthy desecrating excommunications.
Consecrating sacred solidarity feelings
learned today
converge synergetic need/want supportive
resonant polyvagal
resilient communication systems
searching for win/win reconnections
Even when sometimes disrespectfully correcting
my pre- and post-traumatic
stress disordered father
son.
Categories:
consecrating, age, father son, health,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
Fight to the death
From sword to fiery ash, from honor to tale engraved stone
That they did until their final breath
Oh, the places that they'd roam
From soul to eternity in the abyss, from the crack of every bone to the life they had always known
And the tasks they'd undergo
To finally find that place called home
Listen, to the tale that their loss would bestow
From glory to the shadows, from the bash of every shield
To the meaning that they yield
From victory to loss, from their deaths to the banner waving in the breeze
To their burning corpses consecrating this bloody battlefield
Still to this day if you listen to the wind you can hear them cry in agony as the drum roll beats echoing beyond the trees.
Categories:
consecrating, imagery, war,
Form:
Sonnet
Sacral veil that shrouds bright hopes, dark fears
Screening altar that christens so deep a bond
Scrolled with the innocence of carefree years
Sacrificial shutter signifying all self-serving interests will abscond
Separating from the corporeal ties that correspond
Shade shielding truant desires from the dawning light
Mantle that merges burgeoning stems into fertile frond
Curtain hiding fawning beauty; maiden's honor not to spite
Mysterious tapestry woven to purposely slight, then seemlessly delight
Universal symbol sanctioning fealty, consecrating fidelity
Satin awning whose placid eaves opprobrium doth disquiet
Temporal cloth lifted; two souls span the bridge to immortality
Ceremonial threads relegated to the scrapbook of blanching time
Cherished patent that spawned a new love in it's prime
Categories:
consecrating, love, wedding
Form:
Sonnet
February 9 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Numbers 1-4
Key Verse – Numbers 1:19 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY COMMANDER
Lord God, You are my Commander
Who moves me spiritually upward
Thank for letting me keep on marching forward
By Your grace, enabling me --- Your steward
So I can bravely surmount challenges, never retreating backward.
Lord God, You are my Commander
Who molds me with Your hand of perfection
Thank for calling me to belong to Your family’s possession
By Your mercy, upholding me --- Your child of divine adoption
So I can joyfully live in Your will, assured by Your protection.
Lord God, You are my Commander
Who ministers to me through Your tabernacle
Thank for pitching my standard upon Your oracle
By Your love, enclosing me --- Your saint to experience Your miracle
So I can peacefully stay in Your set purpose-pinnacle.
Lord God, You are my Commander
Who meets me in Your mount of worship
Thank for consecrating me in Your office for stewardship
By Your kindness, preserving me --- Your servant in Your fellowship
So I can willingly come nigh to You by virtue of Your friendship.
Lord God, You are my Commander
Who maximizes me of Your granted gifts in Your custody
Thank for bracing me up by Your truth-pillars so I can be biblically ready
By Your wisdom, enlightening me --- Your student against deceit’s malady
So I can surely share Your Word, reliably sturdy.
Lord God, You are my Commander
Who melts me of my guiltiness midst Your holiness
Thank for welcoming me through Your imputed righteousness
By Your justification, covering me --- Your ransomed with Your goodness
So I can devotedly serve You with my gratefulness.
Lord God, You are my Commander
Who mentors to me by Your guiding light
Thank for teaching me to work through Your ministerial might
By Your instruction, ordering me --- Your chosen to obey You with delight
So I can wholeheartedly finish my course toward rewarding celestial flight.
February 9, 2023
Categories:
consecrating, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form:
Rhyme
Opposing standards is one of Tim’s favourite past times
Not for the sake of difference but to cherish critique
to brush away his take on ignorance searching for his truth
Internalized self-evident and for the sake of future revelation
Creating creativity is far too laborious its
stifling not impulsive enough and stale for it
resembles conscious attempts of spontaneity
Contorting to conformity defeats Tim’s objective
togetherness is fine and so is shaping the world
but pluralism beats boredom and to follow a crowd
Oxymorons in tautological proportions repeated again and
once more affirm vulnerable souls who never put a wrong step in
front of the other as they move happily backward just the same
Conforming consecrating concreting confirming the evens
win far too often when odds are on blowing the norm
Cremating corrupt cretinous crap creates cohesive credentials
Timessa interjects that once every one shapes novel ideas and
follows a different tune in perfect synchronous ‘harmony’ what then
and thereafter but paradigms shift and diversions re-enter the stage
Archetypes polar opposites contradictions disagreements
compliment complementation fashion intricate concoctions
inaugurate new designs and refuse to create devious disarray
Tim decides that Timessa has a linear point yet would rather be a
lonely clairvoyant in the desert than to drown in quick-sands of time
Still he asks his feminine namesake to take a holy vow of communion
Two lovers with their own points of convictions are a miraculous convention
When they come together its everyone’s guess what circumstance and their
genes may result in with the magic flow of a near perfect union bubbling with joy
29th October 2016
Categories:
consecrating, creation,
Form:
Free verse
March 11 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Judges 16-18
Key Verse –Judges 16:28 And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY PRAYER RESPONDER
Lord God, You are my prayer Responder by Your upholding strengthening
Thank You for building me up in my moments of weakening
Always binding me against brokenness with Your revival-pruning
Surely breaking my pride from haughty sinning.
Lord God, You are my prayer Responder by Your soothing might
Thank You for caring for me with Your guiding light
Always calming me down from mockery’s fright
Surely causing my soul to awake from carnality’s night.
Lord God, You are my prayer Responder by Your loving compassion
Thank You for directing me from sin-causing vexation
Always driving me to pray with sincere devotion
Surely defending my faith from being buried into doubts’ corruption.
Lord God, You are my prayer Responder by Your restoring mercy
Thank You for empowering me with Your consecrating fervency
Always encouraging me to do right in my journey’s prayer-persistency
Surely exhorting my mind to be content in Your sufficing.
Lord God, You are my prayer Responder by Your aiding valor
Thank You for fighting for me by Your searching honour’s color
Always framing me up in Your prosperity in my being Your divine sailor
Surely fueling my spirit, freed from shame-jailor.
Lord God, You are my prayer Responder by Your insuring security
Thank You for gearing me to Your perfect will of gracious bounty
Always guiding me by Your loving holy authority
Surely gladdening my heart in Your peace-safety.
Lord God, You are my prayer Responder by Your refreshing goodness
Thank You for helping me recover from ailing feebleness
Always handling me for diligent participation in Your kingdom-business
Surely holding my life forever until I reach Your eternal gloriousness.
March 11, 2023
Categories:
consecrating, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form:
Rhyme
“Be of good courage.*” Such declares God’s sovereignty
Along His leadership as the supreme Almighty Deity---
Bowing to Him with humility
Submitting myself to His authority
Keeps me strengthened against my own debility.
“Be of good courage.” Such affirms God’s greatness
Along His omnipotence while manifesting gentleness---
Shining through His goodness
Consecrating myself to His graciousness
Frees me from arrogance of destructive vanity.
“Be of good courage.” Such reverberates God’s warning
Along His rebuke against unbelief, doubting, and complaining---
Repenting with sincerity’s well-meaning
Yielding myself to His reigning
Helps me win against selfishness so draining.
“Be of good courage.” Such speaks of God’s demand
Along His precept attesting promises so grand---
Meditating His Word whereupon I stand
Dedicating myself to follow His command
Guards me from entanglement of worldliness' pleasure-wand.
“Be of good courage.” Such asserts God’s compassion
Along His mercy upon me in my affliction---
Abiding in His will midst challenging situation
Laying myself to His perfect and wise action
Upholds me against oppressive dysfunction.
“Be of good courage.” Such announces God’s requirement
Along His statute for me to show my joyous fulfillment---
Complying to His faith-building agreement
Committing myself to His service-empowerment
Fortifies me toward faithful reaching-out commitment.
“Be of good courage.” Such assures God’s victory
Along His triumph in my obedience to proclaim Gospel story---
Relying on His might while praying to overcome worry
Surrendering myself to His control for His glory
Enables me to share His love, smiting fear's misery.
* Psalm 31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
September 10, 2020
10th place, "Courage" Premier Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Chantelle Anne Cooke; judged on 9/10/2020.
Categories:
consecrating, blessing, christian, courage, faith,
Form:
Rhyme