Best Phipps Poems
FACT OR FICTION
Is your belief fact or fiction today
Do you really believe what Gods' word does say
Do you really have the Word in your heart
Or are you just acting the part
You can't fool God you know
To Him your heart does show
He knows what is and isn't fact
He knows if it's real or just an act
Fact or fiction what shall it be
If it's real or not you need to see
Only the real can get through
where will your belief get you
RUTH PHIPPS
STORMS OF LIFE
LIGHTENING FLASHING ALL AROUND
THUNDER CRASHES AND SHAKES THE GROUND
THE WIND IS GETTING VERY STRONG
THE TREES CAN'T LAST VERY LONG
AS ALL THIS GOES ON OUTSIDE
IN OUR SHELTER WE DO HIDE
WHEN STORMS OF LIFE COME OUR WAY
WE HAVE A PLACE WE CAN STAY
WE DON'T HAVE TO RUN AND HIDE
WHEN WITH JESUS WE ABIDE
AS THE STORMS RAGE ALL AROUND
IN HIS ARMS WE ARE SAFE AND SOUND
RUTH PHIPPS
GOD'S SON
GOD LOVED HIS CREATION VERY MUCH
HE KNEW TO SAVE IT WOULD TAKE A SPECIAL TOUCH
SO MANY HEARTS, SO BLACK WITH SIN
HOW COULD HIS LOVE GET IN
JESUS,GOD'S SON,SAID I WILL GO
I WILL TO THEM YOUR LOVE SHOW
IF IN ME THEY DO BELIEVE
THE SIN IN THEIR HEART WILL LEAVE
WITH THIS GOD DID AGREE
JESUS CAME AND LIVED LIKE YOU AND ME
TO THE POOR COMPASSION HE DID SHOW
HE HELPED US MORE ABOUT GOD TO KNOW
THERE WERE THOSE WHO DIDN'T LIKE JESUS YOU SEE
THEY WERE JEALOUS AS THEY COULD BE
THEY WANTED THE ATTENTION THAT JESUS DID GET
SO IN THEIR MINDS A PLAN THEY SET
ONE NIGHT SOLDIERS LEAD JESUS AWAY
WITH HIM MOST OF HIS DISCIPLES DID NOT STAY
THEY BEAT HIM, LAUGHED AND BAD THINGS SAID
THEY PUT A CROWN OF THORNS ON HIS HEAD
FOR HIM NO ONE STOOD UP TO SAY
THIS IS WRONG YOU CAN'T DO HIM THIS WAY
THAT WAS ALL PART OF HIS PLAN
THIS YOU MUST UNDERSTAND
HOW COULD WE FROM SIN BE FREE
IF JESUS DIDN'T DIE ON THAT TREE
HE FINISHED WHAT HE CAME TO DO
THE BLOOD HE SHED WAS FOR ME AND YOU
JESUS WENT BACK TO SIT ON HIS THRONE
BUT HE DIDN'T LEAVE US ALL ALONE
HIS SPIRIT IS WITH US TODAY
LEADING,GUIDING,SHOWING US THE WAY
RUTH PHIPPS
PRAISE HIM
SUN SHINING, BIRDS SINGING
TO GOD OUR PRAISES WE'RE BRINGING
THIS IS A WONDERFUL DAY
AS WE FOLLOW JESUS ON THE NARROW WAY
HIS LOVE FOR US IS ALL AROUND
IN THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND
LOOK AT ALL HIS CREATION AND SEE
HE DID IT ALL FOR YOU AND ME
HE EVEN GAVE HIS LIFE ON A TREE
JUST SO YOU AND I FROM SIN COULD BE FREE
SO LET'S PRAISE HIM WITH THE HEAVENLY HOST
LET'S ALL PRAISE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY GHOST
RUTH PHIPPS
WILL YOU
WILL YOU TURN FROM YOUR SINFUL WAY
GIVE YOUR LIFE TO JESUS TODAY
WILL YOU LET HIM INTO YOUR HEART
FROM HIM NEVER EVER PART
WILL YOU LISTEN AND HIS VOICE OBEY
FOR OTHERS WILL YOU PRAY
WILL YOU FOLLOW THE WAY HE LEADS
BE A PLANTER OF GOOD SEEDS
WILL YOU TELL OTHERS FOR THEM HIS LIFE HE DID GIVE
FOR HIM EVERYDAY WILL YOU LIVE
WILL YOU HIS PRAISES SING
AS YOU ACCEPT HIM AS YOUR KING
WILL YOU WALK THE NARROW ROAD
HELP CARRY ANOTHER'S LOAD
WILL YOU WITH OTHERS HIS JOY SHARE
TELL THEM THAT HE DOES CARE
WILL YOU STAND FOR HIM EVERYDAY
TELL OTHERS THE PRICE HE DID PAY
WILL YOU TO HIM SURRENDER ALL
AND BE READY FOR THE CALL
RUTH PHIPPS
The Come-back King is Coming Back for You [Lyrics of Song]
(Written by inspiration of Singer, Wintley Phipps)
Jesus is the come-back King—
He came back from the dead;
He’s coming back for you—
For your eternity He’s plead.
Your sins that were once scarlet;
Covered by His righteousness;
He lived a perfect life—
To grant you holiness.
Chorus
Jesus is the come-back King—
No greater king will reign;
He’s coming in the clouds
To collect His chosen who remain.
The come-back King is coming—
Coming back for you;
It’s because He loves you;
Your life, He will renew.
Jesus is the come-back King—
He came back from death’s sleep.
He came back to be your Savior;
To provide comfort should you weep.
He sent you His Holy Spirit,
So you can overcome;
Reject Satan’s temptations—
Your victory to be won.
The come-back King is happy,
As happy as can be;
He knows He did not die in vain
On Calvary’s, Roman tree.
You took up His offer—
Of freedom and of choice.
He’s going to hold a party;
In heaven, we’ll all rejoice.
Copyright © Maureen LeFanue 2010-2012
www.maureenlefanue.com
KING JESUS
King Jesus is coming today
hurry from sin turn away
if these words you did hear
how many would be full of fear
King Jesus is coming it's true
He's coming back for me and you
we don't know the hour or the day
so from sin you should turn away
we must be ready to go
Jesus as King and Savior we must know
Much longer Jesus will not wait
come to Him now no longer hesitate.
RUTH PHIPPS
A named Mercury plies the air
above his fountain
in the Phipps Conservatory.
Children wet their fingers
in the receiving pool
and stare
up at possibilities
that may enable them
someday
to match the blossoming
in the Amazonian Room.
Co-eds with athletic boys,
muscular Pitts and tall Duquesnes,
meander through
the scented aisles,
enlisting spirits of the place
to augment flirtatious smiles.
Wedding guests accompany
a bride and groom
who set their basic blue
amidst the foil
of dappled bloom
and celebrate their day
with words they’ve learned to say.
Then from a group home crowd
a single swain steps forth
and casts his gaze on all around
and asks the god,
“O where is my Marilyn;
who took my Marilyn away?”
I cannot answer him
and the god above,
as silent as a stone,
appears to have no power--
no balloons or wedding bells
or maps to Love’s sweet bower.
When the saddened lover asks again,
"O Marilyn; who took my Marilyn away?"
she appears,
not taken, only loaned,
to trees and flowers
and charmingly atones
for all her wandering.
Standing before the door,
she smiles broadly at her lover.
I see him see her.
Our hearts soar.
Smacked my lips, primped my hair
Took a deep breath of the crisp cold air
Relaxed my shoulders, trying to hide
Deep feelings I had buried inside
Entering the room hoping to escape
The audience I knew I had to face
So sudden the tears welled up in my eyes
At the first sound of my mother’s cry
I caught a glimpse of my uncle cope
By speaking of my dad’s lost hope
Knowing my dad had used all his wisdom
In attempts to free my brother from prison
My dad had given up after doing all he could
To get others to accept ignorance isn’t good
He inspired others to share their voice
In recognizing mental illness is not a choice
His aura, his persona, his sensitivity to the cause
So present in the room it made me stop and pause
My dad was genuinely, deeply spiritual and real
He could make even the most hardened feel
Feeling the weight of the lump in my heart
Had to leave the room to prevent falling apart
More than once I left and did this retreat
To regain my center and get back on my feet
He had affected a variety of people it is true
So many strangers, so many I never even knew
These couples who struggled to save their own
From an illness so devastating and unknown
I felt compassion and healing in their presence
As we cried and reminisced about my dad’s existence
Classic Bob Dylan music playing in the background
So his style I felt he was still around
A slide video he narrated of all of us so young
Brought him to life hearing him dissect each one
All the emails of adoration from others in their fight
Lined the walls to exemplify his inner bright light
Adorning the hallway many letters to the editor he wrote
The substance and passion in others he provoked
His genius, his remarkable mind was brilliant
He was compassionate, centered and very resilient
So many thoughts and feelings not expressed
I wanted more time before he was put to rest
To my daddy I was his little girl
And to me he was my world
-LORI JEAN PHIPPS
Carter Phipps has authored
"Evolutionaries:
Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential
of Science's Greatest Idea."
Hmmm. This is good rich brown rice,
and I want to stay nice,
cause I like his prime line
but I also like to scribble.
I thought science's greatest idea
was regenerating healthy outcomes,
with alternating slow-grow evolutions
and critical-event revolutions
emerging fertile polypaths
to further polyculturally healthy
wealth regenerations.
Evolutionary ways
toward regenerative means
and kinds balancing unkinds of nature
and DNA/RNA extensive kin.
If regenerate outcomes are evolution's medicinal purpose,
then scientists evolve emerging prescriptions
for nature's fertile unfolding of time.
And, by the way,
why "spiritual" potential of science?
and not "natural"
or is Phipps catering both together,
nondual co-arising emergence?
BE STRONG
1 CORINTHIANS 16:13 read it today
Can you do what it does say
Watch, be brave,stand fast in faith, be strong
If you do these things you won't go wrong
Watch to stay away from sin
Be ready when Jesus comes again
To know when to speak and when to be still
Watch and always do Gods' will
Stand fast in faith never doubt
That's the way to keep sin out
Put your trust in Jesus above
Be filled with His Spirit and his love
Be brave don't run and hide
Remember Jesus is there by your side
He is watching over you
He knows all you are going through
Be strong in God today
He will help you, follow His way
Be strong in you Jesus lives
Power to you He gives.
RUTH PHIPPS
JESUS HATES NO ONE
" Jesus hates me I know it's true"
No, that's not right Jesus loves you
Jesus hates no one you see
He loves you and me.
Jesus died on the cross for all
On Him everyone may call
Jesus hates no one you must believe
His love and forgiveness you must receive
It's true Jesus hates sin
open your heart let Jesus in
with Jesus sin will not stay
He will wash it all away.
Jesus hates no one all may bow
come don't wait do it now
with Him He wants you to abide
To serve Him will you decide?
Ruth Phipps
THE DOOR
JESUS IS STANDING AT THE DOOR TODAY
HE IS KNOCKING, HE WANTS IN, WHAT DO YOU SAY
WILL YOU LET HIM INTO YOUR HEART
WILL YOU GIVE TO HIM EACH PART
OPEN THE DOOR, JESUS IS WAITING
IS YOUR LIFE SO GOOD YOU KEEP HESITATING
TRUE HAPPINESS AND PEACE HE DOES BRING.
LET HIM BE YOU KING.
TO OPEN THE DOOR IS UP TO YOU
JESUS WON"T FORCE HIS WAY THROUGH
IT'S YOUR DECISION TO MAKE
TOO MUCH TIME DO NOT TAKE
RUTH PHIPPS
IT WAS DONE
3 nails and a cross and it was done
They crucified the Holy One
3 nails and a cross He bore that for me
It was done so I could be set free
It was done one day long ago
Jesus is alive and well this I know
The grave is empty, the stone rolled away
It was done so that lost we would not stay
It was done for me, it was done for you
it was done to make a way through
They did not take His life He gave it you see
It was done to save you and me
RUTH PHIPPS
THE LORD CAME
The Lord came, but you were out
You had things to do no doubt
He came while you were away
You missed Him what a sad day.
The Lord came to see you
You didn't have time, you had things to do
You had to run here and there
You didn't have time for a prayer
The Lord came, where were you
Was it important what you had to do
You missed out, what a shame
You weren't ready when the Lord came
RUTH PHIPPS