Best Provisions Poems
What's required beyond Grace for a friend to be cool?
Disagreement's sufficient to void what friends bring
to Lord's table, His feast, where the enemies' flags
fill the hillsides like trees seen from mountain king's fort?
If a friend says, I'm crazy, may prayer help brain
scan what fosters such feelings! Can feelings be wrong
if relayed from the heart of a comrade-in-arms?
Don't they merit attention, a color-blind friend
can't judge contrasts, one poetry deaf, can't love art?
Can Life's play not be blessed by a faint actor's part?
Let me feel what I feel and not have to pretend
a savant's skills have wowed; all should bow to bling's charms!
Is the athlete (who leaves pack behind) the most strong
or the friend, who lifts more than what's fair (won't complain)?
Let me honor myself and not have to comport
with staid views some might flirt with, who denigrate rags
of less fortunate comrades. The 'Humble,' I sing!
Where is Grace less contrived than God's servant, Court's fool?
Long Tooth
November 9th in 2020
January 9 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Genesis 27-29
Key Verse– Genesis 27:20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO BRINGS TO US HIS PROVISIONS
Praise be to God for bringing to us His provisions which are:
Savoury in their sweetness
Sufficient in their substance
Satisfying in their sustenance
Settled in their source
Secured in their steadfastness
Stable in their sovereignty
Soothing in their serenity
Genesis 28:3 Praise be to the Lord for multiplying to us His blessings along our:
Obedience to His commands
Optimism toward His promises
Offerings for His work
Genesis 28:16 Praise be to the Almighty for welcoming us to His place of:
Heavenly pursuits we must acknowledge
Holy persistence we must abide in
Happy people we must associate with
Honourable principles we must adhere to
Helpful preachings we must be attentive to
Humble personalities we must agree with
Honest precepts we must assert
Heartful praises we must affirm
Genesis 29:32 Praise be to the Saviour for looking upon our affliction with His:
Caring eyes
Compassionate heart
Concerned grace
Comforting peace
Consoling mercy. Amen!
January 9, 2024
The greedy provisions made to last him a hundred lives but failed to make any for afterlife!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
24 January 2017
Freedom provides the option
To thrive while unrestrained
By individual circumstances
By the self-serving demands of others
By our own compelling pain
Freedom provides an opening
For truth to roam free
Sometimes hurting, sometimes humbling, sometimes healing
Sometimes returning to its owner
A long-lost key
Freedom provides an opportunity
To test the boundaries of our souls
To examine the framework of our egos
To recalculate the sum of expenses
That renders us whole
Whatever
provisions we may need in our life,
God
has already stored, in the depths of
our soul!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
24 January 2020