Living long with gratitude mirth
my heart prays to abide in God against hope's dearth
sharing warm bond with family of loving worth
enjoying home-paradise in our heaven on earth
while serving upon ministerial fortress-berth...
Indeed, longevity as gift of the Lord by His grace
is a blessing against rigorous survival race*
since it shows divine mercy with compassion ways
propelling faith in persevering along worshipful praise
while delighting in life of triumphant, vibrant and radiant days.
*Hebrews 12:1-2 12 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
May 21, 2026
Honorable Mention, "1483" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand; judged on 6/26/2026
My heart is a garden, a glorious secret garden,
My Love has the sole key to enter into it,
He knows what I like and don't like ~
Whether it's roses or rhodenderons,
He knows when I'm angry or not ~
Whether it's cactus or chrysanthemums,
He knows how to make me happy ~
Whether it's hydrangeas or hibiscus,
He knows when I'm upset or upbeat ~
Whether it's weeping willow or wisteria,
He knows where to take me for a treat ~
Whether it's Spring or Summer,
He knows me inside out ~
Whether it's lilies or lavender,
He knows the secret code to my soul ~
Whether it's compassed or canopied,
Who knows about my Love?
He is my partner for life,
My beloved better half,
My garden's proper custodian,
In his hands, my heart is out of harm's way,
And I can rest secure.
Star shoots at the mind
Hangs like earring in teared sky
Fissure on a hook
Shows fighting Spirit
Canvased vapor chandelier
Sighs expanse at hand
Liquid lightning pen
Diamond lined felt able craft
A brook of fable
Metamorphosis
Cocoon of endorphin sighing
Solidifies seal
Compassed Inn stable
Signature signed guiding light
Lines mine of wonder
You house the there there
Anteroom of the Angels
Loom of bright signals
Dragons breath agate
Stares staircase, Jacob's Ladder
Starry eyes agape
With factories and private jets, the elite
produces 100, 000 times more carbon
than you or I. (It has gone up to .04 from .03 ppm.
Yet, we are the ones lectured in scare, tactic.
Tell me something. Do you see the Davosites
eating bugs and car-pooling?
Do you see them eating filet mignon and travelling
in a style harmful to the Planet?
Extravagance is not conservation.
It is the opposite.
They are enslaving you with pretty notions
and hypocrisy.
"Israel will be compassed about with armies"
...Iran, Turkey, Sudan, Russia, Lebanon, Syria...
Psalms 83, Ezekial 38.
"Wonder what is on tv tonight?"
(and you haven't even flipped through the Bible
to see if it was prophesied)C
(I know it's not as riveting as a cookoff or American Idols.)
One third of the population will perish from their coming war and deeds. That is 2.6 BILLION WITH A "B"
AL...
This is to me,
This is for me,
For me and I only,
Many turbulence days I have seen,
Many meandering roads I have walked,
I have been in the tempest of life,
Life's billows have compassed me,
I have walked on roads
fraught with thorns and thistles,
I write this,
A birthday poem,
A piece for me,
Celebrating self,
Grateful for the resilience,
Thankful to my loved ones,
In appreciation to my parents,
All my years gone,
I thank my Father,
All my years ahead,
I don’t know how long,
I commit into His hands.
To take the wheels.
July 6, 2022.
**Deuteronomy 32:4 - He (God) us the Rock, His work is perfect: for all His ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is He."
Also Psalms 10:14-18
You promised me endless love
Everlasting life after
Infinite promise from ‘bove
Guaranteed a new chapter
You welcomed me to Your home
With boundless amazing grace
Your wings are my sheltered dome
Where I draw strength for life race
You compassed me with mercy
Although unworthy I am
I am filled with gramercy*
For the sacrificial Lamb
You bestowed me with strong faith
In Your eternal justice
Just as the Grand Old Book saith**
You never do injustice
You treasured me in Your eyes
Unbroken our connection
Limitless, You are all wise
I’m under Your protection
You covered me with Your wings
I’m shielded under Your care
Bottomless love, my heart sings
As I lift my hands in pray’r.
06.06.2021
*gramercy - grand thanks
For Constance La France's "Writing Prompt - Endless" contest
In my mind I was on the six hundred-sixty six-floor;
In Hades
Things weren't well
I need help Satan's elevator got me
so elevated, escalated, heightened, high, increased, all jacked up, raised
I keep pushing the seventh button but the door keeps shut it doesn't open
This moving box extreme, full, hot I'm maximized, peaked, sky-high, utmost lost
Trapped in this electric box that keeps moving at the speed of light
I'm falling, falling scared so hearts pounding I am crying
Sweating think I'm dying vertigo spinning
Doors not opening Satan's still laughing
I'm trapped in a here open up the door
Finally Completed I concluded done ended, finished,
The elevator button has loosened it's unlit seven has lighted up
I've accomplished, achieved, attained, compassed, realized
My freedom the door now opens guess what I'm in heaven
Dead in this elevator defunct, extinct, kaput I'm absolutely expired
As I open my eyes and wipe the sweat off my brow
”DING”
I realize I'm on the seventh floor door opens I'm in heaven
8/13/19
written by James Edward Lee Sr.©2019
written for project North Omaha Writers Group (NOW)assignment
In facing various challenges along life’s race*
With every struggle marked by sin-caused misery
My faith seeks God to strengthen my salvation-zeal
So I can stand upon His grace that’s triumphant.
While battling against numerous adversaries
Along worldliness of materialism-enticement
My spirit needs the Lord’s sanctification-purge
So I can flee from temptation’s perilous darts.
Conquering various facets of difficulties
And sorrowing due to atrocities’ despair
My heart hides in the Saviour’s protective fortress
So I can overcome for service victory.
Pursuing good success to exalt Christ’s great name
Through faithful stewardship midst discipleship-bliss
My commitment is blessed by His empowerment
So I can live for Him with the Holy Ghost’s might.
*Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.
August 1, 2019
Having commenced in God's salvation grace
I continue* in His sanctification grace
...calling unto Him through His supplication grace
...cleaving to His satisfaction grace
...clinging along His sufficing grace
...communing with Him by His strengthening grace
...choosing to stay inside His settling grace...
Being crucified to Him with His sealing grace
I'm clothed by His steadfast grace.
As His chosen according to His Scriptures' so great grace
I'm circumspectly striving to live for Him upon His straightening grace
...comforted, compassed around His spirited grace
...cared, cheered for toward His serving grace
...commended upon His saluting grace!
*Acts 13:43 Many...followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
March 19, 2019
Gone now is the despair of separation angst
By faith, I'm relieved from great loss-bondage.
God’s grace prevails
assuring hope!
My mother’s flight to immortality smote me
left me grieving, yet momentarily.
Though pangs of missing her engulf my heart
I’m soothed by her sweet memories of love’s fullness.
Mom, you’re cheering me always, right?
… as among witnesses* there up???
Truth accepted…
We’ll surely meet!
*Hebrew 12:1 ...We also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses...
June 27, 2018
2nd place, "Fragmented Verse" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Broken Wings - Dear Heart; judged on 7/23/2018.
DEAR LORD
I love to please thee, dear lord.
But two worlds in my heart,
Fighting wars…
Daughter of babylon with mini skirt,
Compassed me blinking eye,tattoo on their lower part
Close my inner eye ,less I look at their laps and stumbles,
so I prayed.
I love to be with thee
Lucifer the traitor,finding ways,
Pointing fingers on my soul,
Diverting my attention on needless things,
Closing the eye on the deepest true
Running after Babylonian treasures.
Guide my heart to live alright,
So I prayed..
am black, am black
i will say it loud
for that am proud
it has compassed me all around
am black, am black
from my head to toe
no matter where i go
wither high or low
am black, am black
black is beauty
this is my identity
for i can only be me
am black, am black
for black is a nation
it is more than color
black is Nubia
black is power
am black, am black
and that do not make me inferior
but rather feels superior
for black is natural
black is forever
Beneath His Breath,
Sightless Horizon in the skylight of earth,
Where cherubs tread on imperceptible ground.
He command the Gates of Heaven to remain with a view,
Pouring out the exceeding abundantly blessings,
Endless flight taking on butterfly's wings.
Divine Current carrying gift-wrapped charity.
Many proclaim,
"Its just the wind"
And go on their merried way.
But only the few-
Who are not mastered by time nor this world,
Open wide the window-hearts of their lives.
The flow is not compassed,
Only in the path of the desirable ones.
Their souls leap in every direction,
Allowing the heart's cheeks to absorb the angelic butterflies.
Why?
Is love really a mystery?
Or lost in the sands of no seeking?
me known kinds
the sorrows of how ,
and the me grown ,
finds
the arrows of die .
me gotten and may a bee for
gotten ,
the glotten and the why
of course ,
gloomed where the feelings felt
are,
and the almighty looked
a being liver ,
and the sanity upon once had I
compassed my the had
is a killing dance .
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