My heart has found a greater joy
More strong than what I see or feel
My eyes have seen a better world
Though heavenly, still near and real
My strength comes not from earthly means
From wealth that flees, or man who dies
My might comes from the ceaseless fount
Of living waters He supplies
My eyes have seen a better way
Though narrow and hard-pressed it be
My eyes are fixed on Zion's mount
Where I shall live eternally
My heart has found a better life
Than living for my selfish gain
My soul has found a kinder Lord
And I shall ever serve Him fain
My soul has found a lasting peace
Through pain it stands—sent from above
My ears have heard a sweeter song
Of priceless, covenantal love
My eyes have seen a fairer place
A portion beautiful is mine
My heart has made the better choice
Surrendering to His design
Categories:
covenantal, god, heaven, joy,
Form: Rhyme
I hear the boots of Krystallnacht
marching in our streets
Heil, Hitler… Heil, Sinwar…
Heil, Hitler… Heil, Sinwar…
I hear the glass of Krystallnacht
clinking 'neath their cleats
Dirty Jews… Jew pigs
Free Palestine… Intifada lives
I see 'our leaders’ cower
turning backsides to the fray
like Harvard's President, Claudine Gay
POTUS Biden asked a question, walks away
I see my fellow Jews betray our cause
shouting, 'Intifada Revolution'... 'No More Genocide'...
seeming not to understand
disunited, we perish by suicide...
Have we forgotten, do we not recall
His covenantal promise we'd never fall
One place to turn, one Name to call
~ God of Israel, save us all
Categories:
covenantal, cry, god, history, jewish,
Form: Rhyme
Gifts of love grace Spring cabins' still-shivering mantle
Intoxicant scents wafted into every corner -- covenantal
Luscious colors allure tempt Hope in dreamer's hearts
~ 'Till faded petals peel from sere stems, shuttled into anthills
Categories:
covenantal, beauty, flower, hope,
Form: Rubai
Let America rise like hope again
Let America sing like Milton (Paradise Lost & Regained)
God bless America to bless the world
Like the covenant with Abraham
The blessings we receive is a trust
Covenantal awe and power
Joy, caring, and wonder
So many human links in a golden chain
That need to shine for Jesus, my King:
Who showed the first shall be last
He, who hung the stars into space,
Bent low, with towel, to wash Judas' feet
And Peter's, one to rise and one for defeat
God Bless America, or else we perish
Jerusalem weeps for the LORD now
O Jerusalem ... the "set-apart ones" know
The light on the Hill, Golgotha no less
Korea and Arabia ... others must be blessed
Categories:
covenantal, america, anti bullying, bible,
Form: Blank verse