Now you can cry Reacher,
Joe instructs Jack.
And he does,
In the Parisian cab.
I see his tear
It rolls from his right eye,
Down his cheek,
Single and
Solitary and
Stinging.
I
You see,
Know
How that tear feels...
It's warm and wet and stings
It
Stings your cheek
Like my own tear,
Tears, now
Firstly on my left,
Then another
On my right,
My God,
His tear stings,
I can tell,
It stings his
Very soul,
And I know.
Lessons Writ in the Silence of Roots
(in nature dwells the tender art of healing)
No root proclaims the labour of its stay,
Nor boasts of strength that holds the tree at bay;
It works unseen, where patience learns its trade,
And anchors life beneath the noise of shade.
The deepest growth avoids the open air,
And shuns the urge to prove what stands out there;
It presses down where pressure tempers will,
And learns its worth by learning to be still.
No root demands the seasons bend its way,
Nor curses frost that makes it pause and stay;
It answers weight with grip, not grievance loud,
And meets obstruction humbly, firm, unbow’d.
What heals the tree is not the leaf’s display,
But what persists when leaves have blown away;
The unseen holds when surface beauty flees,
And loss instructs what strength must come to be.
So stand like roots—no witness, no demand—
And hold what lives by understanding land;
For growth that lasts is rarely taught aloud,
But writ where time and silence are allow’d.
Worship
His
Immutable
Persona
Worship
His
Invisible
Presence
Willingly
He
Inculcated
Pain
Why?
He
Inquired
Powerfully
What
He
Instituted
Properly
Was
His
Immutable
Procedure
Worship
Him
In
Prayer
Worship
Him
In
Politeness
Want
His
Inevitable
Protection
Why
Have
Improper
Peelings
Why
Have
Insidious
Pontifications
Worship
His
Imperative
Pronouncements
Willingly
Have
Instant
Praise
While
He
Instructs
Pervasively
Imam Ali(?)–The Knowledge Gate
Mercy and kindness,You hath
Angelic, assertive and you teaches faith
Modesty and morals you always orates
Altruists and bravery you instructs your mates
Laudability and liberality you donates
Imam Ali(?)in us, Allah's love you creates.
A life of martyrs you like
.For right path, you always play with pikes
Sacrifice and tolerance,you always like.
Today is the day of your birth
Happiness and joy is on the earth.
Everywhere, everyone is in this preparation
Left to right,all are in their celebrations.
In joy of your arrival on the night of this land
Oh,Lion of Allah!Where you stand?
No one of us want this to know.
Oh,Lion of Allah!No one of us is in the martyer's row
For wealth and health, we are on coves.
Allah, bless us with the last one
Light us with the knowledge-sun.
Life like Rasull-allah(?)we want
Allah-Our creator we want
Hazrat Ali(?)-Our leader we want
I have this little Ginger Cat.
Lord knows what he sees
in me! – cutest adoring eyes
I don’t deserve; purrs in
reserve, as he settles to cuddle
and be stroked.
All I do is feed him, a bowl of
fresh water couple times a day --
box of clay for his business – but,
I could almost swear, that there is
true love for me, exhibited in even
our mundane close encounters
given a chance, he would kill every
backyard dove...just for fun shred
I guess, he’s only being a cat for I
keep him well fed
hoping God instructs Michael
to give similar latitude when it
comes to His Man
sure can be confusing, when
considering, God, and His, often, perplexing
species' plan....
Don’t you dare try to sit in my spot!
I’ll decide if you pet me or not.
I’m the star here, you’ll see.
They all cater to me.
They just like you; they LOVE me a lot.
There are no excuses in the Kingdom of God
It is God’s Kingdom and
He will provide for the situation
You have a coach
So don’t approach a situation
Without the Holy Spirit!
He advises, corrects, instructs, trains, tutors, guides
directs and prepares you for your assignment
The Kingdom of God has everything you need while
You are on earth, so ask in His Name and
Align your prayers with His Purpose
You have a coach
So don’t approach a situation
Without the Holy Spirit!
Mark Frank
Copyright 2025
Do some unpleasant memories fade away?
Or does the mind have a protective guard,
That, at times, locks the door to the past,
And shields the soul from agony's crush.
Do some memories serve as wise tutors,
That instructs the mind from time to time,
Lest the brain's library becomes forsaken,
Void of guidance for life's daily challenges?
Memories can plague the mortal mind.
They are often protesting against stiff resistance,
Demanding its rightful role and sacred duty,
To catalog the experiences of human events.
Memories acknowledge good and bad events.
They do not euthanize the painful truth,
Nor do they embellish or rewrite the facts.
They exist, impartial and unyielding.
Memories can be either friend or foe.
Perhaps that's the constant inward fear,
Why we are wary of the sentinel's mind,
Unsure what memory will breach that door
Aeschylus: "Agamemnon"
A man in exile
Feeds himself on barren hope
Yields to fate in time
Aeschylus: "Prometheus Unbound"
Life's hard lesson
Wrong is shameful in the old
Time instructs us all
Sophocles: "Philoctetes"
Words not deeds rule men
Shaped to meet the moment's need
Waging war with fate
Sophocles: "Antigone"
Courage to choose right
And 'gainst harsh reality
Make no compromise
Aristophanes: "Lysistrata"
Poet's plea for peace
Fair breezes speed us onward
Making love not war
Euripides: "Alcestis"
Time will console you
Walk to the end of old age
The dead are nothing
There is no bloodless Jesus
There is the Blood Stained Jesus
There is no bloodless gospel
There is the Blood Stained Gospel
The Power of the Blood of Jesus reigns Supreme
We are Cleansed by the Blood to Serve the Living God
Jesus was born to DIE
He came to DIE for the SINS of the world—
He brought the Kingdom of God to Earth and
HE showed the HEART of the FATHER
The Resurrection of Jesus shows us that
Through the Blood of Jesus, we can be joined to the Father
Jesus instructs us to remember—not His birth—but His death
Hence we know
There is no bloodless Jesus
There is the Blood Stained Jesus
There is no bloodless gospel
There is the Blood Stained Gospel
The Power of the Blood of Jesus reigns Supreme
May 25 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Nehemiah 8-10
Key Verse – Nehemiah 8:8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO INSTRUCTS US
TO READ HIS LAW
Praise be to God for instructing us to read His law for our:
Direction according to His ways
Decisions around His will
Discretion by His Word
Delight with His worth
Drive for worship
Nehemiah 9:31 Praise be to the Lord for He is gracious and merciful:
Good in prompting us for high purpose
Great in propelling our heavenly pursuits
Glorious in pushing us toward holy perfection
Generous in pouring to us healthy-hoisted provisions
Guiding our progress with prosperity midst hope heartily
Nehemiah 10:29 Praise be to the Saviour for reminding us
to observe His commandments and to:
Stay in His security
Serve Him with steadfastness
Stand strong upon His Scriptures
Share salvation midst sincere soulwinning
Seek His shelter against shaky and sinking support. Amen!
May 25, 2024
Mr. Me
Each nation is convention
Of lingvo political unity
In this configuration
There is no point in me
Politics make tensions
They cannot set the rules
That satisfy their nations
Except some lucky fools
I’ve never signed a contract
Which ordinates my fate
Neither I signed a pact
Which says I’m sold to state
I never owned a document
Which tells about my views
Instructs me how to complement
What other people choose
I never had a wild idea
To build a Babel Tower
Filled up with mental supergear
Which spreads out superpower
So who’s that Mr.Me, you’d say
While looking at the mirror
Is that the one I downplay
If he gets in too near?
Or maybe he’s a decent bloke
But I don’t know him well
And that’s for good, cause what he spoke
I wouldn’t dare to tell.
The Lord is my physician.
I won’t be sickly.
He helps me to get my rest and much-needed sleep.
He gives me exercises to do;
He makes me stronger.
He instructs me on the best supplements
for my health’s sake.
Even though my food and environment are filled with toxins,
I will feel safe
because I trust in You.
Your wisdom and Your remedies soothe me.
I encounter infections and viruses in many places that I go;
You protect me from Pandemics.
I feel so grateful.
Surely strength and fitness will enhance my well-being
through the days of my life,
and I will be healed by my Physician
evermore.
January 26 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Exodus 25-27
Key Verse – Exodus 25:1-2 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO INSTRUCTS US
TO BRING HIM OFFERINGS
Praise be to God for instructing us
to bring Him our offerings:
Willingly with satisfaction joy
Wholeheartedly along salvation jubilation
Worshipfully in our spiritual journey
Winsomely through our stewardship jobs
Exodus 26:1 Praise be to the Lord for granting us
what His tabernacle requires:
Curtains of redemption
Coverings of righteousness
Clothes of revival
Exodus 27:21 Praise be to the Saviour for radiating to us
His holiness as our testimony-light before Him that:
Burns from evening to morning
Beautifies for His glory and majesty
Blesses His magnificence as well as His omnipotence
Besets us around His righteousness for Gospel sharing. Amen!
January 26, 2024
A best friend is
A. One who spills your most intimate secret
B. One who helps you spend your money until you empty your pocket
C. One who is with you if you have budget
D. One who takes you to the baddest experiences you could not forget
E. All the choices are correct
A wife is
A. One who nags around when you came home late
B. One who always checks the contents of your wallet
C. One who supervises you while you wash your own plate
D. One who instructs you while you clean the toilet
E. All the choices are correct
A mother in law is
A. One who minds all your marital affairs
B. One who tells your wife to check on you always
C. One who always know the solution to your conjugal problems
D. One who tells you that your wife had a lot of handsome and rich boyfriends
E. All the choices are correct
*Just for fun*
February 8, 2023
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