So many trust in various things
these are found to be vain
for there's only one sure to trust
in the Lord alone who deals with our stain
This trust is everlasting for sure
it brings assurance to your heart
knowing this, the Lord will be with you
to be your anchor in no small part
The Lord Jehovah is His name
always being at your side
providing strength for every trial
giving grace always to abide
This is the God of very God
creator, sustainer and friend
holds your hand through the storm
and tight through to your end
("Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:")
Isaiah 26: 4 (ESV)
Grass grows so fully green
field upon field blade upon blade
but one day the grass will wither
each blade carefully and specially made
A flower grows so full of colours
with highs and lows in every stem
such fragrance on every corner
so beautiful to look upon these gems
It's like any seed sown in the ground
when it grows it blooms bright
but in time it will fade away
like the morning when it turns to night
The only thing that will count
is God's eternal authoritative word
trust God's word, it endures forever
those who reject this truth are absurd
("The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God will stand forever.")
Isaiah 40: 8 (ESV)
"Long has My grace been proffered
Long has intercession been offered
Short is My space for repentance
'On my terms!' frames their resistance
'Tis not I who needs to change
Defying My terms will estrange
Worship Me in spirit and truth
Stop treating My words as uncouth
My Vineyard I designed to produce
But not all of My grapes have juice
These are destined for destruction
They refuse to obey My instruction
Secondhand smoke provokes My eyes
Their sacrifices only antagonize
Their outcome has been decreed
Curses will pursue their seed
Their toxic smoke is spreading
The effects of it - upsetting
False gods mislead and blind
Fulfilling the devil's design
Blowing immoral smoke in My face
Masking deceit without disgrace
They have earned My displeasure
I'll punish them in full measure
But My good grapes will inherit
As joint-heirs, they'll share it
They truly love and obey Me
Becoming My priority
I'll restore the Universe for them
New Jerusalem from every kind of gem
Justice and righteousness prevail
Secondhand smoke is a devil's tale"
LOVE OF ISAIAH
Don't be down trodden for you are of great worth
Isaiah 43:4
Don't be down trodden for you are of great worth
For in the eyes that the Father has given me
It is of no surprise the third eye looks straight at the heart
And into the eyes of the Father
For in the eyes that the Father has given me
Beautiful son, beautiful daughter
And into the eyes of the Father
You are honored and I love you
Beautiful son, beautiful daughter
It is of no surprise the third eye looks straight at the heart
You are honored and I love you
Don't be down trodden for you are of great worth
2/18/2023
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2023©
I
A week before one can eat again
No great illness
Listen to the wisdom of the body
No food remains
Expelled by mouth or tummy
Ask for intervention
Then wait
In faith
II
Those who wait and pray without hate
Will mount up on wings of eagles
They shall run without fatigue
And nobfear of human or spirits
Shall have any Dominion
Which belongs to the Lord
( Read Isaiah, psalms, Matthew. Psalm 37:7)
God, our Lord, glory to U. Help us defeat Satan
Over & over, we pray against witchcraft, worry
Dear ones suffer spells: sangomas are used here
NOTE: my prayer example, to those worried no end that enemies want them fired from jobs: "hallelujah, LORD IN JESUS' NAME, We agree with thy Word, in Isaiah, no weapon forged against believers in Jesus Christ will succeed in it's evil designs. The Blood of Jesus covers us as a great umbrella of protection. Forgive our sins, according to Your grace & mercy. Help us for Jesus' sake. Amen
When He exceeds the sum of all,
Still they covet their windfall.
When success needs His blessing,
Still they covet transgressing.
When consequences hold sway,
Still they covet their own way.
When He sets prisoners free,
Still they covet the carefree.
When praise should carry His sword,
Still they covet being lord.
When trust is His way of life,
Still they covet real-world strife.
When His curse begins to burn,
Still He covets their return.
"Your corpse will come back to life,
Everlasting joy is rife!"
When His trust lesson they learn,
Then they covet His return.
When He exceeds the sum of all,
Then they covet His windfall.
Man is not the cure, or fix,
Says Isaiah twenty-six.
God knows the future from its beginning
His eyes see all things in His sight
nothing is hidden from our creator
who works always perfectly right
I was married in my mid-twenties
to a lovely Christian girl Jean
her witness to me really changed me
giving me a bible to make me clean
Through Jean's influence upon me
answering my questions on scripture
pointed me in the way to God
learning much along this road to endure
Jean and I wed in November '81
but Jean's health had not been good
for a number of years been a struggle
this causes thoughts so misunderstood
But things got worse needing an op
which was successful thinking all's great
but the illness came back again
leaving Jean in an unhealthy state
Jean died in October 1982
at 28 she had only a few years
God is sovereign in all He does
we must bow before Him in godly fear
("The righteous man perishes,
and no one lays it to heart;
devout men are taken away,
while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;
he enters into peace;
they rest in their beds
who walk in their uprightness.")
(Isaiah 57: 1-2)
Gaia is radically interdependent Earth,
CoCreator of paradise
and pandemics,
of safe drinking water
and healthy fertile soil,
S/He does not faint
or grow weary;
His Yang Heaven raining
manna understanding
is also wellness watering
Her Yintegral Earth
rebirthing
inscrutably dense compassionate soil.
S/He gives cooperatively owned power
to those poor
in humane natural Spirit,
and transparently enlightened strength
to those uncompetitively powerless
Victims immigrating
in this Great UnRaveling Exodus
from high risk inhumane enslavement
to royal profits,
Prophets now trending toward traumatic
right wing rabid distortion,
trumpeting EarthTribe overtures
to understated extinction.
Life is full of falls and trips
always needing to get up again
this cycle will always repeat itself
for being so weak just like all men
But real strength comes from the Lord
divinely sent ordered from on high
for God sees all our weariness
and fits us so we rise and fly
The Lord knows all about everyone
our every desire and need He does see
for our power, He will constantly increase
just come and to Him make your plea
God is our Lord and blessed saviour
who is majestic and all-powerful
the one in control of all our lives
indeed He's gracious and faithful
(Isaiah 40:29
"He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.")
God has revealed Himself to be
the Lord of glory, gracious and great
for He created His very heavens
where all His own will come for their date
A date chosen before eternity
when His faithful ones He will draw
the earth God has formed from not
establishing it makes one stand in awe
God's purpose for this earth He made
was not to leave it full of nothing
this is God who reigns from all eternity
for the Lord's plans always has meaning
His plans and purposes are without error
for in it's formation He left man a space
all along God's design included humanity
knew they would need a touch by grace
I am the Lord and there is no other
standing high above all His creation
sovereign in control never to fall
one day will make up His own nation
('For thus says the Lord,
who created the heavens
(he is God!),
who formed the earth and made it
(he established it;
he did not create it empty,
he formed it to be inhabited!):
“I am the Lord, and there is no other.')
Isaiah 45: 18 (ESV)
Here we have the words of Isaiah
a prophet of old testament times
speaking forth the words of God
His absolute truth, not just rhymes
God always tells His people to go
for wanting their best at heart
even when trouble comes close by
aware that Satan fires his fiery darts
The Lord alone is your protector
obey your God, close your doors
stay safe and hide yourself
till the storm passes and soars
The prophet's words are so meaningful
we can relate to this in our day
as the present pandemic surrounds us
fears grip us as our skies turn grey
But we need to heed these words
hide then in our souls for a little while
God knows everything about all this
He's got it measured to the exact mile
Hide yourself under His wings
find hope in your soul to sing
of God's mercies in times past
be sure this won't be the last
look in wonder in your God eternally cling
("Come, my people, enter your chambers,
and shut your doors behind you;
hide yourselves for a little while
until the fury has passed by." ) Isaiah 26: 20 (ESV)
Learn to do right;
Seek peace and don’t fight;
In every avenue that you choose;
Adopt peace, choose life;
Go with love be in the light;
Seek justice
You are so blessed
Please encourage the oppressed
Pray for them,
Aid to set them free
Isaiah One seventeen says
Learn to love
Love to learn
Seek wisdom not hate and strife
Give to live, that you will check that everything wrongs not right;
Learn to do right;
Seek peace and don’t fight;
In every avenue that you choose
Seek justice encourage the oppressed
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2007, 2020©
God is an authoritative voice
no other voice is like His
it needs to be listened to
being plain, not like your quiz
We have all offended Him sore
but His mercy has swept them away
no longer cast against our record
now cleansed away from this day
It was just like one big cloud
once it was there then be gone
wakened up to it like a mist
then you saw clear like your lawn
God calls out to you, return
to me, my child come back
redemption swept away your sins
now I've put you back on track
Redemption is the work of Jesus
He died for sinners on the cross
there He purchased your salvation
taking away every bit of sin and dross
("I have swept away your offences like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to Me, for l have redeemed you." Isaiah 44: 22)
There is a day when all who truly believe
when they all will say this os our God
this Lord of majesty and sovereign power
will come forth displaying His mighty sword
On that day our patience will be rewarded
in all of life, the waiting seemed long
but His promises were all yes and amen
as we sang aloud salvation's song
This God we know will come forth
to save us from sin's eternal doom
His word tells he'll receive all who come
in faith believing their Lord made room
This is the Lord who lives forevermore
the creator of everything and knows you
your salvation He planned before creation
so that in his time he'd make you anew
To receive this so great a salvation
is to make us so glad to rejoice
our redemption bought with holy blood
of Christ Himself so we are in full voice
('And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.')
Isaiah 25: 9 (KJV)
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