Zionist
for Israel, but
I don't invest,
in WAR...
I'm a pacifist...
For Arab
as for any other people
being legalistic
without exclusivist predilection...
for peaceful solution
no arms race
calm conversation
harmonious division
brotherhood in view
without fatal pride, absolutist
sans rejection, unhealthy, fatalistic
sans cruelty, dominist...
Allah understanding God
After all, they are one...!
Divide territory
and live in peace
and respect Both...!
Abolish parabellum !
PP peace, please...!
I never could have predicted
That I would leave in such a way
Circumstances brought me to a place
Where I could no longer stay
The legalistic rules
All of them, hypocritical fools
In all of their getting
They were too stupid to retain
Any measure of learning
For the mentally insane
Justify, justify, justify
Then they have the nerve to testify
.........of God's deliverance
Who needs that crap
When there is life to be livin'
I'll not give one more moment
To eternal grave diggin'
I'm going to run to boat loads of fun
Until I am filled up, good and done
But don't be lookin' for me
To darken a church house door
I'm a sippin' saint
Who won't bow to "law" anymore
But, I'll hold on to what God hates
Surely he'll let me in those pearly gates
............WHAT???
..............................Mama's dead
I can't........................breathe
Written by Trudy Schrader on 07-19-2019
Note: This has been the most difficult write of my life, and it is not autobiographical...that's probably why. Anyway, when reading the poem, think about how a fault line works, and hopefully, you will have an earthshaking experience.
Most significant agreements or treaties
Employ important legalistic terms like
Inspections
Verifications
Notifications
or Null-and-Void immediately
Yet considering, O Pundits,
The withdrawal by the US
from the agreement
Over Iran's nuclear pyre:
Between the Mullahs and President Trump
~ Who's the bigger liar?
There are users, abusers
And bitter accusers
In the World of negative thought
There are legalistic, ballistic
And increasingly sadistic
In the World of righting the "not lot"
~On the other side~
There are roses, poses
And delivering Moses
In the World of fanatical dreams
There are hoping, doping
And constantly roping
In the World of sewing seems (seams)
~Still~
There are planners, banners
And worshipping fanners
In the World of Pyramid Power
There are groveling, dissolving
And situational involving
In the World of heightening bowers
~Til~
There are woulders, coulders
And moving shoulders
In the World of Imagination
There are accepting, respecting
And continually perfecting
In the World of growing patience
~Light Shining on the Darkness
Written by Trudy Schrader on 02-11-2018
Sometimes fundamentalist Christians
Give the expression “to be saved”
All you need to do is “repent”
Meaning to give up your sinful ways
This sentence from the Gospel of St. Mark
May seem to support this perspective
Trouble is
It all depends on what you mean by “repentance”
“Sin”
Some Catholics seem to limit their understanding of sin to a legalistic one
Where disobeying a law, rule
Or Commandment is what sin is all about – period
It maybe more balanced
Spiritually beneficial to understand
As any behavior that breaks or weakens
One’s relationship with Eternal God
Neighbor or oneself
A healthy understanding of the Sacrament of Reconciliation
Based on the insight that reconciliation with Eternal God happens in
Through reconciliation with the faith community that is the Church
Accordingly
One may sin
By either doing something
Or not doing something
Father Christ’s encounter with the Pharisees never fail to entertain.
Almost everywhere He preaches
A few people would show up
Trying to compromise His ministry
To catch Him in violation of custom or law
Mingling with known sinners
As Father Christ did repeatedly
Was clearly acceptable to Pharisees
While obeying the law is important
Father Christ was an observant Jew
He also knew the law
Social structures had their limitations
His message to legalistic sticklers is straightforward
Unadorned
He wants to engage real people on real issues
People with faults, problems, people searching for Eternal God
It means folks like you and me
He is not excluding the arrogantly righteous among us
He’s pretty busy with the rest of humanity
This message if freely offered to any
All who will listen
If youre going to hung up
On the narrow publications of the law
You will be missing a life changing message
She has a brain full of legends.
She has a whole heart full of legends.
Shaped by summer’s yellow collar bones
She caresses a sepia hued image to her breast
And recites memories in her sleep.
Legalistic hellions
Stalk her sharp scent,
And legalistic hellions
Seek to kidnap her ,
And legalistic hellions
Cry illustrious hymns along canyons
Speaking amongst themselves
Into the jagged patterns fashioned by
Her legends.
And the sepia hued image, frozen
Insinuates that her legends were honest legends.
She knows they were never born of classic fiction at all,
But that they had been fostered by her own life.
The sepia hued image lies lifeless
During a subtle, summer evening
Reciting memories.
I don't like religion and
All it's legalistic ways.
You can't do this
And you must do that
In order to get God's praise.
It say's I must live a righteous
Life and do my very best,
Then you'll get God's favour,
And then you will be blessed.
I don't like religion and
All it's legalistic ways,
you can't do this
And you must do that,
In order to get God's praise.
It says I must obey the law
Never get out of line,
Keep on doing my very best
Then you will be fine.
I used to be religious
The best that I could be,
And live up to a standard
For God to accept me.
Then one day I met this man
Who came to visit me.
He opened up the Bible
For things for me to see.
He spoke to me about God's Son
And how he died for me,
To take away all my sin,
And to set me free.
Now I know God loves me,
Not for what I've done.
So you can keep all that religion,
My savation's in God's Son.
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