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Riding a roller coaster
Propelled by life’s velocity
Governed by instincts and thought
Driven by an urge to emerge victorious
Sentience deadened to conscience
Flitting thus from desire to desire
We built an imaginary script
Of narrow ego identity
Some conquests won
We saw not unshed tears
Of mute weaker souls wasted
Owing to our callous, feral savagery
Likewise, we encountered defeat
Whereupon we steadied heart
Resolving to rise once again
Imagining ego as the doer
Our face in the mirror
Reflected pride and conceit
Beggars too began looking away
Recognising our cold, hard countenance
So it chanced to pass that by grace
One day we chose to look within
Shocked to see soul shrivelled
Lonely in our bleeding heart
We stopped the flow of time
Frozen for what seemed eternity
Crying out silently into the vast void
Wishing to be healed and feel complete
A divine voice instantly responded
Asking if our resolve was strong
To walk the talk as affirmed
In thought, word and deed
The path simple and direct
Liken it to a hop-on hop-off bus
We hop off the ego bus and choose love
Shifting consciousness from head to heart
Voice of conscience grew stronger
We dwelt not on material gain
Shifting into mindfulness
A stillness continuum
Yet love that is imbibed
Takes time for assimilation
But what matters time any more
To the one who has since vaporised
In timeless time ensconced in bliss
Empowered by a magnetic pulse
Which we may give any name
Kundalini or The Holy Spirit
Baptised in the stream
Twice born, we yet lived on
Our soul within, one with oneness
Seeing now earth life as but a lucid dream
Wherein we are being breathed by God
As He does for all sentient life forms
To fulfil our soul’s smallest wish
Now aligned with love alone
Now we do honestly confess
We know not what scriptures say
All we affirm from our life experience
Is that once we align with God’s love impulse
For each step we take, He leaps forward
Gathering us in His warm embrace
Lighting the lamp of love within
Darkness then is no more
20-January-2022
Repent and Believe Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Regina McIntosh
Poem inspired by the contest prompt: 1 John 1:9 KJV - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
It was 64ºf and overcast this morning when Lisa and I started our 5-mile jog to the Harbor and back. We always start our semesters this way. We’re emotionally ready for fall weather and hopefully, a long and cruel winter.
Sunny, Lisa, Leong and I were starting the morning with breakfast together. We have summer catching up to do.
Of course, Sunny never does the expected. Over a bowl of heart-shaped Cheerios in the cafeteria, she announced that she’s “really going to try this year.”
“That's a choice,” Leong admitted dryly.
“You mean academically?” Lisa asked, for clarification purposes.
“Wait,” Leong updogged, “Did your parents ask for proof that you were here?”
Sunny rolled her eyes, she knew she’d get trolled with a newfangled declaration like that, but she meant it and she wasn’t tempted to elaborate.
“You’re a phoenix, rising from the ashes,” I said encouragingly.
“It’s a 4th in a lifetime opportunity,” Lisa noted.
Handling university academics is largely a structural task.
All it requires is artfully arranging information and slices of time.
“You’ve got this,” I affirmed.
“Let’s not get excited,” Sunny cautioned, “One reason I’m so hot is that I’m emotionally unavailable.”
“It’s your best quality.” Leong observed.
Tick tock, we’re all still unpacking but things are taking shape. Senior year starts in 3 days.
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Songs for this:
Suddenly I See by KT Tunstall
Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing by Stevie Wonder
Our cast:
Sunny, (roommate) 21, is from Nebraska, she’s a cowgirl (seriously, she has a quarter horse and barrel races it), she’s an outspoken fem-facing ladies-lady whose life is an endless parade of ‘sleepovers.’ Sunny knows all the best gossip and she’s somehow befriended all the professors.
Lisa, (roommate) 21, A Manhattanite and reluctant ‘glamor girl.’ My bff. A fellow (pre-med) molecular biophysics and biochemistry major.
Leong, (roommate) 21, is from Macau, China - the Las Vegas of Asia and a proud communist (don’t knock it til you’ve tried it). She and Sunny are ‘molecular, cellular, and developmental biology majors.’ I speak Cantonese - I lived in Shenzhen China (about 30 miles from Macau) - maybe that’s why she was originally paired with us?
Me, Your writer is just a simple country girl from Athens Georgia.
do you realize that God gave you a special and unique skill
a gift, a blessed anointing only because that was His will
too often in today's society it seems to be all about self
the American ideology on the subject of inherent wealth
that everything we have it's something that we alone earned
but that's just an illusion that many can't seem to discern
it's not possible for you to have accomplished everything
in your life and not know
that there were others who came before you
to whom some of your success you owe
yet God gave you a blessing just because He could
a gift to be used for the greater good
it's not something that you can claim, it's not anything that you inspired
it was the grace that God granted you because that was His desire
He gave you this gift for a purpose and a reason
and for you to stir it up in your own season
so what is your gift? that special thing that God gave you
what is that unique endowment that makes you you?
you've got it, you've got it, but it's up to you to find
don't be afraid to uncover it, just keep an open mind
if you can't see yourself as being gifted and don't know what it is
remember you have God's authority and His promises
He gave you a gift to bring purpose and meaning to your life
He gave you an anointing like He did for his son Jesus Christ
so don't be scared to find it, come out of your comfort zone
seek that which was sent to you down from the heavenly throne
but don't be arrogant when you find what your special gift is about
don't get boastful and then act you have all the clout
you've got it, you've got it, the gift that God has confirmed
have an attitude of gratitude so that your gift can be affirmed
be appreciative, be thankful just don't be unmoved
you have the grace of God, in His eyes you are approved
you've got it, you've got it, the gift that will stir you up
the gift that keeps on giving and will forever refill your cup
no longer to seek the approval of man for Father God has your back
utilize your gift and for Christ start making some tracks
realize the gift, apply the gift and with it you will find
it's the reason that God gave His love, power and a sound mind
as only what you do for Christ will last and endure
so use the gift that He's given you and for others open new doors
The magic of the puppeteer’s hands, brings life through the strings
The mass of wooden limbs on the floor, unrecognisable as things
They all applauded as they watched the master puppeteer at work
He made his puppets dance, his duty he did not shirk.
Then the day arrived, they all became bored with dancing marionettes
The stage was empty, the puppeteer sad, the stage was up ‘For Let’
He vowed that he would win them back, and he reset his new stage
With magic in his masterful fingers, people returned of every age.
They clapped and begged, they shouted, they wanted to see more
Never had such a sight been seen, the puppets danced across the floor
He said my puppets I will dance, but one thing I ask of you
There will come a day a question I ask, I wonder what you will do.
They all cheered willing to pay the price the puppeteer called for
His dolls, the wooden limbs, rose and danced across the floor
Wooden limbs that came to life, all connected by some slight strings
The puppeteer manoeuvred them, they became as living things.
The crowd roared and asked for more they had never seen the like
He said now for the question I ask, you may answer as you like.
To keep the puppets dancing there is one thing I will ask from you
Will you always watch the puppets dance? If so, I will see they do.
All agreed to pay the price to watch the magic puppets dance
He asked the question they all affirmed, quite willing to take a chance
Now you are mine, the stage is set, the curtains will open, all looks well
It’s time for you to follow me, then he pulled open the curtains to hell.
The audience became the puppets as he toured the wider world
Come see the magic dancers he cried, and watch the marionettes twirl
Never had there been such a show, the puppets they looked so real.
Until the audience started to stray, and anger the puppeteer did feel.
Once more he promised them magical dancing, even through hoops and rings
He tweaked and pulled, the puppets danced, as though there were no strings
But the strings were hid as long as they danced, and did what the puppeteer bid.
So read the print before you sign, never let the magical puppeteer you kid.
© 7/01/2013 ~GG~
The Inspiration for this poem came From Harry J Horsman's "Entrapment"
October 13 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on John 21-Acts 1
Key Verse – John 21:12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY INVITER FOR ME TO COME AND DINE WITH YOU
Lord God, You are my Inviter for me to come and dine with You,
despite my sin-caused impairment
Thank You for drawing my heart to Your love’s great fulfillment
So that I can respond to Your divine treatment
Midst Your feeding that suffices my contentment.
Lord God, You are my Inviter for me to come and dine with You,
despite my doubt-stained ignorance
Thank You for proving to my life Your calling’s assurance
So that I can follow You immediately with perseverance
Midst Your discipleship-endurance and deliverance.
Lord God, You are my Inviter for me to come and dine with You,
despite my grief-burdened misery
Thank You for girding my faith with Your enabling victory
So that I tarry in Your supplication-inspired Calvary
Midst Your testimony’s glory, smiting my worry.
Lord God, You are my Inviter for me to come and dine with You,
despite my disobedience to Your teaching
Thank You for allowing my mind to learn from Your preaching
So that I can declare about Your infallible proofs in my Scriptural searching
Midst Your promise, affirmed by the Holy Spirit for out-reaching.
Lord God, You are my Inviter for me to come and dine with You,
despite my shallow devotion
Thank You for pardoning my iniquities along my repentant confession
So that I can enjoy Your granted eternal salvation
Midst Your peace that encloses me inside Your protection.
Lord God, You are my Inviter for me to come and dine with You,
despite my powerlessness
Thank You for upholding my service by Your purposefulness
So that I can continue with prayer’s earnestness and steadfastness
Midst Your guidance wrapped around Your faithfulness.
Lord God, You are my Inviter for me to come and dine with You,
despite my worthless beginning
Thank You for instilling in my character virtues toward behaviour-refining
So that I can depend on You always for my firm leaning
Midst Your ministry that holds me from declining.
October 13, 2023
“Wandering through empty and crowded streets with no destination in sight and sleeping under the sky with the fire burning inside was my life, the life of a vagabond. Survival is a funny game and life is an endless odyssey for survival” ~ By Poet
Homeless, a wanderer all his life.
An orphan, he was raised in the streets.
Mongrel dogs and gypsies were his company.
He had wild days and dolorous times.
At nights, he curled up on street corners,
Had brawls with other street children.
But as he grew up, he began nursing a dream,
To own a home and no more be a vagabond.
He took up odd jobs and worked day in and out.
Over time, against heavy odds
A little hovel, he did build,
In a verdant stretch of fertile land
Off the noisy, frenzied crowd
With sheaves of hay, he thatched its roof.
With reed and bamboo, its walls were made.
With mud and charcoal, its floor was glazed.
With wooden planks, its entrance he laid.
At dusk, when birds to their nests depart,
And beasts, to their covert burrows and dens,
After the day’s toil, weary and weak,
He curls into the cozy comfort of his home.
Through months and years, it gave him succor.
Sheltered him from storm and rain.
Made him differ from the gypsy tribe.
Lent him a footing in this populous world.
He wove around it many a dream.
With frugal care, his needs he met.
Like a squirrel stocking nuts and grains,
In it's secret granary for the rainy days,
He saved all that he had earned,
For a life to be lived later in bliss.
But alas!
His haven lies so derelict!
Its very foundation raced to the ground.
The once beautiful stretch of land,
Robbed of its greenery and grace!
The eviction squad usurped his land,
Hurling him down to the streets!
Making him once again a vagabond…
Bewildered, failing to budge an inch,
Like a boat, midway stranded in sea, he stood.
But his resilient spirits, to him affirmed,
‘Never defeated, though destroyed'
Soon the mud hovel, to a palatial mansion turned.
Where he envisioned himself as king of the land.
His smiling progeny picking fruits from his orchard,
And his cattle chewing cud in the shade of trees.
Why scoff it as the fancy of a fevered mind?
Oh! But to dream is every man's right.
how does anyone go from being good to being great?
what is required in order for someone to elevate?
to be an agent or an angel of the Lord our God
to have been designated because of the righteousness in your heart
blessed to be a blessing when you answer God's call
from ordinary to extraordinary on your faith now standing tall
pressed into service and now affirmed by the Holy Ghost
moved beyond your comfort zone to where you're needed the most
in the process of transition increasing in your faith
accelerated from just good into someone who is great
whenever God speaks to you He will make mention
of what He requires of you and what are His intentions
He will use you as a conduit to carry the currency of His word
to tell people the gospel truth the likes of which they've never heard
and when God compels you to move forth you won't need a map nor a GPS
just follow His directions as your journey is the true test
just don't worry about the where, the when, the what, the how nor the why
as long as you Who's in control and that on His word you can rely
and wherever God leads you it will be some place for the better
just make sure you follow His heavenly navigational system to the letter
blessed to be a blessing to faith your way along
just don't wander down unmarked roads that may steer you wrong
you're now a faith walker and not just a faith talker
to let your passion for Christ be first and foremost in your life
to let your trust and belief in the Lord God be the thing that jump starts your heart
and now motivated by the Holy Spirit you will come to find
that the word of the Lord God has completely saturated your mind
blessed to be a blessing to go from good to great
fired up, pumped up and passionate in your faith
to aspire with the desire to be a blessing to your sisters and brothers
to motivate and not hesitate in making disciples of others
to go from good to great blessed to be a blessing
to adhere to the instructions that the Lord our God is stressing
willing to step out on faith and leave all you know and possess
trusting in God to guide you and in turn by Him to be blessed
going from good to great by increasing in your faith
blessed to be a blessing by the goodness you now demonstrate
Poet: Ken Jordan
Story: Angel
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: May/2015
Forty cold December's have passed since
the universe yielded me an Angel, a comforter,
when my life was low.
Essentially, before my life saving transformation, all windows to my
happiness were closed, I had no direction, and I
didn't know which way to turn.
But, on that faithful frigid December
day, beneath the frosty rays of the sun, my life
changed forever.
I know now, that God, works in mysterious
ways, with wonders to perform.
I didn't go looking for love, quite the contrary,
an angel found me, and showed what love can be -
The Most High, sent her through
the sun rays, of a cold, cold December,
It was surreal what my eyes had affirmed;
a beautiful being standing in my presence
from heaven, gifted to rescue me from
the woes in my life.
She was pure as an infant child,
with eyes bright as stars. She was beautiful,
caring, knowledgeable, and understanding beyond
earthly belief.
When our eyes first met, she read
my soul, and healed my deepest wounds.
At that moment, in a profound and spiritual
way, something inside me knew, that she was not of this world.
In my lifetime, I had never met
anyone with such a Devine presence,her wisdom
was of exalted personage.
She possessed a peace that glowed like
a halo, I wanted to stand in her spiritual light for
all eternity.
To this day, after forty cold December's,
I surrender all praises to God, for answering my
prayers.
When I just "let go, and let God,"
an angel walked in my life, expecting nothing in
return, she was pure, giving her love to me
unconditionally.
Her name is Sparkle, my angel from
the Universe.
Although we've been together for forty
earth years, I'm here to tell you, it seems like only
yesterday that we met.
As the earth turns we come and
we go, but, the Great Spirit, the Angel Sparkle,
remains the same.
She's a phenomenon that's unexplainable,
what I know for certain is, she taught me that love
conquers all -
Together we dueled and alone you wept,
Deep-down I eked out
Which made me to read your mind.
I asked for your hands
And averred you to have it coming,
Oath taken, but you fell behind –
I couldn’t cope
What was bogging your mind.
I asked you to be cadged and free your mind –
I just wanted you to be mine.
You realized and then you intimated the fact
Affirmed you then as a credence
To what you have gone through;
Lightly I then asked for your hand.
You wept for, what you don’t deserve to
And fell down upon my shoulder.
What I deserve was only you
And once you felt
You avowed my heart.
All so far we shared word by word
And you started to smile back,
You raised your hope upon my longanimity
Yet my love for you felt back.
Sketchy two souls yet intimacy inflated
Muted few moments and dustups uprose –
I heard your confounded voice,
Yet I fenced.
But then again,
I cried, I hoped and I implored
I bade for myself to grasp my heart.
Alone I felt and yet you calmed me
But thronged with fury
I realized, it was too late.
Left you behind to your own world
Where you said you will be happy -
The only thing that I couldn’t ceded,
The love that I felt for you could not be regretted.
I left alone once again with memories I cherished
I smiled with drops of water from my eyes.
Days seemed to me as years,
And time gave up my tears.
You smiled back once again with a new life…
And I kept my promise, I didn’t look back;
You let me go where I settled no-where…
I lost myself leaving behind allegiance desire.
I stand-alone myself without fear
A dire arouse and I took it as a dare.
I tied up myself and reveled with new aspire…
Yes! I left your memories, and I left it by.
I heard your voice once again, yet I didn’t fumbled,
Your tears then proved me -
Yes! I can live without you, with no tears,
Yes! I’m living without you, with no fears.
I smiled once again and I started to live afresh
Where I left you behind to your own world
Where you said you will be happy -
The only thing that I couldn’t ceded,
The love that I felt for you could not be regretted –
Yes! You were my love and you are
But I can live without you, with memories faded.
December 9 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Hebrews 11
Key Verse– Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY FAITH’S REWARDER
Lord God, You are my faith’s Rewarder
attested by Your bountiful goodness
Thank You for enabling me to understand Your Word’s truthfulness
And Your excellent offered sacrifice of righteousness…
Help me to please You always by Your graciousness.
Lord God, You are my faith’s Rewarder
affirmed by Your compassionate nurture
Thank You for letting me become Your heir of divine nature
And Your inheritance receiver with holy posture…
Help me to dwell in Your perfect will around Your sovereign pasture.
Lord God, You are my faith’s Rewarder
anchored by Your building foundation
Thank You for strengthening me along Your faithful instruction
And Your steadfast doctrine for my transformation…
Help me to declare that You’re my satisfaction.
Lord God, You are my faith’s Rewarder
asserted by Your Scriptures of certainty
Thank for inviting me toward Your better country of triumphant eternity
And Your heavenly kingdom though afflicted with infirmity…
Help me to stay in Your standards as regards decency and purity.
Lord God, You are my faith’s Rewarder
announced by Your enriching blessing
Thank You for teaching me to worship sincerely with Your appraising
And Your jubilant invitation toward earnest rejoicing…
Help me to abide in Your plan which is victorious choosing.
Lord God, You are my faith’s Rewarder
authenticated by Your immutable assurance
Thank You for promising to me Your security along deliverance
And Your protection against worldliness-hindrance…
Help me to show perseverance through Your gracious endurance.
Lord God, You are my faith’s Rewarder
acclaimed by Your redemption-settlement
Thank You for giving me Your gift of salvation from hell’s torment
And Your grant of everlasting life with Your pardon’s document…
Help me to live for Your glory while doing best in ministry-involvement.
December 9, 2023