Long Counsels Poems
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June 6 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 78-82
Key Verse – Psalm 78:7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments.
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY HOPE UPHOLDER
Lord God, You are my hope Upholder,
valuing my words of supplication
Thank You for vitalizing me with Your might to vanquish sin and temptation
Very powerful are Your commands for my commission…
Voluntarily, I submit to You, the Author of my salvation.
Lord God, You are my hope Upholder,
vindicating my soul from hell’s devouring
Thank You for leading me with Your guidance along Your caring
Very loving is Your pardon that cleanses me with Your nurturing…
Vocally, I praise You, my Saviour of deliverance-bearing.
Lord God, You are my hope Upholder,
validating my satisfaction in Your fullness
Thank You for pouring unto me Your blessings of goodness
Very bountiful are Your provisions for my wellness…
Visibly, I come to You, enjoying Your compassion’s greatness.
Lord God, You are my hope Upholder,
verifying my motives against fleshly defilements
Thank You for forgiving me of my confessed sin-entanglements
Very strong is Your might that braces me against iniquity-engagements…
Victoriously, I cling to You as You enable my accomplishments.
Lord God, You are my hope Upholder,
varying my challenges for my stirred-up trials
Thank You for fortifying me to overcome hardships of personal denials
Very timely are Your answers I can’t measure in several vials…
Vigilantly, I beseech You to empower me for my faith-portrayals.
Lord God, You are my hope Upholder,
vouching my integrity by Your redemption-glow
Thank You for imparting to me Your wisdom along instructions I must follow
Very lawful is Your justice in defending me from deceits’ blow…
Valiantly, I serve You, my Almighty Sovereign from where my supplies flow.
Lord God, You are my hope Upholder,
visiting my heart for my pleasant testimony
Thank You for teaching me to walk along Your truth, whether sunny or rainy
Very assertive are Your counsels that brace me up despite troubles so many…
Vibrantly, I seek You, meditating Your Word, sweeter than honey.
June 6, 2023
I wandered the vastness of the universe
Just to meet you here
I considered many life times to glimpse
Your adorable essence
I explored the magical land of Atlantis
Even the technological Lemuria
I lived a couple of thousands of years in Sumeria
And learned to spoke magical words
I lived with the hundreds of lambs in Syria
To learn how to live with them in the barren land
I was in Mongolia to learn how to cook food
And created my own menu
I was with the Emperor and Empress of Japan
To be one of their counsels
I was once a daughter of a peasant in Italy
Learned to live with a single meal a day
I learned to fly an airplane in France
And leave my profession for marriage
I craved to wrote songs in Canada
But still longed for someone I knew
I was with you in the battle ground of ancient Egypt
I learned how to kill and to be killed then
I tried to discover more about myself
Lived inside a cave of mountainous Indonesia
I entered the great temple of India
To learn how to be the master of my surroundings
But died when a mysterious epidemic spread
I created more thoughts and realized inside a cell in Chile
And killed myself for an escape to my wrong ordeals
I existed again to work on my rippled karma
I visited the temples of Tibet to find peace
I discovered how to heal myself
And every person I tormented
I roamed around the great City of Brazil
But to no avail I never saw someone like you
I remembered why I am here then
I still chased you in further ground of Incas
But nothing happened
You still left me for another person
I continued to soar within this land
And was killed while counting miles across the sea of England
I explored the lessons of to be abandoned
As I always waited for this love
I was catapulted again in the battle fields of the Philippines
Where I was killed in an ambush with my three comrades
Yet my desire never materialized
I returned here being wary you was out of life again
I decided to go back to the golden planet
But escaped before the capsule like craft flown
While have had a thought in mind
That I am expected you to came
And now finally we bumped each other again
This will be the last life I shall chose to see you
Since I planned long before this moment
I will be home where I am from
And be one with my sparks.
October 17 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Acts 8-9
Key Verse – Acts 8:10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY GREAT AND POWERFUL CHRIST
Lord God, You are my great and powerful Christ,
always working beyond my incapacity
Thank You for healing me of my sin-caused infirmity
Truly extricating me from bewitching worldliness-vanity
Indeed beholding me with Your loving security.
Lord God, You are my great and powerful Christ,
always responding beyond my prayerfulness
Thank You for prodding me to do well with Your gracious steadfastness
Truly convicting me to repent of my unrighteousness
Indeed pardoning me with Your forgiving zealousness.
Lord God, You are my great and powerful Christ,
always granting beyond my desire
Thank You for declaring to me through the Scripture what You require
Truly moving me to believe You along Your revival fire
Indeed making me rejoice in Your bliss that does not retire.
Lord God, You are my great and powerful Christ,
always rescuing beyond my threatened situation
Thank You for accompanying me in my spiritual journey along Your direction
Truly leading me through Your divine vision
Indeed showing me Your goodness with Your compassion.
Lord God, You are my great and powerful Christ,
always upholding beyond my strengthened might
Thank You for proving to me Your amazing and confounding light
Truly watching me by Your counsels so right
Indeed taking me away from harm by Your protecting sight.
Lord God, You are my great and powerful Christ,
always cheering beyond my fear
Thank You for comforting me as to Your heart You draw me near
Truly making me whole against iniquity-affliction’s tear
Indeed enclosing me around Your care I hold so dear.
Lord God, You are my great and powerful Christ,
always comforting beyond my grievous weeping
Thank You for consoling me in my frustration-groping
Truly lifting me up when I lament, miserably coping while hoping
Indeed supplying me with Your blessings that are heaping.
October 17, 2023
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October 14 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Acts 2-3
Key Verse – Acts 2:3-4 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY DIVINE FIRE
Lord God, You are my divine Fire
through Your might and the Holy Ghost’s filling
Thank You for empowering me with Your indwelling…
Now, I submit to Your confounding amazement, joyously reveling
To stand testifying of Your grace, always ready for revival-fueling.
Lord God, You are my divine Fire
through Your miracles so great indeed
Thank You for delivering me by Your counsels of Scriptural creed…
Now, I rejoice in Your blessings toward sharing breed
To exalt Your name along Your compassion’s performing deed.
Lord God, You are my divine Fire
through Your magnificence shown in Your ascension
Thank You for assuring me of victory by Your redemption-propped crucifixion…
Now, I repent from my sins’ corruption
To claim Your promise of conversion.
Lord God, You are my divine Fire
through Your ministries according to Your Word
Thank You for adding me and my name to Your eternal record…
Now, I continue in Your doctrine along Your truth’s sword
To fight against falsities and confusing discord.
Lord God, You are my divine Fire
through Your mercy of prayer-hearing
Thank You for answering me with Your gracious caring…
Now, I fasten my eyes upon Your guiding stare toward service-gearing
To walk upon Your faith-nurturing and faithfulness-rearing.
Lord God, You are my divine Fire
through Your marvels marked by ready deliverance
Thank You for granting me of my desire for Your blest appearance…
Now, I cast my all to You including my arrogance and ignorance
To please You by faith with Your sustaining assurance.
Lord God, You are my divine Fire
through Your mentoring for my spiritual brace
Thank You for reviving me with Your heavenly replenishing rays
Now, I fulfill my covenant by Your inspiring ways
To keep on being a blessing while I run patiently the Christian race.
October 14, 2023
August 5 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Ezekiel 5-8
Key Verse – Ezekiel 5:13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken [it] in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY ACCOMPLISHMENT ZEAL
Lord God, You are my accomplishment Zeal
along Your weighing scale
Thank You for setting my soul in Your love that does not fail
As You change me to walk toward Your statutes’ trail
Away from abominations, tempting to make me wail.
Lord God, You are my accomplishment Zeal
along Your watching pity
Thank You for consuming my pride, showing arrogant intensity
As You free against loftiness to practice sincere humility
Away from destructions of being haughty.
Lord God, You are my accomplishment Zeal
along Your winning prayer altar
Thank You for protecting my faith against evil’s mortar
As You besiege we within Your guarding of truth-Gibraltar
Away from desolation of deceiving worldly star.
Lord God, You are my accomplishment Zeal
along Your warning Word
Thank You for guiding my ways through Your Scriptural record
As You strengthen me to serve well, tied to Your grace-cord
Away from wrath of devouring false teachings’ sword.
Lord God, You are my accomplishment Zeal
along Your waking alarm-movement
Thank You for sanctifying my heart against sin-pollution’s defilement
As You bring me to Your forgiveness’ peace of contentment
Away from counsels that trouble my commitment.
Lord God, You are my accomplishment Zeal
along Your working mighty hand
Thank You for lifting up my spirit toward Your visions, heavenly grand
As You lead me to Your sanctuary where I can biblically stand
Away from wickedness with its selfish and greedy demand.
Lord God, You are my accomplishment Zeal
along Your whispering voice of compassion
Thank You for seeking my heart and its chambers to check my passion
As You move me to worship You midst fulfillment of Your great commission
Away from provocations of fleshly and carnal mission.
August 5, 2023
June 7 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 83-87
Key Verse – Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY GRACIOUS SHIELD
Lord God, You are my gracious Shield
Who keeps me in Your lovingkindness
Thank You for Your Word that counsels me with Your blissfulness
Worthy are You to be consulted by Your goodness…
Wake me up always in my helplessness.
Lord God, You are my gracious Shield
Who upholds me in my sin-perishing
Thank You for Your will that takes me to Your compassionate refreshing
Worthy are You to be sought for my iniquity-washing…
Warm me up always against trouble and shame’s pushing.
Lord God, You are my gracious Shield
Who soothes me for my fainting soul
Thank You for Your wondrousness that strengthens me to be fully whole
Worthy are You to be feared called for my prayer-goal…
Wire me up always to walk along Your upright pole.
Lord God, You are my gracious Shield
Who frees me from carnality’s captivity
Thank You for Your wisdom that teaches me against ignorance-infirmity
Worthy are You to be revered for my faith’s integrity…
Warn me up always against my foolishness-intensity.
Lord God, You are my gracious Shield
Who satisfies me against discontentment
Thank You for Your work that preserves me by Your merciful settlement
Worthy are You to be trusted as You meet my fulfillment…
Watch me up always by Your answers toward my betterment.
Lord God, You are my gracious Shield
Who guides me to glorify Your name
Thank You for Your way that leads me to exalt You with praises’ flame
Worthy are You to be worshipped along Your compassion-fame…
Widen me up always for Your service of strengthening aim.
Lord God, You are my gracious Shield
Who sets me upon Your holiness-foundation
Thank You for Your wealth that enriches me with service-mission
Worthy are You to be esteemed for Your granted salvation…
Win me up always with Your sanctification.
June 7, 2023
III
What shame if might measures not with muscle?
What disgrace awaits those who fail?
Should wanting life be held lèse-majesté to a tussle?
Should a nation thrive as in a sundered jail?
To the high nor low slams the door
To him who seeks the Law and more.
Take, take the Golden Mean road!
Truth your only key, never the sword!
Decades from now sawn men will in right ask:
Had we then no will to attend to our wounds?
Should not the White Master be called back to task
To bear the burden of our graveyard mounds?
What guidance should wise men need
More than their own tested counsels?
Lay, lay aside the pride of higher breed
Like two strong men upright in councils!
IV
People are made to feel their lives rendered great
By what their leaders do to invoke fate;
Destiny asks not who may stand in as its fated mate,
When all around lives are lost through hate.
To the high nor low slams the door
To him who seeks the Law and more.
Take, take the Golden Mean way!
Truth the only key, no, never slay!
If the Lion strays from its prescribed domain,
The Tiger will seek to sink its fangs in flanks.
Two kings bide their time in a land full of bane,
While the common folk lie razed by tanks.
V
Seek not to replace life with conundrums.
Seek only a life-giving solution.
Herald not the arrival of the enemy with drums.
Let only your heart speak in absolution.
The mountain cannot reach up to the sky.
The lake at the summit is full.
If monsoons come, calling cranes will cry.
Kindred spirits will rally in full.
To the high nor low slams the door
To him who seeks the Law and more.
Take, take the Golden Mean way!
Truth the only key, no, never ever slay!
Can a people simply grow strong in broken places
While strong men before the hour vacate places?
“Man can be destroyed but not defeated.
Man can be defeated but not destroyed.”
© T.Wignesan 2005 - September 21, 2005- (from the Sequence: "Words for a Lost Sub-Continent", Paris, France. Pub. in Rama and Ravana at the Altar of Hanuman: on Tamils, Tamil Literature and Tamil Culture. Chennai: Institute of Asian Studies, 2006.)
July 26 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Jeremiah 23-26
Key Verse – Jeremiah 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY RIGHTEOUSNESS’ SECURITY
Lord God, You are my righteousness’ Security
Who feeds me with Your fruitfulness
Thank You for raising me up by Your holiness
While You uphold my soul through Your salvation-steadfastness
That allows me to enjoy Your eternal life’s fullness.
Lord God, You are my righteousness’ Security
Who counsels me with Your assurance
Thank You for teaching me Your Word against deceitful ignorance
While You fill my heart with Your truth of Scriptures’ endurance
That secures me around Your perfect will’s insurance.
Lord God, You are my righteousness’ Security
Who frees me from sin’s captivity
Thank You for guarding against being rebelliously naughty
While You sanctify my heart from guilt of iniquity
That consumes me and my personality.
Lord God, You are my righteousness’ Security
Who brings me to Your safe habitation
Thank You for supplying me with Your ready provision
While You direct my steps toward Your direction
That accompanies me for victorious transformation.
Lord God, You are my righteousness’ Security
Who rescues me from compromises' controversy
Thank You for instilling to me Your principles to combat fallacy
While You establish my virtues upon godliness’ persistency
That settles me along testimony that is braced by Your mercy.
Lord God, You are my righteousness’ Security
Who commands me to radiate Your light
Thank You for showing me Your will wherein I can truly delight
While You strengthen my faith by Your precepts for service-might
That drives me to reach-out with compassion against selfishness-blight.
Lord God, You are my righteousness’ Security
Who grants me Your sure victory
Thank You for blessing me for Your honour and glory
While You favour my devotion with my proclamation of Your love story
That shields me from discontentment and covetousness’ misery.
July 26, 2023
How do you feel…
... knowing that God sees you groaning in pain
whenever you languish in gloom, and in misery remain
earnestly hoping for His miracle to gain???
Well, you can triumph in Him around His love’s domain!
How do you feel…
… believing that God hears you crying for divine support
whenever you excruciate in downfall’s hurts along shame’s discomfort
sorrowfully begging for His help, your ultimate resort???
Oh, you can praise Him for leading you before His gracious fort!
How do you feel…
… learning that God knows you pleading for urgent care
whenever you beseech for His assured welfare due to discontentment’s scare
desperately longing for His promises in your despair???
Sure, you can thank Him for bringing you to His throne of blessings' share!
How do you feel…
… realizing that God understands you sighing anxiously
whenever you express complaints; murmuring about unfairness grudgingly
unreasonably asking for His answers to your questions bitterly???
Yes, you can worship Him for counsels against folly!
How do you feel…
… acknowledging that God meets you midst grievous frustration
whenever you succumb to sins’ oppression
sincerely craving for His pardon’s restoration???
Smile, you can adore Him for granting pardon toward transformation!
How do you feel…
… considering that God regards you cringing in difficulty
whenever you mourn over calamity and physical infirmity
wholeheartedly yearning for His cheerful certainty???
Breathe, you can honor Him by His upholding stability!
How do you feel…
… trusting that God deals well with you despite your weakness
whenever you struggle to move on after failures and fruitlessness
grievously demanding for His response to earnest neediness...
Now, you can esteem Him through His loving faithfulness*!
*Lamentations 3:22-23 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
January 24, 2023
Honorable Mention, "YOUR OPTION AGAIN" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand; judged on 2/27/2023.
Let’s please God with our faith* while growing biblically
Showing Christ-likeness believably
Revealing scriptural wisdom boldly
Presenting eternal life blissfully
Exposing heaven beautifully.
Let’s please God with our love while proclaiming His message confidently
Sharing the Gospel and salvation plan capably
Conveying Bible truths for Christian nourishment constantly
Illustrating discipleship lessons clearly
Explaining stewardship blessings conscientiously.
Let’s please God with our joy while heralding the good news of hope dutifully
Informing the lost of His truth’s assurance determinedly
Inspiring the discouraged of the Father’s care discerningly
Persuading the proud of the Spirit’s work decisively
Warning the skeptics of imminent judgments dauntlessly.
Let’s please God with our trust while communicating for Him earnestly
Standing with sanctified posture enthusiastically
Walking according to Spirit’s direction eagerly
Influencing others through good work’s gestures emphatically
Expressing sweet fellowship with the Lord endearingly.
Let’s please God with our sacrifice while delivering His tidings of peace faithfully
Enunciating “Thus saith the Lord” counsels factually
Asserting “Fear not” admonitions firmly
Uttering “The Lord is my shepherd” favourably
Saying “Even so, come, Lord Jesus” fervently.
Let’s please God with our service while exhorting believers gloriously
Voicing out the Saviour’s compassion gladly
Sounding battle cry against sin and hell’s wrath grimly
Instructing with precepts of holy living graciously
Verbalizing the great commission gratefully.
Let’s please God with our gratitude while declaring divine promises habitually
Praising His Deity in worshipping the Trinity heartily
Exalting His name in teaching His doctrines honestly
Honouring His presence in living for Him healthily
Testifying of His awesomeness in yielding to Him humbly.
*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.
March 15, 2020