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No challenge stops her
stance is set
shoulders squared
She needs no reassurance
no protective arm
What she wants
is what she wills
she harbors no illusions
No man will tell her
what to do
She has lain out
her own way
and swept it clean
No distraction is allowed
to interfere
Her goals are set
and bannered, waiting
for distant days
She will claim them all
in triumph, never doubting
Small of stature
great of heart
she turns to face the wind
Gentle as a running stream
Unyielding as a diamond
She acknowledges
the difficulties
then passes through
No lie accepted
no truth denied
She scans the road ahead
weighs its options
gaze sure and steady
Fears are felt
then disregarded
She does not move back
she sets her grip upon
each thing she wants
Her goals must surrender
to her determination
A child in years
an elder's wisdom
sits upon her brow
Discouragements will bring no change
a mountain of resolve
Seasons change
worlds revolve
she sees it through
The end in sight
stays in sight
Such nobilities
within my child
humble me
Her father frets for her
but can never fear
This is my little bulldog
holding the world
by its pantleg
Naught that she needs escapes her
what kind of fool would try
March 26 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Samuel 1-3
Key Verse – 1Samuel 1:17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO GRANTS OUR PETITIONS
Praise be to God for granting our petitions by His:
Compassionate love to combat our soul’s despair
Constant answers that check our heart’s demands
Cheerful peace to calm our energy’s drive
Concerned healing that cures our body’s disability
Committed mercy to carve our spirit’s devotion
1Samuel 2:3 Praise be to the Lord Who is the
God of knowledge, always:
Weighing our actions, while with our steps, walking
Watching our deeds, while for our perfection, working
Welcoming our repentance, while over our discouragements, winning
Waiting for our response, while our fellowship, wanting
Warning our wrong choices, while our vision, waking up toward His way
1Samuel 2:30 Praise be to the Saviour for
enabling us to honour Him that:
Builds up faith’s fervency
Benefits us fruitfully
Blesses our family
Binds futility’s failure
Blooms in His faithful fellowship
1Samuel 3:9-10, 21 Praise be to the Almighty
Who speaks to us, revealing Himself to us:
Assertively by His Word’s truth
Affirmatively by His will’s testimony
Alertly by His way’s tests
Affectionately by His worth’s treasure
Approvingly by His wisdom’s trials. Amen!
March 26, 2024
Those past discouragements
and unheeded advices
made everything harder for me,
to reconsider love more thoroughly...
Did I ever find that true somebody,
who would have believed
so blindly in my unquestionable sentimentality,
and not in my loyal feelings living inside;
have I been so selfcentered
or put on a face of insincerity?
I eagerly searched for that perfect woman
with the urge of an irrational man;
unfortunately,I misjudged those wanting me
for their pleasure alone!
Oh,I could have been
so venturesome and silly,
and enjoyed the intimacy
so intensely desired by me!
Unexpectedly,I'm forced again
to reconsider love more thoroughly...
September 28 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Haggai 1-2, and Zechariah 1-4
Key Verse – Haggai 1:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR STIRRING US
TO CONSIDER OUR WAYS
Praise be to God for stirring us
to consider our ways against:
Discouragements through His driving direction
Disaster-dearth along His dutiful dealings
Detriment with His distinct don’ts
Dread by His dependable deeds
Despair along His defense
Haggai 2:4 Praise be to the Lord for
strengthening us to serve Him as He:
Enables us for our enhancement
Equips our energy by His encouragement
Enriches our efforts along His exhortations
Expands our exposure toward His exaltation
Establishes our earnestness through His empowerment
Zechariah 1:3 Therefore say thou unto them,
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith
the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
Praise be to the Creator for instructing us
to turn unto Him for His:
Assured help
Affirming hopefulness
Active healing, hoisting our health
Affective hand that hinders our hurts
Awakening we must acknowledge for our holiness
Zechariah 2:13 Praise be to the Saviour
for dwelling in our midst with His:
Blessings by His faithfulness
Building-up for our faith
Benefits of freedom
Bountiful fueling
Blooms’ fruits
Zechariah 3:2 Praise be to the Almighty
for rebuking us:
Strongly along His statutes for our stubbornness
Sharply through His Scriptures for our sinfulness
Smartly by His standards for our selfishness
Strictly to sanction our slothfulness
Sincerely for our spirituality
Zechariah 4:10 Praise be to the Holy Spirit
for His eyes that:
Watch our worship
Wake us from wavering
Warn us against worldliness
Witness our worthless waywardness
Wink not as He works for our winning. Amen!
September 28, 2024
There are days when I just can't pray
My heart and soul feel like they're so cold
I can't reach out, penetrate the darkness
With a light from my dreams, a feeling
A belief in the hope God brings when He
Caresses the thoughts with His kindness
Blessings that come from such enlightenment!
There are moments when I can't cry out
To the One who holds my dreams in His palm
The One who paints the rainbow in the sky
The One who always reminds me just why
I must reach beyond my pain and find a way
To appeal to Him with my faith, my prayer
For serenity and sincerity, a wisdom, a chance
To listen to His reply and hope with a heart
That believes and agrees - He is the only way
He is the confirmation of my heart's faith
He is the whisper of kindness when I pray
He is the answer to every problem I've known
The resolution to every worry I might have
The verdict to every misgiving in my plan
There are times when I can't be sure why
I have been given this life - this insight
This joy and peace - wisdom and grace
This feeling that believes in this God
Who brings me through the darkest storms
The deepest tragedies, the horrors
The risks and sorrows and discouragements
The shame and despair, all the troubles
Sometimes so unfair - living on a prayer
That I might not even be able to voice
But, my heart speaks the need, the plea
There are times when I just can't reveal
The need that fills my spirit with a prayer
It is a gentle petition, summoning the Lord
With all His light and love - His majesty
As praise fills up my soul and I know, above all,
That He is the One who knows my heart
And I only need the thought - to assure
He will hear my entreaty and answer me
With a loving confirmation that I will always be
His child, His friend, His miracle from heaven!
There are times when I can't even pray
But even then, I can find the way to say
God is my Father and I praise Him alway!
Leaderboard paradox
Bard, crank or chatterbox
Irreconcilable
Most undeniable
Two titles possible?
Can't have all three
Flourish and elegance
Meter and relevance
Grasp of the elements
Sensitive delicate
Post the best poetry
For all to see
Building community
Post with impunity
Dishing encouragements
Never discouragements
Attaboy lunacy
Nice job! Spondee
Magnitude, quantity
Content moronity
Quality suffering
Sputtering, stuttering
Faster through brevity
Haiku for me
Where is the paradox?
Chatter and atta-talks
Raising poetic stocks
Moving up leaderboards
Elevates all their scores
Best that you just ignore
All your competitors'
New poetry
Elegant, painstaking
Beautiful, time-taking
Longer time finishing
Numbers diminishing
Falling so rapidly
Not even on page three
Drop productivity
Maybe you finish a
Poem or three
Status? ridiculous
Leaders? superfluous
Seek to equilibrate
Advocate, animate
Irreconcilable
Paradox schmeradox
Sharing delightfully
Cranking productively
Poetry supersedes
All rivalry
—————
For the “This or That, Vol 10” Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh
Title: Irreconcilable Paradox
Date written: 02/17/2022
July 23 Scripture Meditations Based on Isaiah 49-52
Key Verse – Isaiah 49:8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages.
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME
Thank You for helping me in facing difficulties
By Your strengthening opportunities…
Please keep my faith’s steadfastness over human frailties
Here am I trusting You with all my functional faculties.
Thank You for helping me in overcoming hardships
By Your upholding fellowships…
Please inspire my heart’s devotion over worldly friendships
Here am I seeking You with all my ministerial relationships.
Thank You for helping me in facing discouragements
By Your exhorting testaments…
Please meet my need’s urgency over temporal allurements
Here am I abiding in You with all my heavenly investments.
Thank You for helping me in facing crises
By Your fortifying purposes…
Please guard my soul’s tenacity over sinful forces
Here am I depending on You with all my distresses.
Thank You for helping me in subduing struggles
By Your empowering might to soar as do the eagles…
Please pull my devotion’s commitment over lustful tangles
Here am I clinging to You with all my life-angles.
Thank You for helping me in dealing with my deficiencies
By Your satisfying mercies…
Please supply my limitation’s lack over attacking insufficiencies
Here am I learning from You with all my inconsistencies.
Thank You for helping me in fleeing from temptations
By Your guiding instructions…
Please lead my wisdom’s decisions over foolish suggestions
Here am I surrendering to You with all my imperfections.
July 23, 2022
Born into an unknown world
You knew me before you formed me in the womb
Born into an unknown world.
You had a plan for my future
The days that the world presented its trials and sorrows
You made me have peace in You
The days that the world presented its discouragements and uncertainties
You upheld me with Your rightious right hand
The days where I felt alone and anxious
You held my right hand
The days where I felt afraid
You were my shield
The times where my heart felt frightened
You were right beside me
The times where I felt weak yet I preservered
You rewarded me
The days where I doubted in Your love
You reminded me about the cross
The days where I considered to give up
You reminded me that through You all things are possible
Throughout the years You reminded me to renew my mind and not to be conformed in this world
Throughout the years You have tested my faith
Throughout the years I have lived a prosperous life...
A life that was a humble gift from You
I hope that I have made a difference
I hope that I have made everlasting memories
I hope that you have seen His love through me
Every earthly journey has an end
I have called you by name.
You are mine
For my race on earth has been completed
I am now in the Kingdom
I am finally home
As we celebrate love
Whispering joy that abides
Inside those hearts who know
True love is more than
Hearts and flowers
It takes time – it takes prayer
True love is a sign that God is there,
Providing the foundation,
The inspiration for a life together
Promising joy that lasts, joy forever
As we celebrate the feelings
That silence our darkness,
Awaken our kindness, gentling
Even the struggles that arise
From doubts and discouragements
It is this love, this great love
That abides within those who see
He is the answer to every need,
He sees our darkness and still breathes
Light inside us – making us see…
Love that answers every prayer we speak
Love this wonderful is a love that betrays
Hearts who listen to the One who made a way
Beyond the stars – past the sunrise,
Into the peace of a forever who can see…
Together, we are free – to live our lives in
Agreement with the hope that sings…
As we celebrate the miracle of the love that is forever
Happy Valentine’s Day – I’m so thankful we’re together!
We praise God for granting us His bestowments so timely
Supplying our needs, providing us sufficiently…
Our faith trusts His presence this New Year He assures wondrously
Acknowledging His protection always shielding us serenely.
We thank God for His endowed peace-filled contentment
Making us experience His satisfying replenishment…
Our hearts pray for strength this New Year toward virtuous achievement
Relying on His power to surmount temptation in our everyday engagement.
We honour God for enabling us to triumph last year by His divine revival
Smiting pandemic-caused discouragements midst earthly survival…
Our souls still cling to Him this New Year for spiritual upheaval
Believing His promises as we prepare for Christ’s imminent arrival.
We exalt God for His compassion last year, soul-refreshing
Allowing us to commune with Him in His nourishing…
Our spirits abide in His care this New Year for our service-flourishing
Meditating His Word, wisdom and counsel worth cherishing.
We glorify God for His bliss, cheering us in to rejoice in His gladness
Pacifying our fears and doubts while striving in His kingdom’s business…
Our vow this New Year is to stay in His upholding fellowship closeness
Sharing His blessings* through stewardship along His loving kindness.
*Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.
January 2, 2021
2nd place, "2020 to 2021" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Mohan Chutani; judged on 1/2/2021.