Long Give ear Poems

(Somewhere in late 18th-century Europe a friend, Laetitia, by way of a letter warns her beloved girlfriend, Euphoria--a young, gay and unsuspecting mistress--against the almost inevitable seductions of the infamous and maundering philanderer, Melancholia.).



Dear Euphoria,

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Save me, oh Lord of Accord...
Strengthen me with your sword
Allow me to wear the uniform of righteousness
Give ear to me, oh God Most High
Your truth and Word I can't deny
Allow me to be truly complete...

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Albert Nolan
"Abtract Gospel"
God in
"Picture" out
current problems
shoved aside
preach good
Feel good
do apartheid

II - Part 2
In his book, God in South Africa The Challenge of the Gospel," Albert Nolan ends his work quoting passages from Isaiah that convict...

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Blessed is the man who never walks in counsel of the ungodly. For why do the heathen rage? And the people imagine a vain thing? How are they increased that trouble me? Have mercy upon...

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The psalmist makes a promise or two
to guard his mouth and his ways
holding his tongue so not to sin
when the wicked presence stays

But finds it so difficult to do
for fighting within is burning fire
causing his...

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I swear I cross a lover path to be a fool whom never loved, thus I stand with grace, for it was death I begged? Who would be so in sorrow to kiss life or...

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My soul cries unto the Lord my God
this is my plea from this old heart
confessing that no one's righteous
our enemy pursues me by deadly dart

Fainting within me all my hope
remember your times from of old
meditate...

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July 5 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Isaiah 1-4

Key Verse – Isaiah 1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children…

LORD...

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I saw the noble kind young girl last night—
The Virgin's robe was blue; her dress was Light.
“Hail, Mary, full of grace,” I prayed to her;
My soul's petition I believe she heard.
Though silent she remained, not...

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One might try to find meaning in life on his own
But we need our Redeemer; we can’t live alone
He gives comfort and healing, and silences strife
He gives clarity, meaning, and purpose to life

I will live

For...

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Make your call out to God
looking for His answer from on high
for the Lord God will save you
bring praise with a joyful cry

During every moment of the day
bring your complaint and your moan
for God will...

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May 1 Scripture Meditations Based on Psalms 17-20

Key Verse – Psalm 17:1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

MY GOD, THANK...

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There is sun after the rain
Let me first catch my fast train
Greed will leave you with no gain
There is healing after pain

Leave your worries in the drain

I did not notice you have gone astray
Wasting away...

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How lovely is Your tabernacle, O Lord of host! My soul longs, yes, even faints for

The courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God *

Even the sparrow has...

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3.

Death, the Master, wears a thousand faces.
The white smile of the skull
Lies behind the 5 O'Clock shadow
And beneath, perhaps, those laughing eyes
Looking your way across the bar.

When the shock begins to fade I turn off...

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Close my sinful eyes oh Lord,
 that I might clearly see.
Thy wondrous works oh Lord,
 concealed in a timeless mystery.

Things no mortal could ever hope,
 in worlds beyond the sky.
Words no poet has ever wrote,
...

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Inspired by nature, divine art
Light feathered, no care who listens
Pleasant sight, in chorus they whistle
Early by my window they visit
With voice so tender, inspires me

No words but tune so polished
With inspiration I keep off guitar
Calm...

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One day you will remember me,
Those tears I shed for you on the
Altar of love to be seen by all.
We were never insane of love!
This is the reason we should learn to 
love again in...

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Seeking for help like babe who cries
I beseech God to heal my soul
midst need yon light for grievous eyes...
oh, so longing to be made whole. 

In praying to the Almighty
my heart wrestles for earnest plight
as...

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Father, where are you?
Please give ear to my plea.
Those I started the race with have gone far,
And I am left far behind.
For my legs have grown feeble,
Too feeble to carry my weight,
That I fall with...

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let me live
don't burden me 
with more than I can bear
don't coerce me
into believing things
from your reference point
I'm tired
let me live

these decisions weigh me down
the expenditure of thought
analytical thinking
that goes against the grain
of my compassionate...

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You may rest awhile if the trek be tough, 
Grab a breath when the terrain is rough; 
Let the oars have some respite,
And the rower fresh viands bite.

But the going must anon continue, 
For time...

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You carried HIS THRONE
...I should have my own
You worshiped HIS NAME
...I should be the flame
You did your duty, as commanded
...I will never be reprimanded

...by that MAN

The moment you saw
You could not un-know
How physics would let...

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All over the world listen out
where ever you are on the earth
make sure you’re ears are clean
this best news ever since  birth

Whatever your status is in life
rich or poor, even low or high
this message...

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I See You...

Wanderer, wanderer, lost in the haze
void of direction, succumb to the craze.
Give ear to my madness, so deftly designed;
deception de-jour: aimed to muddle your mind.

Hocus and pocus no need for free thought, 
erase...

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