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In Bethlehem's manger, a humble abode,
A savior was born, the son of our God.
No sleigh bells, no reindeer, just a star shining bright,
Guiding the wise men through the tranquil night.
A babe in a stable, no grandeur or gold,
Yet His story through ages, a timeless unfold.
Not Santa with his beard of snowy white,
But Jesus, born beneath the starry light.
No beard of white, no gifts in a sack,
But a promise of salvation, no myth, just a fact.
A promise fulfilled, a Savior's embrace,
To redeem us all, bringing love and grace.
No chimneys to climb or stockings to fill,
Yet hearts overflow with the joy he instills.
In the stable's warmth, a miracle unfolds,
As the greatest story of salvation is told.
Parents, let truth be the gift you bestow,
No need for tales that in falsehood grow.
For Christmas is more than a mythical tale,
It's the miracle of love that will never pale.
A narrative profound, with unmatched worth.
No need for pretense, for the truth is divine,
In the heart of Christmas, let God's love shine.
As we gather 'round with loved ones so dear,
Remember the reason, the message is crystal clear.
Christmas is not about a man named santa,
But the miracle of God's redemptive plan.
Worthless was I with sin-sick soul
yet divine touch of the Almighty transformed my heart
to experience great vibrant spiritual journey with Him.
God miraculously began a good work* in my being
for a blissful becoming through His redemptive power.
Against hell's wrath, He offered heavenly invitation
toward triumphant flight of functional faith
assuring me that He supremely prevails.
Indeed, the Saviour first reached down to me
imparting divine nature of new-creation wonders
marked by joy, hope and peace, showcasing His love...
Ready for His awesome molding, I as His workmanship
submit to His sovereign wisdom of mercy-filled omnipotence
to fulfill my valuable role in spreading His goodness.
Ignited with praises of worship delight
my heart bursts out exaltation to the Lord
reverberating thanksgiving for His mercies
while I abide around His warm fellowship
midst prayer and supplication that kindle
acts of compassion, radiating kindness' glow.
*Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.
May 13, 2024
3rd place, "He Has Only Just Begun" Poetry Writing Premiere Contest
Sponsored by Regina Mcintosh; judged on 6/15/2024
We are each Earth looking back,
out,
in at Self's human identity
longing to return
from where we have never left.
Each bicamerolling lens,
frame,
each informating incarnating karmic string of DNA
revolving back through generations,
back to Prime Relationship
of species branching off
our multiculturing Tree of Life,
absorbing RNA crystal light sap
soaring back through space-time's
polynomial plasma fold
Zero-sum win-win ecologic Codex,
grace-fields of regenerating economic
Commons prehension,
being our becoming Earth-bound
climax community.
Each death of willfulness
a redemptive pledge of willingness
to share each breath,
each life,
Earth's Self-Care.
How is Gaia looking today?
What does Earth's emergent identity absorb through you?
Through us competing to consume?
Through us producing, learning, growing, singing, dancing,
working and playing,
laughing and crying together?
it's 12 am and i cant breathe
my mind, flashing through images and moments and pockets of space and time
a restless energy
a redemptive ache
as i scream the name of a distant god
its 1 am and the silence is so loud
at the computer, i take my first deep breath
the world is quiet tonight
unlike my sweaty palms racing heart (i dialed your number, my hand slipped)
'why?' i reach a clammy hand out
feeling at an endless darkness
its 2 am and my brain is hammering against my skull
like a prisoner begging for release
again i reach
for a nonexistent hand
can i dial jesus? (i think id like his number on speed dial)
its 3 am and i dont know if i can make it until 4
i lay now, praying for the reprieve of sleep
my fingers reach up
clawing at my eyes
tugging at my hair
grasping at the small
cross gifted to me by
someone long lost
i stared at your number 'till 5 am
'till the sun peeked his head out
as if a reminder that life continues on (though i miss the stillness of night)
i miss your hand in mine
i cried out to any who'd listen
grasping at straws, brokering deals with the spiders on my wall
please come home
the pastor told me itd never happen
but i called your mum
and she said you still lived on in me
its 6 am now
and id like for you to stop living in me and just- just hold me
please?
Walking softly on my thoughts,
His light draws me to him…
As it reflects His beautiful, colors
In hues so musical, they feel
Like the gentling of snowflakes,
The amber in the sunset…
Erasing the darkness with breathless
Hopes, dreamy feelings blending
With laughter, passions so healing
They remind me his heart, his
Grace is free and fulfills me, sincerity
Capturing the faith in me – I believe
He is the way to see through…
The prayers and the praise, hymns
Flowing in infinite thanks – I am lifted
To new heights because of His embrace
Incredible strength, overpowering
My doubts, sending me into the promises
They make a way out of the despair,
Reassure and honor with peace that
Stirs up the honesty, the inspiration that
Enlightens me, delights in me…
I am like a trembling seed, planted
Beneath the rich, warm earth
Saturated with the blood He bleeds,
Blessing me with His redemptive words,
Restoring me to a precious love…
The love of the Father – my forever
Believing in the garden He plants within,
Where His nurturing hand heals and mends,
Blessing me with internal devotion,
Awakening grace that pours over me,
Breaking through the darkness,
Shining His light of conviction, His peace
His wisdom, freeing me from the sin
That brings me down to the level of shame,
Dims the love, the joy, the belief…
Until I see Him, striding through the forest
The tree limbs covering him, protecting
Like the leaves who thrive beneath the sunlight,
Bloom beyond the grief and flourishing like spring
When love is poured out through the presence
The spirit knows Him like honor knows grace,
Like wisdom knows faith, like salvation knows the way
To give back to him…
They said he was a loser but I know, without a doubt
He is the way beyond the shadows that cloud
Hearts and souls with depravity, failure and shame….
He is the peace, the promise, the pure love that sings
Into the forest of my dreams, my hope, my belief…
Because of Him, I can breath easily – the clearest air
The air of truth and forgiveness, the air of tenderness
The air of a miracle who blessed me with His gift of redemption!
As democratic minds continue to work LeftBrain Yang-hard and strong,
yet resiliently paced,
and RightBrain Yin-smart,
flowing smooth,
resonantly graced,
Earth grows deeper and wider polypathic outcomes
restoring peace
by non-violently responding to past climate injustices,
Inviting patient good humor
despite wounded free-loaders stingy past
without sufficient faith in positive therapeutic investment.
Not begrudged investment in silent bad faith,
expecting only more negative Win/Lose compromises,
eventually devolving into economic
and ecological gridlock losses,
total eco- and ego-systemic stuckness,
personally and politically disempowered,
disengaged,
failing to thrive.
Deterring aggression is unlikely
to those investing in and with swords,
automated rifle associations,
marketing sales of fear-mongering weapons
and walls
and martial laws.
Deterring violent aggression is more likely
to those investing in and with redemptive WinWin compassion,
cooperative global health associations,
advocating and mentoring gospel communion experiences,
WinWin wealth of grace,
love,
compassion,
trust
as LeftBrain defined,
RightBrain refined,
by not LoseLose absence of health,
trust,
compassion,
grace under Win/Lose fire
of competitive Business As Capital Infested,
over-invested,
under-arrested
by webs of resilient cooperative ownership
management
governance
responsibility
healthy wealth accountability,
historical recountability
RealTalk,
in 4D LeftBrain YangSpace,
RightBrain wall-less webbing bilateral YinTime.
Not sure why
USA red
relentlessly white
and not so much blue WholeEarth patriots
have consistently
selflessly supported
medical missionaries
vaccinating against every unmasked
health threatening disease
erupting in tribal life
of darkest social systemic Africa
Yet fail to co-empathically embrace
basic
fundamental
win/win evangelically redemptive
bipartisan public health care
here in domestic
Straight White
USA Christian
flag-waving homes
Where live and breathe
our own at-risk children
And climate threatened grandchildren
And pandemonic RightWing denihilistic
degenerating public and private health prospects
for great grandchildren
Who might hope to survive
for more than another wealthy
humane-divine
nature-spirited century
Sacredly meaningful
unmasked
transparent
and multiculturally vulnerable
co-empathic
polypathic
EarthBound public and private
eco/theo-logical
Celebrating systemic
global inter/inner-connected
good-faith health consciousness.
Positive psychology
of enlightened empowerment,
contrasted with economically unenlightened
and politically disempowering trauma
Through millennia of emergent anthro-hubris
monoculturalism
monotheism
and anthropocentric
value-monopolistic
capitalism
Brings us into each mindful conscious moment
of co-empathic win/win
AnthroMind/EarthBody health-wealthy trust
Faith in co-passionate LeftBrain/RightEmBodied bicameral
cognitive-verbal/intuitive-nonverbal powers
potentiating sacred co-passion
conjoining organic cooperative pleasure
In discovering co-relational health powers
and ecologically wealthy light
within both public and personal transformative domains
Neurological anthro-scapes
and ecological landscapes
positive win/win networking
toward culture/climate health,
interior as exterior
Powers to love,
to compassionately communicate
verbally and nonverbally
what we all wish to become
To give forward co-redemptive democratic health
and ecologically valued inter-religious wealth
Not ever-more privately condemning,
and publicly criminalizing,
marginalizing,
capitalizing against
eviscerating powers
To ever-more polyculturally engage
polytheistic
EarthJustice
sacred-mind/organic-body vocational destiny
of sufficiency
simplicity
compassionately pleasing peace.
Positive local-ego and global-eco balanced psychology
through more cooperative bicameral discourse
and less competitive anthropocentric debate
Co-passionate discernment
for happy, healthy, and kind multicultural ecotherapy
Not degenerating ever-more losses
into frenzied
cognitive v intuitive
thought v feeling
mind v matter
sacred v organic
brain v body
human v divine
Dissonance
dissociation
dualism
divorce
demented LeftBrain domination writ large
Global economic and political competition values
deemed more evolutionarily efficacious
than cooperative bicameral
dipolar co-arising
co-passionately co-empathic
peaceful pleasures
of AnthroMindFullness inside
EarthEmbodied integrity
inter-religiously manifest
outside
Together
embracing positive eco-psychology
of enlightened empowerment,
contrasted with economically unenlightened
and politically disempowering
irreligious RightWing trauma.
What’s God’s Glory?
Awe and everything
Immaculate magnificence beauty;
The glory of God is the magnificence, beauty,
And perfection of God's being Holy;
It's also the honor and praise all,
That’s due to God;
I see Him in you and me,
And in us seeing;
Through God's creation,
including the sun, stars, ocean, and eagles;
That’s and more, God’s Glory?
New birth born baby Holy;
Through God's redemptive acts,
including the resurrection of Jesus;
Through God's image-bearers,
including humanity believing such;
How can people respond to God's glory?
By glorifying God through worship, surrendering, in love
Compelled reverencing in agape ;
By seeking to know and love God;
By pointing others to the good things God has done;
By giving thanks to God Even you and I;
This is humble graced and being grateful you and I;
Showing our love righteously so Hallelujah;
"The heavens declare the glory of God”;
Everything was created for God's glory even you and I;
2/11/25
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2025©
The Cross and The Lynching tree are the two most emotional depictions
Of the African experience in America when it comes to the descriptions
Of the historical circumstances that define my people's struggle
Of the hatred, the pain and the injustice nothing but trouble
Torn down and broken hearted in the valley of despair
Death seemed like the only way to get out of there
But my people were survivors and they knew that one day change would come
So they held on to their faith and hope because of the Holy One
They would not accept defeat, they would not accept doubt
They knew that somehow God would work it all out
Despair may seem so real but we have an endemic capacity to live
Knowing that God is on our side and mercy to us He did give
Glory Hallelujah we placed our hope in Christ
Despite the rope and lynching tree taking my people's lives
The Lynching tree depicts death and despair
While the Cross symbolizes eternal life and no fear
We've been transformed and transcended by the power of the Cross
In spite of white supremacy and the black lives that were lost
And we now know that there is nothing new under the sun
As what happened to my people also to Jesus it was done
The Cross is a redemptive symbol of faith, hope and trust
It depicts God's resurrection power that abides inside of us
And the harsh realities of slavery that my ancestors endured
Has made their descendants more resilient than ever before
Yet systemic lynching in still in affect and the world needs to see
What's truly happening in America's so called democracy
Black folks are being killed almost every single day
A disproportionate number in prison or in economic disarray
Financial slavery in the form of debt, unemployment or uneducated
But we hold on hoping that one day we will be truly emancipated
From the Crucifixion to the Middle Passage and beyond slavery
We know see the correlation between the Cross and The Lynching tree