Long Smites Poems

I shall resolve to leave this
Place now...
And steadfastly search out,
Nestling between ridge and bluff
Amidst the folds of a foreign 
Land,
Several acres of unkempt ground
Fallow and rough;
Upon which stands...
Crumbled stone walls
With an exposed slate roof in
Some...

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So many people and the various sores
Intoxicated in such a way my eyes,
That wanted open to crying their doors.

But Virgil told : “What for you look this guise?
Why now your sight is so carefully brought
Down...

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When men exalt gifts above the giver with the heart venerate idols of their heart so it becomes hidden art not a jot or tittle has passed from the law not in Rome or New...

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January 5 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Genesis 13-15

Key Verse – Genesis 13:4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the first: and there Abram called on the...

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November 11 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Corinthians 15-16

Key Verse – 1Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY VICTORY...

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February 14 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Numbers 8-9

Key Verse – Numbers 8:4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten...

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July 11 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Isaiah 26-29

Key Verse – Isaiah 26:4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY EVERLASTING...

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April 21 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on 2Kings 1-3
 
Key Verse – 2Kings 1:3 But the angel of the LORD said … Is it not because there is not a God… that ye...

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August 6 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Ezekiel 9-12

Key Verse – Ezekiel 10:5 And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty...

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A gut full of grease is a glutton for greed
A swirling cesspool of sinful man's seed
These men of corruption, a pitiful breed
They trust their own hearts, which deceives them indeed
Prey for the fallen and wicked...

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January 26 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Exodus 25-27

Key Verse – Exodus 25:1-2 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of...

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February 1 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Leviticus 1-4

Key Verse – Leviticus 1:17 … It is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

FAITH IN GOD...

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February 22 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Numbers 26-27

Key Verse – Numbers 26:52-53 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the...

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April 14 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on 1Kings 6-7
 
Key Verse – 1Kings 6:11-12  And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying… if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and...

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NEANDERTHAL

In times gone by, now recondite,
Neanderthal, erect, upright,
spoke softly, tones so lily-white,
and tried to put the world aright.

He taught us how the flame ignites
that wearing furs will warm the nights,
just why the rolling wheel excites,
and...

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February 10 Scripture Meditations Based on Deuteronomy 21-25

Key Verse – Deuteronomy 21:5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and...

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God be thanked for grace of laughter He's never shutting down
Mirth blessings for ha-ha-ha bursts that keep on pouring down
With enthusiasm-warmth midst community lockdown
Along His provisions always flowing down.

The Lord be praised for upholding us;...

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We praise God for His granted salvation
That secured us from grievous penalty of transgression
As He paid the price through His precious blood for our redemption
With His love-caused sacrifice for our forgiveness and justification.

We praise God...

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March 2 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Deuteronomy 8-10

Key Verse – Deuteronomy 8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness,...

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March 27 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Samuel 4-6

Key Verse – 1Samuel 4:3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us...

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“Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life." (Jude 1:21 of the King James Bible)

Lovers’ wedding midst virtual upheaval!!!
Confirmed fake news --- yet verily...

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To be immune from aspersions mean and vile
May assuage our hurt feelings for awhile
But to really uphold the Golden Rule
We must also withhold words harsh and cruel—by poet

In an upside-down world
Where self-victimization
is a realization and...

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April 9 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on 2Samuel 16-18 

Key Verse – 2Samuel 16:12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good...

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October 5 Scripture Meditations Based on Luke 16-17

Key Verse – Luke 17:5  And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR INCREASING MY FAITH

Thank You for increasing my faith...

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February 10 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Leviticus 26-27

Key Verse – Leviticus 26:12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

FAITH IN GOD WHO...

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