Jesus, The Bread of Life, have you tasted
His Spirit will complete you, come be filled
You'll be transformed, heaven's love foretasted
Taste of The Bread of Life, then you're fulfilled
Jesus will take away your yeaning thirst
Come to His river with its wast supply
You can be a spiritual person that's versed
There will be no need to ask God why
Replenishment of His Spirit fills holes
He'll give goals for life and learnings untold
Strength given will help you release controls
He'll comfort when you need to be consoled
Jesus, The Bread of Life, says to Him come
He'll accept you, feeding with more than crumbs
In 1773 the sun never set
on the British Empire so goes the story
now the 'Teatime Islands'
crumbs of Great Britain’s former glory
but as the moon rose over the White Cliffs of Dover
standing guard at the Gateway to England
ramparts the enemy to forestall
if the ravens left the Tower of London
the kingdom itself then would fall
and Britain would rule Gibraltar
one of the Pillars of Hercules
so long as macaques inhabit the Rock
another of man's legendary absurdities
but should those Barbary apes depart
the British too will soon follow
and the Overseas Territory come apart
yet to save the primate population
Winston Churhill did insist
in the early days of World War II
reinforcing British rule would persist
to ensure the troop replenishment
he issued a directive September 1944
for five such females brought from Morocco
to maintain the number at twenty-four
and so it seems my friend in the end
the continuance of this green and pleasant land
is in the balance and totally dependent on keeping
a certain breed of bird and Old World monkey on hand
If God is hateful
explain where love comes from.
If God is your equal,
define the body
and how each piece flows as one,
and recreate it.
If God is betrayal
convince me your life is done,
that you're not just undone,
but unfinished.
If God is pure punishment
explain replenishment,
recuperation
and recovery.
Your discovery of God is not set in stone
and neither is mine.
So give Him some time to show you these rhymes
are more than mere poetry,
not solely words on a page.
Go on and gauge what the 'h' this means for yourself
November 7 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on John 9-10
Key Verse – John 9:3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR MANIFESTING HIS WORKS
Praise be to God for manifesting His works in our:
Workmanship by His watchfulness
Weakness along His worthy winning
Waiting inside His will midst His wisdom
Worship according to His wondrous ways
Weariness-wrestlings toward His well-done welcome
John 10:11 Praise be to the Lord for
being our good Shepherd:
Loving us in His leadership
Lifting us up against lowliness
Liberating us from loneliness-lingering
Letting us listen to Him while on Him, leaning
Lengthening our lives while learning His lessons
John 10:27 Praise be to the Saviour for allowing us
to hear His voice of:
Redemption for our repentance and ransom
Restoration, reformation with renewal-readiness
Resurrection toward our righteous rejuvenation-revival
Restraint along our rescue in returning to His restrengthening
Reminders for our reinforcement and reward midst His replenishment. Amen!
November 7, 2024
October 3 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Matthew 5-7
Key Verse – Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR LETTING OUR LIGHT SHINE
Praise be to God for letting our light to glorify Him for His:
Graciousness and goodness
Greatness amidst His gentleness
Generosity along His gladness-glow
Grants and gifts around His guidance-grip
Governance for our growth as well as guarded going
Matthew 6:33 Praise be to the Lord for leading us
to seek first His kingdom along His:
Reigning righteousness
Reassuring rejuvenation
Reproving restraints and rebukes
Refreshing restoration midst replenishment
Rekindling revival toward renewal and reformation
Matthew 7:29 Praise be to the Saviour
for teaching us with His authoritative:
Assertion amidst our attentiveness
Assurance above our apprehensions
Affirmation against our arrogance
Accuracy around our appreciation
Assistance, abating our apathy. Amen!
October 3, 2024
May 23 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Nehemiah 1-3
Key Verse – Nehemiah 1:5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHOM WE CAN BESEECH
Praise be to God Whom we can beseech for His:
Presence and power that prevail by His providence
Pardon with His peace along His provisions
Performance over our prosperity
Promises toward our prayers
Protection in our progress
Nehemiah 2:8 Praise be to the Lord for His good hand that:
Creates is us good works
Consecrates us in His gracious will
Carries us toward His governing ways
Commands us according to His grand Word
Changes us to be His converts by His great worth
Nehemiah 3:5 Praise be to the Saviour for inviting us
to have a part in the work of the Lord by His:
Love and redemption
Leadership against rebellion
Liberty for replenishment along renewal
Lessons on rededication as well as recommitment
Light with life’s laws for ready restoration and revival. Amen!
May 23, 2024
It is 2 AM by the room clock,
Body, helpless, detached; done
Brain, still active. Heart wanting
the sweet melody of music. Alas,
the speaker needs the electric
embrace of replenishment.
It is 2 AM by the room clock,
Body, makes a sound that the
brain rejects. The heart craving
for notes, noise; chaos. Dejected
it lays on the bed, hopeless like this
damn night.
It is 2 AM by the room clock,
The body is content, the brain not
so much. Trying to make sense of
the Sonance. The heart, relieved,
entrained with the vibrations. Alas,
It is the spring, poking from within
the bed.
In this sanctuary, where dreams
take flight, where silence unleashes
its fury. This bed spring sings without
fear, and draws sleep a bit nearer. With
each creak and a crack, it creates a
melody for the heart to unwind.
Verily, it happens at 2 AM every night.
Prompt: Spring (Bed)
Ready now to break down
Ruin midst fatigue looms
Replenishment is sought
Rightfully pleaded for
Restoration from God*
Revival faith implores
Radiates rejoicing
*“In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.” Psalms 18:6, King James Version
February 24, 2024
January 1 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Genesis 1-3
Key Verse– Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
PRAISE BE TO GOD, OUR LIFE’S BEGINNING
Praise be to God, our life’s Beginning Who is our great:
Breath starter
Blessing source
Being’s salvation
Bliss’ sufficiency
Benefits’ showerer
Becoming’s strengthener
Bountifulness’ satisfaction
Genesis 1:28 Praise be to God for His commands for us to:
Bear fruits in His ministry
Bring to Him multiplied service-investments by His might
Bask in His grace-replenishment
Bow to His subduing power
Build up my faith by His miracles’ dominion
Genesis 2:7 Praise be to God for breathing unto our nostrils the breath of life, and granting us everlasting life. Thus, we are now:
Living souls
Liberated spirits
Lively saints
Learning stewards
Listening servants to His instructions
Loving sharers of His Gospel
Led soldiers toward obedience
Genesis 3:21 Praise be to God for clothing us with His:
Salvation-assurance
Sanctification-approval
Satisfaction-affluence
January 1, 2024
They have told us the consequences of our actions,
We have been told about the trailing reactions,
We turned deaf ears,
Our insatiable desires have ruled us,
Our voracious longings have
chauffeured us to plunder her home,
We take more than she can give,
We take and leave little,
We rely on the law of replenishment,
Inadvertently bringing to bear our punishment,
We decimate her home,
Leaving her frail and bare,
She cries out for help,
She tells us to read the writings on the wall,
She tells us to ponder on the meaning of the words,
She tells us to consider the impending troubles,
That gloom will bring,
We say we don’t mind taking the fall,
For there'll be a season of rejuvenation,
Her hands will bear us before we stumble,
Oblivious to the fact that we have weakened her hands,
We stand at the edge of the cliff.
February 14, 2023.
Join me in my wondrous tea-sipping spree
Along scent of chamomile, wafting free
To celebrate health of wellness degree.
Let’s have green tea of therapeutic reign
Offering calmness from work-pressures’ strain
While savouring great pleasurable gain.
How about mint tea midst contentment bliss?
Let’s drink to that with fellowship we can’t miss
As we welcome replenishment from Brod and Sis.
There’s herbal tea with refreshing flavour
Its detoxifying might has won our favour
We always seek along exuberant fervour.
Oh, here’s milk tea ready to quench our thirst
We thank God* that in His bounty, we’re nursed
So we can share with gracious zestful burst.
*1Timothy 1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry.
February 9, 2023
2nd place, "Tea Time" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Natasha L Scragg; judged on 2/8/2024.
3rd place, "Stirring my tea" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Fire Bird; judged on 1/9/2024.
3rd place, "PREMIER CHOICE no 1188" Poetry Writing Premiere Contest Sponsored by Brian Strand; judged on 2/18/2023.
As you can see I am very big,...
One of the biggest forests in the world.
I belong to a major league
Of chief forests of the veld.
I pack, daily, tons of oxygen
Which I release to the atmosphere.
That gas, along with nitrogen,
Needs replenishment as part of air.
In here you can pick things to eat right away
But most of my gifts to the world
Are not visible day to day
Though by them life's pillars are held.
I have mentioned world oxygen.
There are also pulp and paper,
Many ingredients used in medicine
As well as your flora and fauna!
We are called the lungs of the planet,
And as such we should be respected;
But we are facing the worst challenge yet:
By men's schemes we're being decimated!
What is most loathsome of all
Is when men use us in their wars.
They detonate and fire their wherewithal
And leave bad memories and scars!
Go and warn your fellow men
That original features like us
Have been ever here since Eden
And tampering with us is dangerous!
Combatting attacks of spiritual dearth
My soul agonizes midst prayer plight
Yearning to be powered with divine might
As God opens floodgates of triumph mirth.
In overcoming supply-lack crises
My heart yearns for ready replenishment
And floodgates’ opening entitlement
Believing that the Lord timely blesses.
Struggling against discontentment sorrow
My carnal mind now demands grace to reign
While confessing doubts, causing woe and pain
Since bounty floodgates open tomorrow.
Reaching-out, sharing Gospel of hope’s call
My faith seeks the Saviour Who enriches
With trust knowing His hand widely stretches
To open* redemption floodgates for all.
*Psalm 118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD.
May 10, 2022
3rd place, "Pick-A-Title, Vol 30" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Edward Ibeh; judged on 5/29/2022.
Money is green before me and my natural resource is tied into the replenishment our age... Oh, I call to you the father son and holy ghost.
How and what did we have 200 years ago? I ask my question with respectful future, where did we come from and how do we glide. Forever? Our labor, has been hard but there is a reason we find you young and old.
A plant and the soil beneath our cloud, the wild horses powerfully go by, the cotton we wear, the chair that we sit upon, by the sea. I look behind to the sand dunes without the grass of my miles drive from here. The sun shines where once close by, I could see my fruit tree and green grass. In the autumn of past a fall atop of my grass below to wait & work before the seasons white snow. Where I ask did this go.
Answer my prayers, oh holy ghosts, for when started I will never totally see from 100 to 200 years. For oil, gold, silver, & tress, so as I look down I see more green grass and a beautiful flower below, with my heritage and all that exists and others that will be watching this beautiful site. 100 years of languages a feather of ink, into a book type for me.
I am cloaked in silence that
Flows out from my solitude
In all directions and fills
The space around me.
Its healing presence seeps
Into my heart and mind,
My deepest inner core.
No sound of any kind,
Not even the subtle humming
Of the refrigerator,
Interrupts my thoughts.
No traffic noise, no telephone,
No background music disturbs
The calm that soothes my soul.
I need this quiet time each day
To reacquaint me with myself!
The stresses of the my life,
For now, are held at bay.
In these few moments of renewal,
This time of replenishment,
I find the strength I need.
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