At times, it does not feel sustainable,
but that’s the liar’s whisper in our ear.
for none of this would be obtainable
but for Your constant, loving presence here.
And so be off, deceiver, run along.
Perhaps you’ll find a time more opportune,
but know her Guardian is fierce and strong;
your wiles cannot His character impugn.
So cherishing the time which does remain,
we shall arise each morn to meet the day,
place trust in plans You sovereignly ordain
and bolstered by Your Spirit, joyful say:
“Come, Maranatha, Come”, with bated breath,
her bridegroom and her victor over death.
POSSIBLE PARADOXES-:-
instinctively
attractive
opposites
seeking
unity
of INVOLVED SYNCRETISM
aptly
open
conviction
sovereignly
assured
with IMPRESSIVE CREATIVITY
establishing
harmonic
awareness
enthusiastically
endowed
The God who calls everybody everywhere
to come and worship Him alone
is the one who rules and reigns
making His creation all a living stone
This God is Lord of all creation
everything made the Lord has done
He is the king ruling fully in control
for the word incarnate is His son
Jesus Christ God's son in truth
came to earth to die for sin
not His own but He truly loved
those He chose to enter in
This God works by His miracles
displaying His great awesome power
showed here to open a donkey's mouth
simply as easy as a beautiful flower
Truly this is the eternal God
who can do absolutely anything
sovereignly ruling over His creation
as master Lord saviour and king
(Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times". ')
Numbers ch. 22 v. 28 (ESV)
Feeling forlorn at being fully forsaken by His Father
Christ was cruelly crucified by His own creation
Yet He forgot not to forgive their foolhardiness
And I am one of those impertinent idiots
My misdeeds too marred His majestic magnificence
Yet He forgot not to forgive my fearsome fallacies
When with firm faith I fixed my eyes on His face
A repentant heart rendered remission of my sins
For He forgot not to forgive my flagrant failings
What more, I'm welcomed as a worthy worshipper now!
Cleansed in the fountain of His agape love, I cling to Him
For His forgiveness has finally freed my famished soul
How can I not forgive others for their faulty flaws?
My Saviour sovereignly said to forgive seventy times seven
And so I forget not to forgive my friends and 'foes' alike.
05.24.2021
For Unseeking Seeker's "Forgiveness" contest
With his football prowess
strategically he placed his nation
blazing around commendation spotlight
blissfully uniting country men toward well-meaning endeavour…
Along his sports acumen
his impact powerfully led the youth to soar
ushering their dream-fulfillment despite frailties
toward reality of impossibilities, achieved with others’ help…
Midst his fame in the athletic realm
he then is blest to have indeed realized
the “hand of God” as his might, working in his moves since after all
the Lord King* is sovereignly in control, deserving Maradona’s honour!!!
*1Timothy 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
December 24, 2020
2nd place, "Maradona Obituary" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Mohan Chutani; judged on 12/26/2020.
Great effects came about at the fall
There man fell a very great depth
far more than we like to really admit
no matter the times you rise, man hits a wall
The real need of the hour
humility, really just being humble
realise you're not what you think
learn well not to moan and grumble
The world's bigger than you think
far larger than your imagination at all
even God is bigger than in your view
which is tiny compared to God so true
Remind yourself again you're not God
God is God and only He's the Lord alone
all peoples are made in His image even you
sinners saved by grace describes all to atone
Be humble and learn to be wise
these two ingredients go hand in hand
God blesses them when the two meet
showing it's all sovereignly planned
Holding a posture of humility
so godly showing HIs true mark
filled by His holy spirit in His fullness
shining forth His light putting out the dark
("When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
but with the humble is wisdom." - Proverbs 11: 2 (ESV)
(' Be humble, the world is bigger than your view of the world and certainly, God is much bigger than your view of God' - Eugene Cho )
when one comes to follow Jesus
He gives you a standard to keep
this is not to gain His eternal salvation
for it is a gift allotted for His elected sheep
Jesus sovereignly calls you to go His way
no matter what it will ultimately cost you
for Jesus paid the ultimate price so dear
so His followers must also have to do
The life of self must need to die
no place for it as Jesus made clear
Christ God's son must be your king
being everything as one so dear
God's will is to walk the Jesus path
being filled by His spirit full and free
having the mind of Christ to bear fruit
showing His gifts that all would see
Be humble, meek, godly and righteous
full of His joy, peace and grace
looking to eternity to meet your Lord
on that great day look into His lovely face
(I have been thinking on What does it mean to be a Jesus "Disciple"? this is my conclusion)
What a thing it is to know God's love
really blows the mind to think upon
how could God think so much of me?
such love beyond words or a song
But in calling us in His sovereign love
God takes you down many a road
not all pleasant but so necessary
so our seed planted should be sowed
This is a God that knows it all
even the beginning to the end
so He can be trusted fully and truly
assuring you every hitch He can mend
The key secret is to have a close walk
with Jesus moment by moment every day
then your faith increases to say, Lord
with conviction walking in His way
The Lord knows my way He's planned
every detail my God sovereignly has done
believe with a capital B not a doubt
His presence so precious is God's son
Attracted to her since my youth
Like the swerve, sovereignly proud
Of an iron filing towards a magnet,
I had left free the reins of my fantasy
To let it weave a necklace of poems
To glorify the mystery
I had seen hung around her.
Fear, it was not, when we had first met.
Yet, the words failed to emerge from me,
Pointless though they would have been.
Such was the influence
Her presence had on me
That silence was the only edifice
I could rest upon
To feel the intensity of that instant
That catapulted me
Into a state of love and its longings
That give it wings, I knew not 'til then.
Opalescent orb,
so sovereignly-suspended,
calls forth primitive instincts.
Bathe in her beauty,
revere righteous radiance
and cherish moments ere dawn.
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5-7-7-5-7-7 (checked with howmanysyllables.com)
My first Sedoka. Written 8 September 2017
For Russell Sivey's "Moonlight Delight" contest.
(2nd Place)
~ANGELS~
Within the abusive abyssal air, I greet you with a prayer
Within weathered winded wear, I defend in your despair
Thru calamitous city crumble I find you in your stumble
Thru mankind’s malignant mumble I bow to your humble
In the frightened fermenting fog I cleanse you in your clog
In the seducing smothering smog I seek of your demagogue
Lowered by love’s lamenting lust I return to heal and readjust
Lost in love’s layered crust I’ve come to rattle the restless rust
Of valleys low and mountain peaks I hear as the silence speaks
Of cinematic curving creeks, I glide in grace with solace sweeps
With the cascading canonized rain, I’ve come to break the chain
In pulsating punitive pain I’ve come to retire the ravaging reign
Hiding in hellion halls sinners scatter as Satin sovereignly stalls
With lasting Love and fireballs waiting upon the Masters' calls
Hovering over horrific hells I flap my wings to reflect the spells
Detaining evil in dormant dwells releasing love in wishing wells.
~~~
Sept.04.2017
ANGELS
Sponsored by: Mystic Rose
Look around this battered old world
despite it's state beauty still radiates
this at it's chosen moments appear
so effecting upon one it permeates
God himself designs it by his hand
no other could perfect such imagery
mountain tops down to deepest valleys
pictured behold the purest divinity
The human heart can't begin to consider
all that the great creator made anew
except this designer has set eternity
in the human heart no need to queue
This all leaves indeed a vital question
how's this God able to sovereignly bring?
from beginning to end eternity's vastness
revealing it's permanence like endless string
Ponder much on God's handiwork
so difficult to fathom all of this
setting eternity within the human soul
makes one receive such heavenly bliss
("He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has from beginning to end.")
Ecclesiastes 3: 11
In this life on earth with it's burdens
each and every day so much toil
it all seems to have no point at all
within your emotions your blood will boil
But the master creator has a plan
in his eternal mind before time began
He would create a people for himself
in them a purpose for the good of man
This God who is eternal in all things
who knows everything and everyone
his will is sovereignly free and good
he alone will accomplish it to be done
For this Lord our God is in his heaven
preparing a place for his very own
which is filled with awesome beauty
this knowledge his holy word has shown
So think of this eternal glory
when this earth tries to bring you down
there is a blessed life to come
created by the one wearing the crown
This heaven will fill you with joy
a joy spiritually in all it's fullness
you'll be aglow to know true salvation
giving yourself an eternal completeness
Sovereignly chosen
All of God
Love perfected
Very full and broad
Available all mankind
To sinners atone
In Christ alone
One way bound
New creation crowned
The God who calls everybody everywhere
to come and worship Him alone
is the one who rules and reigns
making His creation all a living stone
This God is Lord of all creation
everything made the Lord has done
He is the king ruling fully in control
for the word incarnate is His son
Jesus Christ God's son in truth
came to earth to die for sin
not His own but He truly loved
those He chose to enter in
This God works by His miracles
displaying His great awesome power
showed here to open a donkey's mouth
simply as easy as a beautiful flower
Truly this is the eternal God
who can do absolutely anything
sovereignly ruling over His creation
as master Lord saviour and king
('Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times". ')
Numbers ch. 22 v. 28 (ESV)
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