Category: Devotional
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11/1 Limerick: Drawn Together
James 4:8a: Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Lord sometimes I feel like a wretch An amateur’s half-finished sketch But then I repeat: I’m made incomplete So that into You I stretch Today I will be drawn into Christ
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10/31 Poem: As Your Self
The hardest question / God calls from above: / First ask your Self / Which Self do “I” love?
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10/30 Epic Poem: Pater Tots (AITR/COTS)
Maturity shown / In dark secrecy / In public is seen / As vulnerability
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10/29 Poem: Key Pair
The crux of the question I face / Is how to fulfill Law with Grace / Such that when my ego fails / I’ll know that Christ’s Kingdom prevails
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10/28 Epic Poem: Vulnera-Bold
Yet that is the why Satan still rules: / Our terror of looking like fools / By shutting down part of our brain / Hell’s able to act with free rein
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Anthem: Follow The Way Of Christ (Becoming “Foot-Washers”)
To be a “Christian” / Has become a crutch / Though I still love / That old word so much
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10/26 Epic Poem: Daily Exorcise Program
…If we would escape / Such self-sabotage / We must first detect / His [Satan’s] soul-camouflage…
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10/25 Poem: Gate Expectations
Hat tip to the Dickens I’m deeply embarrassed to state How my expectations do gate The gifts which You so long to give That I may abundantly live
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10/24 Bi-Limerick: Kingdom Inside-Out
The reason we curse what’s outside Is secretly to serve our pride The wrong that I feel Fills me with zeal Against those who to me have lied While children react to their pain The wise make it fuel for our gain The evil inside Must be crucified So we…
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10/23: The Holy Truth, And Nothing But
I want a truth worth my bets / The kind that our freedom begets / Truth that digs deep in my soul / So I can reach the right goal…
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10/21 Limerick: Free Joy
In times where hate seeks to destroy / Disciples must learn to free joy / In Christ’s holy nation / Fear’s self-preservation / Gives way to the cross we employ
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10/19 Poem: THE WAY To Be Healed
For we are all lepers / If not by that name / Cut off from others / By our hidden shame
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10/18 Epic Poem: Faith See-ed
And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you. Luke 17:6 The walk of faith Is not won by greed But only by those Who live…
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10/17 Quatrain: Manifest Destiny
My mind lacks the eyes that can see / The destiny You’ve planned for me / And so I must open my heart / So You can show me my part
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10/16 Prosaic: Forgive Hard (Christ-like Reaction to the Israeli-Hamas Conflict)
Today’s verse was about forgiveness. In the shadow of the unfolding horror in the Middle East, I can’t boil that down to a single emotion. My thoughts are too tangled to weave into a concise linear narrative. Instead, please indulge me as I try to process them “out loud.”
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10/15 Limerick: Free-Dom-Inion
The way to be radically free / Is perfect submission to thee / By forcing my ego / To wherever Ye go / I find out who I’m meant to be
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10/14 Quatrain: Heaven Knows-Where
Heaven ain’t a place / Of harps and clouds shown / Heaven is the grace / To know and be known
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10/13 Un-Image-Enable
Hat tip to Loki Meets Jesus O Lord our minds can’t conceive How we will Your image receive But once we see our sin Then You can begin To free us from what did deceive Today I will open my mind and heartTo reveal the ugliness I’ve been hidingSo You…
Radically Happy 