Category: Devotional
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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…
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10/11 Limerick: Half Overcome
I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world! John 16:33 Though it may make me sound dumb I feel like I “half overcome” Yet I’ll make the choice To…
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10/10 Limerick: The Rest of Confidence
The strength in which we must confide Rests mostly in how we abide When He my thirst slakes The risks that I takes Are all, by His blood, justified Today I will rest my confidence In His work Not mine
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10/8 Tri-Limerick: Un-a-veil-able Truth
The reason my work seems “travail” / Is deeper truth hides beneath “veil” / Yet this is quite kind / For if in my mind / Distractedness would make me fail
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10/6 Bi-Limerick: S-Word-S
A Word that divides Soul and Spirit? / Sounds like I shouldn’t go near it!
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10/5 Limerick: Praispective
My greatest need for corrective Is taking on a Praise Perspective When things go wrong I lift up a song ‘Cause that’s how His Kingdom’s infective! Today I will practice infectious praise
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10/4 Epic Poem: Authenti-City
Hat tip to Seth Godin Pairs well with “ability vulner” Q. What skill would you like to learn? A. How best to live in “Authenti City“ Life in the city “Authenti” Isn’t what I thought it would be They said I could do what I want Safe from the conformist…
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10/3 Epic Poem: Call to Arms
Hat tip to Babes in Arms Q. What details of your life could you pay more attention to? A. Perfecting Rest This world may be subtle and cruel But I refuse to play the fool In order to defeat the truthless I feel that I must be ruthless
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10/2 Limerick: Brazen (Bold w/o Shame)
When we are bold without shame / We’re playing a different game…
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10/1 Tri-Limerick: Deshamed Alive (Prodigal Greatness)
Shame is the nature of life / The price we pay to avoid strife…
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9/30 Limerick: Co-Mission-Ed
Q. What’s the trait you value most about yourself? A. My willingness to be co-educated by Christ into His mission
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9/28 Limerick: Trigger Happy
Hat tip to both Weird Al and the Skylander If we want our hearts to grow bigger We must learn to confront each trigger When my hidden pain Becomes Jesus’ gain We’ll overflow Joy — so I figger Today I will be happy When my amygdala show me Where You…
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9/27 Epic Poem: Right Brain Love
Love that my flesh cannot feign / Has to come from my right brain / My left brain, it pains me to say / Pretends love to force you to stay
Radically Happy 