Category: Poetic
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12/26 Limerick: Holimess (O Easter Tree)
Hat tip to O Tannenbaum Lord it is so hard to see How to become the best version of me Perhaps because I First have to die For presents under the Easter tree Today I will receiveEvery good and perfect giftNo matter the cost
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12/25 Bi-Limerick: Under-Known
“The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David! And you will recognize him by this sign: You will find a baby wrapped snugly in strips of cloth, lying in a manger.” Luke 2:11-12 NLT It’s easy to point out a king When he…
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11/24 Limerick: Eye Burn
Today I will let the heart of JesusBurn up my “me” Jesus is so hard to see When I’m consumed by my “me” Please open my eyes So I realize That You’re the heart burning in me
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11/23 Limerick: Feet of Courage
Today I will hold on Til I can hold up Lord it is really quite neat How You bring joy from defeat When I know You’re near I cast away fear Testifying we’ll soon meet!
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12/22 Limerick: Wound Up
Hat tip to windup Today I will let Jesus pitch me His wounds If we’re to break out of our walls And answer the Lord when He calls Then let us be found As Christ’s getting wound To pitch us as gracious fastballs!
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12/21 Bi-Limerick: Mis-Finding Jesus
Q. When are you most happy? A. When I confront grief, only to discover joy.
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12/20 Quatrain: Curtain Call
The light from the sun was gone. And suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn down the middle Luke 23:45 The veil from the temple was torn So our new life could be born Yet holiest holies inside Are still only seen when we’ve died Today…
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12/19 Poem: Choosing Sides
Those whom Christ chose / To become His Bride / Need to take on / A whole ‘nother side
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12/18 Limerick: Consummate
Love on the cross is heart break / But that is the chance we must take / For when it is done / We’ve finally begun / The joy that makes heaven and earth shake
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12/17 Epic Poem: Three-Saken, Five-Saken
This turns into pure agony / When we reach Sakenness Three / And I learn God is not me / Kneeling in Gethsemane…
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12/16 Limerick: Entrusted
When worlds are being torn apart / That’s when we must open our heart / The Christ that I see / Binds you to me / So true communion can start
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12/15 Quatrain: Crossing to Paradise
It’s easy to trust in a Boss / That we know has conquered the grave / Yet trusting while still on the cross / Demands we become much more brave
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12/13 Limerick: In Place of the Skull
I tend to protect my brain / To save myself from the pain / Of being set free / From identity / Though with my Savior I’d reign
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12/12 Bi-Quatrain: Seem Less
Lord I could never dare dream / That You would take one for the team / By humbling Your self so to seem / So far below heaven’s gleam…
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12/11 Tri-Quatrain: Be Held
Why is it so hard to see / The love that Your heart holds for me? / …maybe I don’t want to face / My horrific need for Your grace /
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12/10 Limerick: Crowning Gory
John 19:2: The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, set it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe. If I’m to be one You anoint I too must be pierced by this point The glory I seek Is painfully meek But that’s how we will rule…
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12/9 Limerick: Status Chains
The norms that help us avoid strife Save our homeostatical life Yet that is the pain We must face to gain The status of being Christ’s wife Today I will dare to see The Face of God Even if it destroys me “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law…
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12/8 Limerick: Blood Relative
When our amygdalae flood / Come seal our hearts with Your blood / With forgiveness near / All we hold dear / Falls of our souls like dry mud
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12/7 Quad-Limerick: Helping Jesus (Pan-Co-Theism)
We’re each a non-fungible token / Of our Lord’s body once broken
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