Category: Poetic
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11/17 Tri-Limerick: Dis-Answering
My brain does this annoying thing / Of compulsively answering
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11/16 Limerick: Model Behavior
If we dare to model our Savior We must unlearn worldly behavior My pride in my Self I store on the shelf To unhide His sweet subtle flavior Today I will Transparency To reveal Christ inna’ me Jesus, knowing their thoughts, called them to his side and said “Kings and…
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11/15 Limerick: Deep Move
Matthew 20:34: Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him. To get us unstuck from our groove We need to share in Christ’s deep move Passions awake Amidst heartbreak As love of the Father we prove Today I will make time…
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11/14 Limerick: Ask-ance
If we are to live Christ’s romance We must forfeit looking askance When His cup we drink Our egos will shrink As hearts join His eternal dance “What is your request?” he asked. She replied, “In your Kingdom, please let my two sons sit in places of honor next to…
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11/13 Quatrain: Rocks That Vote
Hat tip to Rock the Vote Rocks have no choice but to sing That Jesus alone is our King But I must decide with my note That heaven transcends earthly vote Today I will dare to prepare For a Kingdom not of this world When Jesus started down the Mount…
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11/12 Quatrain: Uncrossable Peace
The truth that this world cannot see / Is precisely what would set them free / There are no words that will suffice / Until they see Christ pay their price
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11/11 Limerick: Right Left Behind
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life. Matthew 19:29 Devotion can lead to heartbreak Which may or may not be a mistake…
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11/10 Bi-Limerick: Exploding Frames (Swallowing Frogs)
My reality / Centered on me / Keeps me from facing my shame
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11/9 Epic Poem: Self-Pitiless
For my sense of Self / That helps me be me / Is what I must lose / To show Christ to thee…
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11/8 Limerick: Power Law
If we wish to grow exponentially / We must stop acting preferentially
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11/7 Bi-Limericks: Feel My Heat
Hat tip to Imagine Dragons Jesus when to You I’m near It’s intoxicating like beer The warmth of Your touch Fills me with much Hunger to overcome fear Father let this be the day I start to love others that way With Your presence felt May frozen hearts melt As…
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11/6 Limerick: Appoint-Meant
Luke 19:5 When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.” To live the life God has designed We must do His work pre-assigned When we give Him room He unseals our doom As His love unblinds…
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11/5 Tri-Quatrains: Un-Wise Words
Lord you must open my eyes / So I can see I’m un-wise / My cleverness became a snare / That keeps me from seeing what’s there
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11/3 Limerick: I-AM-Possible
But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” Luke 18:27 When I am facing a crucible I’m trapped by my adjacent possible But God breaks the dam By being I AM And showing me I’m not responsible Today I will sacrifice my responsibility At the feet…
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11/2 Tri-Limerick: Standard Measures
If Christ is our goal / Let’s make Him the sole / Focus of our work and pleasures
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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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