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11/18 Epic Poem: Hard True
To speak truth in love / Is not just an act / But daring to delve / Into deeper fact…
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V8 Grace: The Eternal Combustion Engine
What practice must we master to grow all of us closer to Jesus? * The exceptional path of Following The Way of Christ (all the way to the cross).
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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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Orsinine: Eleventh Night, or As You Love It
Hat tip to William Shakespeare Act 1, Scene 1. Orisino: Fool! Play me a love song. Fool: But I thought you wert sick of being in love with the Lady Olivia. Art thou even more fool than I? O. Exactly! I want to gorge on love and vomit it up,…
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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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Dream: Bi-Cycle Desegregation
On the one hand, all of us on both sides share the same visceral disgust of the unclean. / Far worse than the mere contempt They have for Us. / Letting the untouchables roam freely would spark a violent reaction and further entrenchment.
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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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