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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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The UnGiver, Part 5/6: BleakHeart
I sit at a table with my brother and apparently-not-dead long-lost Father. Refugees in a small shed on the estate of our mad mother. Wondering how in the name of the Emperor-Beyond-The-Sea I will find the Gift that can restore our family. When all I can look at is the…
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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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The UnGiver, Part 4/6: BoundHeart
The bottom falls out. Literally. The ground in front of the door opens up and swallows the two of them. Then seals up behind them. The birds, which had paused at their screams, resume their idle chatter. Leaving no sign they had ever been there.
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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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The Lie I Protect
There is a Thing I must repent of / Which my heart soul and mind / Conspire to hide from my spirit
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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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If I Were Hamas: An Exercise in Empathy
I can imagine being a true believer in Hamas… / If I knew a cure for this horrid compulsion, I would have used it. But from what I can see of the world outside, no such cure exists.
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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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