Radically Happy

Tag: joy

  • Dream: Touchpoint Arena

    Dream: Touchpoint Arena

    Like she knows it’s a game / Like she knows she can win / But doesn’t care if she does / Yet still plays with all her heart

  • 5/26 Epic Poem: Unseen Condemn

    5/26 Epic Poem: Unseen Condemn

    And now I’ve no one left to blame / As being the cause of my shame / The condemnation inside me / Is the sole reason I’m not free

  • 5/25 Limerick: Down to Earth

    If we want to share Christ’s new birth / We too must get down to earth

  • 5/24 Limerick: Life Luminous

    Lord help me to live a life luminous
 / That makes others long for the numinous

  • 5/22 Limericks: Everything HIS Awesome

    Though this world feels like it’s broke 
 / That’s not a reason to choke

  • 5/14 Limerick: Bowing 747 – Jumbo Jet Love

    If we hope to love Jesus great
 / We must learn how to our Self hate

  • Psychologue: Challengee Power Ranger

    Psychologue: Challengee Power Ranger

    Challengee: You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs. / Earnest: What kind of omelette are you trying to make? / C. One where truth is respected, of course! / E. Respected? [gazing around at the destruction] Are you sure you don’t mean “feared”?

  • 4/21 Limericks: Sup-Re-Natural

    It’s natural to hate our foes / The authors of our earthly woes // But that’s not the end of our tale / We must learn to see past the veil…

  • 4/18 Limericks: Consuming Hunger

    The hunger that gnaws at my soul 
 / Reminds me I long to be whole 
 / When I’m filled with You 
 / (Tis strange but it’s true) 
 / I suddenly have a new goal…

  • 4/14 Limericks: Bread Line

    If we wish to join the divine / We must make it past the “bread line” / It’s good to be fed / But what if instead / We sought to hear Jesus call us “Mine!”

  • 4/11 Poetry Slam: Over-Flow

    4/11 Poetry Slam: Over-Flow

    We gotta get into Your Over-Flow / So we escape this world‘s under-tow / Sin has trapped us all in ways we don’t know / Free us from ruts so with You we go

  • 4/5 Limerick: Hidden Gifts

    If we want to make progress swift / We must seek out the hidden gift / The gem in the rough / And joy in the tough / Is what earth to heaven will lift!

  • 4/2 Lyrics: Believe On

    When the world seems unfair / Feel the lure of despair / Yet still shout to the air: / Believe On

  • 3/29 Limerick: Power Surge

    Your Body’s been bleeding for years / As each lost sheep disappears / But if we touch Your hem / The power to love them / Will shine through the joy in our tears

  • 3/28 Limerick: Wake Jesus

    When I’m adrift in this lake / Help me, Lord, to see Your wake / You’re not still asleep / Your promise you’ll keep / For even death’s glory, you’ll take!

  • 3/21 Poem: Revealing Love

    No wonder we struggle with pain
 / Despite all the prayers we have kneeled
 / Our eyes cannot bear the hard truth
 / Of how much for us God has feeled

  • Me Encountering Jesus 2023-03-18

    Jesus had a huge grin on His face. I heard the words “So Happy” over and over. And I started sobbing great gut-wrenching sobs.

  • 3/18 Limerick: Lighten Up

    Lord, help me to lighten up Even as I drink from Your cup The bitter tastes sweet Knowing we’ll meet At the time of the final sup

  • 3/17 Limericks: Word Choke

    I know it may sound like a joke But sometimes on Your Word I choke The truth that I find O’erwhelms my mind Fearing that I’ll end up broke Lord plow up the soil of my heart Make me the place where you start Sowing your joy So we destroy…

  • 3/14 Limericks: Burn Out/In

    The cure for burnout is burn-in: 
 / First finding the failures within 
 / Our need to be used 
 / Will leave us confused 
 / Twixt service and slavery to sin