The reason I feel insignificant
Is hard problems feel like a sign I can’t
Do what I must
To win back the trust
Of those of whose hearts I’m a supplicant
Tag Archives: redemption
Quick List: Reconcile the Drama
StandardWhat I learned about restoring relationships — and finding myself — from watching Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
Continue reading1/13 Limerick: Glory Deveiled
StandardThe Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:14
Deveiling is in the details
That redemptive glory entails
We must confront sin
To learn how to win
As Jesus did, scorning the nails
1/11 Poem: Strait An’ Arrow Weigh
StandardBecause strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Matthew 7:14 (KJV)
How much does my sin weigh
I ask you Lord today
What gravity is pulling me
So that I fall astray
12/23 Limericks: Knowing Love
StandardIt’s easy to love unaware
Pretending the darkness ain’t there
To trust what we feel
Convinced that it’s real
Til circumstance lays it bare
12/16 Limerick: See Us Right
StandardTo live a life that’s free of fright
We must believe God sees us right
To know that we’re seen
And yet counted clean
Is what helps us sleep through the night!
12/15 Poem: Right Suffering
StandardThe real source of pain
It now seems to me
Is where I conflict
With reality
12/9 Limerick: De-Sire
StandardDesire itself is not sin
Yet reveals where we’re broken within
It may strike a chord
But can’t be my Lord
Just shows me where Christ need to win
12/2 Lyrics: Lighten Up
StandardHat tip to Major Lazer
When the world’s full of darkness
Lighten up!
When our souls thirst for justice
Drink the cup!
11/20 Limericks: Cross-Talk
StandardThe reason I take up offense
Is really a form of defense
I don’t want to share
The cross you won’t bear
Suddenly, our conflict makes sense!
11/2 Poem: Legita-Mate
StandardBoaz stood up at the gate
To take widow Ruth as his mate
He wanted to do all things right
In front of both God and man’s sight
11/1 Poem: Bridegroom-Redeemer
StandardWhen I am facing my doom
I need a redeeming bridegroom
Not just a freer of slaves
But a true lover who saves
10/25 Limericks: I-flation
StandardAn inflated ego’s not bad
When there’s a world to be had
Denying the norm
Is how we form
A Selfness that makes our hearts glad
10/24 Limerick: Reliverance
StandardThe goal of God’s deliverance
Is not just a lifelong romance
As we gain His heart
We take on His part
In bringing others to the dance
10/7 Limerick: De-Fault Finder
StandardWe must default to finding
The good despite the blinding
Of our sin
As we begin
In Christ, our Self unwinding
10/6 Poem: Word Works
StandardThe work of God’s Word
Is that He be heard
By which I mean
That we can be seen
The point of His letter
Is to love Him better
By helping me see
Just how He loves me
This sounds very nice
But hides a steep price
For what He wants most
Is I give up my ghost!
I cannot tell a lie:
God wants me to die
So I can be more
Like the One I adore
This is the truth
He’s shown us since Ruth:
My world must be torn
So that Christ can be born
The craziest part
Is that this is the start
Of how God heals my heart
With His Word torn apart
10/4 Limerick: Forgiven Love
StandardWe serve others because we love Jesus
We love Him because He has freed us
The deeper love goes
The more that we show
The world how to live as redeemers
Poem: Fix It All
Standard“God, do You hear when I call?
Why don’t You come fix it all?”
His words, though quite painful, rang true
“My son, that is why I made you!”
Poem: Hand-Some Sin
StandardSome times our pain
Is due to our sin
We hurt ourselves
Or God calls us in
Dream: Zomb Vator
StandardWe finally fight our way to Central Building
This 33-story skyscraper is the heart of the infestation
There’s plenty of zombies elsewhere
But if we can destroy this nest
It will be easy to mop up the rest
I am confident we will succeed
Now that we know where the enemy is
And have made it past her defenses
We have just enough forces left
To contain her
So we can methodically destroy her
We don’t know long or costly it will be
But the outcome is no longer in doubt
I’m waiting on the lobby for an elevator
I’m one of the last to arrive
I see Joe and Bill get out of an elevator and hurry toward the door
Escorting a terrified woman
I’m glad they’re still finding some survivors
I get into the elevator they just vacated and head towards the top
For some reason the car stops at six
The doors open
I push the button to close them
despite knowing they’re usually a placebo
I glance outside.
Before the doors close
I see Joe and Bill hurrying into another elevator
With a different terrified woman.
I takes me a few seconds
To process what I just saw
Joe and Bill can’t have gotten back to the sixth floor
Before I did
Therefore, that is not really them.
The hive brain must have captured and cloned them
The women must be the carriers of the nest’s core memories and DNA
She is using my friends to propagate herself
Before we kill her
This… is bad
If we don’t stop her in time
She could establish herself in a new location
Wait decades to build her strength
Then launch another invasion
When we least expect it
In fact
She may already have reached
Critical mass
Somewhere else
Though I could probably find it
By following Joe and Bill
There is some good news
This is an act of desperation
And while her brain is split between locations like this
Her attention will be distracted
By that same token
She doesn’t like multiple locations
In theory she could split herself up into three or more pieces
But none of those would have enough critical mass to be “her. “
And she would never go for that
The whole point of her existence
Being to propagate her sense of self
By enslaving others.
She has no higher purpose
Transcendent calling
That she would sacrifice herself for
That is the one advantage
We have
Over her
I punch a button on the elevator
To stop the car at the next floor
Pull out my knife
And get ready
To join the fight…
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