It’s a great thing to be sure
That our identity is secure
To know that our fight
Is on the side of right
Is crucial to help us endure
Tag Archives: security
5/19 Limerick: Lasting Stand
StandardHat Tip to Father Stu
When things do not go as I planned
It’s tempting to make a “last stand”
But stands that are lasting
Must pivot through fasting
To make sure I stick to God’s hand
5/4 Limerick: Come Fort Ye
StandardWhen ye life become out of sorts
The cause may be using wrong “forts”
When Christ is my shield
I safely can yield
Knowing He’ll guard all my ports
A mighty fortress is our God,
A Mighty Fortress | Martin Luther
A bulwark never failing
5/2 Limericks: In Adequacy
StandardThe cause of our worst maladies
Is our deep insecurities
That cause us to chafe
At Law, to feel safe
From those who seem our enemies
The alternative remedy
Is finding true adequacy
By sharing Christ’s cross
We win from each loss
And turn our shame to His glory
3/23 Limerick: God-Pardner
StandardLord, I want God as my pardner
So I can best do what I oughter
With you at my side
I’m your secure Bride
And we raise the world like our daughter!
So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
John 5:19
3/10 Poem: March Heir
StandardIt may seem I’m mad just to dare it
Yet this world I’m called to inherit
Not by the strength of my arm
But making myself open to harm
3/5 Poem: Building Trust (Towering Loss)
StandardLord, though we’re made from the dust
We long to build towers of trust
A shelter from all earthly storms
A safe place to play with new forms
2/23 Limerick: Your Word My De-Lie-It
StandardWhen pain of this world steals my quiet
Your Word alone helps me un-lie-it
When I see Your throne
My fear You now own
And with Your truth I slay Goliath!
1/24 Limericks: Open Doors (God’s Back-Up Plan)
StandardAn open door’s like a blank page
That can feel like walking onstage
The fear of unknown
Or worse, being shown
I’m better off locked in a cage
1/8 Limerick: Dis-Orphaned
StandardJohn 1:12
When we live our life as orphans
We don’t see the need for chore-plans
But when you’re secure
It pays to mature
To share in the joys of your clans
1/6 Poem: Sans Ballast
Standard“When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were very much disturbed that someone had come to promote the welfare of the Israelites.”
Nehemiah 2:10
When we live our life without ballast
Our hearts feel that they must be calloused
12/12 Poem: Deturn Pain
StandardWhen we feel a pain
That we did not earn
There’s part of our brain
That begins to burn
11/16 Limerick: Work Whole-Heartily
StandardHard work is good for the soul
But not when we’re filling a hole
The source of our pride
Must come from inside
Knowing Christ’s work makes us whole
11/9 Limericks: Im-Possible Faith
StandardWhen there’s a mountain to move
I feel God has something to prove
Is He really real
Or just what I feel
When I am in a good groove?
10/21 Limericks: A-Proval
StandardToday I will live out
Rather than for
God’s approval
Dream: Mafia Don
StandardWe are at some sort of campsite
Probably military.
There’s a cheerful guy
Dresses and acts
Like a maintenance man
But he’s really a mafia don.
Radically Happy 