Tag: self
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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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11/9 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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10/31 Poem: As Your Self
The hardest question / God calls from above: / First ask your Self / Which Self do “I” love?
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10/29 Poem: Key Pair
The crux of the question I face / Is how to fulfill Law with Grace / Such that when my ego fails / I’ll know that Christ’s Kingdom prevails
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Anthem: Follow The Way Of Christ (Becoming “Foot-Washers”)
To be a “Christian” / Has become a crutch / Though I still love / That old word so much
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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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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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10/18 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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8/3 Bi-Limerick: Status Cymbal
Status helps keep us alive / But status is also a trap / A mindset that Christ wants to snap…
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6/25 Epic Poem: Christ Yield
If we want our worlds to be healed / We must show them how to Christ yield // That’s much easier said than it’s done / But that is why God killed His Son…
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6/11 Poem: Kingdom True
Our lives are all trapped / Twixt ego and fear / We long to be good / But no path is clear
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5/30 Tri-Limerick: Secure Non-Identity
It’s a great thing to be sure / That our identity is secure / But there is a price to this gain / That easily corrupts our brain…
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5/24 Limerick: Life Luminous
Lord help me to live a life luminous / That makes others long for the numinous
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The Ungiver, Part 1/6: BlackHeart
Robin: Yet ever I get close, thou thwartest me. Rip the gift from my hands. Punish me for my impudence. Send me back empty-handed. Why must you torment me so? BlackHeart: Because it is my job.
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5/13 Poem: Heart Strategy
When great success I hope to find / I figure things out for my mind / But mayhap the best place to start / Is building a plan for my heart
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5/5 Limer-Epick: Mirror Grace
It isn’t exactly a flaw / That we tend to mirror the law / The boundary / Between you and me / Is how we “identity” claw
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The Great Redemption
A three-volume fantasy, wherein I confront the brokenness of our gods. And myself.
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