Genuine Love (2022)

Imagining love to be all of the beauty:

The flowers, the birds, the sun, and the moon

Yet, sometimes it entails us to follow our duty,

Speaking truth in the form of an unhappy tune

I want for you nothing but bright light and cheer

But melodious sadness cannot be unsung

For love can cause pain when given sincere

Try and find sweetness in the strings that are strung

A genuine love shares words with actions -

Still, truth infused the serpent’s deception

He slithered away once the infraction

Was known by the sinners’ new perception

Even in sad tunes, and weary voices

Love conquers all, and lifts you up high

Unlike destruction brought by their choices

Based on the rocky foundation of lies

Love can illuminate, bring joy to life

With sweet scents of roses, songs of the birds

Truth can bring healing, ousting out strife

For God’s loving actions back up His words

Perplexities Concerning Teens Abound

 

Perplexities concerning teens abound,

lugubrious souls with unprovoked frowns.

Downcast eyes beside a woebegone walk

around the house, they barely talk.

Why so averse to making sound?

Like overturned ground enveloped in brown,

their ghastly garb overshadows the town.

Like a cat fostering a grudge, they sulk.

Perplexities concerning teens abound.

Fun family affairs become unwound,

precipitating problems to compound.

Though lasting visions of frolic

stay, of youth prolix poppycock,

before they donned the forlorn crowns.

Perplexities concerning teens abound.

This Moment (2022)

 

The mystery of the morrow

Will sometimes make us scared.

But the here and now is where we live;

All we need to be prepared,

Is faith in You, complete surrender,

Knowing You are love.

Giving from a heart tender,

From the Trinity above:

The Father sent His only Son;

The Spirit directs our faith.

The Son, He died for everyone;

This truth aids us to face,

Every tomorrow that we meet.

Our mission on this earth

Is designed to be complete;

We accepted upon rebirth.

Release us of our sinful pride;

Help us submit to Your will.

So within our lives, you abide;

And the future worries still.

We can remain in calming peace;

You work all things for good.

Our pain and troubles are released;

We live this moment as we should.

Commissioned

Coldness to warmth, encircled by arms from

the Spirit He’s sent to the earth.

Not grasping how frozen my heart had become;

impossible, I thought, once re-birth

Surrounded by others who gather for Him

to give Him the praise He deserves.

The strength of the Spirit, apparent within,

the church walls of those who serve.

Worship with love, hymns resound;

Sporadic with rhythm and timbre.

Beauty emerges, no matter the sound,

the Lord hears the hearts of the tender.

After He fills the spirits within

the walls of the building that’s jammed;

He commands they depart and win

Him the hearts of the fractured amongst the land.

Obediently they venture to deliver the lives

of the troubled, the lost, and the weary.

They persist for Him, and never deprive

the glory He merits, so clearly,

So, Spirit I find, in the midst of the crowd,

needing the warmth of His flame.

To keep my heart thawed and ardent for Him:

for His glory, His praise - not my fame.

Purpose

Purpose

Pieces strewn upon the floor,

difficult to fit

together til a picture forms -

how I imagined it.

The edges smooth - one side or two,

cinch to put in place;

remaining pieces jumbled -

the pressure of the race.

Rush to success - kickoff that life

society can see.

The voice of God, I then hear -

"You're what you're meant to be."

A puzzle that may have some gaps

Even when it’s done.

If I could only learn to turn

away - from ego, run.

Money, fame, power, pride

go lower on my list.

Voices all around me, though,

say they must insist.

Reply to them, with courage -

scattered pieces, just a toy.

No glee inside this game is found;

the Lord’s purpose brings true joy!

New Life

 

New Life

When the thoughts start to swirl, and I feel all alone

I turn to the heavens that one day I'll call home

When the noise is too much, and I cover my ears 

I whisper His name knowing my prayers He will hear 

When the sun seems burnt out, and the clouds fill the sky 

I try trusting His will without asking why 

When the songs of the birds cease without reason 

I look to the Lord knowing He'll provide a new season 

Through all the hardships, through all the pain 

The sun will soon shine; He'll do away with the rain 

The songs of the birds will soon fill the earth 

The faith of the weary will be given new birth 

The Father will not desert His daughters and sons 

Jesus has risen, new life has begun 

When the Enemy whispers thoughts of lost hope 

I call out to Jesus for stamina to cope 

When the world around, little sense makes 

I recall devotion to the Lord, change takes 

When the rain becomes heavy, and streets start to flood 

I  imagine the flower that will bloom from the bud 

When the thunder frightens the birds all away 

I remember chirps I'd hearkened just the other day 

Through all the hardships, through all the pain 

The sun will soon shine, He'll do away with the rain 

The songs of the birds will soon fill the earth

The faith of the weary will be given new birth

The Father will not desert His daughters and sons 

Jesus has risen, new life has begun