Tag: Poetry
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Heart Like An Ocean
Prelude: Proverbs 21:1 The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of Yahweh; He turns it wherever He pleases. – LSB
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The Song Sparrow
Pursuing his image (and colliding with the same), A Song Sparrow died by the church’s door. The morning was sunny, extending its beauty, But his song would gladden our hearts no more.
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Day Without Fail
Prelude: Proverbs 4:18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day. – ESV Born in the shadow and grip of Adam’s curse, Men grope their way through life’s mist. Twilight has passed and we’re waiting for morning, Will we find a world that’s bathed and sun-kissed?
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Night Everlasting
Prelude: 2 Thessalonians 1:9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might… ESV
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I Won’t Surrender—Unless It’s To You
We’ve been taught to never give up, To fight the good fight every day. To never surrender, to hold our position And keep our eyes fixed on the Way. These are good precepts—great to remember, In times when we’re down and feel blue. I cry to the Lord when evil draws nigh: “I won’t surrender—unless…
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The Things You Think But Never Speak
Prelude: Psalm 32:3 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted awaythrough my groaning all day long — ESV Poem: The things you think but never speak Are oft revealed in what you seek. The things you seek, speak more than words, Have a care—or they’ll be your lords.
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Christmas Reflections (A Poem)
It’s Christmas 2020 Looking back over the year, Some things were funny, Many things brought us fear. Would the virus destroy us? Would we go to the Pen, For not wearing a mask? Bad will between men.
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This Vaporous Life
This life is a vapor and then it is gone, We cannot expect it to last very long. Ninety years, one hundred, one twenty at best, Then we will enter a long season of rest.
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