Category Archives: Poetry

These Words I Write

I’ve given up foods
I’ve given up booze
I’ve given up drugs
I’ve passed up on hugs
I’ve given up parties
I’ve given up pastries
All to clean up my life

I’ve tried to obey
But I’ve gone astray
On most every day
I lose my way
I fall down and pray
The wrong words I say
My life is so far from right

I’m so glad that God does not expect perfection
For He gave His Son to pay for my salvation
The quintessential sacrifice was made
So God above could show His awesome grace
Now I will gladly give Him all my adoration

These words I write
To help you find Light
That you will gain life
From His sacrifice
His love never dies
It’s yours for all time
Please call on the Lord today

In response to the daily prompt https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/09/25/your-daily-word-prompt-Quintessential-september-25th-2018/

Help Me, Lord

Help me Lord
Help me see the depth of sin in me
Help me be what you called me to be
Help my heart be opened up to see
Help me Lord

Help me Lord
Help me know your mercies when they come
Help me understand the wrongs I’ve done
Help me see the victory you’ve won
Help me Lord

You have done it all for me
There’s nothing I can do
But fall down humbly on my knees
And cry out help me Lord

Help me Lord
Help me follow you all of my days
Help me walk in all your lovely ways
Help me lift my hands in lofty praise
Help me Lord

From manger to grave
Your life you gave
To show me the way
Into your grace
Now help me obey
Your word everyday
My lips will lift up your praise

You have done it all for me
There’s nothing I can do
But fall down humbly on my knees
And cry out help me Lord

 

True Riches Galore

Cushy and warm
Safe from harm
All that they need or desire
Riches galore
Hundreds of doors
In the mansions they build to reside

Big toys and small
They have them all
Opulent beyond belief
But if came the day
It was taken away
How would they find their relief

This world would say
This is their day
We all knew one day it would come
But I would pray
That they’d find a way
To reach out to God one by one

He is the source
Of true riches galore
The kind this world cannot provide
Then when the tide
Cancels their ride
His treasures will last all their lives

Peace hope and love
Joy from above
Mercy and grace overflow
Forgiveness and rest
Comfort that’s best
IS all yours if to His cross you’ll go

In response to the daily prompt https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/09/24/your-daily-word-prompt-Opulent-september-24th-2018/

The Believers Life

My Solid Rock

When doubts avail
And storms arrive
When all seems lost
I will survive

When sorrow comes
And brings me pain
I will hold on
To Christ again

Jesus my hope and stay
Jesus my only way
Jesus my solid rock
Jesus Jesus

When life is hard
And all is wrong
I’ll trust in Him
To make me strong

Jesus my hope and stay
Jesus my only way
Jesus my solid rock
Jesus Jesus

My faith cries out the will be done
My heart lifts up the Holy one

Jesus my hope and stay
Jesus my only way
Jesus my solid rock
Jesus Jesus

 

It Seemed Enough

I’ve given myself to studies
I’ve given myself to work
I’ve given myself to liqueur
I’ve often been a jerk

I’ve given myself to women
I’ve given myself to drugs
I’ve given myself to this world
At times it seemed enough

Bu then I heard a voice calling
Calling me by name
‘Twas the voice of Jesus my Savior
I have never been the same

So from now on I dedicate
My life to Jesus my Lord
And I give my whole self to Him
I will trust in Him alone

 

In response to the daily prompt https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/09/23/your-daily-word-prompt-dedicate-september-23rd-2018/

The Believers Life

A Sweet Life

Some call it circumstances
Some just call it luck
Some say all the stars aligned
Or your just one smart duck

Whatever situation
Whatever comes your way
Others will think it’s just fate
That guided you that day

But i say phooey to all that
I’m not fortuitous
My life has been designed by God
And I am truly blessed

I’m blessed in every trouble
I’m blessed in every test
For my God goes before me
And guides my every step

He has a glorious plan for me
It’s full of love and peace
He’ll bless me every day I live
Any my life will be sweet

In response to the daily prompt https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/09/22/your-daily-word-prompt-fortuitous-september-22nd-2018/

Breaking News

There’s lots of people all around


Who like to listen to the sound

Of many others who expound

The things they seem to know


They take in these eclectic views

And turn it into breaking news

Then all of us have got to choose

What’s true and what is not


I prefer a different way

I’ll take what Jesus had to say

He is the truth the light the way

His word is always good


So if you’re struggling to know

What isn’t true and has to go

Open your Bible which will show

You’re path in this old world.

In response to the daily prompt 

https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/09/21/your-daily-word-prompt-eclectic-september-21st-2018/https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/09/21/your-daily-word-prompt-eclectic-september-21st-2018/ 

The Believers Life

Hidden Faults

I’ve seen them wearing their strange clothes
That just don’t cover up at all
It seems they want to flaunt their stuff
And don’t care if it’s just too much

I’m not one to be so sensuous
As to wear something diaphanous
That’s a sight you would not want to see
Some things just should not be revealed

But when it comes to pleasing God
I want to be searched by His word
It can reveal my hidden faults
And help me see where I am lost

His word is like a sword you see
Dividing up what’s inside me
It sees right through my pride and sin
Revealing what lies deep within

In response to the daily prompt https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/09/20/your-daily-word-prompt-diaphanous-september-20th-2018/

Simple Words

I’ve worked in sales for many years
At times I would break down in tears
A sale did not go through
Or goals were far from true
Those days would just cement all of my fears

Those were the times that others came around
They would cajole me back to steady ground
Their leadership was good
Because they understood
That sales could ruin one who was not sound

Our walk with Jesus Christ is just like that
There are those days our faith just seems to lack
But others are on hand
To help us rise again
They share with us their faith and bring us back

Today I hope that you are not afraid
To reach out to someone who’s gone astray
They only need a friend
To take them by the hand
And change their course with simple words of prayer

In response to the daily prompt https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/09/19/your-daily-word-prompt-cajole-september-19th-2018/

The Nature of our Soul

Some say that they will be fine in the end
That Jesus saved us all that fateful day
The sacrifice was made
On Him our sins were laid
And now we can go on our merry way

There’s an element of truth in what they say
Jesus did atone for all our sins that day
But still you must repent
Of a life that has been spent
With the sin stain of the past still in place

You see it’s not the sin that we all see
That is critical to rid from this body
It’s the nature of our soul
That keeps us from being whole
It’s been there since the beginning of all time

This natural sin is deep within your heart
And there is only one way it departs
Confess that you have sinned
Repent and ask Him in
Take a personal step to Jesus Christ our Lord

In response to the daily prompt
https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/09/18/your-daily-word-prompt-element-september-18th-2018/