Category: Poetry
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A Journey Through Psalms (8)
Anyone can do great things through strength. Only True Majesty can do great things through weak vessels.
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A Journey Through Psalms (4)
Psalm 4 Vs 1: David opens this psalm with a testimony of past deliverance sandwiched between two requests to be heard by God. We hear his faith in God amidst his supplication. Vs 2-3: The next two verses are a warning to his enemies not to slander him out of…
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A Journey Through Psalms (2)
Psalm 2 This psalm reads like a play with a narrator observing and switching between scenes. In Scene 1 (verses 1 to 3), he observes rage and conspiracy among people and their rulers against the LORD and His Anointed. In Scene 2 (verses 4 to 6), he observes the Lord’s…
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Imagine
Imagine finding out That the fears that controlled you Are not real, that they are all lies That your limitations are not real That you cannot be held back That the powers that held you down Were vanquished two millennia ago And you are a victor in waiting Just needing to enforce your victory On the…
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Where is my God?
I look to my right And You are not there I turn to my left And I can not find You Your Light is not with me Mere shadows terrify me Your Voice is far too faint My fears are loud and scary I am surrounded by darkness And submersed…
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Words
Piercing arrows that travel through the soul They tear through the outer lining of the heart Striking nerves and breaking vessels Spilling gallons of blood in their wake Until they hit at the root of your being Dismantling identity; querying personality Raising questions of purpose and existence
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Surely You are my Father
“Doubtless You are our Father, Though Abraham was ignorant of us, And Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O Lord, are our Father; Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.”Isaiah 63:16 NKJV Abraham may not know my nameIsrael may not recognize meI may be unknown in high placesOr unrecognized among…
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Broken Vessels
The sweet-smelling sacrifice Of a broken and contrite heart Arises as incense from the altar Unto the Father Dead but living Burnt and pleasing Broken but useful As the sweet aroma of perfume Diffuses from the broken jar The broken vessel Is constantly filled and always empty Having become just…
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Give Way
Give way to the Spirit; let Him work. The arm of flesh will fail if you go your way. But if you yield to the Spirit of the Lord, You can rest assured victory will be won. In the process, you will be transformed Your deepest heart’s desires will be…
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I AM
Before the everlasting mountains were, I AMAfter this world and its form is gone, I AMI AM the Light that gives light to the SunThat radiant center of your known universeI AM the Power from which all powers deriveAll governments, institutions and authoritiesI AM the Creator that inspires human creativityOf…
Chronicles of a Journeyman 