THE TRUTH THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
“FOR ALL FLESH IS AS GRASS, AND ALL THE GLORY OF MAN AS THE FLOWER OF GRASS. THE
GRASS WITHERETH, AND THE FLOWER THEREOF FALLETH AWAY:…………..BUT
THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURETH FOR EVER.” 1 PET. 1/24-25.
LEGENDS
What makes a true legend I often wonder?
Searching my heart for a short while I ponder;
Perhaps a hero of surmountable fame?
An idol of such, with a famous name:
A legend, a footballer, executing his skill,
Ducking and weaving, catch him if you will;
Shedding his blood for the name of the game,
His crown of glory for his moments of fame:
His sport, his passion, his idealist goal,
Working hard to achieve, neglecting his soul;
For wealth and riches, while his body holds out,
And if he`s lucky, he`ll be remembered about:
Yes his passion is heartfelt and sincere,
He loves the game, seemingly without fear;
But what`s he achieved when his body fails?
Perhaps infirmed, living in travail:
When the cheers and roars have long since faded,
But now he`s that legend, and he`s finally made it;
He`s shed his blood on that sacred ground,
In the name of glory his diadem he`s found:
“For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel`s, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” Mk. 8/35-36.
IT IS NOT GOOD TO EAT MUCH HONEY: SO FOR MEN TO SEARCH THEIR OWN GLORY IS NOT GLORY. PR. 25/27.
“BUT WOE UNTO YOU THAT ARE RICH! FOR YE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR CONSOLATION.” LUKE 6/24.
“SO IS HE THAT LAYETH UP TREASURE FOR HIMSELF, AND IS NOT RICH TOWARD GOD.” LUKE 12/21.
“I HAVE SEEN ALL THE WORKS THAT ARE DONE UNDER THE SUN: AND, BEHOLD, ALL IS VANITY AND VEXATION OF SPIRIT.” ECC. 1/14.
“THEN I LOOKED ON ALL THE WORKS THAT MY HANDS HAD WROUGHT, AND ON THE LABOUR THAT I HAD LABOURED TO DO: AND, BEHOLD, ALL WAS VANITY AND VEXATION OF SPIRIT, AND THERE WAS NO PROFIT UNDER THE SUN.” ECC. 2/11.
“ALL THE LABOUR OF MAN IS FOR HIS MOUTH; AND YET THE APPETITE IS NOT FILLED.” ECC. 6/7.
“REJOICE, O YOUNG
MAN, IN THY YOUTH; AND LET THY HEART CHEER THEE IN THE DAYS OF THY YOUTH, AND
WALK IN THE WAYS OF THINE HEART, AND IN THE SIGHT OF THINE EYES: BUT KNOW THOU,
THAT FOR ALL THESE THINGS GOD WILL BRING THEE INTO JUDGMENT. THEREFORE REMOVE SORROW FROM THY
HEART, AND PUT AWAY EVIL FROM THY FLESH: FOR CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH ARE VANITY.” ECC/119-10.
“REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR IN THE DAYS OF THY YOUTH, WHILE THE EVIL DAYS
COME NOT, NOR THE YEARS DRAW NIGH, WHEN THOU SHALT SAY, I HAVE NO PLEASURE IN
THEM; ECC. 12/1.
“LET US HEAR THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER: FEAR GOD, AND KEEP HIS
COMMANDMENTS: FOR THIS IS THE WHOLE DUTY OF MAN. FOR GOD SHALL BRING EVERY WORK
INTO JUDGMENT, WITH EVERY SECRET THING, WHETHER IT BE
GOOD, OR WHETHER IT BE EVIL.” ECC. 12/13-14.
2006
MY TRUE LEGEND THE ONLY TRUE LEGEND
“FOR THINE IS THE POWER, AND THE GLORY FOREVER:”
“WORTHY IS THE LAMB
THAT WAS SLAIN TO RECEIVE POWER, AND RICHES, AND WISDOM, AND STRENGTH, AND
HONOUR, AND GLORY, AND BLESSING.” REV. 5/12.
What makes a true legend as I wonder,
I`ve searched my heart, as momentarily I ponder;
HE`S the hero of many with universal fame,
An Idol of such, JESUS IS HIS NAME:
HE`S the only true legend, gathering many as they will,
Reaching out to many as their heart HE fills;
Only HE shed his blood for our greater cause,
HIS crown of glory HIS commandments, HIS laws:
HIS love, HIS PASSION, HIS only goal,
For souls to be saved HIS ultimate role;
HIS wealth and riches are imparting HIS message,
Of HIS LOVING FATHER, our only true vestige:
Yes HIS passion is heartfelt, loving and sincere,
HE loves HIS FATHER, in obedience HE hears;
HIS greatest legacy HE leaves to all,
As we reach out, as we stumble and fall:
Our adulation for HIM will long live on,
Our only TRUE LEGEND, to whom we look upon;
Imbedded in our souls, HE will never die,
IN THE NAME OF GLORY, IN HIM WE ABIDE:
“WHOM GOD HATH SET FORTH TO BE A PROPITIATION THROUGH FAITH IN HIS
BLOOD, TO DECLARE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS THAT ARE PAST,
THROUGH THE FORBEARANCE OF GOD;” RO. 3/25.
“IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS,
ACCORDING TO THE RICHES OF HIS GRACE;” EPH. 1/7.
THUS SAITH THE LORD: “IF I WASH THEE NOT, THOU HAST NO PART WITH ME.”
JOHN 13/8.
“AND NOW WHY TARRIEST THOU? ARISE, AND BE BAPTISED, AND WASH AWAY
THY SINS, CALLING ON THE
NAME OF THE LORD.” ACTS 22/16.
A FEAST FIT FOR A KING
Just imagine if all who knew,
Would give their lives to the Lord;
Just imagine if all who knew,
Would with Him be of one accord:
Just imagine if all who knew,
Would repent of all their sin;
Just imagine how He would feel,
A feast fit for my King:
“In the mean while his disciples prayed Him, saying, Master, eat.
But He said unto
them, I HAVE MEAT TO EAT THAT YE KNOW
NOT OF.
Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought Him ought to eat?
Jesus saith unto them, MY
MEAT IS TO DO THE WILL OF HIM THAT SENT ME, AND TO FINISH HIS WORK.” John
4/31-34.
2006
I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE
JOHN 14
Let not your heart be troubled, He said,
You believe in God, believe also in Me;
In My Fathers` house are many mansions,
I go to prepare a place for thee:
And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again and rescue you to Myself,
That where I am, there you may be also,
This destined place in you is dealt:
I am the way, the truth and the life,
No one comes to the Father except through Me;
Thomas said to Him, Lord, we do not know,
But now Thomas will surely see:
If you had known Me, Thomas,
You would have known My Father also,
And from now on you know Him,
I have seen Him as I show:
He who has seen Me, has seen the Father,
Show me the Father, is your faith weak?
I AM the Father and the Father in Me,
On My Fathers` authority these words Phillip speaks:
He who believes in me, the work that I do,
He will do also and greater works than these,
And whatever I do in My Fathers` name,
That I will do glorifying He:
If you ask for anything in My name,
My word is that I will do,
If you love Me keep My commandments,
Sending the Spirit that will abide with you:
But the Helper, The Holy Spirit,
Whom the Father to you will send,
Will teach you all things in remembrance,
All things that I have said:
I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE,
No one comes to the Father except through Me,
Follow Him that you may live,
In His bosom eternally:
For unto us a child
is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder:
and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor,
THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER, THE PRINCE OF PEACE. IS
9/6.
IN THE BEGINNING WAS
THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD JOHN 1/1.
And I saw heaven
opened, and behold a white horse; and He that sat upon him was called Faithful
and True, and in righteousness He doth judge and make
war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns; and He
had a name written, that no man knew, but He himself.
And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and
His name is called THE WORD OF GOD. REV. 19/11-13.
And Moses said unto
God, Behold, when I come unto the children of
Jesus therefore,
knowing all things that should come upon Him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered Him,
Jesus of
2006
ELDERLY AND FRAIL
“REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR IN THE DAYS OF THY YOUTH, WHILE
THE EVIL DAYS COME NOT, NOR THE YEARS DRAW NIGH, WHEN THOU SHALT SAY, I HAVE NO PLEASURE IN THEM;” ECC. 12/1.
How hard it is to grow old, unable to be whole,
Such infirmity often seems, too difficult as they have told;
Time very slowly passes, the hours the minutes the days,
Yes their pain is so very real, as they fight for their strength to regain;
They sit in their chairs waiting for someone to reach out and help,
The hours, the minutes, the seconds, “can I go on”? they yelp;
Watching the passing traffic, wishing for someone to stop,
To reach out in their infirmity, please help me stop watching the clock;
There are some who have little, few visitors, family or friends,
They have become a prisoner, within the four walls which they tend;
A hard fall in their infirmity, a painful unexpected break,
They lay on their floor helpless, hours passing before contact they make;
Illness after illness, hospitalization now the norm,
This seems now to be their life, weathering many a storm;
Days and hours passing, in sickness and loneliness entwined,
How they wish they were young again, if that clock they could only rewind:
Now a little message to bring you peace to heal your wounded heart,
HE will never leave nor forsake you, if you truly love HIM HE`LL never depart;
HE can bring you the peace you long for, if you leave HIM never,
You will soon be with HIM, your sufferings forgotten forever:
Part B
I enter my car on my journeys, visiting the sick and infirmed,
Many many kilometers, friendly faces, as knocks are confirmed;
Time for only a quick chat, as many others await to greet,
As I tend to my duties, helping the sick the infirmed and the weak;
I know that my presence is appreciated, by the many offers of biscuits and tea,
I only wish that I had more time, to squeeze in a little more time to please;
But I give them a few more minutes, and see the smile on their faces,
An attentive listening ear, with warm and genuine embraces:
It is so very difficult approaching those for a long time unseen,
Putting on my brave face, not wishing to show what my heart really sees;
Yes they have become frailer, weaker and in decline;
But this is all part of His cycle, as He so gently reminds:
I do know that however, this is a labour of love,
Given to me by my Father, my Creator from high above;
Overcome in their infirmity, for me many a difficult day,
And on our journeys to them, I am often reminded to pray:
“THOSE THAT BE PLANTED IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD SHALL FLOURISH IN THE
COURTS OF OUR GOD. THEY SHALL STILL BRING FORTH FRUIT IN OLD AGE; THEY SHALL BE
FAT AND FLOURISHING;” PS 92/13-14.
“AND THOU SHALT GO TO THY FATHERS IN PEACE; THOU SHALT BE BURIED IN A
GOOD OLD AGE.” GEN.15/15.
2006
DROUGHT
AND UNTO ADAM HE
SAID, BECAUSE THOU HAST HEARKENED UNTO THE VOICE OF THY WIFE, AND HAST EATEN OF
THE TREE, OF WHICH I COMMANDED THEE, SAYING, THOU SHALT NOT EAT OF IT: CURSED
IS THE GROUND FOR THY SAKE; IN SORROW SHALT THOU EAT OF IT ALL THE DAYS OF THY
LIFE; THORNS ALSO AND THISTLES SHALL IT BRING FORTH TO THEE; AND THOU SHALT EAT
THE HERB OF THE FIELD; IN THE SWEAT OF THY FACE SHALT THOU EAT BREAD, TILL THOU
RETURN UNTO THE GROUND; FOR OUT OF IT WAST THOU TAKEN: FOR DUST THOU ART, AND
UNTO DUST SHALT THOU RETURN. GEN. 3/17-19.
A DROUGHT IS UPON HER
WATERS; AND THEY SHALL BE DRIED UP: FOR IT IS THE
YE LOOKED FOR MUCH,
AND LO, IT CAME TO LITTLE; AND WHEN YE BROUGHT IT
HOME, I DID BLOW UPON IT. WHY? SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS………………………..
BECAUSE OF MINE HOUSE
THAT IS WASTE,…………….AND YE RUN EVERY MAN UNTO HIS OWN
HOUSE.
THEREFORE THE HEAVEN OVER YOU IS STAYED FROM DEW, AND THE EARTH IS
STAYED FROM HER FRUIT. AND I CALLED FOR A DROUGHT UPON THE LAND, AND UPON THE
MOUNTAINS, AND UPON THE CORN, AND UPON THE NEW WINE, AND UPON THE OIL, AND UPON
THAT WHICH THE GROUND BRINGETH
Forests of fire, many blackened trees,
Miles upon miles, as the eyes do see,
Cacti more cacti, as distance rolls by,
Paddocks upon paddocks denied, but why?
Flocks of Galahs inhabiting the land,
Wings spread across the sun-scaped sand;
Their motion of flight, very clear to see,
At dusk they rest, their spirits be free:
Fields of beige blowing in the breeze,
Wide open spaces, that`s what my eyes see;
Tree lined horizons blacken the land,
Dust blowing wildly on interrupted sand:
Lifeless corpses beside the road,
Devoured by many a hungry crow;
Kangaroos, foxes, twisted and knarled,
Stripping and pecking with ravenous snarls:
Miles of cotton springing from the earth,
Canals of water stretching the parched lands girth;
Pods of fine thread on a bush of brown,
Another industry for man is found:
Grazing on the plain-lands are many golden fleece,
Curious eyes watching, as many do eat;
Brown seeded grass, so much to consume,
Dried out by the rays, abundant land we presume:
Point two, point four, point eight,
In years gone by many floods did take,
But now it`s dry, exhausted by what,
No longer bountiful, but barren the lot:
I wonder what the explorers thought,
As they came from the west, as thirst they fought,
Asking the question, “is this going to end?”
With every stride praying, for their bodies to mend:
Roads never-ending, leading to where,
The dust, the heat, shall we ever be there?
At the crossroads of our travels,
A harsh landscape,….. cruelly unravels:
SPIRITUAL DROUGHT
Are the raging fires of our life cold?
Year upon year we`re continuously told;
More tribulation as time rolls by,
Or is it Jesus whom we deny?
Many an idol inhabit our land,
Reaching out for whatever, are we seriously damned?
Our action toward Father very clearly He sees,
But do we rest at dusk, is our spirit with He?
Conflicting emotions blowing in the breeze,
Attracted by many things, is this what we see?
Sinful conditions blacken our hearts;
Blowing in the wind, are we recklessly apart?
Are we dead to sin, can this we show?
Or devoured by the enemy, a ravenous crow;
Forever continuing through many generations,
Or do we hold steadfast for our liberation;
His seed of faith, or are we cursed?
Are His springs of water, quenching our thirst?
Apples of gold in pictures of silver,
Or an optional excuse for man to bewilder;
You can graze on His plain-lands for that golden fleece,
Excitedly watching for His magnificent feast,
This gourmet feast laid out to partake,
But if He be denied, it may be too late;
A flood of His love in bygone years He took,
As the earth they stood upon, trembled and shook;
But now it`s dry exhausted by what?
Disobedience and sin, our Loving Saviour forgot;
I wonder what the angels thought,
Of those who were thirsty as the enemy was fought,
Asking the question “will their torment end?”
With every step praying for Father to mend;
A never-ending road lovingly leading to Him,
His love and acceptance for all to win,
His magnificent estate of silver and gold,
ARE YOU SURRENDERED, DO YOU FINALLY BEHOLD?
“FOR HE MAKETH HIS
SUN TO RISE ON THE EVIL AND ON THE GOOD,
AND SENDETH RAIN ON THE JUST AND ON THE UNJUST.” MATH.
5/45.
SO WHY NO RAIN?....IF YOU CARE TO LOOK INTO HOLY SCRIPTURE, YOU WILL
FIND THAT WHEN A NATION IS FULL OF SIN,....DROUGHT IS THE OUTCOME, AND LOVING
FATHER CALLS FOR IT; HAG. 1/11….AND IF WE`RE NOT CAREFUL,….FAMINE
AND PESTILENCE WILL COME OUR WAY AS WELL:
“REPENT AND BE BAPTISED FOR THE
July 2006
THE DESPARATION
ONWARD AND UPWARD
“I DID KNOW THEE IN
THE WILDERNESS, IN THE
“BEFORE I FORMED THEE
IN THE BELLY I KNEW THEE; AND BEFORE THOU CAMEST FORTH OUT OF THE WOMB I
SANCTIFIED THEE,” JER. 1/5.
“FOR WHOM HE DID
FOREKNOW, HE ALSO DID PREDESTINATE TO BE CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON,
THAT HE MIGHT BE THE FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY BRETHREN. MOREOVER WHOM HE DID
PREDESTINATE, THEM HE ALSO CALLED: AND WHOM HE CALLED, THEM HE ALSO JUSTIFIED:
AND WHOM HE JUSTIFIED, THEM HE ALSO GLORIFIED”. RO. 8/29-30.
When will all this calamity stop?
Don`t they see their lives are not?
They`re struggling and striving, yes cold not hot,
They don`t understand their emptiness begot:
But now they hear of one who walks straight,
Onward and onward they search in haste;
They follow the crowds, their souls do quake,
Who will they find? In anticipation they wait:
In anticipation, onward they continuously seek,
Their sorrow consumes them, they`re inwardly weak;
To the devil how long must they beseech?
No, not I, my Master I meet:
An inward peace them now befalls,
They`ve surrendered now, and walking tall;
An excitement rises now, breaking their walls,
As their love comes closer, within reach they call:
They reach their summit now, naked and bare,
For themselves no longer, they only care;
Reaching out, HE untangles their snares,
Leaving all behind, as they finally dare:
They meet their Master, unashamed at last,
Hallelujah, their bells toll, with excitement aghast;
Their past sins forgiven, to the wind are cast,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, in HIS glory they bask:
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, their hearts do sing,
Their song of salvation, now they are with Him;
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah:
“THEREFORE THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD SHALL RETURN, AND COME WITH SINGING
UNTO
“AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES;
AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH, NEITHER SORROW, NOR CRYING, NEITHER SHALL
THERE BE ANY MORE PAIN: FOR THE FORMER THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY” REV.
21/4.
“FOR THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT, WITH THE
VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL, AND WITH THE TRUMP OF GOD: AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL
RISE FIRST: THEN WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN SHALL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH
THEM IN THE CLOUDS TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR: AND SO SHALL WE EVER BE WITH
THE LORD.” 1 THES. 4/16-17.
Tearfully, and joyfully written under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost
whilst listening to Tchaikovshy`s 1812 overture and
Piano Concerto No 1.
“AND THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY, COME. AND LET HIM THAT HEARETH SAY,
COME. AND LET HIM THAT IS ATHIRST COME. AND WHOSOEVER WILL, LET HIM TAKE THE
WATER OF LIFE FREELY.” REV. 22/17.
Sept. 2006
OUR FRIEND FAY
There is this lovely lady,
Who goes by the name of Fay,
With vivid blue eyes, that light up the room,
Her hoary white hair, that is neatly groomed:
Fay is a lady who chatters away,
Excited whoever she sees everyday;
Her hospitality abounding,
Her generosity overwhelming:
We`ve warmed to this lady so loving and giving,
Her unselfish ways, the heartbeat of living,
Our hearts to her have become entwined,
The good person she is, so often reminds:
The friendship we`ve gained, her unprejudiced ways,
Protect and reveal, to our Father we pray,
We`ve been blessed by Father, beyond belief,
As knowledge of Him, she so desperately seeks:
“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.” 2 Cor. 9/6-7.
“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom.” Luke 6/38.
“Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” Math. 25/40.
2007
MY BELOVED HUSBAND
2007
“For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.” 1 Pet. 3/5-6.
Also read all of 1 Pet. 3, and again, Col. 3/18-19.
So precious and fine,
The warmth of your body,
With arms so strong,
The gentleness of your soul,
The courage of your obedience,
With the Lord entwined,
So loving and kind,
Your generosity reminds,
Obedient to the Lord,
With heartfelt thanks,
My immortal beloved,
Whose seed will never die:
“Wives submit yourselves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and He is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word. That He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church. For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.” Eph. 5/22-33.
THE DROUGHT GOES ON AND ON
“And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, that I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; And then the Lord`s wrath be kindled against you, and He shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you. De. 11/13-17.
EVEN THE CACTI ARE DYING, OH LORD,
WHAT HAVE WE DONE, HAVE WE LOST OUR REWARD?
THE WILTING LEAVES IN THEIR DESPARATE THIRST,
WE MUST REPENT AND COME TO YOU FIRST:
THE DUST ON THE GROUND, BARELY BLADES OF GRASS,
WE KNOW NOT HOW LONG THIS DROUGHT MUST LAST;
BUT THE DROUGHT IN OUR HEARTS, HOW LONG MUST IT BE?
PLEASE FORGIVE ME FATHER, PLEASE FORGIVE ME:
“WHEN HEAVEN IS SHUT UP, AND THERE IS NO RAIN, BECAUSE THEY HAVE SINNED
AGAINST THEE; IF THEY PRAY TOWARD THIS PLACE, AND CONFESS THY NAME, AND TURN
FROM THEIR SIN, WHEN THOU AFFLICTEST THEM: THEN HEAR THOU IN HEAVEN, AND
FORGIVE THE SIN OF THY SERVANTS, AND OF THY PEOPLE ISRAEL, THAT THOU TEACH THEM
THE GOOD WAY WHEREIN THEY SHOULD WALK, AND GIVE RAIN UPON THY LAND, WHICH THOU
HAST GIVEN TO THY PEOPLE FOR AN INHERITANCE.” 1 KINGS
8/35-36.
2007
THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD:
“IF MY PEOPLE, WHICH ARE CALLED BY MY NAME, SHALL HUMBLE THEMSELVES,
AND PRAY, AND SEEK MY FACE, AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS; THEN WILL I HEAR
FROM HEAVEN, AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN, AND WILL HEAL THEIR LAND.” 2 CHRON
7/14.
FOR HIS GLORY
For His Glory He did
call,
For His Glory I do
not stall;
For His Glory I do
fall,
For His Glory I give
my all:
For His Glory love so
tender,
For His Glory I shall
render;
For His Glory I
surrender,
For His Glory my new
agenda:
For His Glory I do
reach,
For His Glory I do
teach;
For His Glory I
beseech,
For His Glory I do
preach:
For His Glory by His
will,
For His Glory I wait
until;
For His glory all is
still,
For His Glory He does
fill:
For His Glory my life
remitted,
For His Glory my sin
omitted;
For His Glory my will
submitted,
For His Glory my life
committed:
For His Glory I now
see,
For His Glory He is
my key;
For His Glory no
longer me,
For His Glory
eternally:
“FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, THE POWER, AND THE GLORY, FOREVER AND EVER,
AMEN:”
2007
I AM WOMAN
I have no aspirations of glory or fame,
To stand behind the pulpit disclosing my name:
I know that my place is to be silent in church,
And not to be pouting from some lofty perch:
If I want to know anything I`ll ask my husband at home,
From this truth I know I shall not roam:
I submit to my husband as unto the Lord,
You know I won`t break this God given love chord:
As he honours his wife and would not dishonour her,
No way he would contemplate bringing this slur:
For we are heirs together of the grace of life,
That our prayers be not hindered causing unwanted strife:
I am happy to adorn my self in modest apparel,
Upon this path I know I must travel:
To dishonour my body through lust is not proper,
For a woman professing Godliness, someone please stop her:
I pray my adornment be the hidden man of the heart,
A meek and quiet spirit from God never apart:
And not that of outward trimmings of expense,
I obey Him always, His eternal life to dispense:
I love Him to much to be dishonourable to Him,
Denying myself, not giving in to selfish whim:
“I AM STRONG,……..I AM INVINCIBLE,
I AM WOMAN”:
1 Cor. 14/34-35, 1 Tim. 2/9-15, 1 Pet. 3/1-6, Eph. 5/22.
Penned by Rikki, my helpmeet, my companion, The Lord`s Holy Child,
My beautiful Wife.
2008
ONCE WERE WARRIORS
Have we forgotten to fight the good fight,
With all our strength and with all our might,
We once were warriors with our armour on,
But now we are compromisers, our love for Him gone:
We once stood up and declared Him to all,
Standing in strength, as us He did call,
We ran to Him with arms outstretched wide,
Now we are in sin, behind every rock we hide:
Why are we taught things that are not so?
So many falsehoods, from the pulpit lies grow,
To keep the sheep compromised, their lamps grow dim,
It`s the retention of the dollar, to keep them in darkness and sin:
But now there seems to be a complacency about,
They teach the good things, they dare not shout,
Not teaching of God`s wrath, it may empty the pews,
The pennies would disappear, they`d rather lie to you:
We once were warriors, standing mighty and tall,
Fighting His battles until we did fall,
If it mean`t losing everything, a legacy paid,
We stood tall and were counted, His foundation was laid:
Let`s put on our armour and fight the good fight,
Preachers and parishioners standing up for what`s right,
Tell of His love, but also of His wrath,
Have the courage of your conviction, and not compromising sloth:
“Yet I had planted thee a noble vine wholly a right seed;
How then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine
Unto me? Jer. 2/21.
ONCE WERE WARRIORS
2008
TRUST
Sweet little joeys in the pouch of their mum,
Eyes curiously peeking about,
Innocent, unaware of the starvation they face,
Precious little creatures amidst a drought:
Large marsupials in search of green pastures,
Unable to find what the earth does not yield,
Yet motherly instincts continue the searching,
Roaming in many a barren field:
Lush green pastures have disappeared,
For humans they now must trust,
Coming closer and closer as starvation dictates,
Circumstances to which they are thrust:
Day by day a little closer they come,
Trusting their new keepers implicitly,
Paws reaching out hungryly every day,
A handout they look forward to see:
Our little black cat is basking in the sun,
And the joey`s are foraging about,
But these little wonders are wary of the unknown,
Fright dictating to hop back into their pouch:
We`ve moved away from our country home,
Fond memories often reflecting,
Trusting the good Lord to sustain them,
On a land that He is perfecting:
“And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered”. Gen. 9/2.
“For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now”. Ro. 8/19-22.
23rd. March 2008.
EUTHANASIA/ABORTION
THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT
“THOU SHALT NOT KILL”
The Churches (
Where are the churches in all this mess?
The right to die should be only at God`s behest;
A woman dying, denied her tube of life,
Without nourishment, dehydrating she fights:
Lying in her bed apparently in no pain,
So why give her morphine? A contradiction in shame;
Slowly dying their inexcused will,
But Thy will be done, all you do is kill:
How do we know dying is peaceful without pain?
The deceased cannot tell us, they no longer remain;
Only God knows, we`re not omniscient you see,
Or will we again kill? Endeavouring to be as He:
But where are the churches in all this mess?
Thou shalt not kill, God`s commandment request;
The voice of many in any small way,
Could prevent this atrocity and unnecessary decay:
The Politicians
Where are the Politicians making all these laws?
But sustaining life too much trouble would cause;
Unpopularity among their piers it would seem,
But if it were a loved one, would their life they redeem?
And perhaps it may even be the cost of it all?
Sustaining life no, demanding life to stall;
The budget, the budgets, we can ill afford,
So we`ll remove that lifeline, enough money`s been poured:
Where are the Politicians through all this mess?
Just make a new law, grant the family their request;
You may be Politicians perhaps thinking you`re grand?
So use your position and make a righteous stand:
The Judges
And where are all the judges in all this shameful mess?
Sitting on their podium with gavel close to chest;
Directing the proceedings, do they really understand?
They have the lives of others in the palm of their hands:
Where are all the judges, the stroke of your blackened pen?
Haven`t you the courage to be an individual amongst men?
It`s not a popularity contest, so stand and do what`s right,
Haven`t you a conscience? Can you really sleep at night?
You`re not God Almighty, but perhaps you think you are,
Perhaps you think you`ll be as He, and leave your mark afar;
But do you know what you`ve really done directing life to cease?
Perhaps when your day of judgment comes there will be no peace:
The Practitioners
Where are all the practitioners in all this mess?
Are they that blinded they think they know best?
And what of the ones who know this to be wrong?
Yell, scream and shout to which side you belong:
Their discoveries of life removed in shame,
So why these supports? Are they all in vain?
We`ll remove that lifeline and we`ll let you die,
And we`ll be your god while you`re dying inside:
And what of their final hippocratic oath?
After years of study many may boast,
To heal the sick and life to preserve,
Or are they just words, do the title they deserve?
The Others
And what of the others, they that follow on?
Are we all so righteous deceived by this con?
Will we be as God and determine His will?
Remember the
commandment, “THOU SHALT NOT KILL”:
The terminal, the lame, where will it end?
The elderly, the frail, yes God can mend;
If it be His will, don`t do what`s wrong,
YES I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES, TO JESUS I BELONG:
BETRAYAL
“And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and
shall hate one another”. Math. 24/10.
You say you never
thought of him as a brother,
And quote said, “that was never the story”,
But a letter from you dated the sixteenth of the third,
Clearly states, “brother”, are you sadly this proof ignoring?
“Greetings Brother Bevan”:
The same letter you encourage us quote,
“Never cease to press on for He shall give you strength,
To carry out that which He has called you and your wife to do”,
Yet later you deny this writing by your hand at great length:
Your request as regards to the website in its entirety be removed,
Yet quote, “thank you for the J. W. writing these people are virtually without hope”,
So why have you applauded the writings on the site?
Evident in your acknowledgement, now call it quote, “a hoax”:
Your quote, “you may feel that you are going nowhere and labouring in vain,
That is not true, that is the deceiver/satan, trying to deter from the task”,
Can we come to the conclusion after your words of brotherly encouragement,
That perhaps the deceiver is closer, sadly double minded in his mask?
Can it only be determined,
That in confusion you forgot what you wrote?
Evident in your acknowledgement,
Now calling it quote, “a hoax”:
Therefore yes you quote, “so go forth”,
Are your words evidently contradictory?
And yes, “The Lord judge between me and thee”,
Do you not trust the Lord necessarily?
“Trust in the Lord God with all your heart and lean not unto your own understanding”:
Yes copies of your writings can be sent to you,
But the Lord judge between me and thee,
Vengeance is mine saith the Lord,
So the Lord judge between me and thee:
Refer “Guns and Roses”
under papers on this site:
A DREAM
“Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of
mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house
upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew,
and beat upon that house; and it fell not; for it was founded upon a rock. And
every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and
doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon
the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and
beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it”. Math. 7/24-27.
On a beach, hundreds of people,
But something`s terribly wrong;
I am separated from the others,
A lonely figure on the sand,
Those behind swallowed up by sea and sand;
I`m unable to move,
The sand is closing in on me,
Only a narrow path leading me to safety;
Don`t look back;
I run, but don`t appear to be making any ground;
Finally, I`m through,
I didn`t look back;
The sand has been held from me;
I have survived;
I`m at peace,
I`ve obeyed the voice of the Lord:
“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will
receive you”. 2 Cor. 6/17.
“Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the
way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be
which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it”. Math. 7/13-14.
“Remember Lot`s wife”. Luke 17/32.
“And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and
the sinner appear”? 1 Pet. 4/18.
“Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat
of rams”. 1 Sam. 15/22.
ANOTHER DREAM
(A LIFELESS CHURCH OF COLD HARD STONE)
“And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith He that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven
stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest,
AND ART DEAD”. Rev. 3/1.
“Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith He that holdeth the seven
stars in His right hand, Who walketh in the midst of
the seven golden candlesticks; I know thy works, and thy labour,
and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou
hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them
liars: And has borne, and hast patience, and for my name`s
sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, BECAUSE THOU HAST LEFT THY FIRST
LOVE”. Rev. 2/1-4.
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not
charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have
the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and
though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not
charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and
though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing”. 1 Cor. 13/1-3.
“HE THAT HATH THE SON HATH LIFE: AND HE THAT HATH NOT THE SON OF GOD
HATH NOT LIFE”. 1 JOHN 5/12.
A church of stone,
Or perhaps an old theatre?
An aisle in the middle leading to an altar,
With pews on either sides;
A balcony on the left,
High up narrow ledges of stone without rails;
I see stone statues of men,
Their heads lying beside them,
Something`s wrong?
Bodies of dead men, not statues,
I flee, but from what I do not know;
An injection is pumped into my veins,
I`m drowsy, yet my spirit cannot be subdued,
I overcome, I flee, yet I am calm;
My tormentors pursue me,
I hide in a box,
I`m safe;
Yet once again they
find me,
They slash my hands, my arms,
But again I escape,
My wounds are tendered, My tormentors have left me;
I am free,
The Spirit of the Lord cannot be crushed:
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For ye are like
unto whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful
outward, but are within full dead men`s bones, and of
all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but
within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets and garnish
the sepulchers of the righteous”, MATH. 23/27-29.
“Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such
turn away”. 2 Tim. 3/5.
“Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of
God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their
heart: Eph. 4/18.
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For ye compass
sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold
more the child of hell than yourselves”. Math. 23/15.
“For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew
great signs and wonders; insomuch that, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, they shall deceive
the very elect” Math. 24/24.
“The
“BEHOLD, THE
Does the above sound familiar? Is this what you fellowship in, thinking that you are going to inherit eternal life? A brick, stone, steel, and cement box erected to the ego men, an idolatrous totem pole to the vanity of man, inhabited with frocked up, bedecked, bejeweled preachers who inject you with drowsy, dreary slurp that puts you to sleep with words that are totally bereft of THE LIFE OF THE SON OF GOD BECAUSE THEY THEMSELVES ARE STILL DEAD IN THEIR SINS, DEAD MEN WALKING, TENDING AND “GARNISHING A SEPULCHRE” THAT IS NOTHING MORE THAN A MAUSOLEUM, AN OVERSIZED “TOMB FULL OF DEAD MEN`S BONES AND APOSTATES, WHO PURSUE THE RIGHTEOUS TO MAUL AND PERSECUTE THEM?
OR ARE YOU LIKE THE
ONE WHO HAD THE DREAM? AND WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE BEING GIVEN OVER TO “STRONG
DELUSION THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE A LIE”, AVOID BEING “DAMNED”,………………………AND LIVE:
BY THE BLOOD OF THE BLACKMAN
Boy soldiers eyes staring into space,
Mind controls of which they cannot make;
Happy childhoods which they must forsake,
Greedily, for someone else to take:
Severed limbs, their arms and their legs,
Forced amputations against which they must beg;
No longer whole by the soldiers were led,
Serving what purpose their dignity shed:
Villages plundered, they must all flee,
Running their gauntlet, which bullet`s for me?
Cradling their babies, the enemy they see,
Rebels reveling in their glee:
The massacre of children protesting what they believe,
African`s not our language, we`ll not be deceived;
Coldblooded murder, tiny tears flow free,
But yes not hidden, yes the world does see:
Bigotry it`s everywhere – God hear our prayers;
Dear Father what`s happened, can we not bare?
To love our neighbour, we`re just not there;
The love of money seems our only care,
Bigotry it`s everywhere, God hear our prayers:
If we love our neighbour, how can we torture and kill?
All this debauchery truly makes our blood chill;
It seems we`re not obedient to His ultimate will,
More of the Holy Spirit needed, Your Spirit in us to fill:
“AND THE SECOND IS LIKE, NAMELY THIS, THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS
THYSELF. THERE IS NONE OTHER COMMANDMENT GREATER THAN THESE.” MK. 12/31,
AND AGAIN, “ON THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS HANG ALL THE LAW AND THE
PROPHETS.” MATH. 22/39-40.
“FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL:” 1 TIM. 6/10.
“AND HATH MADE OF ONE BLOOD ALL NATIONS OF MEN FOR TO DWELL ON
ALL THE FACE OF THE EARTH,” ACTS 17/26.
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