Inspiring the world
Lord
I am very thankful
For the hard times
And trials that
Brought me
Closer to you
My trials gave you no pleasure
Because my pain
Is your pain
But in your sovereignty
And grace
You permitted them
You were
Always there
With me
In the storm
And through the storm
Thank you Lord
For your help
Grace and mercy
Last Friday
I stumbled upon
A thorny rose
In a lovely garden
I picked up the thorny rose
To admire it
But I was badly pricked
Then I sat down
On the bench
In the garden
With tender tears
In my eyes
Full of contemplation
“Not all beautiful
And pleasurable things
Are good for us,”
I said to myself.”
Some sins
Are very pleasurable
But full of
Deadly thorns
Picking them up
Will not only prick us
But they will burn us badly
Sometimes with
Irreversible consequences
Do not pick up
Thorny roses
You are
My first and last breath
My life and joy
My sustenance and peace
By you
I am preserved and protected
Your name is sweet
And precious
And at the mention
Of your name
Every knee must bow
Jesus
May your name
Be my daily song
And prayer
May it be
My last prayer
And word
May it be said physically
And in my spirit
Because
I know that
You are my first and last breath
My beautifier,
You polish me
And refine me
With love, pearls
Fire, gold, diamonds
And great care.
My beautifier,
Perfect in beauty,
With hands of beauty
Making the sons of men
Beautiful.
My beautifier,
I wait on you
To make me beautiful.
Jesus,
Great beautifier,
Come upon me
And crown me
With your beauty.
I feel like I’m falling into you
I feel like I’m falling into you
I don’t know what has come over me
In this race of love
That I find myself in
As your love envelopes me in
Tender embrace
What has come over me?
What has come over me?
It is love, mercy and grace
I am invigorated
I am refreshed
I am enlivened
By the richness of your love.
Lord, keep me from falling
Lord keep me from falling
Because,
I love the way you love me
And humanity
And let your tender moments remain
And let me fall into you
The object of my affection.
Please, my friends don’t catch me
When I’m falling
Because I am falling
Into the arms of love
Where I will find perfect peace.
You loose your senses
And fall in love.
It all goes well for a while,
However,
When the test of love comes,
The object of your love and affection
Gets jittery and realizes
That the sacrificial part of love
Is hard work and unpleasant
To the emotions.
The object of that love
decides to pull away
And find the next rush
To His adrenaline – a pleasant shock to His system
Based on mere feelings without deep root.
So what is the meaning of love
Or falling in love?
Falling in love is wonderful
As long as the love grows
Deep enough to be sacrificial
And resolve conflicts.
If there is no giving, kindness
And the ability to sacrifice and work
Hard at making love work,
Then, all I can see is great folly
And madness.
Dreams can come true
Lions can become silent
Mountains can melt
Thunders can become mute
Dreams can come true
The lame can walk
The depressed can experience joy
The impossible can become possible
Scorpions can be trampled upon
Snakes can die by fire
Wolves can be tamed
Life can become joyful once again
Dreams can come true
Only by the power of God
That silences thunders
And melts great mountains
God sets the solitary in families;
He brings out those who are bound into prosperity. (Psalm 68:6 NKJV)
God will give
Families to the lonely,
Because loneliness is against His will.
The lonely will once again,
Have companions,
That will lead to great happiness.
God will wipe away
The tears and sorrows,
Of the lonely and unloved.
Those who were once called unloved
Will be called loved, blessed and cherished.
The blessings of God
Will overwhelm them.
When it seams
Like all hope is gone
And mercy is absent
And denied
When favour and blessings
Look unattainable
And life seams bleak
And dark
That is the time to
Offer our knees in prayer
And cry out for help
It is not the time
To give in to depression
Hopelessness and despair
Rather it is the time
To cling to faith in
The blood of Jesus
And activate power
By prayer, praise and thanksgiving
It is the time to spend long
Hours in God’s presence
And wait upon Him
Until the light of heaven
Shows up
Praise God
For the gift of prayer!
We can do all things
Because the great redeemer
Lives in us.
We can do all things
By the power
Of His grace.
We can do all things
Because we do not
Depend on our own strength
But on the power
Of Christ.
We can do all things
Because grace
From the throne of grace
Is constantly available
To those who trust
In Him.