CONFUSION

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CONFUSION

 

Like a thin cloud settles down upon you

Or a loose garment of clothing that unravels from your body

And suddenly the mind and will weaken

Distracted, even scattered about;

Anxiety, fear and anger, raw competition

The fruit of this world-

When to pick it

How and where

By your self or with help

Ripened on the vine or branch, or off;

Lots of people come and go

Many different things written or spoken

All directions pointed to

Thoughts only become more twisted

So many words just fall to the ground,

Very little remembered!

Eyes close at last

Tired hands cover the ears

The head turns upwards in surrender,

All seems lost, nothing found;

Then, a tiny “sparkle” appears

Nearly as a star

Far beyond the moon,

And the small light begins to grow

The hearts awakens a little

And seeks to draw closer

As this new light becomes brighter, much brighter

Something calms the soul within

Quiets the mind, clears the thoughts

And this Light only grows into a new path seen

Leads to a “narrow road” discovered

Comes at last to a Gate of Humility;

Another one gladly bows

And enters fully within the Shepherd’s arms.

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REALITY

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existentialism, inspiration, Messiah Yeshua, peace, reality, truth

REALITY

 

 

When Heaven’s true Light shines on a body, soul and spirit

Invisible wings lift the heart high above the world

It soars in places thought unreal, unimaginable,

An inner Peace at first as a consuming mystery, covers the soul

Then the human nakedness is slowly covered by whitest white clothing

A garment truly made by Divine Hands

Eyes search about until fields of flowers can finally be seen at a distance

In beautiful splendor, colors and shapes most artfully exquisite

Gentle breezes carry new scents that blend more than any perfumes,

The fragrance of Life somehow taken hold of

With little understanding and knowledge

Humility and tears of joy stream down

Until the spirit begins to sense a Greater Presence

What was unknown, without any desire to taste and even begin to see;

But now the entire being yearns and bursts with longing to grasp just a little

To hold closer what is truly experienced

Reality hidden apart from time as much more than earthly or worldly treasures

The essence of Life rises into a radiant Golden Temple without words to express

Until Holiness is seen in the One spoken of by many as in a myth, an old story

Brushed off as a distraction that only weakens a man, keeps busy a woman

A Name often hollered out, shamefully used in anger;

Yet the Voice of Messiah Yeshua is heard with kindness, gentleness-

“Go now and leave your life of sin.

I belong to you; you belong to me.”

 

HIS TRUTH

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HIS  TRUTH

 

 

TRUTH written on many hearts

As salvation flows in newest gold

Highlighted with brightest silver

About perfected jewels accenting purity throughout;

Though long ago carved into stones

By the very Hand of God,

The Spirit of Messiah fulfills all TRUTH

Revealed by His new, eternally living Covenant

Made for all mankind!

The most powerful mountain that towers beyond Creation,

Sovereign authority covers far ahead and trails far behind

Shades beautifully from the sun’s intense heat of the day,

Ushers in rain as needed in abundance;

Joy rushes through the human spirit and soul

With a single drink from the crystal clear River of Life-

Living Words that move out from the Throne of Grace!

The TRUTH of Yeshua Messiah has triumphed as planned,

Powerful faith now overcomes the world;

In Heaven’s Gift of wisdom and strength

From the Heart of God, freedom pours out

Deliverance in the delicate aroma of Life overcomes death,

The scent of the greatest fragrance drowns the stench of darkness

Much more than perfumed plants in a rare old city park

Or the pleasure of a hidden ocean shoreline

With a private beach of whitest sand dotted with moments of secret delight.

The Name that towers above all

Always with kindness of eternal compassion given

Always Divine care by the eternal TRUE Lover of Jerusalem,

His chosen place on earth for Zion’s Temple of TRUTH

Throne of Decision

His love for His world, His world shown in the Light of Glory

Shared by all of His children

Reborn in “Second Birth” through the Holy Spirit of Messiah

Who is TRUTH, the Lord of Life!

 

A KISS

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A  KISS

 

 

The purest kiss of Truth

Upon the heart and soul,

An everlasting gift from our God

The lover of our spirit, soul and body

Poured out in kindness upon us,

Poured out in mercy upon the Earth

For a thousand generations, and more;

The clear path of redemption revealed

A trail that leads from Adam and Eve on

Through Seth, through Enoch

Through Noah and Shem

Through Abraham and Sarah

Isaac and Rebecca

Jacob and Rachel and Leah,

With Zilpah and Bilhah;

Most treasured history held by modern Israel!

This jeweled legacy woven into finest fabrics of sacred heritage

Through Moses and Joshua

The Twelve Tribes joined as one

All carried in the arms of Divine love,

A nation of mercy displayed, favor given,

A people always held close to the Lord of All;

Covenant peace, covenant prosperity established

In Messiah’s inheritance.

Even as “today” unfolds before our eyes

Things destined from the beginning,

Loving kindness perseveres while justice endures

From the very Heart of forgiveness;

Long suffering is comforted by the Throne in Heaven

The endless struggle of good versus evil

Human effort struggles until Divine intervention triumphs,

Prophetic Words in a world, in a nation

Revelation given through a man or a woman.

Redemption long ago became a finished plan

Worked out in diligence of a Holy Sacrifice;

Judgment, justice also in the “lake of fire” for Lucifer

His many angels as well as humans who choose rebellion,

Enemies against the Holy Kingdom.

Yeshua Messiah’s eternal reign of Truth and Beauty

Covers us by the Majestic Temple of love and peace;

The end will come with a new beginning,

As dramatic sunlight on the distant horizon

The new sun “rises with healing in its wings”

Like new life bathed in kisses upon a newborn child

Miriam and Joseph in marvelous delight,

Truth in Messiah’s Way of Life

Always triumphs through God,

Victory of kisses of purest love never to end!

 

 

NOTHING CAN

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NOTHING  CAN

 

 

“Love never fails…”

Love always carries another close to the heart

Strong arms that embrace

A steadfast will in commitment,

The hand of God upon you;

Nothing can distract or pull away

The body, soul and spirit anchored in solid Rock

Authority of the Holy Name of the Lord

Most secure in Godly refuge;

Forgiveness covers with freedom

Birds flock to seasonal homes far off

And freedom returns in more fearless, shameless love,

A Peace settled forever within a strong Tower

Untouchable, high above this world.

As a glow from above descends

Goodness encloses another one chosen

Nothing can separate what God has joined together

Eternal fellowship of sacrificial love

The fragrance of Life poured out,

Never to be held back

Though a most fragile, delicate beauty.

Honest eyes look into the pure eyes of another

They take pleasure in what is sensed

Like in covenant marriage, the other always first

Freely offered continually

Lived out daily;

A “Kiss of Truth” often shared as minds are renewed

Hearts are enlightened

Wisdom from Heaven calms as the future waits in Hope,

Kindness in such brightness from Messiah

Grace that draws each closer,

Closer and nearer to You.

 

Christmas Blessings.

 

 

MORE WAITING

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life or death, Messiah Yeshua, salvation, Savior

MORE  WAITING

 

 

Countless others with expectations

As the trillions of stars beyond eye sight

Many so restless

In nations filled, struggling, tired and bored

Blown about by dry desert winds as sand,

They often stand alone in frustration

Stare at the setting sun

And wonder if it mirrors their own personal life;

Oh, the common human dilemma-

“Without God and without hope”

In this world of “Self” and fear and lust, pride and greed and confusion!

Yet, the fire of Israel’s Messiah, His Holy Spirit zeal burns powerfully

A holy fire of Love

Peacefully tempered, displayed with greatest Wisdom from Heaven;

All footsteps divinely ordered

Even those many knowingly established by their Lord of Truth.

Today a shout from Heaven shakes the Earth

And all that are on it-

Nothing by chance, luck a foolish notion;

There are no random circumstances!

Blazing eyes gaze within a Royal Robe of Compassion

Each soul seen as precious

Every human life of great value

“More than many sparrows”,

The death of the wicked not a delight of the Lord

But met with sadness at the eternal loss;

Male and female, young and old

Rich and poor, near and far away

All longed for, yearned to draw closer to Kingdom reality.

Their cost greater than all gold

Their price more than all silver

Highly valued gems and diamond stones as gravel compared to what God has “spent”!

The God of Love moves always among us,

Angels of power as well

Disciples of the Master walk in faithfulness

Selfless men and women discerned as true

Who know the price of salvation

Who carry their cross daily;

The weight of eternity for mankind upon our Savior’s shoulders

Carried daily for us all,

The billions seen or unseen far beyond digital screens

Each one with a flame of foreknowledge hanging over their heads;

We bow in prayerful honor,

Seek only good, pray only for peace

Then pick up our Sword of Truth

With Holy Spirit power of Living Words

And wage a Holy War for this our lost generation!

 

 

 

HIS GREATNESS

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Israel's King, King of all Jews, Messiah Yeshua, Messianic Kingdom

HIS GREATNESS

To begin to look upon His Greatness

While the Kingdom of Light waits patiently,

The “Messianic Kingdom Prayer”- pure desire and holy longing,

Our Rock of all confidence

Majestic Light of Glory

Revelation of abundant Life in Him alone;

Oh, to look upon His Greatness in humility,

One creature before his Creator

An object of mercy before the King.

Another “woman at the well” given the Spirit of Grace

Just as Adam and Eve saved from the very beginning

Pulled from the fires of justice

Rescued, lifted high above common human frailty

Carried gently in the Spirit winds of love

Brought before the Throne of grace and mercy.

Fallen men and fallen women

Saved from inherited weaknesses,

Empowered, saved from all lies and deception, from self and Lucifer

Kept by God for Himself;

The impossible made possible

For all generations that follow

Miracle authority of redemption foreknown

Then lived out on earth

As angels bowed in sorrow,

Knelt in anguish before the Father’s Throne.

Their Lord in human form,

The eternal sacrifice of love

As a baby, as a child, a youth who grew in favor

A man in practical work, as a carpenter, eldest brother

A man who stood tall in complete faithfulness and responsibility.

Though once lifted on a Roman Cross,

Carried high above by His Holy Spirit’s Words of His Father!

Approachable greatness revealed

In Truth of humility and obedience,

The same for all

So that we too can look upon our Messiah’s Majestic Greatness.

WALL OF FIRE

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WALL  OF  FIRE

The Shepherd’s power woven within authority

In the pure flame of Divine zeal

Holy fire of the God of Love;

Nothing is hidden from the sight of the Lord

Every thought, every action

All details of infinity seen and remembered,

Then, in foreknowledge, Justice stands to consume

Thunderous winds roar about the Throne

As coals of fire are flung by angels to the Earth,

Mountains melt

The entire Earth shakes

Every creature trembles!

God stands in judgment

The King who came once in the humility of peace

Carries a sharp sword now as Judge.

Most powerful Words spoken

Echo forever throughout the Universe

They enclose His sheep

Protect His own with arms outstretched

These ones now rest in eternity beyond any threat

Even in our bodies enclosed behind

And in front

Hand of the Lord gently upon our spirits.

The enemy often comes near to us

But only sees “the lake of fire” that waits for him

And for all his many slaves like-minded!

More than a wall of fire,

The fire in Messiah’s eyes

The fire in Yeshua’s Words

The fire in zeal for His own who He loves;

The fire in His gaze devours His enemies

Then settles calmly upon His Kingdom children,

Eyes of blazing fire.

GATHERING STRENGTH#107

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existentialism, forgiveness, grace and mercy, Messiah Yeshua, true love

TO  BLESS,  NOT  CURSE

To bless, not curse

As we stand in the Light of Messiah’s greatness,

We are strong in the beginning

Strong in the end

Strong throughout our journey in this fragile body;

From the first glimmers of His sunrise

Come revelations of Power and Beauty and Majesty,

Pure streaks of brilliantly colored Truth reach across the horizons

Of the experience of our beings,

Life risen from spiritual death is ours

Surrounded, enclosed in the very essence of our human existence

Now richly clothed with eternal purpose

The salve of Heavenly meaning as an anointing

Upon the eyes of our soul,

A Holy Spirit anointing forever upon the body, soul and spirit.

From such an unimaginable place of power and authority

Divine wisdom and strength rest in peace,

Humility bows in love before the Holy Throne of our King

Obedience to the greatest command given in honor,

To love first

To be patient with those weaker in faith

To forgive and forget

And even to love those who hate us;

To see through and beyond all the enemies

To let mercy and Godly compassion rule “above all things”,

Sovereign Justice as supreme,

And to simple live a life of love

As our Teacher lived out in His “Body of Redemption”;

Yes, as our Lord and Shepherd lived

As our Messiah always lives today;

Oh, to walk with our Lord Yeshua

And to become more like Him!

GATHERING STRENGTH #83

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GOD’S  WAY

A walk along the beautiful California coastline

In search of the “Lost Coast”, an undeveloped stretch,

Much like a surfer who makes a weak effort

To catch a strong wave;

Human effort alone so feeble.

In Truth, in Divine Reality

No other way exists

Nothing else can work

Isolated human effort always miserably falls short;

But sadly few will ever understand

And acknowledge our most intimate personal need to believe

To know the God of Creation,

Yet, so easily satisfied with foolish stubbornness in what can be said or done.

Many plants in the high desert

Most full of thorns and thistles

Even grass with “sand burrs”, and then “goat heads”,

Our hands reach out boldly

But confidence returns often with only thistles and cactus thorns.

In humility, divinely ordered and enabled,

Spiritually moved, and sovereignly established

In “The Way” revealed from above

A path to enlightenment covered with delightful mystery

Waits to become known,

Priceless hidden treasure to be found

Most exquisite pearl to be discovered!

To seek, to ask, to knock

To believe in Yeshua

To desire to know Messiah,

To long with deepest longing

To want to seek to believe in Him above all else,

Then, to be able to will to really believe

To reach out from your heart

And suddenly to be anointed with the gift of faith in Messiah Yeshua;

A new man and a new woman follow God’s Way

And take their first steps in lasting confidence

Along the maturing Narrow Way

As eternal children of God our Father

And Yeshua our Kingdom Lord.