tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2953540556340884202023-11-15T22:45:57.648-08:00SLAM POETRY ON THE WORDJust poetry (well, anything that looks and sounds like it really :)) Spoken word, prose, quotes etc to draw you closer to God in relationship and fellowship.Editor in Chiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15464199217342951022noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295354055634088420.post-6478417648725931612016-05-13T04:05:00.001-07:002016-05-13T04:05:34.750-07:00Reciting some parts of the poem 'Master's Touch' in the new book 'Rainbow'<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1kyhWfGPGho" width="459"></iframe>Editor in Chiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15464199217342951022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295354055634088420.post-36239856739387684352016-05-12T05:35:00.002-07:002016-05-12T05:36:15.360-07:00Purchase your copy of Rainbow today!<br />
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Cover and Back Page of the new book - RainbowEditor in Chiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15464199217342951022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295354055634088420.post-28464780772951461212016-03-29T14:17:00.001-07:002016-04-24T20:16:22.253-07:00THE GREATEST OF THESE<div dir="ltr">
Faith believes it<br />
Hope sees it</div>
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Patience waits for it<br />
Prayers goes after it<br />
Love takes hold of it<br />
Character keeps it</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">One</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">, His touch jolts your senses with the scent of a burning incense </span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">adeptly welding the broken pieces of your life into a show glass masterpiece </span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">provoking a mix of smoke and balm; </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">ask the woman with the alabaster jar and she’d tell you </span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">the oil poured out from the vessel is the fragrance </span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">from mending the shattered ruins of her life into the prized odour of grace</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Scripture reference: Mathew 26:7 -10; Luke 7: 37-38</span></div>
Editor in Chiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15464199217342951022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295354055634088420.post-60006947656908533762016-03-25T05:45:00.001-07:002016-03-28T11:48:44.855-07:00<span style="color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;"><b style="background-color: black;">YOU REMIND ME OF A BUTTERFLY</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">You remind me of a butterfly</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">You remind me of a butterfly</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Spawned from small delicate eggs…</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">…pregnant with promise</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">A form of the seed of God's word sown on good soil</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">You remind me of a butterfly</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Hatching unto salvation from the shells of Christ redemption</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Breaking out of the egg as a ravenous caterpillar </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">With insatiable hunger for the milk of God's Word</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">You remind me of a butterfly</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Moulting away skin after skin after skin </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">“With the washing of water by the Word”</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Shedding off the old and putting on the new man</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">You remind me of a butterfly</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">When as a caterpillar you were not a comely sight </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Having the semblance of a worm, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">…unarmed and weak, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">'Yet God used you as His threshing-sledge, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Turning mountains and hills into chaff</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">You remind me of a butterfly</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Of its own skin, builds a shelter like a cocoon </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Its chrysalis like a chamber of darkness</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">A formidable protection from predators and the changing seasons</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Yet again, God uses it to “work together for good”</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">You remind me of a butterfly</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Metamorphosing in a stronghold of believers </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">In this fortress, you are hidden</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Growing to full maturity</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">“Complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work”</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">You remind me of a butterfly</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">At the appointed time, you break forth</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Strong, vibrant and radiant</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">With wings to fly to the ends of the earth</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">To reveal God's desire for all nations</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">You remind me of a butterfly</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">You are growing in phases</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Like the butterfly, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">You are about to burst into a new phase… </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">…and season of life.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">You remind me of a butterfly…</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Or is it that the butterfly prophesies of you </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Emerging out of the fullness of God's love </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Decorated for more and more of His Glory. </span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: black; line-height: 23px;">(c) Poem by me, I wrote this poem with a special friend in mind and forms part of the first collection of poems compiled in my book - The Experience of God's love in all its fullness Photo credits: photo by me, I took this photo in one of my work stations</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Scripture reference:Isaiah 41:15; 2 Timothy 3:17; 1 Peter 2:2; Colossians 3:10; Ephesians 5:6</span>Editor in Chiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15464199217342951022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295354055634088420.post-87079148233684560812016-03-23T15:34:00.004-07:002016-03-25T11:08:04.007-07:00<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
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<br />IN DUE SEASON</h2>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">For years, as if to say we’re not listening<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">To the melodious symphony in tune to a chorus<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">‘<i>Will come in due season and just
in time</i>’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">If the seasons could speak in unison, they might say<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">All this time we’ve performed a piece like no other <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">A composition more tasteful than the exquisite works of Mozart<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Bridging traditional classics with contemporary soupçon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">So oft-repeated passages that we play off heart<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">In sync with the Maestro’s wand -<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">His baton like in a relay race passing it on to who’s next in line<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">And as if having no clue who comes next<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">We take the cue from Him to know when to come in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">His gestures sets the tone, tempo and mood<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">We key into each other’s sound to put up a good show<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The dynamics are in interpreting the musical scores<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Sometimes romping high-pitched tones<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">So that even we and the audience are taken aback<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">When Spring strings the violent storm in double bass and violin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Summer plays in the brass fields with flowery details<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Fall then comes flooring leaves from woodwind strokes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Winter changing beats struck and scraped by frost bites <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">But don’t let the sleek performance fool you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Our rhythm sometimes run against the scripts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">But we know then we must be unfazed and keep the music going<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Each of us playing our part in due time <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">In tune with that oft-repeated chorus<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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due season’</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">(c) Poem and photo by me. I wrote this poem inspired by the words of Ecclesiastes 3 and from the seasons of life I have been through. This poem will be included in my second book 'Rainbow'. Watch this space for the announcement of its release</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Scripture reference: Habakkuk Chapters 1 and 2; Ecclesiastes 3</span>Editor in Chiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15464199217342951022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295354055634088420.post-46791863193616000932016-03-15T04:18:00.000-07:002016-03-15T04:37:06.791-07:00<div class="KonaBody" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.4px; padding-right: 5px;">
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Hope is the thing with feathers</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">'Hope' is the thing with feathers—</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">That perches in the soul—</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And sings the tune without the words—</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And never stops—at all—</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard—</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And sore must be the storm—</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">That could abash the little Bird</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">That kept so many warm—</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">I've heard it in the chillest land—</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And on the strangest Sea—</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Yet, never, in Extremity,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">It asked a crumb—of Me. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: x-small;">Poem by (c) Emily Dickinson. Photo credits by me. </span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: x-small;">Scripture reference: Hebrews 11: 1 - end</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-TlG6g7uvPjD2cC3Oi9bEL9Fa1fsanNPvGL0hUFPUTwH5I44QqI7Q1amau002yV5cfJwTi_DppeHZN6mseayoQByQc9BTEyanlh3y2NVnjlq8Y5pntdp6u284EJxYCa_URBz5r_7Kc4O7/s1600/Palm-nut-Vulture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"></span></span></a><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Bid me to abide a moment longer </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Entreat me to stay a day longer</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">For in your countenance I go stronger </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">For truly not in vain I'm a sojourner</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Overshadow me in the shade of thine shadow </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Foreshadowing the burdens overcast my mien </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">To shed light on the trails of chasing shadows </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Blighting darkness beyond the shadow of doubt</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Oh, the crusty soil beneath my bare sole </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Prayer ground cracked baring my weighty soul </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">The very dust soiled from my tears solely</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">For your refreshing to sweep over my soul</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br style="font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;" /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Rambling or mumbling might seem to another </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">For the un-discerning seemingly a drunk of sort </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">But they be groaning-s that cannot be uttered</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">For words have failed me for yet another while</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">From the rapport in this secret place</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">I fledge the wings I need to fly</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">I gain the glow that brightens the face</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">Espying the mystery thrusting me onto victory </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Original poem by me from my book - The experience of God's love in all its fullness (c) 2015. photo credits: photo by me</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Scripture reference: Psalm 91:1-2</span></span></span></span>Editor in Chiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15464199217342951022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295354055634088420.post-72326856718948476002016-03-13T12:07:00.001-07:002016-03-13T12:07:04.475-07:00P4CM Presents Ready or Not by Featured RHETORIC Poets Ezekiel & Janette....<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T44LepcRUhk" width="480"></iframe>Editor in Chiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15464199217342951022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295354055634088420.post-90426409422085925962016-03-12T05:30:00.001-08:002016-03-12T05:30:08.081-08:00Pretty imperfect || Spoken Word Poetry Christian<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VfpyqsLFuo" width="480"></iframe>Editor in Chiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15464199217342951022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295354055634088420.post-43242557811426298702016-03-11T00:42:00.002-08:002016-03-12T02:01:04.462-08:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">You and I see, speak face to face<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Words - knows what the other will say<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Word for word<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thoughts - or is about to say<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Heart to heart<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Actions - or maybe rather not sound<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like a sounding brass but show it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With a song, a smile, a kiss, a gift <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> And yet, it seems
it’s not even about that<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not what I say or do, it’s who I am<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nor what you say or do, it’s who you are<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That draws me near to your presence</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You and I see, face to face</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So into-me-see</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">That my faith and your love may walk</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Hand in hand</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(c) Original poem by me. Photo credits: R.Fulconis himself with a bonobo</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Scripture reference: Psalm 139</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">BE PROUD or BE-LOVED</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">I woke up not to the familiar chirping sounds of songful birds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">this morning’s dew washes my drowsy eyes to see <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">something I seemed to have missed all along.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">that thin fine line between good old self-esteem and everything else<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">shades of grey line that fades in scales to almost white<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">even visible across the tinted blue sky of the morning mist<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">clouding the shy rising sunlight but still<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">I see this difference in the light of my own reality<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">So hear a revealed truth you can trust<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">It matters how you see yourself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">but to esteem self is treading on dangerous grounds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">you think highly of yourself, you’ll puff up<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">like Lucifer as if another name for ‘a heart lifted up’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">God's love expressed in perfect beauty lifted him so<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">thinking himself to be like God, scorns the love of the highest<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">and winds up a fallen star in the depth for the lowest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">'cause his head swelled when he looked to himself than to He who made
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">It matters how you see yourself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">you think low of yourself, you'll miss it too<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">comparing yourself to everyone else and yourself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">thinking yourself to deserve better<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">like Lucifer as if another name for 'lying farther’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">lied to himself, said he deserved a seat in the highest heaven<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">even far above the Most High<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">but fell down to the abyss into the lowest depth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">It matters how you see yourself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">see self-esteem wears countless masks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">of different shades of grey that hues in scales to black<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">for 'Low' or 'High' on scale are one and the same<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">that’s why no one knows how many shades of grey exist<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">see self-esteem is too thin a line to balance on, so fall you must<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">and whichever side you fall on, you’ll get injured<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">To one, injured pride mask itself as ‘arrogance’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">To another, injured pride mask itself as false ‘humility’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">and say you don't fall, to steady balance is to stay self-absorbed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">It matters how you see yourself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">you’ll see also that how you see others<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">is a reflection of how you see yourself <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">and self-esteem reflections are subjective <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">psychologists and sociologists say<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">it is the emotional evaluation of self-worth –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">so you’ll either see yourself as beauty or the beast<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">depending on which side of the bed you wake<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">perhaps, depending where on the scale you fall<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">so that others become the mirror on your wall<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">and whichever angle you look from, you’ll get distorted<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">to one, distorted view mask itself as superiority complex<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">to another, distorted view mask itself as inferiority complex<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">and to get a good reflection is to stay self-centred or perplexed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">It matters how you see yourself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">see now, I see no place for SELF-esteem<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">for who could know and love me more than God<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">seems I should only see myself as God sees me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 7pt;">- </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">as being loved by Him<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">the only see-cure way to see me, to see you and everything else<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">so this day as it dawns on me in the ‘breaking’ of day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">I ask for mercy for the light I’ve missed all along<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">for all along I’ve seen the worst in you as it was all I'd seen in me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">but I esteem you now for I see clearly how God sees you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 7pt;">- </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">His Beloved.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Original poem by me. Photo credits: My friend R.Fulconis took this picture of a Masai girl in Kenya</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Scripture reference: Isaiah 14: 12-17; Ezekiel 28: 1-19; Philippians 2:3; Romans 1:21-23</span></div>
Editor in Chiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15464199217342951022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295354055634088420.post-80480311698616723132016-03-10T05:38:00.004-08:002016-03-10T13:34:59.228-08:00GRACE<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKNxOacvq7Lq0SmhnglHCjAaFlAox5q7HzDZQBOkmNDh3sL8DxXeFKBj-jboYsAdOvogA6ObQjaYse9nZRQseFxNuXxq8dHx7aG8k26qWLzbXKe_JphZmGu7yoPkD4vSMsGjQ9BDUK10m5/s1600/BEHIND+THE+CLOUDS+038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKNxOacvq7Lq0SmhnglHCjAaFlAox5q7HzDZQBOkmNDh3sL8DxXeFKBj-jboYsAdOvogA6ObQjaYse9nZRQseFxNuXxq8dHx7aG8k26qWLzbXKe_JphZmGu7yoPkD4vSMsGjQ9BDUK10m5/s320/BEHIND+THE+CLOUDS+038.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">You can’t understand what it means to have a relationship with God without understanding grace. Without grace, you don’t have any relationship with God. It is the heart of Christianity. It is the heart of following Christ and being a believer. Remember: No matter what you’ve done and no matter who you are, God’s grace is available to you. </span><br />
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WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME!!!</h2>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM0Kg33vh8jI27b3MsqJGPmQMX76KYRzaXLTLW_yX-gS6WJ7vmV-k7IPZcAQIs_nGCPuJzD_VDXgE3E_15JYT3bxFvABteg2sjSVuKOdRhWJ4ec2Gvbu482to4DF0NWw4QCVZgMNHw9DnX/s1600/819097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM0Kg33vh8jI27b3MsqJGPmQMX76KYRzaXLTLW_yX-gS6WJ7vmV-k7IPZcAQIs_nGCPuJzD_VDXgE3E_15JYT3bxFvABteg2sjSVuKOdRhWJ4ec2Gvbu482to4DF0NWw4QCVZgMNHw9DnX/s320/819097.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">A big welcome to this blog, everything you read here is inspired by the Holy Spirit or by my conversations with God. It's all poetry, prose and literary piece that I hope will uplift you and most importantly draw you closer to God. That's my deepest desire, I don't think there is anything more important in life than this - to have a relationship with God. Please share your comments on any of the poems you read or listen to. Feel free to also share your prayer requests and testimonies on how this blog has transformed you to the Glory of God. God bless you and yours in Jesus' mighty name. AMEN!</span><br />
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