Turn

Turn     

There within desirous reach, is coveted prize,

Temptation says it is yours to try.

But Holy one whispers, stop and turn.

Turn in an about face

Turn and lean into grace.

Hard words trickle from heart to lips,

Pouring forth in self acclaimed righteousness.

Softly listen to voice with in

Stop and turn, repent of sin.

Envy and pride take up space,

Shredding hearts in distaste.

Spirit alive and counseling

Turn now and stop from pouncing.

Control and anxiety have its day,

Lack of surrender keeping you this way

  Look to truth, Press in and see

Turning back can set you free.

Turn, change course, repent

 Reverse, change direction, relent.

Turn towards He who is heaven sent.

Breathe

Breathe

Our origins God did breathe,

But doubts crept in to deceive.

Existing yet no respiration

Breathing shallow, hope lost in desperation.

Jesus reconciling on the cross by death,

In resurrection given new breath.

Ours a gift in receiving,

The only work to be believing.

Daily breathing in spirit filled oxygen,

Regenerating every fiber of our being.

Breathe in and let holy words prevail,

Breathe out, releasing lies in the exhale.

The trinity breathing in rhythmic beauty,

Believing hearts to be in sync and unity.

Believing, receiving, and breathing

Giving our earthly lives new meaning.

Step Out

The hand cuffs are unlocked

The jail cells door is unblocked

Step out people, step out.

The stone has been rolled away

No need to linger or to stay

Step out church, step out.

In your self-confinement, freedom withering

 His light only dimly flickering

Step out believers, step out.

Come out like Lazarus did

Step out and begin to really live

With the very breath of life

No longer captives,

Throw off the enemies tactics,

Step out in loving assurance.

The debts been paid,

No longer burdened to live like slaves.

Step out with your God given Keys,

Step out and set the others free.

Jesus no longer on the cross,

Our liberty He did not count the cost.

Step out so the blood shed is not wasted,

In Freedom help others to taste it.

Our Lights to shine bright,

Bringing the hope of God into the night.
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Cover

Covering  

To cover, make reconciliation,   

  Atonement in Hebrew “Kaphar “. 

 from the fall and first temptation,

God providing from bloodshed a cover

To Adam and Eve, a dispensation.

Releasing from shame although deserving damnation.

Despite Ham’s intent to shame.

 Shem and Japheth in covering remove all degradation.

 Ruth open and vulnerable to Boaz came

 He, her covering in noble proclamation.

The Father to prodigal son

Extending a garment of exoneration,

No judgement just a blessing of love.

Christ covering in salvation

Christian’s gladly donning white robes without consideration

Of the forgiveness given with no reservation.

We too to give in demonstration

The love and covering to our generation

No need to point out faults or in defamation

But in underserved righteous cloak

Point to truth in anticipation

Of the work of Christ in regeneration.

Hastening the day

Hastening the day

Worldly mire and muck surround,

Darkness, hopelessness, oppression abound.

 Our Inadequacies in all shapes and forms

Delaying what our hearts are yearning for.

God’s returning bringing heaven on earth.

The timing  all about His created beings worth.

We who “gnosco” him desire to hasten the day

And yet the slowness in coming is His love on display.

Planned for ions ago before the fall,

Preciously poured out in offering for all,

The reconciliatory gift of blood.

Ours then the honor to loose this life gift and let flow and flood,

Seeping into the darkest spaces,

Carrying the tide of hope to the remotest places,

We who wish for the Lords returning time,

We must in truth and in his righteousness march behind

Walking and growing in grace and holiness

Looking to the day when all knee’s bow and tongues confess.

 ^{2 Peter 3:9-12“} The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you,^[a] not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. ¹⁰ But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies^[b]will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.^[c]

¹¹ Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, ¹² waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! ¹³ But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.”