Loop Poetry project
Oh where to find the words
to be out front
expectations weighing down
Asking for fear to be displaced
"out of your heart speak"
"Your heart and mine intertwined"
"declare my heart in this place"
Continue to relinquish the need to please
"Trust the words of the one who resides inside'
Luke 6:45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Monday, December 23, 2019
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
where are you
Devastation
Anger
Shock
We don’t understand
What is your plan
God?
We prayed and cared
Loved and dared
to believe
Still we are told she is to leave
To go where God?
Back to the mess that wasn’t hers
Your name was supposed to be enough
Go after the one
But now it seems to be done
God
DO you weep too?
Will you still yet come through
Hope like a microscopic seed
Is it enough?
you say to ask and
plead
by your own blood
What else do you need
Is heaven filling even now with our tears?
Tell us why,
please make it clear
Your word says your plans are higher
Praying yours for her never expire
Hold them, hold them
near
Surround her with angelic protection
God we still need
divine intersection
Sunday, December 15, 2019
Looppoetryprompt mid week
Listening to my heart
I hear a faint beat
It is well with my soul
This moment at peace
Fear under control
A sabath treat
Pursuit of joy
A space to create
Not letting emotions toy
Tomorrows pressures delayed
Contentment the word for today
Monday, December 9, 2019
Looppoetryprompt the lie
#Looppoetryprompt
The Lie
Wild joy
not mine to obtain.
Legacy of loss,
hope always constrained.
Coasting in neural.
To delight unrestrained?
Desperate for renewal,
for mind and heart to be retrained.
Total blockage removal.
Spinning, dancing, unable to contain
wild, crazy, unusual
to be given a new name
Live as his jewel
Passion to be unchained
The Lie
Wild joy
not mine to obtain.
Legacy of loss,
hope always constrained.
Coasting in neural.
To delight unrestrained?
Desperate for renewal,
for mind and heart to be retrained.
Total blockage removal.
Spinning, dancing, unable to contain
wild, crazy, unusual
to be given a new name
Live as his jewel
Passion to be unchained
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Memory
#Looppoetryprompt
Memory
A dreaded word
An elusive place
I reach to touch
It escapes again and again
Uncooperative neurons
Shame sure to follow
Files never found
As if yesterday wasn't
A longing to engage in story
Captive to Frustration
Today only exists
Blessings in the now
today is here
Which will I choose
Ambivalence or Embracing
An invitation
The gift of the present
Sunday, December 1, 2019
#looppoetry prompt inner silence
Dust and slime
From the daily grind
Today rising in unknown Dread
But here now gift of renewing instead
Jesus gently bathes
Wiping away yesterday's haze
Your heart for me
To be presented blameless and holy
This the truth
Exhale, release, breath in the new
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
#LOOPPOETRYPROMPT Orphan
#LOOPPOETRYPROMPT
Question marks punctuating my Brain
Girl left to her own devices
Adolescence bathed in confusion
Always behind trying to figure it out
Divided emotions
Grown up yet little voices chiming in
Are you my mother? wide eyes seeking
Soul crying out How? How
do I do this?
One little word whispered among the shouts
Strategy, Strategy given
The spirit my longtime friend
Strategies at my grasp
The mamma I need here with in
Monday, November 25, 2019
a new way of seeing
loop poetry prompt
using poetry for a new way of seeing
A million twinkle lights reflected down from aboveWind powered ripples, ever moving
Like lightening bugs at dusk, flooding the sky
Ray's shine, electrifying liquid tides
Angels dancing, skimming the surface
Rhythmic sounds edging the bank
Heaven exploding in front of my eyes
Peace in my soul
Eternal light always there
Everyday things
Loop Poetry Prompts
Everyday things
weather worn
folded and creased
ancient texts
fresh insights
cherished yet too often neglected
Hard to swallow
but nothing else fills
The place where hearts unfold
held by young and old
eternal messages with no sound
heavenly secrets found
Everyday things
weather worn
folded and creased
ancient texts
fresh insights
cherished yet too often neglected
Hard to swallow
but nothing else fills
The place where hearts unfold
held by young and old
eternal messages with no sound
heavenly secrets found
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Lion of Judah
Marked by the prince
of peace
Formed and forged in
quiet
Rumble low and deep
Pressing upward
Sound rising higher
Spirit revealing
Roars releasing
Vibrations resounding
Truth reverberating
Pulsing outward
Audible Force breaking
walls
The pride moving in
power
Make way for the king
Lion of Judah
Friday, November 1, 2019
physical distractions
Cells destroying each other
pondering how to recover
spirit desiring to fly
but earthly pulls tie
eyes drawn down
physical distractions drown
Fields of golden stalks now foe
movie theaters never to go
breaking bread and fellowship disabled
always to bring my own provision to the table
above the noisy din
the battle is here within
seeping pain ever reminds
reaching for a hope divine
today needing supply
the well is running dry
this body will decay
spirit entreating step this way
living water flowing
heavenly winds blowing
balm, strength and power
all that's needed for this hour
thanksgiving, worship, praise
gently lifting gaze
stand on healing prayers, cells uniting
Jesus stop the inward fighting
This my body but yours as well
The cross breaking sins spell
Christ's body come together
releasing others from the oppressor
healing in our oneness
Jesus our compass.
pondering how to recover
spirit desiring to fly
but earthly pulls tie
eyes drawn down
physical distractions drown
Fields of golden stalks now foe
movie theaters never to go
breaking bread and fellowship disabled
always to bring my own provision to the table
above the noisy din
the battle is here within
seeping pain ever reminds
reaching for a hope divine
today needing supply
the well is running dry
this body will decay
spirit entreating step this way
living water flowing
heavenly winds blowing
balm, strength and power
all that's needed for this hour
thanksgiving, worship, praise
gently lifting gaze
stand on healing prayers, cells uniting
Jesus stop the inward fighting
This my body but yours as well
The cross breaking sins spell
Christ's body come together
releasing others from the oppressor
healing in our oneness
Jesus our compass.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
prayer of lament
Prayer of Lament
written for lament service at RCC
6/11/2018
Dear Sovereign, Holy God,
We Thank you that you are our heavenly father and that we can come to you just as we
are
.We gather tonight to know you more by surrendering to you all our pain, hurts, fears, anger
and tears
are
.We gather tonight to know you more by surrendering to you all our pain, hurts, fears, anger
and tears
Holy spirit open our hearts up, the tight spaces that have difficulty in receiving your love
and pouring it back out
and pouring it back out
Teach us Lord Jesus,
Teach us how to give you all,
Lord God,Teach us to lament.
To cry out from our worldly imprisonments, the entanglement of this world that
permeates our lives stagnating, our growth in you.
permeates our lives stagnating, our growth in you.
We cry out from our poverty of body and spirit, with nothing left to give
We cry out from our lonely desolate places, our broken relationships that seem beyond repair.
We mourn the grip of cancer, sickness and death in us and our loved ones.
We are saddened by the careless destruction and pollution of our lands as well as the
devastation from natural disasters
devastation from natural disasters
We cry out for the lost and destitute and for our communities
overwhelmed with the needs around us.
We weep for the war torn nations
Where hunger and thirst abounds,
We sigh in sorrow for those entrapped by the cycles of addiction
We come to you with our unanswered questions
Lord God when will the injustice of Domestic violence, racism and sexual abuse stop?
Why does evil appear to prevail?
When will our cities stop being filled with death and hopelessness?
Why does hate and greed seem to win the day?
How can we even make a dent in all the sorrows that surround?
How can we the church be so blind?
Why do we feel so helpless?
Lord we invite you to come and overwhelm us with your presence. We surrender our
fear that we are not enough and that you are not enough,
and we say come and have your way.
We are a broken people
grafted into the body, being made whole by your blood and your spirit..
fear that we are not enough and that you are not enough,
and we say come and have your way.
We are a broken people
grafted into the body, being made whole by your blood and your spirit..
Help us to surrender To You knowing we can find safety in the arms of the one who
knows pain, who carries our pain, and nails it to the cross
knows pain, who carries our pain, and nails it to the cross
We come before you with no answers but simply with our sadness, hurt, bewilderment,
anger, anguish,pain and questions.
anger, anguish,pain and questions.
Help us tonight to come and bring it all before you Lord, trusting you to hold it and
bring life from dead places.
bring life from dead places.
We ask in Your Sons name, the one who suffered for us,
Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.
Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.
Amen.
Saturday, October 19, 2019
#LoopPoetryproject Sacred Space Prompt
#LoopPoetryproject
Sacred Space Prompt
When I am truly still in his presence we “meet” in the quiet of remembrances of childhood moments that use to be marked with shadows but are now safe spaces.
Grassy Hills Beckoning roll down
Flowery Fields to wander 'round
Woolly Blankets spread across the ground
Cloud Formations begging to be found
Jesus' presence now abounds
Familiar places now made sound
the meeting place where mystery becomes unwound
thoughts no longer earthbound
His truth and fellowship astounds
Fear and worry no longer confounds
the Sacred place his love surrounds
Sacred Space Prompt
When I am truly still in his presence we “meet” in the quiet of remembrances of childhood moments that use to be marked with shadows but are now safe spaces.
Grassy Hills Beckoning roll down
Flowery Fields to wander 'round
Woolly Blankets spread across the ground
Cloud Formations begging to be found
Jesus' presence now abounds
Familiar places now made sound
the meeting place where mystery becomes unwound
thoughts no longer earthbound
His truth and fellowship astounds
Fear and worry no longer confounds
the Sacred place his love surrounds
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Christ in us Hope of Glory
Colossians 1:27 “God did this because he
wanted you Gentiles to understand his wonderful and glorious mystery. And the
mystery is that Christ lives in you, and he is your hope of sharing in God's
glory.”
What is
this Hope of Glory…Christ in us? God is glory, God deserves all the glory.
The very birth, death and resurrection of Jesus
was to bring Glory to God the father.
What is it that would bring the Father such
glory? That his very created beings made in his image would be restored
unto him. In Isaiah 43:7 God
says, “I want them back, every last one who bears my name, every man, woman,
and child Whom I created for my glory, yes, personally formed and made each one.’
“He made us for his glory!
The struggle comes when we who have
received this blood gift of reconciliation forget our purpose
and identity. We who walk with Christ have been given the deposit of the Holy
spirit. This is the living God, Christ in us. But we honor him not. We choose
to believe lies over the truth. The lie that we will never be good
enough, pretty enough, brave enough etc. We work on the outward and
focus on the flesh but what
if we gave our attention to the Holy one who
lives in us? If we bring glory to the Father when we do as Jesus and become one
with Him, just as he is at one with the father, then let us place our gaze on
becoming one with the son. How do we become one? We start by believing who we
were created to be. We can grab hold of the promises
as in 2 Peter 1:3-4 “Everything
we could ever need for life and complete devotion to God has already
been deposited in us by his divine power. For all this was lavished upon us
through the rich experience of knowing him who has called us by name and
invited us to come to him through a glorious manifestation of his
goodness.
4 As
a result of this, he has given you magnificent promises that
are beyond all price, so that through he power of these tremendous promises[
you can experience partnership with the divine nature, by which you
have escaped the corrupt desires that are of the world.” The triune
God resides in us and speaks to us, are we listening to that voice? 2
Corinthians 3:18 says,” And we all, with unveiled face,
beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from
one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the
Spirit”. In our prayer time let us focus on
the parts that we recognize as holy and good and
worthy, the parts of us that have already been transformed. The mixing of those
parts of us that we like and are at peace with are many times the very parts
that reflect the nature of Jesus. This process of being transformed into his
likeness is a surrendering but it is also embracing
the lovely parts of ourselves. This Christian
walk often feels like we must either pretend to be something we are not or deny
our true selves. But what if it is more like a melding of what makes us, us,
with the holy spirit? Those desires as a child to just run up and hug someone
or perhaps the inclination to protect others, these come
from a place that is uniquely you. Our Father in
heaven enjoys his creation and calls it good. Who are we to reject his
creation? Yes, we have areas under construction, wounds and ungodly beliefs
that block our view but instead of focusing on these we can choose to honor how
he has created us individually. Instead of comparing ourselves
and seeing lack, see instead Christ in you Hope
of Glory.
Here are some verses to meditate on
Psalm 8:3-6 (CEV)
3 I often
think of the heavens
your hands have made,
and of the moon and stars
you put in place.
4 Then I ask,
“Why do you care
about us humans?
Why are you concerned
for us weaklings?”
5 You made us a
little lower
and you have crowned us
with glory and honor.
6 You let us
rule everything
your hands have made.
And you put all of it
under our power—
Psalm139:3-6 From the Passion Translation
You are so intimately aware of me, Lord.
You read my heart like an open book
and you know all the words I’m about to speak
Saturday, September 14, 2019
unity
unity
Deception in pointing fault to the others
We join the accuser of our brothers
Break in unity is from the depths of Sheol
Look no further than the tree from which it fell
Seated in the heavenly places
Jesus has provided spaces
Our audience to the father guaranteed by blood
All our words soft or harsh, to the throne flood
Have we like Elijah hidden in fear
Jezebel commanding the atmosphere
Or do we strike down terror
Together under the headship of the reconciler
Have we been building our own tower
And given Babylon the power
Where has flesh impeded
The church's mission to be completed
All cost covered for harmony
The bride to move in unity
Weaker and stronger
Prophets and lamenters
Islands and nations
To be in gospel filled relations
He who has judged says it is done
We are to no longer cast our stones
All to be brought before the king
Praises in one voice to sing
The true enemy earthbound
His children are to make a heavenly sound
Calling forth his goodness
Speaking to each other in pureness
Where sin has caused erosion
Divisive ways broken
Encouragement and devotion
Building bridges across the oceans
This to be the church's rhythm
To commune in love and wisdom
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Shalom
Inspired by the book The Very Good Gospel how everything wrong can be made right by Lisa Sharon Harper.
In the
beginning…
The words
echo on in hollow reverberation
Creator creating
all creation
All declared
good/Tov’
Shalom
between all and God
Gift of
harmonious fellowship
This was
true stewardship
Doubts and
fears, you know the rest
Sin and separation
now to be subject
Created
intent twisted and bent
Broken relations
between people and places
Humans and land enduring degradation
Humans and land enduring degradation
Enter Jesus with reconciliation
Giving hope
to the generations
Still the
picture distorted
Religion and
law enforced
Harmony
busted
Domination
and corruption
Forgotten the
command for us to carry on his redemption
On earth as
it is in heaven
Today given
daily bread
Today we
walk and take back the land
To govern with
love and light
To march
into darkness and fight for what’s right
Dominion given
back into the hands of the oppressed
God given
ability to steward like all the rest
Balance being
restored in order to connect
Uniting creator
and creation as it was in the beginning.
Shalom (Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם shalom; also spelled as sholom, sholem, sholoim, shulem) is a Hebrew word meaning peace, harmony, wholeness, completeness, prosperity, welfare and tranquility and can be used idiomatically to mean both hello and goodbye.[1][2][3]
Genesis
26 Then
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle,
and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the
earth.” 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image
of God he created him; male and female he created them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be
fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over
the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing
that moves upon the earth.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every
plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree
with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every
bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that
has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was
so. 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and
behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth
day.
Friday, April 19, 2019
Was It worth it?
From the
beginning, your delight and love for your creation
The joy to be
able to talk and walk with your beloved
but so quickly came
our sinful separation
That fateful
day when your heart first broke
now the only
option Segregation
Oh That we
should doubt your goodness
How did it
grieve you that we chose our own path?
Yet still you
walked with those who walked with you
until evil
overtook the land
To a few the
promise to continue
But to contend
with violent creation
Now to wash
your earth anew
Yet we did what
we saw fit to do
Still, you
pursued mankind
creating a
people, set apart
ever trying to
intersect flesh and the divine
making
covenants that we would break again and again
Holy God Declaring
these are mine
Yet we did not
return to you
Waiting for us
to turn about
Your desire that we would want you
So, you could
come and campout
Then you dared
to speak to one in the wilderness
Displays of
wonder that should erase all doubt
Yet we wandered
away from you
Your chosen
ones turning to idols
Waiting for
even one king to walk with you
Your people feeling
entitled
In your compassion
you sent your prophets
Warning of
Catastrophe and trials
And yet we
still did not return
Aching in
Silence stretching on for hundreds of years
And at the
appointed time you reached your right arm down
So, the way would be clear
The payment for
our unfaithfulness
Jesus the only
one who could volunteer
Still, we rejected
your gift
Do you ever
wonder if it was worth it?
If we were
worth it?
Does it grieve
you more that we stumble and fail?
Or is it that we have not believed in the depth
of your love and forget the call that says come back?
Yet it is your
joy as our loving father to patiently wait for your children
Beckoning them into the banquet knowing the
fee has been paid
You rejoice
when even one of your lost ones comes home
You say that
you so loved the world that you gave your only begotten son
Though the cost was great, our assurance is this, that your
desire for us is even greater.
“For the Lord takes delight in his people”
(Psalm 149:4 NIV). “He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with
his love, he will rejoice over you with singing” (Zephaniah 3:17 NIV).
So “Let us keep our eyes fixed
on Jesus, on whom our faith depends, from beginning to end. He did not give up
because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for
him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now
seated at the right side of God's throne. “
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