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You have set the farthest star You have heard the hatchling’s cry You have timed the tides afar And designed each wondrous eye. There is not invention made That you have not forged the thought Neither nature’s hues portrayed Neither moving music wrought. You should have my constant praise And...

How your sunshine Has left our assemblies! We search the aisles For your footprint. We sing innovation You do not hear. We ration truth tid-bits Redemption just a word. Once holy instruments Now just so much brass. Our elders silenced In embarrassment. Our children laid up On altars of Hollywood...

Jeremiah 9: 3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord. Saw this guy down at the corner. Strange looking dude. Name’s Jeremiah. He seemed to want to talk...

They see dividends. Get out of hell free. Get relief from guilt. Get a healing. Get relationships back in shape. Get a family friendly environment to raise the kids. Get the satisfaction of doing one’s duty. Get a prophetic fix on the future. Get abundant life. But listen to the faith giants...

The lame take the prey Oppressed have their day And none who thwart justice Will last. Unquenchable fire The Lord in His ire Avenging the pain of the past. A Man is the cure With fresh waters pure And shade from the cruel Desert heat. His Spirit will win Exposing all sin Dread armies...

Down He comes With hosts of white-robed Saints a-riding Time has lapsed For Babylon’s charade Wicked thrones And merchants brought To judgment Wearers of that Godless brand Dismayed. No more shame Assaults our Prince of Meekness. Now He comes In triumph With His reign. Darkness flees He speaks...

Do you dare measure The limits of Jerusalem Scope of her reaching Or gleaming of her light? You with the rod Of heartless feet And inches Tallies and tokens To gauge her worth aright? Pointless this plan To weigh the sum of mercy Sobs of relief Or joy of family found Words of Messiah That...

Babe’s Skin One Leper Returns by William Hole All I could do When others departed Stop and consider What just had been done Look at my skin Once ravaged and pitted Look at my fingers (I’d lost more than one) “Leper” they called me And fled from my presence “Leper” the stigma Of sad...

I shouldn’t need to change you I shouldn’t need to pound. Perhaps you’ve been mistreated And left with hurts profound Perhaps you met a Christian Who cut you to the core Or left you feeling dirty And second-rate for sure. My job is not the doctrine To cram into your heart. My job is dauntless...

I come a-courting Once again Within your hallowed halls But this time Not with pressing needs Nor puzzlement, nor falls. I only come to Think on you And all your mercy shown To one so frail And faltering But still your child, your own. And all around Your handiwork In nature’s shapes and hues...

Algonquin Feb14 by justhappeneduponthis The camp was all set. Tent. Canoe beached. Fire crackling away. And Pete was puzzled. He and Brent hadn’t done this for years on a summer’s holiday weekend extended by a few more days. Work had separated them to distant communities a decade ago...