poems

In this day and age, countless numbers of people in the world have lost the awe of God, i.e. the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom. It has been my observation that numerous people in our day have become too casual about God, including many among those who profess the name of...

“How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring...

Sometimes in our lives we have days when we are not as chipper as we normally are. We don’t feel well, or someone has done something to us to hurt us, or things are just generally going bad for us. So, we may begin to focus on the negative rather than on the positive. Thus we can’t see the...

There are many people in this world, especially here in America, who claim to be Christians, or who profess to have personal relationships with Jesus Christ by faith in him, and in what he did for us in dying on a cross for our sins so that we could be forgiven our sins and have the hope of...

The Lord Jesus had given me a tune to write the day before this, so in the morning I prayed and I asked the Lord if he had words for the tune. I acknowledged before God that I could not do this. This tune would only have words if he gave them to me. Then, I heard in my mind the song “How Great...

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah” (Psalms 46:1-3 ESV)...

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as...

“What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask...

Keep them safe, Lord, keep them safe. Don’t let death, Lord, be their fate. Keep them in your tender care. Don’t let them be caught in snare. Lead them in the way to go, Show them truth, Lord, let them know. Help them follow You each day, Read their Bibles, kneel, and pray. Keep them from the...

I believe that one of Satan’s greatest weapons against us is his lies and deceptions. And I am speaking here of those of us who have surrendered our lives to Jesus Christ to do his will, who have died to sin, and who are living to God. Through the use of lies and deceptions, Satan’s objective is...

When we are born into this world, we are born with sin natures, without God, without hope, and destined to spend eternity in hell. God loved us so much, though, that he sent his only begotten Son into the world that whoever believes in him should not perish but should have everlasting life with...

The Bible teaches us that “God so loved the world that he gave his one and only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). Jesus Christ is God’s gift to us. He is the Gift of God. All else flows from Him. God the Father sent him to die on a...

Have you received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of your life? What took place when this happened? Did your life change? Did it change radically or just a little bit? Did you leave your old life of sin behind you, and now, by God’s grace, you are living by and walking by the Spirit of God? Or...

“Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. To those...

Hello! Peace be with you today. This is my latest poem and is a new form of poetry (to me) that I am experimenting with. I'm not sure if it has a name, but I would like to tell a story with my poetry (while at the same time bringing glory to Jesus.) I hope you enjoy this poem. Please do tell...

How long? Sly serpent creeps, grim dragon flies O'er all this world he strews his lies. In souls benumbed they spread their roots. In lives bewitched they bear death's fruits. Mankind is blind, the walking dead, Step stumbling hell-ward with each tread. In pride he thinks he steers his ship...

Cool cat sat on cold snow. Coal black cat, Cheshire Cat grin, Looking up to see within. White flakes floating down carpeting, covering all around. Snow can cover such a multitude of sins. Cool cat sat on the white mat, Softly he began to hum a song. He though of his lost love long gone Over...

The newly founded Academy of Inventive Literature is inaugurating a literary journal and the founders are Orthodox. It grew out of literary workshops on an Orthodox blog. Technically it is not an Orthodox journal or even a Christian one, but all involved are Christians so far and there is a...

The Prodigal Daughter Once, the land had sense of brilliance, the Province flourished, and the King wisely and supremely ruled. His daughter frolicked in her beauty, danced in her freedom, and lauded in her Father's embrace. The palace halls rang from the bells of her tambourine...