Scripture inspired poem.

[inHisgripkim]

The Legend of Easter Lily
©2005 by Dot McGinnis

Loveliest flower was I to see,
In the garden of Gethsemane.
My head erect, my pure white face
Such a delight for all to embrace.​

For all who entered the garden gate,
I'd boldly lift my head and wait
'Til they gazed upon my beauty fair.
All who came would see me there.​

On the night before he was crucified,
Jesus entered. He passed me by.
He wept and prayed in silence there.
All my friends bowed their heads in prayer.​

In pity and sorrow they gathered round,
Except for me. I could not be found.
I would not join in. I was much too proud.
Bow my lovely head? No, I would not allow!​

News spread quickly, the very next day.
All 'round the garden, I heard everyone say
Jesus was going to be crucified.
Oh, I wanted to run. I wanted to hide!​

I'd been much too vain to hang my head low,
That first Good Friday; long, long, ago.
I would not join the others who prayed with our King.
Now, how can I bear such a sorrowful thing?​

No longer will I proudly face the sun.
My head will hang lowly, ashamed of what I've done.
My blossom forever will down turned be,
In honor of Jesus; at Gethsemane.​

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©2005 by Dot McGinnis
dot720@wpa.net
http://our.homewithgod.com/heavenlyinspirations
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HeavenlyInspirations-originalwritings
This writing may be used in its entirety,
with credits in tact, for non-profit ministering purposes.​

 

[JPPT1974]

This is how we have come to know love:He laid down His life for us(1 John 3:16)

 

[inHisgripkim]

Throughout the years this journey made
With gentle thoughts of love displayed
For spirit urged to follow star
To praise the Lord from near and far

So this journey made of grace
Each one with gift of life embraced
To fill the void of love we seek
As God and Angels softly speak

Go to where the Child is Born
Within the glow of Midnight's storm
Within a manger He is Blessed
In poverty by Love professed

The greatest One of Life is Born
Shepherds gaze and sheep are warm
As star is sparkling overhead
Where Baby Jesus rests His head.

Author Unknown​

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Rejoice!

If any be a devout lover of God,
let him partake with gladness from this fair and radiant feast.

If any be a faithful servant,
let him enter rejoicing into the joy of his Lord.

If any have wearied himself with fasting,
let him now enjoy his reward.

If any have laboured from the first hour,
let him receive today his rightful due.

If any have come after the third,
let him celebrate the feast with thankfulness.

If any have come after the sixth,
let him not be in doubt, for he will suffer no loss.

If any have delayed until the ninth,
let him not hesitate but draw near.

If any have arrived only at the eleventh,
let him not be afraid because he comes so late.

For the Master is generous and accepts the last even as the first.

He gives rest to him who comes at the eleventh hour
in the same was as him who has laboured from the first.


He accepts the deed, and commends the intention.

Enter then, all of you, into the joy of our Lord.
First and last, receive alike your reward.
Rich and poor, dance together.
You who fasted and you who have not fasted, rejoice together.

The table is fully laden: let all enjoy it.
The calf is fatted: let none go away hungry.
Let none lament his poverty;
for the universal Kingdom is revealed.

Let none bewail his transgressions;
for the light of forgiveness has risen from the tomb.
Let none fear death;
for death of the Savior has set us free.

He has destroyed death by undergoing death.
He has despoiled hell by descending into hell.
Hell was filled with bitterness when it met thee face to face below;

filled with bitterness, for it was brought to nothing;
filled with bitterness, for it was mocked;
filled with bitterness, for it was overthrown;
filled with bitterness, for it was put in chains
Hell received a body, and encountered God. It received earth, and confronted heaven.
O death, where is your sting?
O hell, where is your victory?

Christ is risen! And you, o death, are annihilated!
Christ is risen! And the evil ones are cast down!
Christ is risen! And the angels rejoice!
Christ is risen! And life is liberated!
Christ is risen! And the tomb is emptied of its dead;
for Christ having risen from the dead,
is become the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

To Him be Glory and Power, now and forever, and from all ages to all ages.

Amen!

John Chrysostom (Pastor from the 5th Century)

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

The Feast
by Edward Schoor © 2006
For days I sat at Sodom’s gate
Begging the rich to feed my soul
But no one knew what food I ate
For they thought by now I should be whole
Soon they thought it was too late
For the want I had took its toll
And with disgust they regarded my low estate
Surely some demon is in control
But all I wanted was to clean my slate
With hope as blind as a mole
How was I to know that to fill my plate
I had to find my food in sheol
But now I sit as Abraham’s mate
At a table burning with coal
And with him eat the food he ate
A meal truly filling and truly whole

 

[PaladinWithGun2]

The road is hard to follow when your pride gets in the way,
And all the world's jeering on your soul can grind resolution away;
From the bottom the summit seems to be a million miles above,
But friend, persist and withstand, climb your way to Our Savior's love.

 

[inHisgripkim]

The road is hard to follow when your pride gets in the way,
And all the world's jeering on your soul can grind resolution away;
From the bottom the summit seems to be a million miles above,
But friend, persist and withstand, climb your way to Our Savior's love.

Awesome!

 

[inHisgripkim]

Obedience​

What ever mission God gives me,
I take my mission willfully
And bear it as my cross for Him,
Who died for me at Calvary.
I take what God assigns
Though I'll endure despair at times.
His well-lit path I trod along
Leads to glory farther on
And there I'll sing the angels' song.​

~K Peirce~
InHisgripkim​

 

[inHisgripkim]

Why Don't I?​

I went to the cross today.
On bent knee I did pray.
I went there for some time.
Lo, how divine.
The experience is awesome.
Why don't I go there more often?
Why don't I?​

-K.Peirce-
InHisgripkim​

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The Pure In Heart
​

Blessed are the pure in heart
They have turned life's work into art.
For they see God in everything they do
The kind of living that makes dreams come true.
To realize God is there wherever you go
Is one of life's lessons that is important to know.
God's awareness is of a special kind
Some people would say it is impossible to find.
But with faith, hope, and prayer
God can't help but to be there.
Faith is not just a way of living
It comes from a heart accustomed to giving.
For in giving is how we can learn
The gifts God has for us we could never earn
For God harbors no hate of any kind
He has nothing but Love for all of mankind...
robert s. breaux
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[Ariel]

To Know Him

"Oh that I might know Him, and the power of His resurrection,
and the fellowship of His suffering" --Philippians 3:10

How could I know that following Him
Would bring me humbling shame--
The caustic words, the secret swords,
The isolating stain?

That knowing Him would mean
Not just eating all the sweet
But also bitter words,
And disciplined defeat?

Learning to forgive and give,
And turn the other cheek?
Committing all to Him,
And only let His Spirit speak?

How could I know
This place I'd wait in quiet pain--
Stripped of honor, broken, maimed--
Would be my place of greatest gain.

--Ariel, copyright 1999​

 

[Criada]

How could I know
This place I'd wait in quiet pain--
Stripped of honor, broken, maimed--
Would be my place of greatest gain.

Thank you Ariel!!
This touchedme more than you could know. He is good.

 

[inHisgripkim]

To Know Him​

"Oh that I might know Him, and the power of His resurrection,
and the fellowship of His suffering" --Philippians 3:10 ​

How could I know that following Him
Would bring me humbling shame--
The caustic words, the secret swords,
The isolating stain?​

That knowing Him would mean
Not just eating all the sweet
But also bitter words,
And disciplined defeat?​

Learning to forgive and give,
And turn the other cheek?
Committing all to Him,
And only let His Spirit speak?​

How could I know
This place I'd wait in quiet pain--
Stripped of honor, broken, maimed--
Would be my place of greatest gain.​

--Ariel, copyright 1999​

O Ariel, what a beautiful gift you are blessed with! Thank you so much for sharing. Blessed are you for utilizing the gift He gave you to glorify Him.
Bless you my dear sister.

 

[Ariel]

Thank you so much for your encouragement, Criada and inHisgripkim.

That poem came out of a time in my life when my own church had come against me because, they said, I loved God too much. In the intercessory prayer room I was, in their view, too fervent because I knelt in prayer and used Scripture, which, they told me, God didn't need to hear because He already knew it.

The Lord took me out of that church. I praise God for that, because that's when I really started growing. We went to a little Foursquare church instead where fervency for the Lord was encouraged, where Scripture was used in prayer often, and where other people also knelt in prayer. Amazing! I wasn't so strange after all!

We all go through things in life which are hard. When the very people come against us who are supposed to be our brothers and sisters, then it really hurts. But God in His infinite wisdom can even use the hatefulness of other people to bring about good in our lives, Romans 8:28. And that good is in Romans 8:29, the next verse. We end up looking more like Christ.

If you are in such a situation today, let me offer this Scripture to you for comfort:

Romans 8:28-29 "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren."

 

[inHisgripkim]

Thank you so much for your encouragement, Criada and inHisgripkim.

That poem came out of a time in my life when my own church had come against me because, they said, I loved God too much. In the intercessory prayer room I was, in their view, too fervent because I knelt in prayer and used Scripture, which, they told me, God didn't need to hear because He already knew it.

The Lord took me out of that church. I praise God for that, because that's when I really started growing. We went to a little Foursquare church instead where fervency for the Lord was encouraged, where Scripture was used in prayer often, and where other people also knelt in prayer. Amazing! I wasn't so strange after all!

We all go through things in life which are hard. When the very people come against us who are supposed to be our brothers and sisters, then it really hurts. But God in His infinite wisdom can even use the hatefulness of other people to bring about good in our lives, Romans 8:28. And that good is in Romans 8:29, the next verse. We end up looking more like Christ.

If you are in such a situation today, let me offer this Scripture to you for comfort:

Romans 8:28-29 "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren."

Amen Sister! Beth Moore has a book out titled Praying God's Word. My Aunt bought it for me when I was
recovering from a sexual assault years back. I love it and keep it at bed side.

 

[JPPT1974]

Don't you just love Beth Moore?
I read her devotions for women in my
Journey devotions monthly.

 

[inHisgripkim]

 

[inHisgripkim]

Blessings Pour​

Your blessings rained on me today
Beyond every measure.
You've filled this soul with Holy Spirit--
Christ in me--what treasure!​

Moving me to joyful tears,
I've stepped away from flesh.
You've washed away all earthly fears
With nail-scarred hands of tenderness.​

Nothing but praise
for You
In all that I do.​

~K. Peirce~
InHisgripkim​

 

[walkin2e]

I was sitting at my kitchen table one night
So troubled and confused when I saw the light
I picked up the dusty Bible my mama gave me
Opened it up to Psalm 40 and verse three

I called on the Lord in my deep despair
He gloriously saved me at my kitchen chair
Now he has given me a new song to sing
About my Lord and savior and soon coming king

He saved my soul and filled me with great joy
When I was born again, a brand new boy
I'm so glad that Jesus came and saved me
Loosed the chains of darkness and set me free

Gave me peace and joy from on high
My soul was so light I could fly
The Lord filled me with a thirst for his word
The sweetest words I've ever read or heard

From Genesis to Revelation I read and read
As manna from heaven filled my heart and head
I read that Jesus loves me as the story did unfold
In His loving arms the whole world he does hold

I will never cease to love the one who died for me
I know that heaven is a real place and there I will be
With Jesus and loved ones who have gone on before
I am so thankful he came into my heart's door

Irvin L. Rozier, 2005, aka walkin2e

 

[inHisgripkim]

I was sitting at my kitchen table one night
So troubled and confused when I saw the light
I picked up the dusty Bible my mama gave me
Opened it up to Psalm 40 and verse three

I called on the Lord in my deep despair
He gloriously saved me at my kitchen chair
Now he has given me a new song to sing
About my Lord and savior and soon coming king

He saved my soul and filled me with great joy
When I was born again, a brand new boy
I'm so glad that Jesus came and saved me
Loosed the chains of darkness and set me free

Gave me peace and joy from on high
My soul was so light I could fly
The Lord filled me with a thirst for his word
The sweetest words I've ever read or heard

From Genesis to Revelation I read and read
As manna from heaven filled my heart and head
I read that Jesus loves me as the story did unfold
In His loving arms the whole world he does hold

I will never cease to love the one who died for me
I know that heaven is a real place and there I will be
With Jesus and loved ones who have gone on before
I am so thankful he came into my heart's door

Irvin L. Rozier, 2005, aka walkin2e

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Thank you so much brother Irvin. You are still "walkin" in "His way." I have missed you here on this thread. Yesterday I was wondering if I should make a guestbook stop and here you are a day later. The Lord heard me. One more prayer answered with another poem from brother Irvin.

Don't stay away too long. Your poems provide fuel for His spirit within.

We all love ya!
Kim

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Rags At The Banquet

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
2 Corinthians 5:17

Once upon a time a man lived in the streets, clad only in the dirtiest and worst of rags. One day a person from the Palace saw him, and approached him. There was going to be a banquet at the Palace, and he had instructions to come and invite people from the highways and byways. Would he like to come?
The man was indeed interested. However, he could not attend a banquet dressed in his rags. The Palace representative assured him they would exchange his rags for some suitable finery to wear to the banquet.
All was in order. The two arrived at the Palace where they went directly to the dressing chambers of the King. Servants took the filthy rags, bundled them in a little package, and proceeded to rub, scrub, and clean the man from top to bottom.
He was then allowed to choose his robes from the closets of the King. He was told that whatever he picked he would be able to keep, so he carefully examined all the many garments in the closet. He chose an exquisite inner garment of purest silk, and an outer robe of finest purple satin. He was ready for the banquet!
As they left the dressing quarters, the man grabbed his old rags. The servants told him to just leave them, because he wouldn't need them anymore. However, he insisted on taking the bundle with him. Even though he didn't need the rags now, he felt more secure somehow if he could just hold on to them.
In the Palace banquet hall, the festivities were about to begin. Nearly everyone was there, including the King himself. The man was seated, looking resplendent in his new attire. He hid his bundle of rags on his lap, underneath the tablecloth, so no one would see them.
The banquet was not to be believed! There was music and dancing, and every kind of delicacy imaginable. As the trays were passed, the beggar had difficulty getting the food onto his plate. He was constantly juggling the package of old rags on his lap, balancing it so it wouldn't fall off. It constantly distracted him from what was going on in the grand hall.
Eventually the evening ended and the great gala event was over. Everyone was stuffed to the gills except for the man clinging to his rag bundle. He was as hungry as when he had come in. He never had eaten even one morsel of the food. He had been too busy fixing and holding on to his old rags.
Today, Jesus invites all of us to God's great banquet, to leave our old ways and old rags, and to say, "Yes!" to Him and to a new and glorious way of living. That is good news!

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