Psalm 40:12
There are many dangerous troubles all around me.
They are too many to count!
My sins are too strong for me.
They are more than
all the hairs on my head!
So I am weak and
I cannot see clearly.
Luke 12:2-3
2 Some people hide
the things that they do.
But there will be a time
when other people
will see those things clearly.
Everyone will know
all their secrets.
3 You may have
said things secretly,
in the dark of the night.
But one day,
people will hear
those things
in the light of day.
You may have
said things quietly
into someone's ear,
behind a door
that you have shut.
But one day,
people will shout out
those secrets loudly
from the tops of the houses.
Ephesians 5:13-14
3 But when God's light
shines on something,
people can see clearly
its true nature.
14 Everything that
becomes clear to see
is in the light.
That is why it says:
‘Wake up,
you people who are asleep!
Rise up
from among the dead people!
Then Christ
will shine his light on you.’
Proverbs 29:21-23
21 You may give a servant everything that he wants from his birth.
But if you do that,
he will be useless in the end.
22 An angry person causes arguments.
When he is angry,
he causes many sins to happen.
23 A person's pride
will bring shame to him.
But a humble person
will receive honour.
24 If you help a robber,
you are bringing
punishment on yourself.
Romans 8:37-39
Because God loves us, none of these troubles can ever beat us.
He makes us
win against them.
I am sure of this. Nothing can stop God from loving us.
Death cannot do that.
Life cannot do that.
Angels cannot do that,
nor can demons
do that.
Purpose
Purpose
Nothing
that happens to us now,
or that will happen
in a future time
can do that.
No powerful spirits
can do that.
Nothing that is high
above the world
can do that,
nor anything
that is deep
down below the ground.
Purpose
Purpose
Nothing else
in the whole universe can stop God
from loving us.
Because of our
Lord Christ Jesus,
we know
how much
God loves us.
Purpose
Purpose
the sieve
the sieve
A poem
The poetic words
The words strained through from their storyline
The sieve that blocks the unwanted particles
Taking away the bitterness
The coldness
The pain
The clumps
The rocks
Those will now be changed
What remains
Is what God intended
The purpose
The plan
The reason for living
What comes through is all that is left
Substance gone.
There are those who simply shake the strainer
Awaiting the powdery peaceful flow
And there are those who beat the edges
In an attempt to accelerate
Making the sifting feelings go
the sieve
the sieve
I am neither of those
Pushing down, choking
I break up the clumps forcing them to go through
Ending up with random words
Incomplete stories
Because the words I was writing, froze
Words in my world
Restricted the ease of their flow
And that is how
I continued my unknown
A few words
Here and there
A few feelings that escape in the air
There is poetry there
Somewhere
I simply must breathe
And permit the words to flow
I am beginning again
Let’s see where this goes.
Proverbs 29:25
If you are afraid
of what people think about you,
you will never feel safe.
But if you trust
in the Lord,
He Will
keep you safe.
though it may feel like a deep ocean
pulling you under,
there is a tank full of air
awaiting.
-Summer 10:13
It’s never too late for truth