Food to Race on With

Food to Race on With

Here It Is, January 2012.
I found some real gems in my end of the year
Journal review.
Here are some Bible tidbits and some poems
inspired by them.

Psalms 103: Praise the Lord...who satisfies your desires with good things
...compassionate and gracious...abounding in love...
Psalms 119:... Blessed are they who...seek Him with all their heart.
They do nothing wrong.

God's Waltz

When dancing
with your first love
don't allow any usurper
to cut in
He will try to
fill your ear
with half truths
in order to confuse
and lead you
into the shadows
Dance with
Love's pure flame
filling both you
and He
with joy
to last the full
life through.

Isaiah 48:... I will tell you of new things, of hidden things... They are created now,
and not long ago;
Isaiah 43:... Forget the former things, do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up...streams in the wasteland.
Isaiah 55:...all you who are thirsty...your souls will delight in the richest of fare...come to Me...

Satiated

Sweet water from the Rock
dip your head and drink
It will follow you
never to run dry
Notice your thirst
your need for Him
be refreshed
renewed
Walk within the mist
the moist coolness
available
even in the heat of battle
Find His stream
wade out
don't stop until the river
is deep enough to swim in
Let it carry you
carried like the wings
of a new dawn
Where the Sovereign
of forever
will clasp you in His arms
with perfect love's
embrace

Mark 16:...preach the good news to all creation.
John 14:.. Anyone who has faith in Me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater
things than these...the Spirit of truth...accep Him...know Him...the Counselor...the Holy Spirit
...will teach you all things...
John 16:... Ask and you will receive and your joy will be complete...

Better

I can think about
my don't haves
for hours on end
hug misery
to my bosom
but for what end
Then there is
the breaking forth
of sunshine
of colors
that bend around
and peekaboo
revealing
who really is
a friend
The blissful knowing
that what a friend
we have in Jesus
who knows our longings
and can satisfy
to a peace filled end
is more than just
a song.

Colossians 1:...the Father who has qualified you to share in...the Kingdom of light...rescued
...from the dominion of darkness...
James 4:... You do not have because you do not ask God... Come near to God and He will come
near to you...
James 1:...every good and perfect gift is from above...

The Last Days

Bright diamonds
the largest and rarest
found on earth
Cobblestones
decorative embellishments
in comparison to the treasures
of Heaven
God's personal hope chest
filled to overflowing
More and more
accumulating daily
In preparation
as the last and greatest
time in times
races to fill
His open arms.