Friday, February 01, 2013

herdable!

..They seem all equal to me, heralding their arrival with a most grating sound...
.........when I worked nights and slept days they would by the dozens wake me from the 
....................sleep I so desperately needed... 
...............years later I learned that a loud noise would send them elsewhere and if 
.........................repeated every day it would keep them from returning... 
Crows herd much better than cats............

I wrote this in response to a composition challenge. 

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Lamb's poet index

Book I
1. EACH ONE
2. IF
3. We have , have we?
4. Uncommon Common Sense
5. Everything That Was Made
6. The Fly and the Flea
7. Two: to Women
8. The Trial of TRUTH
9. (untitled)

Book II
1. I See
2. the greastest of these.......
3. JESUS
4. REACH !
5. EXALTATION
6. beauty
7. ETERNAL SAVIOR
8. Meant To

Book III
1. The Outside View
2. haiku couplets
3. A MUSE
4. A Muse
5. (untitled)
6. My Grave
7. (untitled)
8. The Mirror
9. MY SEASONS
10. Haiku
11. Title is : “Untitled”

BOOK VI
1. I See
2. 1 John 2:6
3. BARUCH ha SHEM YESHUA
4. Aches and Pains
5. (untitled)
6. EXALTATION
7. It's A Privilege
8. ETERNAL SAVIOR
9. From Pentecost

Book V
1. A song
2. JESUS
3. victory song
4. remembed to you
5. let me
6. I'll see you
7. Fight Song

Book VI
1. doing what can be done
2. Tears and Laughter
3. Getting There
4. go to fixin'
5. FOLLOW ME
6. (untitled)
7. two tree tales
8. You Need Him

Book VII
1. NO QUESTIONS
2. my cross /{MY ANSWER}
3. To Prepare A Place
4. The Gospel Of Grace
5. Got Jesus?
6. REACH !

Book VIII
1. Courage
2. nineeleven
3. I Would
4. Hated
5. The LIFE
6. PRIDE
7. change

Book IX
1. Now and THEN
2. Gently, Pray
3. after the afterfall He's afterall
4. Priority
5. Pilgrim's Prayer
6. WATER
7. TEARS

Book X

1) "Try Me, He said..."
2) Beware
3) Him
4) All you need....
5) visitor
6) haiku

Book XI

1) living water
2) The Different Morning
3) Him
4) Emmaus..... and beyond
5) Thanksgiving Tribute


Book XII
1. A New Song
2. Humility
3. What if…
4. who...?
5. Even so...
6. Traveler
7. Yah
8. Your Presence (is enough)
9. Every Day Horror
10. He’s Still There
11. Needy One
12. Humility

Sunday, December 02, 2012

All to Thee We Owe and Pledge


All to Thee We Owe and Pledge


Your the bright and morning star
Who does lead us from afar
As the day of God draws nigh
Lord to You we lift our cry

Bring us home to life and love

Bring us to Thy Throne above
Be Thou ours and we Thine own
Then from Thee we’ll never roam
>
You illuminate the day
And You lead us on the Way
Not by power or by might
But in Your Spirit we’re made right

Sent to us from far above 
That we would learn to live and love
That our neighbors here in life 
Would also cease to strive
>
That they too would know Your grace
And one day see You face to Face

That now Love would rule their souls
For God is Love who makes us whole

Oh by means of Your own blood
We’ve a home in heaven to come
Where You dwell in Holy Light
While here below we war and fight
>
Yet not against the carnal foes
Which often living in great woe
Cowerer fearing and not free
Eyes not yet able to see

Help us come and humbly bow
To You who draw us near
That in the life were living now

We would from You receive Your cheer
>
Your cheer and courage we do need
In the Way in which You lead
Our enemies are not a few
And to You we would be true

More than conquerors you make
Of us who by Your grace forsake
Sin and sadness wrong and woe
As in praise and grace we grow
>
All to Thee we owe and pledge
All our heart and all our mind
All our soul and all our strength
Jesus we are Thine!

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

In a song, melody being yet perfected, the last stanza is a chorus sung at the >.


Ye have not because ye ask not. I have not written much in the last good few years. But recently I remember longing, almost needing to write again, and faintly remember praying.  God has at least looked on my hearts desire if not actually heard a prayer. Nonetheless I am reminded that we have little who ask little, even nothing who ask not. Sobering words to a people (person, moi) to whom such good and great promises are made:


John 15:7  If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

1 John 5:14  And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15  And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.