To write what You reveal, dear Sir
Ere long I quit this place
Your plain, Your deep, bright, words to share
As long I walk this space
In stories ripe with metaphor
In poems filled with grace
My joy will be in hearts to stir
Until I see Your face
His Nature Is Quite Simple To Explain . . . However . . .
19 Aug 2011 2 Comments
These ten-thousand gifts
These magnificent mysteries
This unquenched longing
This unlimited grace
Complexly simple, His Love ….
And simply amazing.
This is all I have at this moment. I offer what I have ….
To Meet Him There – An Act of Worship
07 Aug 2011 8 Comments
TO MEET YOU THERE
Your creations, oh Lord,
Capture me
Convince me
Confirm You.
Immense mountains
Majesty and mystery
Massive earthrock moving skyward
Magnificence like mercy’s power, Your Prominence,
Your Eminence,
Away and up, I climb to meet You there.
Color – carved canyons
Complex, winding wide
Cut in solid stone, rim to rim
Connecting continuous flowing Truth exposed.
Down in, I climb, to meet You there.
Verdant valleys I find,
Filled full for every need
Verifying You – Your care for me.
Daily, hourly, each moment, I see
Your good, Your kind, Creativity.
Oh, God ! You make me to walk in wonder.
Wonder like a child
Wonder with which I can worship You
Wonder I never want to lose.
And as wonder unwraps faith, my Lord,
Faith shows me farther,
Deeper into unseen wonders
Where Your wondrous glory shines,
Then, through that thin place I climb,
To meet You there.
Remember The Son’s Screen
27 Jun 2011 4 Comments
Seek, my friend, the Son of Man.
Screen the sun, or roast like ham.
The Son can heal and save you if you ask.
The sun can peel and kill you if you bask.
Life or death upon demand.
Choose life and seek the Son of Man.
By C. Rantley (My first attempt at a pome. Hope y’all like it. Sincerely, Cousin Chaff)
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Remember Our Defenders
29 May 2011 16 Comments
in Bible, Christ, Christian Fiction, Christian Poetry, Evangelism, Faith, Jesus Christ, Prayer, Salvation Tags: American Armed Forces, Christ, Cross, Defenders, Flag, Freedom, God and Country, Memorial Day, Patriotism, Sacrifice, Thank You, United States
Remember sacred memory
Of those who chose to sacrifice
Their single, treasured, earthly life,
Like Christ, their neighbors to keep free.
No greater love has any shown
Than Christ who gave us perfectly
His Life and Love that we could know
God’s freedom, peace, security.
For all your sacrifice and pain
We pray our people wake and see
We are released, unbound, unchained,
Not hobbled now, but running free.
This, thanks to Christ and such as these,
This, thanks to Christ and such as these.
Upstream Run
12 May 2011 4 Comments
in Bible, Christian Fiction, Christian Music, Christian Poetry, Christianity, Evangelism, Faith, Fantasy fiction, God, God's Glory, Inspirational Music, Inspirational Writing Tags: Belief, Christian Music, Christian Poetry, christian writing, Faith, Fantasy Fiction, Fisherman, God, God's Glory, Holy Spirit, Lord, Psalm, religion & spirituality, Seek God, Streams, Your purpose
This brite post is a tribute to a good man, Les Wenger. As husband, father, uncle, and friend, Les will be sorely missed. The story “Upstream Run” was conceived to honor his memory. Thanks to his family: Mary G., Diane, Andrea, Gerald, and Peter for their indispensable parts in the creation of this post. Please go here to view Andrea and Peter’s beautiful tribute. Then click here to read my story, “Upstream Run” written to honor Les, and to glorify God. Most of all, thank You my awesome Lord God for giving me so much.
Les Wenger
Your Daughter, My Mother
08 May 2011 10 Comments
in Christ, Christian Poetry, Christianity, Faith, God, God's Glory, Jesus, Prayer Tags: A Mother's Day Poem, A Poem For Mom, Family, Home, Jesus, Lord, Missing My Mother, Mother, Mother and son, Mother Dear, Mothers Day, To Mom From Your Son
After the church service and worship I am celebrating my mother, but early this morning I was a little melancholy as you will see:
Your Daughter My Mother
Dear Heavenly “Grand”-Father,
Many years ago; more than twenty-two,
You made Mom a place to live
When she went away
To live with You.
Would You go there today,
Right up to her house,
And give her, for me,
A nice new dress, a flowery skirt,
A pretty blouse?
Would You give her
Nice-looking sandals,
Some beautiful shoes?
Oh Grandpa, today I’m getting the blues….
Please tell her I miss her.
We are too far apart.
All the time and the distance,
She’s still in my heart.
Would You put a sparkling
Crown on her head?
Or just hold her hand?
Would You give her, today,
A big Daddy-hug?
The warmest kind as only You can?
And tell her that her prayers for me
Were answered by You,
And are being still,
To this very day.
Tell her I’m finally free.
I’m on Jesus’ path,
I’m following Your Way.
Maybe not all that she hoped and she prayed just yet,
But much closer, Grand-Daddy,
Much closer this day.
Today, she just seems much too far away….
So thank her for me.
It’s heavy to bear,
That it’s Mothers Day here and she’s way up there.
But tell her I will soon see her, perhaps!
Until then, maybe give her a dance.
Will you give her a flower?
Lord, give her a laugh.
Tell her that I can hardly wait.
I’ll see her at the garden gate –
The one on the west,
When I finally come.
Meantime, Grandpa, please give her my best.
Your best too, ’cause we love her.
And just because she’s Your daughter,
And because she’s my mom!
Rejoice! Rejoice With All Your Might! Rejoice!
24 Apr 2011 6 Comments
in Bible, Christ, Christian Poetry, Christianity, Easter, God's Glory, Good News, Gospel, Inspirational Writing, Jesus Christ, Personal Testimony, Redemption, Resurrection, Resurrection Sunday, Salvation, Worship Tags: Christ, christianity, Easter, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Lord, Son of God
Hardly a day goes by that I don’t think, in some way, about Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection. Today is no different. Wait, it is different, for today is the Church’s official celebration of that creation-changing, world-changing, life-changing Day. Today, let there be loud singing and joyous dancing. Let there be massive celebration over all the Earth, for our Jesus is alive! Let there be all of that, but, most importantly, let Him be the Lord of your life.
(This was written hurriedly, so please forgive its imperfection.)
Rejoice!
I celebrate this holiest
Of all the days of holiness,
For as the sun appears to rise
In the East,
The Son of God did arise
On Easter – Resurrection Day,
The greatest Day the Lord Has Made.
I rejoice and I am exceedingly glad in it,
For my Savior lives!
Oh, Lord, He lives!
Now and forever, He lives!
And because He lives
So can I!
For my heart, too, was sealed
With hardened stone
And in that darkened tomb
Dwelt death.
With tender touch He moved
The hardened part away
To let in light and life
So death was put to death.
The Holy Spirit Jesus sent
Was sent to live in me.
As Christ began to breathe again
I felt my spirit leap.
It leapeth still in Heaven’s realm
So graciously removed from hell
That I can only raise my hands and say
Rejoice, all people, rejoice!
Hallelujah, praise God, rejoice!
For our Savior lives and breathes in us.
He arose, he conquered bitter death, and saved.
He does that, still, today!
An excerpt from “My Joy”
By Len, Gloryteller Resurrection Sunday 4-24-2011
Things Beyond My Understanding
14 Apr 2011 2 Comments
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5
Way beyond my understanding.
All i know is
It was a miracle
And the miracle was a gift.
Delivered to crumbling doorstep
Outside my sagging door locked tight
Nailed shut.
Yet breached,
It sat inside on rotting floor
Shining to be opened.
To be believed past unbelief
By miracle, not my work.
Gift
It is salvation wrapped in grace undeserved.
The gift of faith to see hope once unseen.
A new heart unchained
Full with compassion
And repentance like a switching wind.
Heart to feel abundant love long unfelt
And eyes to see as i am seen
Then others too, the same.
And mercy, charity, a call to pray
A heart to sing, a heart to worship,
Hands to raise.
All unwrapped and taken out,
When gift, upon gift, inside gift, given
Then took away all fears and doubts
Healed my aching soul complete
And full and whole and more and more
A heart to tell of gifts and Glory
Of His Great Love,
And gratitude, a heart of thanks,
I thank you JESUS, thank you LORD!
That You should care for me,
To give me gifts,
Rebuild my house,
To give Yourself.
Miracles beyond my full understanding.
But nothing is beyond Yours!
A Step of Faith
12 Mar 2011 Leave a comment
Not long before I took my first step of real faith, my Lord sent me a messenger who graciously gave me this quotation:
“Nothing before, nothing behind; the steps of faith fall on the seeming void and find the rock beneath.”
John Greenleaf Whittier
The ideas I found in that sentence so resonated in me that it was instrumental in my taking the first steps of faith.
I can only hope that this message will have that same effect on any special someone who may be staring into the void.
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Sing Glory! Glory to God in the Highest!
08 Mar 2011 1 Comment
There aren’t many who can write and sing of God’s glory with more heart than Keith and Kristyn Getty. Many thanks to you both, and thank you to Bob Marshall, for uploading this beautiful video. Hallelujah!
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In Desperation, I Prayed (Poem)
25 Feb 2011 Leave a comment
Todays foray into the world of rhyme:
“In desperate prayer for someone else,
I brought the Lord unto myself.”
I so hope that i authored this and didn’t unwittingly and unintentionally steal it. Sometimes one incorporates, subconsciously, obscure words one has seen, into one’s own thought processes. Has anyone out there heard or seen it before? I’m pretty sure it came from me because i worked on it! If i didn’t originate it, maybe God wanted me to bring it back because it is an important concept. I can’t find it after much searching on the Net. I intend to post more on this subject, but for now, ponder the deep truth embedded in those two simple lines. Read more, here.
Alone in the Rockies.
Gloryteller 