10/10/21 Through 10/16/21

 10/10/21 Through 10/16/21

Sunday

Give wisdom for the ALL to give.

Let ALL be how we choose to live,

For ALL is what Your love demands,

And ALL is more than just commands.

Another thing, it's time to see

Is what He always asks of me.

Yet somehow in His holy will

He blesses evermore me still.

Perhaps that's why you promise all

To grant them wisdom when they call.

For wisdom grants the light to see

The call of love You place on me.

To see You gaze at me with love,

And call me forth to life above,

To see that what I grasp is straw,

And stand before my God in awe.

Monday

In wisdom is the Father's word

Repentance when His voice is heard.

The call to hear and then obey,

And follow in the Master's way.

He asks not what He would not do,

He suffered and He died for you.

Then rose to show death cannot bind

The peace and joy in love we find.

For wisdom pulls the veil away

And shows in clearest light of day

We must repent and learn to love

To find our home with God above.

Tuesday

Amazing will be when at last He has come,

All our foolishness shown, to every last one.

How we traded His glory for creatures He made,

And let pride be for us a darkening shade.

Concerned every day for the matters of show,

We miss the great things that He wants us to know.

Humility seems so distasteful you see,

But that be the lesson the Lord has for me.

Wednesday

Woe to me who think I'm holy

Just because I want to be.

Is it true, I love Him wholly,

Or is love for only me?

Look and see with eyes unjaded.

How can I be more like He,

When in pride I have paraded

Just for glory given me?

Cleanse me, Lord, by sins forgiven.

Reconcile this wayward soul.

Let me be one grace is given.

Make, at last, this sinner whole.

Thursday

Righteous when in fact a sinner,

Leader where one should not go.

Danger to the young beginner

Following one just for show.

Lead me to a faith redeeming,

Void of selfish pride and greed.

Though forgotten, lowly, seeming,

One with precious sprouting seed.

Prophets for the newer ages

As before, despised and seen

One the evil soul outrages,

One intolerant and mean.

Be the victor for the weaker.

Give them courage, steel their nerve.

Call to You the humble seeker,

Give reward to all who serve.

Friday

Valued more than many sparrows,

Gifted with a love divine.

Rocky field He plows and harrows,

Till the soil's soft and fine.

Saturday

Holy Spirit, come to me,

In time of desperate need.

Grant me eyes that mysteries see,

And will, to promptings heed.

Let faith my staunch companion be

In every time and place.

That others come to plainly see

Response by me to grace.

10/3/21 Through 10/9/21

 10/3/21 Through 10/9/21

Sunday

Man and woman joined as one.

Through the act, new life begun.

Total giving of their seed

Flames of love to always feed.

From the core, the rib removed

By the woman, man improved.

Two as one forever bound

Total giving love is found.

Monday

How often I have turned away

From duty that is mine.

Direct me Lord, and show the way

For me to go this time.

So full of what I want to do

Without a thought for God

I miss His blatant, glaring cue,

And try to run abroad.

Sometime within the belly of 

A whale would change my mind,

And maybe teach me how to love,

Or how true peace to find.

To listen and obey the key

To peace and pure delight,

For in His will the love we see

That brings the morning light.

Tuesday

Repent and turn away from sin

Is still the battle cry.

For years we've let it grow within,

But now, to cleanse, we try.

If true, a change of heart we've had,

The change will cause some pain.

But pain, if we persist, will add

To heaven, then obtain.

So at the Master's feet recline

Absorbing every word,

Then try to make your will align

With all that you have heard.

Wednesday

In conversation every day

I hear You speak and point the way,

Yet still a path of mine desire

That leads unto unholy fire.

I must be made afresh and new

And make my heart as one with You.

Oh Father in the highest height

Come help me in this daily fight.

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done,

Shall be the way for everyone,

And when the final day arrives,

Reward for how we lived our lives.

Oh mercy much, I plead for me,

And all who did me harm, I free.

I dread the loss of life with Thee,

And pray Your glory I may see.

Thursday

What profit in His service be,

The proud will ask the weak.

For we control the gold, you see,

While you still pray and seek.

But God has promised peace for those

Who trust upon His name,

With poverty and vicious woes,

For those of wealth and fame.

Without a branch, without a root

The fire leaves us all

Alone and naked, shamed and mute

Once great, now poor and small.

Then those that fear the Lord shall see

The sun of justice rise,

With healing rays, and voices praise

The Lord of earth and skies.

Friday

Cast out the demons plaguing me

Then fill me with reality,

For otherwise the lie returns,

And seven more my spirit earns.

Each void will beckon to be filled

The trampled earth be plowed and tilled

So seed can sprout and then will spread,

And bring new life to what was dead.

I need Your presence always near

To cast away the doubt and fear.

Assuring if I just return,

A greater depth of love I'll learn.

Saturday

Is the sickle ready now

To harvest from this stalk somehow,

Or shall this one be bundled with

The weed sent to the fire forthwith?

One steadfast in so many ways,

But one anemic, many days,

Who turns away for worthless things,

And loses what allegiance brings.

But You are One of mercy Lord

For blood and water, You outpoured

To make this more than just a dream,

And wash me in that precious stream. 

9/26/21 Through 10/2/21

 9/26/21 Through 10/2/21

Sunday

See what jealousy can do,

It draws the reason far from you,

And leads to where the sins abound,

Where love and trust are never found.

The good in all is good for all,

And all must answer well the call.

For when the call is acted on

Is grace to all, bestowed upon.

Monday

Hope for better days to come,

See what pride and lust have done.

Gaining all we lost the best,

In the Lord is found our rest.

Greatest in His eyes will know

Service is the way to go.

In the least, the great is found.

In the weak, the strong and sound.

All be gained, but all is lost

Soul of man the heavy cost.

When all within the world gained,

Slavery is all obtained.

Tuesday

Lord send Your fire from above.

Fill our hearts with peace and love.

Make of me a life anew,

Let all in me, reflect of You.

Let me suffer well for Thee

That stony hearts observe and see,

How true it is, as often seems,

The undeserving Love redeems.

Wednesday

Unseen in realms of earthly light,

Still rages the angelic fight

For souls to serve or turn away,

To heed the call, or go astray.

Yet man is blessed with such as these

Who show the simple man the keys

Of serving Him, beyond all fame

And trembling at His Holy Name.

For only in His presence there

Is peace and joy beyond compare.

And trusting Him in all we do

Will always be what's best for you.

Thursday

The mother lode is here at hand

If we obey His each command.

A nugget in His every word

For those who act on what is heard.

See how every word is true

Let it sink down deep in you.

Ponder well each morsel there,

Then in love, the beauty share.

Endless are the ways He speaks

All revealed to one who seeks.

One who practices will see

Transformative the word will be.

Ageless, timeless words of love

Given from our Lord above.

Ever old, but ever new

Always with a word for you.

Correction when it's needed most

Our guidance from the Holy Ghost.

To steer the ship and stay the course,

To love, our never-ending source.

Adoration 9/9/21

Here I sit with You today

Afraid to take the time away

From mundane chores that pass the time,

But fail to break the paradigm.

So, why prefer such boring things

To sitting with the King of kings,

And there absorb His loving gaze

In bread made flesh to prize and praise?

I rest within Your presence Lord.

To pass You by I can't afford.

The time I'm face to face with You

I always find is overdue.

Yet every moment cherished there

For none on earth can quite compare,

Where time is stopped a moment while,

My heart and soul Your love beguile.

Friday

How true the prophet's words today

This people fails to God obey

So many blessings squandered here

Upon a people insincere.

To heed the call and Him obey,

Instead we bend the truth our way.

But truth we find will not comply,

And all we have is just a lie.

I hope and pray it's not too late

To alter course and change our fate.

To bring about a change within,

And turn from all ths sordid sin.

War rages on in every soul

And evil takes a mighty toll,

But those that humbly turn to love

Will find at last their home above.

Saturday

Become like one of these and see

The value of humility.

For they appear a trifling sort,

But truth be known, of great import.

Their angels guard throughout the day

And guide them on the Master's way,

But pride will lead the soul astray

Creating quite a bill to pay.

So listen for the angel's voice

Make true and beautiful your choice,

And you will find the humble way

Your path to everlasting day

9/19/21 Through 9/25/21

 9/19/21 Through 9/25/21

Sunday

He tried to tell them on the road

Of how the crown would get bestowed,

But eyes were blinded then by pride,

The truth of love to shrewdly hide.

The great must take the place of least

And humble well the inner beast

To see what lies beyond the grave,

And how He treats the humble slave.

Exalted to the highest height

The lowly who refused to fight,

Except with forces deep within

To conquer over death and sin.

Monday

From the exile now returning,

Trust in providence now learning,

As the Lord has moved the leaders

Through the prayer of faithful pleaders.

Blood of martyrs change the mind

Of even the most heinous kind,

And when the word to love is clear

It's no surprise, great things are near.

So carry on and stay the course,

Your love becomes a driving force,

And even though your flesh be torn,

Eternal life in you is born.

Tuesday

What does it mean to follow You,

To use the gifts in all I do?

I need Your light to see the way, 

And spur me to each word obey.

To follow means to leave behind

What used to occupy the mind

And see in ever clearer light

The words upon my soul You write.

Those to heal and those to bless,

Those of sin I must confess

Words that guide my path to You,

And words instructing what to do.

Wednesday

Ashamed of how we've turned away

Each one determining his way,

And thinking we can make what's true

Instead of listening to You.

Yet patient love You still display

And grant relief along the way.

Lord help me vow again to be

A faithful spouse, in love with Thee.

Thursday

Seek to see Him not for thrill,

But seek to know His holy will,

And follow well on every road.

You'll see, it's He that bears the load.

As Pio saw for fifty years,

The ever-present cause for tears.

How Jesus, on the cross was torn,

And how the age of love was born.

Let not be lost a single stripe.

The time for love is fully ripe.

So seize the moment, pluck the fruit,

Make love of God your main pursuit.

A sacrifice for everyday

A joining in His cross some way.

Will build a temple gilt with gold

For saint and sinner to behold.

Friday

Once we know He is the Christ,

The pearl becomes so highly-priced.

For He that made the sea and skies

Is He that stands before our eyes.

Saturday

What are you afraid to ask?

What word of His does pride unmask?

What false assurance must you keep?

What corner that you dread to sweep?

He claims to be the strength we need.

We see the food, but fail to feed.

The cross exposed His all to man,

For all is in the Father's plan.

So why hold back what holds you back?

Just offer all, and none you'll lack.

Come see beyond the cross and grave,

And meet the One with pow'r to save.

Encircling fire, His love aflame

For all who bless His Holy Name.

He wipes away our every tear,

And puts an end to useless fear.