Scattered

 Here’s today’s poem. It’s called:

Scattered 

God is above nation, He rules over all 

His plan coming to fruition 

He's the One who scattered, same One was battered

Draw us all, make us one His mission 

He was lifted up, already drawing 

He's been drawing from the start

Making us all one, while still under sun 

Proving to be the hardest part 

He still has His plan, He still uses man 

We're His kings, He's the King of kings 

Unity His goal, He's helping us be whole 

Seek to see the blessings that brings.

John 11:52

and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.

John 12:32

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

That ain’t what a mashup is

 Here’s today’s song. It’s called:

That ain’t what a mashup is 

 

Willie stole from Waylon

Ole Waylon stole from Kris

Willie stole from Waylon

Ole  Waylon stole from Kris

Willie stole from Waylon

Ole Waylon stole from Kris

Willie stole from Waylon

Ole  Waylon stole from Kris

Kris refused to steal from Johnny 

That  ain’t what a mashup is

Kris refused to steal from Johnny 

That  ain’t what a mashup is

That  ain’t what a mashup is

Back in the day Kris swept the floor 

Back in the day Kris swept the floor 

Then Johnny came down , came in through that door 

Kris, my friend, I’m gonna set you free

He said “Kris I’m setting your hand free”

Next day boy walked in with Bobby McGhee 

Next day boy walked in with Bobby McGhee 

Kris refused to steal from Johnny 

That  ain’t what a mashup is

Kris refused to steal from Johnny 

That  ain’t what a mashup is

That  ain’t what a mashup is

Kris refused to steal from Johnny 

That  ain’t what a mashup is

Kris refused to steal from Johnny 

That  ain’t what a mashup is

That  ain’t what a mashup is

Person to love not problem to solve

 Here’s today’s song. It’s called:

Person to love not problem to solve

We know and love 'em, they bring pain 

We're still called to love 'em

They're our lot, won't hear 'em plot 

Can't just push and shove 'em 

I'm the problem, I'm the dreamer 

Hurts 'cause they're my kin

Love, it seems, covers dreams 

Love still covers sin 

Be prepared, serve The Lord

Invest yourself in Him

Under steeple love all people 

Love risks life and limb 

I'm the problem, I'm the dreamer 

Hurts 'cause they're my kin

Love, it seems, covers dreams 

Love still covers sin 

I'm the problem, I'm the dreamer 

Hurts 'cause they're my kin

Love, it seems, covers dreams 

Love still covers sin.

Genesis 37:17-20

17 “They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan. ’”

So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan. 18 But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

19 “Here comes that dreamer! ” they said to each other. 20 “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.”

Matthew 25:29

29 For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.

Flawed servant

 Here’s today’s song. It’s called:

Flawed servant 

Samson was strong but he was flawed 

Delilah demonstrates 

His strength returns, his passion burns

He fell from hurts to hates 

I'm no better, I want revenge 

Hard to forgive and serve

I too am flawed, I  hear God 

He holds my heart and nerve 

Jesus showed He had no flaws 

He's over all creation 

He wants a coin, fits fish to join 

Sends it to its station 

I'm no better, I want revenge 

Hard to forgive and serve

I too am flawed, I  hear God 

He holds my heart and nerve 

I'm no better, I want revenge 

Hard to forgive and serve

I too am flawed, I  hear God 

He holds my heart and nerve.

Judges 16:22

But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.

Matthew 17:24-27

The Temple Tax

24 After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”

25 “Yes, he does,” he replied.

When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes —from their own children or from others?”

26 “From others,” Peter answered.

“Then the children are exempt,” Jesus said to him. 27 “But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.”

Certified

 Here’s today’s poem. It’s called:

Certified

Abraham 100 when Isaac was born 

Sarah too old as well 

God creates us, He predates us 

His total time'll tell 

Already angels certified 

Saints are there of old

John the least, His bride's the feast 

Accept and see unfold 

You accept you're in the new 

Bride is new and great 

John and Groom made more room 

Join before too late.

Genesis 21:5

5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

Matthew 11:11

11 Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

John 3:31-34

31 The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. 32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. 33 Whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. 34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

Be the one

 Here’s today’s song. It’s called :

Be the one 

Help me be the one bows down in thanks 

My goal: be the one who returns 

Jesus heals ten, one born again 

Go back, bow down, no burns 

We can be the one, don't have to be the nine 

We can bow at Jesus' feet 

We can finish strong, live a good life long 

Our return meets His mercy seat

Jesus speaks, says "Rise and go", 

At His Word we're well 

The other nine He cannot find 

There's a real place, hell 

We can be the one, don't have to be the nine 

We can bow at Jesus' feet 

We can finish strong, live a good life long 

Our return meets His mercy seat

We can be the one, don't have to be the nine 

We can bow at Jesus' feet 

We can finish strong, live a good life long 

Our return meets His mercy seat.

Luke 17:11-19

Jesus Heals Ten Men With Leprosy

Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”

When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.

One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.

Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”

Christ or cannabis

 Here’s today’s song. It’s called:

Christ or cannabis 

Justify, how I try 

Really ain't no reason 

You may have to choose as well

Move to that next season 

As a kid, some things work 

Escape awhile from life 

When you're grown the seeds you've sown 

Turn from free to strife 

I look back, the things that worked 

All appear appealing 

As I mature, I see, for sure

His hand on me, He's healing

As a kid, some things work 

Escape awhile from life 

When you're grown the seeds you've sown 

Turn from free to strife 

As a kid, some things work 

Escape awhile from life 

When you're grown the seeds you've sown 

Turn from free to strife.

Proverbs 31:6-7

6 Let beer be for those who are perishing,

wine for those who are in anguish!

7 Let them drink and forget their poverty

and remember their misery no more.

Litany of Loneliness

 Here’s today’s poem. It’s called: 

Litany of Loneliness 

Today's teens are lonely, they're mostly looking down

We can help one find and make a friend 

All it takes is time, climb our culture, climb

We see the stats, we know where this can end

One person at a time, one life, one soul 

Through generations, a choice 

We meet 'em where they are, not rich or superstar

Our role to humbly hear their voice 

Once heard and seen, the bond may mean 

a closeness, not arms-length

We're giving out, it's serve not shout 

We're just sharing strength.

Litany is a prayer, wait and we'll get there 

Waiting ain't always the best option 

Reach for God, don't tarry

He's chomping the bit to carry 

We may inherit adoption.

Ephesians 1:4-5

4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will-

No headaches in heaven

Today’s a tough one. Two tragic deaths, one in USA and one in New Zealand so I’ve written to comfort the living. 

This one is  called:

No headaches in heaven 

Death is part of life, life is a gift

Life lived God’s way leads us home

Down here on earth, where we're held from birth 

Souls alive, back to God we roam

We find our way, it's tough, a hill

We suffer, mistakes mar our journal 

God is not astonished, we arrive unadmonished,

 Heaven, where His welcome is eternal.

Proverbs 12:28

28 In the way of righteousness there is life;

along that path is immortality.

Maker

 Here’s today’s song. It’s called:

Maker 

God started shaping us, from the very start 

We've always been the clay, He's the Potter 

Shapes size and creed, even shaped our seed

Shapes us all as His son and daughter 

Lord, You are my Maker 

Lord, You are my Maker 

Lord, You are my Maker 

Amen.

As it gets more risky, the throne becomes clear 

Stay true to Jesus in His hand 

Crowd wil say "renounce", true will mean you'll trounce 

Live forever in the Promised land 

Lord, You are my Maker 

Lord, You are my Maker 

Lord, You are my Maker 

Lord, You are my Maker 

Lord, You are my Maker 

Lord, You are my Maker 

Amen.

Jeremiah 18:6

6 He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the LORD. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel.

Revelation 2:13

13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.

I was blind Bartameus

 Here’s today’s poem. It’s called:

I was blind Bartameus

I was blind yet not from birth, 

Regained sight to see 

Begging, blind, He held my mind 

Howled "have mercy on me"

Crowd will crow, scoffers show 

Persist, He hears our cries 

Jesus calls, faith stands or falls 

He will heal our eyes 

What then, Once healed what's next 

Allegiance to Christ is owed 

Like ole Bart, we get new start 

Follow Jesus along the road.

Mark 10:46-52

Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight

Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”

So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.

“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him.

The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.”

“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

Salome save

 Here’s today’s song. It’s called:

Salome save 

She was asked to dance, did she have a chance 

Asked by her king and her mother 

Had John killed, for us blood was spilled 

Shows at Tomb, grieving for Another

King's birthday dinner, thought he was the winner 

Ended up eaten by distress 

Herod's day was done, Jesus Christ has won 

She's not to blame, Salome to bless 

Waiting for the sabbath, the girls got together 

Spent what they had on His anointing 

Weren't expecting Spirit, asked each other as they near it 

Who'll roll the stone to where He's pointing

King's birthday dinner, thought he was the winner 

Ended up eaten by distress 

Herod's day was done, Jesus Christ has won 

She's not to blame, Salome to bless 

King's birthday dinner, thought he was the winner 

Ended up eaten by distress 

Herod's day was done, Jesus Christ has won 

She's not to blame, Salome to bless. 

Matthew 14:6-12

6 On Herod’s birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for the guests and pleased Herod so much 7 that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. 8 Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” 9 The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he ordered that her request be granted 10 and had John beheaded in the prison. 11 His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother. 12 John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus.

Mark 16:1-3

Jesus Has Risen

16:1-8pp — Mt 28:1-8; Lk 24:1-10

1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb 3 and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”

How long, LORD, will the wicked?

 Here’s today’s poem. It’s called:

How long, LORD, will the wicked?

Godless fools who live by hate, jubilant songs they sing 

O, but their end, He'll surely send 

Sheol is the burden they bring 

Upon this earth there's joy and mirth 

The Godless are dying 

Wicked folks bear heavy yokes 

Flailing, not flying 

Jesus says, "Come to Me all you who are weary"

Take His yoke, your soul awoke 

Real rest, your choice is cheery.

Psalms 94:3

How long, LORD, will the wicked,

how long will the wicked be jubilant?

Matthew 11:28-29

28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Plunder

 Here’s today’s poem. It’s called: 

Plunder

I sin, I need The Lord 

His mercy covers all 

Each morning I make mistakes 

Evil one ties and takes 

Still strong as I hear and heed His call 

Holy Spirit speaks, He protects and He frees 

His goal is always freedom for man 

He's been around forever, man curses Him will never 

See His face, He's fair because He can 

Without Him I'm afraid , I'm weak and at risk 

Like a lamb , lion looks to slaughter

Satan is a prowler, tries to trap as fowler 

Laid his evil trap for Eve and caught her 

I am no better, I am just like Eve 

Without His protection I'm a goner 

With him I'm strong, eternal, lasting long 

Free to follow Jesus, in His honor.

Genesis 3:2-5

2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’” 4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Mark 3:22-29

22 And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.”

23 So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. 27 In fact, no one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man’s house. 28 Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”