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Left or Right

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I warily approach
A split on the worn path
Reminiscing of times
The journey went left and right

Where do they lead?

Left hurries me
To distant places
Where there is a notable cost
Right carries me
To the warmth of home
Where Christ is

I cringe at the thought of left
But its desires seductively
Draw me closer
Like a whiff of pleasing aroma
Eliciting to attain lasting pleasure
Of the senses

Right is arduous to start
At times it feels like
Just obeying
And I wonder
Can I handle its overbearing weight?

But as I faithfully step out
I am adoringly joined by Him
And He carries the burdensome weight

Allowing me to just be

What He asks
He delivers by His hand
That is the greatness
Of the great I AM

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To Enter In

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To enter in
We must leave behind
Fears driven
By our demands

Gird your heart
For it is weak
Failing at even
The slightest movement

Gird your heart
Be strong and courageous
His promise is kept
To enter the promised land

Gird your heart
With strength and courage
Gain from His Word
According to His Law

The promised land
Is straight ahead
Greet those fears
Then toss them to the wind

For He is with you
Every step of the way
Reminding you of His truths
Making you capable to stand

You are loved
In Him you have strength
Allow His Word
To accompany your heart

Remember His principles
Meditate their meaning
Allow them to sink deep
To mold who you are
To Christ

The promised land
Is the shadow of Christ
Living in us
Set freed from sin
To live a new life

The Grace of God
Is not done with you yet
He is faithful
Even in your faithlessness

Remember and repeat
To process
What you heard and know
For this is the way and the truth

Enter into the promised land
Rejoice at His feet
That He brings you through the wilderness
Complete

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Stark Weakness

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In the stark weakness
Of our faith
We plainly discover
The grandness
Of who God is

As we struggle
We defiantly ask
What is He up to?
Our insatiable desire
To live life carefree

But God
Holds us
In His cupped hands
Protected in His palms
By His plan

Submerged in our weak faith
Hardship produces life
As we ascertain
Who He is
Faithful
Steadfast
Strong
Beyond our measure

His plan filled
With emerging vision
Bestowing gifts of faith
Assuring our hearts
He is trustworthy

Rejoicing in the fact
That we can rest
For where ever we are in our walk
Stark faith
Or faith assured
He accounts all
For our good
Glorifying Him

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Cherished Shepherd

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I see the weakness of who I am
But He uses it in His plan

The ways I come short
He configures for His bourn

The weight of my transgressions
My emotions full of expression

The Savior came for this day
Removing the affects, my sins He prepaid

I will not be complete
In this life, guaranteed

My sin will continue
Faithful, He will rescue

Redeeming my faults
For something greater, for Him it exalts

Accepting who I am
For He has a perfect plan

Resting in His loving arms, as I am
He is my cherished Shepherd, as I am His precious lamb

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Clarity

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God sees with clarity from above
As sunlight penetrates to the bottom of a spring
He knows the currents
That move underneath

The struggles to forecast
What the future will bring
Grappling at anything
To brace our faulty vision
Embraced from under the waterline
Delivering a temporary calm
Unlike His solid foundation

He knows what will bring peace
As He sees us transparently
Looking to Him in everything
The choice we must make
Then He will meet us and present
Amazing progressions

His hand has perfection
His power is everlasting
His faithfulness upholding
His devotion leaves an impression
His promises fulfilling
His sight reassuring
His love empowering

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Faithful

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He is faithful
He is true
How does He display Himself to you?

As we see from our perspective
We tend to grumble
As life starts to tumble

Feeling there is chaos
Unordered
How do we move forward?

Looking to Him
For all our provision
Our sight lacking vision

Praying to align our hearts
To His thinking
For His Truth is fitting

Instead of solving in our power
Waiting patiently
For His hand works capably

Trust His good
And His power
For the enemy He devours

He gives grace
In amounts unheard
Told in His Word

He is faithful
He is true
How does He display Himself to you?

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His Wrath Assuredly Rapt

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Do you stop to listen to the Lord?
Do you harken your ears to hear His Word?

His instruction discovered in the depths
That is when He brings to light what helps

Be diligent to keep His commands
Unlike fathers past who responded with demands

A generation that did not prepare its heart
As it was stubborn and rebellious from the start

God spectacularly parted the seas
Moments later their faith overwhelmingly fleed

Do you prepare your heart removing callous parts?
Do you believe who He is trusting His paradox?

The Lord became angry
Yet His wrath He held gladly

Patience and kindness overflows
As His grace is exposed

He is steadfast and faithful
We are forever grateful

Accepting us back into the fold
As our hearts are independent desiring revolt

He remembers that we are but flesh
In need of His Spirit and Breath

Redeeming us from our adversary
A feat nothing ordinary

He leads us to the Holy land
With His victorious right hand

Remember His great love
As He sacrificed His Son

A place where His wrath
Is assuredly rapt

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Useful

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He strengthens us
As He calls us faithful
Finding us useful
For His purposes
He does not discard us
When in the darkness
He keeps us
Drawing us to His Light
Revealing His work in us
His grace is deep
His mercy is wide
His love is great
He sees the potential in us
Of who He is shaping us to be
Mighty are His ways
Grateful for His use of my life
Humbled by His heart

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Silence

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In the silence of God
What do I hear?
The panic in my voice
Not to trust the One
Who disappears

Doubtful of His
Care and love
In my mind thinking
Why would someone
Who is love
Leave me hanging
As He does?

My thoughts are
Not His thoughts
So I cannot fathom
What His plan is

What if in that moment
That He disappears
I have faith
He cares
And He has purposes
Divine
Growing me more
Christlike

When girded with His strength
I can ask myself
What is God teaching me here?
Do I see a lesson
Underlying the event?

It is not the people
Nor the circumstances
Against me
It is God teaching me
How to lose selfishness
Our tendency in this life

Loving other’s more than myself
Our tendency in the pureness
Of who God intended us to be
Beneath all the protection
Of hiding our pain

In the silence of God
I can Trust who He is
A God of Love
A God who is Good
A God Trustworthy
A God Faithful
A God who is Kind
A God of all Knowledge
A God Sovereign
Over all of Life