Adam’s Choice

The evil begins

With Adams sin

Led astray by Eve

God he would leave

The choice he made

Is why we all wonder

Why God would allow

That sort of blunder

The seed of sin

Would flourish within

In all of us

Next of kin

The World has fallen

Is God really sovereign?

The will of our hearts

Is tearing apart

Between good and evil

Why the upheaval?

Why not Heaven on Earth?

Why not perfection and peace?

Should we believe

What we can’t conceive

That God would allow

Satan to acheive

But God gives us freedom

To choose between

A real love for Him

Or a real love for sin

The predestined design

Now obvious, and makes sense

That God wants our full love

Without pretense

Wickedness

Our wickedness
Is our fortress
From failing to believe
The circumstances
Of Gods wrath
Impossible to conceive
Great flood
And trumpet calls
Time in between
Sodom’s destruction
Our World rejection
Will God intercede?
Our wickedness continues
Despite John’s prophecies
With wickedness all around us
We look on with apathy
We feel there is no hope
In this World of despair
We look for instant comfort
By way of sin for repair
This World of subtle compromise
Will it continue to persist?
Loveless and lenient
Do morals and laws exist?
Thank you for your TRUTH God
That You will free us from here
You promise us eternity
And wipe away every tear
An eternity of perfection
A new Heaven and Earth
Where Satan is forever beaten
And the Tree of Life gives birth
So help us declare boldly
Your message of love and hope
This World will soon diminish
A vapor up in smoke

PETER

I cast my nets
I walked on water
You are The Christ 
You are The Father.
I will die
I will not leave
I'll never disown
The Nazarene.
You were with Him
The girl cried
I don't know Him
I denied.
I swear to God
I swore and cursed
I gave my oath
The rooster rehearsed.
For three times
I did not say
I cried, I wept
I ran away.
Jesus looked back
My repentance he foreknew
He felt my sorrow
He made me new.

Nothing

Mindful of nothing
Paralyzed dreams
Lazy and apathetic
What does it mean.
Rash and unfinished
Resolve is diminished
I seem to compete
With what I can't complete.
Moment by moment
Grandiose feelings
Never content
Nothing appealing.
Is this a test
That God is dealing
My heart is stubborn
My mind is stealing.
Stealing His will for my soul
I still refuse, I still feel dull.
Oh, he is persistent
Despite my distance
I don't take serious
What seems so mysterious.
The fulfillment in Him
And in Him alone
Seems so nebulous
My faith is incredulous.
But nothing is working
And nothing I feel
God help me to reach thee
To You I appeal.

For Us

Jesus in the garden
His plight, Gods plan, He knew
He prayed with sorrow and anguish
He knew what would ensue.
Can one man endure all sin?
Can he take on Gods mission?
His sweat tinged with blood
He fell face down in submission.
The agony and torture was upon Him
The Judas kiss labeled Him the accused 
He was mocked, beaten, and flogged
He was spat upon, His heart contused.
Prophecies and miracles made it obvious
That Jesus is the Son of God
But that did not matter to Caiaphas
As Pilate's soldiers continued to flog.
The Lamb would not perish
Until it was all complete
He endured the cross to Skull
"They have pierced my hands and feet."
"MY GOD WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME!"
He had finally breathed His last.
He bore the sin of the World
The future and the past.
 

Miracles

Miracles, do they exist
Are they fictitious 
Hopeful we jest.
Are they possible
In our feeble minds
Are they natural
Many defy.
The Virgin Mary
Water to wine
The theory of evolution
Many opine.
Many things explainable
The supernatural curious
Miracles we yearn
Are hopeful, maybe spurious.
But faith is a healer
To many believers
And a hopeful mind 
Transcends the undefined.

"Unless you people see miraculous things and wonders," Jesus told him, 
"you will never believe."
John 4:48 

Stare

I don't care
I sit and stare
I search The Word
For clues unheard
I read of Caleb
His faith unwavering
I sit and reflect
And often deflect
I read of Noah
His faith persistent
I flip the pages
My faith in phases
I read of Abraham
His faith was certain
I try to cease 
My inner defeat
I read of Job
His faith enduring
I sit and postulate
And continue to investigate
My mind discerns 
And my heart yearns
I tend to grow weary 
Often feel dreary
Help me to win
The faith of these men
So I can achieve
What they firmly believe
I sit and I stare...

The Pharaoh and I

Plagues abound
Blood in The Nile
The Pharaoh hardened
Life defiled.

Blood on my chin
Smoking black tar
The dragon I chase
My heart is hard.

Let my people go!
The frogs in a heap
The Pharaoh unfazed
His pride runs deep.

Rivers flooding
I hear The Spring Peepers
I drink like a glutton
Denial runs deeper.

The dust transforms
By the strike of Aaron's staff
The gnats surround 
The Pharaoh still deaf.

Early in the morning
I arise with new meaning
By noon I get high 
I resist God's pleading.

The deceit of The Pharaoh
A feeble compromise
God does not negotiate
In come the flies.

Five on the bottom
Jack on top
Hit me dealer
I can't stop.

His heart unyielding
The Pharaoh would not balk
The Lord told Moses
I will kill his livestock.

Perpetual lust
A debacle ensues
Family destroyed 
My flesh rules.

The soot was thrown
From Moses hand
The boils festered
By God's command.

I kill in my heart
I'm seething within
From God I depart
Jealously wins.

Moses confronts
With God's word to Pharaoh
Let my people go!
Or hail will impale.

Lightening and hail
And thunder resounded
The land was demolished
Will God abandon?

Why do I shirk
And halt like a sloth
God's Spirit is pleading
Like Pharaoh I'm receding.

How long will you refuse
And not be humble
The locust swarmed in
The Pharaoh incompatible.

Eerie darkness
Fell upon Egypt
For three days heavy blackness
Pharaoh still reluctant.

Crisis after crisis
Pharaoh's heart cemented
Loud wailing throughout the land
The first born lamented.

The Pharaoh's affront
To God with pride
My disillusionment 
Similar reply.

Will the plagues fall on me
In a different form
Succumbing to darkness
Abandoned and forlorn.

The Pharaoh was steadfast
Unbending from the start
My mind suspicious
Can He change my heart.

Let myself go!
Holy Spirit enter in
My flesh, please depart
No longer can I contend.

THE OAK TREE

The Oak Tree
Keeps calling me.
Strong and stable,
Peaceful and prominent,
Alone yet proud,
The leader on the hill.
Nothing in me
Is like The Oak Tree
But I aspire to be,
God let me be.

Blowing Wind

Caught in the drift
Blown the wrong way
The tension from guilt
God perilously away
Living in selfishness
The root of unhappiness
Sin is the problem
Perpetual hopelessness.
A break in the wind
The result of prayer
The realization of Christ
We become aware
That we are free
And He is the wind
Blowing us back
To him once again.