Oh love, why do you favor the brave...
Why do you make it so hard to find you...
And at times you seem to be in my heart and all over my mind …
Why do you make it so painful to bear when you leave…
And at times you seem so true with those who want to deceive…
Oh love, why do you favor the brave…
Why to find you, I must become you, give you and do you…
And at times I feel you are with me, and other times you are not …
Oh love, why do you favor the brave…
It is hard to find you, twice as hard to keep you and devastating to live without you…
You are a risk I must take, a choice I must make.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Your Precious Reminder
Your Precious Reminder
If you think no one loves you…I do…
If you are feeling sad, lonely and uncertain of yourself…I woke up with you on my mind today and I sent the sun just so you could see the day and find your way…
If you are coming under the weight of the pressures of life…I am here to help you carry your burden, let me lift it from off your head, there’s just too much there…
You have been walking around with that ‘guilt cloud’ hanging over your head and on your back for some time now…Oh my child…I shed my blood for that too, now you can be free…Rise up and walk…leave it behind you…
If you are feeling discouraged and bitter…I am here, I am here so reach out for me…I am here…
I am here, my precious child…I am your Lord…The God Almighty
I made all your parts, including your heart, so I know you inside out…Talk to me…Pray to me and worship me…
Let go of the things that hold you…Those things that are making it difficult for you to walk with me…Be free mentally, emotionally and spiritually...I love you
If you love me too…then you’ll know just what to do…I placed my words in your heart so you can wear it…obey it and live it…like a garment, put it on, cover yourself with it…I love you
If you think no one loves you…I do…
If you are feeling sad, lonely and uncertain of yourself…I woke up with you on my mind today and I sent the sun just so you could see the day and find your way…
If you are coming under the weight of the pressures of life…I am here to help you carry your burden, let me lift it from off your head, there’s just too much there…
You have been walking around with that ‘guilt cloud’ hanging over your head and on your back for some time now…Oh my child…I shed my blood for that too, now you can be free…Rise up and walk…leave it behind you…
If you are feeling discouraged and bitter…I am here, I am here so reach out for me…I am here…
I am here, my precious child…I am your Lord…The God Almighty
I made all your parts, including your heart, so I know you inside out…Talk to me…Pray to me and worship me…
Let go of the things that hold you…Those things that are making it difficult for you to walk with me…Be free mentally, emotionally and spiritually...I love you
If you love me too…then you’ll know just what to do…I placed my words in your heart so you can wear it…obey it and live it…like a garment, put it on, cover yourself with it…I love you
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Travelers
Travelers
We are all but travelers...
Passing through this moment in time...
I just happen to be a part of your journey...
And you just happen to be a part of mine...
We are all but travelers...
Of all the people God could choose...
Of all the possible times you could travel through this place...
He chose me; He chose you, and then put us together to run in the same race...
We are all but travelers...
I will pass up all opportunities to hate you or hurt you...
Gladly I will embrace the opportunities to love you...
Share a moment, a smile, a journey or even a thought too...
We are all but travelers...
Perhaps you I would have never known...
Had it not been for this juncture, this phase, this stage...
You are a part of my travel, so let's make it worthwhile...
We are all but travelers...
If at the end, time must choose its favourite time...
Let it be the times we have shared and the time we met...
These precious times, that time itself will never forget...
###LOVE###STOPS###AT###ALL###DOORS###
Saturday, January 23, 2010
It is late, but not too late
It is late, but not too late
Do your remember how you felt the last time your arrived late for work, school or church?
Can you imagine what it would be like if that was your very last chance?
What do I mean by that?
Well…Let us suppose because you were late this time around you would no longer be able to participate in school, or you would no longer have a job or be able to go to church anymore…what would that mean for you? What would you do?
It is a frightening thought.
The last time I was late and had to go through a much longer process than normal was just yesterday. I was attending a meeting as a Pension Trustee but was a little over 25 minutes late and so too were some other attendees. The organizers arranged the first set of attendees to park in the main car park area and the remainder to park at another car park located 7 minutes away and then be shuttled back to the meeting auditorium.
To make it even more heart breaking for me, I was not allowed to go in the main meeting room but had to settle for an overflow room with a screen and a speaker box to hear and watch the proceedings in the main auditorium.
The point is I was late, but not too late.
If you look at the world and judge it by the bible’s clock you would recognise that it is late, but not too late.
In Genesis 6:12 it says “…God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth”.
This was the situation just before God destroyed the world with a flood in Noah’s days. It would then be wise of us to realise the very same conditions now exist across the world today. It is late, but not too late. The world is corrupt.
Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Think about this, only eight persons made it safely in the ark, the rest were too late. Everyone believes they still have time, so they can enjoy the pleasures a little more.
I know I still have time to write a song to help a struggling man, girl, boy or woman.
There is still time to share a word that can bring hope, change a heart and bring new birth.
Surely it is late, but not too late. Some think they still have time, maybe they are right, or maybe they are wrong.
Do your remember how you felt the last time your arrived late for work, school or church?
Can you imagine what it would be like if that was your very last chance?
What do I mean by that?
Well…Let us suppose because you were late this time around you would no longer be able to participate in school, or you would no longer have a job or be able to go to church anymore…what would that mean for you? What would you do?
It is a frightening thought.
The last time I was late and had to go through a much longer process than normal was just yesterday. I was attending a meeting as a Pension Trustee but was a little over 25 minutes late and so too were some other attendees. The organizers arranged the first set of attendees to park in the main car park area and the remainder to park at another car park located 7 minutes away and then be shuttled back to the meeting auditorium.
To make it even more heart breaking for me, I was not allowed to go in the main meeting room but had to settle for an overflow room with a screen and a speaker box to hear and watch the proceedings in the main auditorium.
The point is I was late, but not too late.
If you look at the world and judge it by the bible’s clock you would recognise that it is late, but not too late.
In Genesis 6:12 it says “…God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth”.
This was the situation just before God destroyed the world with a flood in Noah’s days. It would then be wise of us to realise the very same conditions now exist across the world today. It is late, but not too late. The world is corrupt.
Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Think about this, only eight persons made it safely in the ark, the rest were too late. Everyone believes they still have time, so they can enjoy the pleasures a little more.
I know I still have time to write a song to help a struggling man, girl, boy or woman.
There is still time to share a word that can bring hope, change a heart and bring new birth.
Surely it is late, but not too late. Some think they still have time, maybe they are right, or maybe they are wrong.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
I am Feeling Excellent
I am feeling excellent
Today as I was speaking with a friend online, she asked how it was I was feeling excellent… and most times that is really how I am feeling and how I am.
I responded by saying that everyday when we wake up there will be people and things that are fighting for our mood...they want to dictate how we ought to feel, think and behave...stop…don't give them the slightest chance…Fight for your mood…Fight for your faith
Since most people allow their mood to influence their faith, you must fight for your mood first. Then as you mature and gain more control over your mood, you will grow into allowing your faith to dominate. When your faith starts to take control then your mood is secondary. So when you are not feeling much like it, you will want to do it anyway.
Your faith talk is what some call positive-talk. Your eyes are closed but you are seeing anyway. Your ears are not listening but you are hearing…See beyond your current struggles, see the greater results, the greater you…I am feeling excellent and I radiate excellence as I go…Catch it if you will…you determine what you catch and also what catches you in so many ways.
Despite all that’s happening, I am feeling excellent, how about you?
Today as I was speaking with a friend online, she asked how it was I was feeling excellent… and most times that is really how I am feeling and how I am.
I responded by saying that everyday when we wake up there will be people and things that are fighting for our mood...they want to dictate how we ought to feel, think and behave...stop…don't give them the slightest chance…Fight for your mood…Fight for your faith
Since most people allow their mood to influence their faith, you must fight for your mood first. Then as you mature and gain more control over your mood, you will grow into allowing your faith to dominate. When your faith starts to take control then your mood is secondary. So when you are not feeling much like it, you will want to do it anyway.
Your faith talk is what some call positive-talk. Your eyes are closed but you are seeing anyway. Your ears are not listening but you are hearing…See beyond your current struggles, see the greater results, the greater you…I am feeling excellent and I radiate excellence as I go…Catch it if you will…you determine what you catch and also what catches you in so many ways.
Despite all that’s happening, I am feeling excellent, how about you?
Where are you right now?
Where are you right now?...
It is still a fairly new year and a lot is happening around the world right now…
But where are you? ...
Where is your head space? Where is your heart? ...
Are you just going through the motions of completing what life demands? ...
Do you have hope for a better tomorrow? …
Or did you quit with the happenings of yesterday? ...
How are you feeling right now? …
Excited, resentful, sad, depressed, pensive, reflective, happy, helpful…
Where is your heart? ...
This is one of the most important questions you could ask yourself right now? …
Where is your heart? Is it with your Creator, your Maker?
At times I search for myself and do find it and bring my heart back home to where it belongs.
Do you need to go out in search of you?
Do you know where your soul walks when you become unconscious?
Whether a brief moment while you are awake or while you are in a dream.
Where are you right now?
It is still a fairly new year and a lot is happening around the world right now…
But where are you? ...
Where is your head space? Where is your heart? ...
Are you just going through the motions of completing what life demands? ...
Do you have hope for a better tomorrow? …
Or did you quit with the happenings of yesterday? ...
How are you feeling right now? …
Excited, resentful, sad, depressed, pensive, reflective, happy, helpful…
Where is your heart? ...
This is one of the most important questions you could ask yourself right now? …
Where is your heart? Is it with your Creator, your Maker?
At times I search for myself and do find it and bring my heart back home to where it belongs.
Do you need to go out in search of you?
Do you know where your soul walks when you become unconscious?
Whether a brief moment while you are awake or while you are in a dream.
Where are you right now?
Monday, December 28, 2009
11:59 On the brink of a…
(Reposted for your pleasure...since first publishing this poem in 2007 this poem has inspired many other writers and event organisers across the world)
We all experience it, we all dread it
Buzzing with excitement or caged by fear
Change birth stress and
Stress forces change
A change is looming at eleven fifty-nine
For we all experience change in our lives, at some time
A change of day, a change of month or year
We lose or gain something, someone dear
You could love it
You could hate it
One thing is natural
We all must have it
If your clock doesn’t stop ticking
You are bound to be changing
For even when your clock stops
Change even in death you must
But why we say eleven fifty nine?
By no means maligned
A lot you can buy with dollar and dime
But not much can be given in exchange for time
Change is neither certain nor constant
For only time changes change
And change changes time.
Whatever your story, things never remain the same
After Eleven fifty-nine
Copyright (c) 2007 J D Gordon All Rights Reserved.
We all experience it, we all dread it
Buzzing with excitement or caged by fear
Change birth stress and
Stress forces change
A change is looming at eleven fifty-nine
For we all experience change in our lives, at some time
A change of day, a change of month or year
We lose or gain something, someone dear
You could love it
You could hate it
One thing is natural
We all must have it
If your clock doesn’t stop ticking
You are bound to be changing
For even when your clock stops
Change even in death you must
But why we say eleven fifty nine?
By no means maligned
A lot you can buy with dollar and dime
But not much can be given in exchange for time
Change is neither certain nor constant
For only time changes change
And change changes time.
Whatever your story, things never remain the same
After Eleven fifty-nine
Copyright (c) 2007 J D Gordon All Rights Reserved.
God loves me anyways
My lips have uttered many lies and deceit, yet He loved me anyways…
My eyes wandered and lusted at the world, the human body, the jewelry and the glimmering life, yet God loved me anyways…
I am hurting, and I have hurt others too, feeling abused and even heartbroken I have broken a few hearts too…yet God loves me anyways…
My mind struggles to remain pure, to remain clean, yet He loves me anyways…
I steal, I cheat, I hate, I grudge and I judge, But God still loves me anyways…
I have messed up, not once, not twice but so many times, yet He loves me anyways…
God loves me anyways…
Oh, so many times I think to myself I just don’t deserve this, it seems oh too good to be true…but He loves me anyways…
I am not without flaws, oh no, I am not without my issues, yet God loves me anyways…
I become proud and feel as if I know it all and I have got all the answers, but He loves me anyways…
Many nights when I become weary of life I cry and cry and cry some more…But still God loves me anyways…
I said I will never let this happen to me again and surely it does, yet He loves me anyways…
I have wasted so much of the time he has given me living selfishly and being swallowed up in self-centered desires and wants, but God loves me anyways…
He loves me just as I am; He waits for me just as I am…
He still loves me, He still loves you anyways.
My eyes wandered and lusted at the world, the human body, the jewelry and the glimmering life, yet God loved me anyways…
I am hurting, and I have hurt others too, feeling abused and even heartbroken I have broken a few hearts too…yet God loves me anyways…
My mind struggles to remain pure, to remain clean, yet He loves me anyways…
I steal, I cheat, I hate, I grudge and I judge, But God still loves me anyways…
I have messed up, not once, not twice but so many times, yet He loves me anyways…
God loves me anyways…
Oh, so many times I think to myself I just don’t deserve this, it seems oh too good to be true…but He loves me anyways…
I am not without flaws, oh no, I am not without my issues, yet God loves me anyways…
I become proud and feel as if I know it all and I have got all the answers, but He loves me anyways…
Many nights when I become weary of life I cry and cry and cry some more…But still God loves me anyways…
I said I will never let this happen to me again and surely it does, yet He loves me anyways…
I have wasted so much of the time he has given me living selfishly and being swallowed up in self-centered desires and wants, but God loves me anyways…
He loves me just as I am; He waits for me just as I am…
He still loves me, He still loves you anyways.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
This time is for you
This time is for you
He knew you had fallen and there was no way you could climb yourself back up into heaven and so he sent His Only Son to get you instead.
St. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that if you should believe in him you shall not perish but have eternal life.”
This time is for you
He knew you would have been battered and beaten by life, surrounded by misery and longing for peace. He knew you would be hurt and wounded and in need of healing so he allowed the whipping of His Son.
Every flogging he received paid your medical and health bill to secure your healing.
Isaiah 53:5 “But he was pierced for your transgressions, he was crushed for your iniquities; the punishment that brought you peace was upon him, and by his wounds you are healed.”
St. John 16:33 “I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world."
He knew you had fallen and there was no way you could climb yourself back up into heaven and so he sent His Only Son to get you instead.
St. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that if you should believe in him you shall not perish but have eternal life.”
This time is for you
He knew you would have been battered and beaten by life, surrounded by misery and longing for peace. He knew you would be hurt and wounded and in need of healing so he allowed the whipping of His Son.
Every flogging he received paid your medical and health bill to secure your healing.
Isaiah 53:5 “But he was pierced for your transgressions, he was crushed for your iniquities; the punishment that brought you peace was upon him, and by his wounds you are healed.”
St. John 16:33 “I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world."
This time is for you
But though you have eyes you will not see it unless you look
And though you look, what you see won’t make sense until you open your heart to Jesus
Then when you see as Jesus does it makes a whole world of difference. You want to find your way…You want the truth…
St. John 14: 6 “I am the Way the Truth and the Life. You cannot come to the Father except through me.
This time is for you
Some call it Christmas, others call it yuletide etc.
All over the world people are looking forward to this time, they want hope; they want escape from the ills of life, they want light. This is your time. Make this festival a Christian festival. This time is really for you…he did it for you
St. John 1: 10 – 11 “He came into the very world he created, but the world didn’t recognize him. 11 He came to his own people, and even they rejected him.”
This time is for you
This time is for you, It may seem too good to be true…a great God did such a marvelous thing for you…but he did…yes He did…will you receive it?
St. John 1:12 “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,”
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