2
May
Posted by Wick in Different Scriptures, Spoken Word. Tagged: adoption, Christianity, church, discipleship, faith, family, God, grace, Hope, Humility, Jesus, love, new creation, Poem, poetry, prayer, redemption, sheep, shepherd. Leave a comment
We see the mighty shepherd
Rejoice over His sheep
He sings over His flock with Love
Where no predators can creep
But sometimes He shifts His focus
To one whose wandered away
They didn’t stay within the flock
Or listen to what He’d say
His Loving heart compels Him
To go and seek the one
Even after much time has passed
And setting of the sun
His work He won’t have given up
He continues to pursue
No matter whether the sheep turns out
To be a lamb, a ram, or ewe
His eyes filled with emotion
He looks wherever He can
For losing even a single sheep
Wasn’t in His plan
The other sheep grow restless
Safely in their pen
They stamp their hooves indignantly
For the Shepherd to return again
We’ve heard the illustration
Perhaps one too many times
For we too quickly dismiss the fact
We may not be the ninety-nine…
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1
May
Posted by Wick in Different Scriptures, Spoken Word. Tagged: authority, Christian, Christianity, church, emperor, faith, God, government, Hope, Jesus, new creation, peace, Poem, poetry, Politics, Rome. Leave a comment
All authority is an echo
Of the God who holds all things
We’re called to accept their position
And the justice it can bring
Whether the highest in command
Or their local representation
(But even as we honor these,
We are freed as a nation.)
We are actually a people
Globally set apart
Our citizenship lies not in flags
But in condition of the heart
Our freedom is not a pretext
To do whatever we please
But a way of living faithfully
No matter how blows the breeze
Whether storms and unrest surround us
From governors or Kings
We do not live in worry
About what the next day brings
We offer honor to all
From powerful and rich
To those who live beside us
To those without a stitch
We have a larger family
Than those who vote the same
We have been made New Creation
And all bow before His name.
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30
Apr
Posted by Wick in Different Scriptures, Spoken Word. Tagged: adoption, children, chosen, Christian, Christianity, church, community, faith, family, God, Hope, Israel, Jesus, love, new creation, Poem, poetry, priesthood, redemption. Leave a comment
The problem with finding you’re “chosen”
It makes you wonder who was not
And for this early new “people”
They needed reminded, a lot
It wasn’t that they didn’t have family
Each one had a mom and a dad
But following Jesus made each one let go
Of identities they previously had
Set free from what used to give them
Their bearings among so many others
It was good to remind them they now had
A plethora of sisters and brothers
This wasn’t some new way of being
That God just decided to try
This was what He’d been doing
Since Abraham and Moses came by
To be part of God’s “chosen people”
Even living far off among strangers
Gave important and real identity
As they worshipped the king from a manger
So now as a people shown mercy
Live as people from light marvelous
Turn away from the dark desires of flesh
Be encouraged, that you’re one with us.
Though they malign you as “different”
I assure you “different” is good
It sets you apart as one who is living
As God’s own royal priesthood.
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