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Like Thee
Lord, Thou hast given grace to me I struggle to extend the same To those I live with easily Or those my heart delights to blame How dare I choose to hold to hate Me – whose own sin was so great My heart, so prone to vacillate Incline it to Thy will Thou full…
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Haikus Part 8
Moss outlined cobbles Glowing green in warm sunlight Checkerboard of life The Son of Man comes Loving, Healing, Chiding, and Seeks and Saves the lost In love predestined As sons to be adopted Through Christ to Himself Copyright Jonelle Liddell
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The Son’s Visage
He’s surrounded by His creatures Who forever sing His praise Too holy to be seen by man The great Ancient of Days. Surrounded by a light so bright No mortal can approach Yet somehow we His glory bear Despite our past reproach. For Lord Sabbaoth is Sov’reign And will get the praise, His due As…
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What to Proclaim
What do we proclaim to them – A word, a sword, a man? A school of art A mode of thought A theory we would ban? Do we announce a secret Conspiracies or frauds Enlightenment New firmaments Appeasement of the gods? We preach Christ Jesus, God’s Son Him crucified at that Foolish to Greek Tripwire…
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Just One
Discouragement in speaking truth Now tempted to despair But God gives grace for one reply And softens hearts to hear Copyright Jonelle Liddell
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“Other”
Afraid of that dread “other” Who we see here in our midst Their reasoning so foreign That no common ground exists Fear felt by those on both sides Of an outcome that they dread And anger that strange values May bring hardship on our head In this time of great division Let us seek to…
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Christians in Democracy
Your spirit is not that of fear But of power and love Of discipline to choose the right Seeking the things above You spend days justifying your Support of evil men Because fear tells you their platform is A lesser form of sin Yet those who choose the “lesser,” Evil in their vote still see.…
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Morality
Can we legislate morality Or is heart’s pull at the core If no law can fully end a wrong Then what is law even for? Law reflects the health of governments Shows the nation right or wrong So we ban such crimes as murder, theft That we may safe walk along Good laws protect those…
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Mauritius
My husband kept saying “Mauritius” Repeating it seemed quite malicious It sprang from nowhere And he’d come to despair When it fled, leaving relief delicious Copyright Jonelle Liddell
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Heroes
A man who was a hero Yet was stained by heinous sin Can we follow in his footsteps though The taint is deep within? This one committed murder, That one had so many wives He was quick to lose his temper He, as slaves, held other lives. Heroes? How with lives divided Faithful here, then…
Of Hope and Rhymes
Original poems and prose by Jonelle Liddell
Of Hope and Rhymes 