Tag: faith
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To My Unborn Son
Written October 18, 2020 Miracle now growing As God knits your forming parts Heart beating, fingers grasping, Precious gift from His own heart Each day with you I marvel That such good He’s granted me And I cherish hope that one day You, at full term, I will see Even if hope is not realized…
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In Your Midst
“Fear not, for I am with you,” His whisper reaches me But my eyes see all around me The billows of the sea. Angry waves now crashing, Bringing chaos to my soul, Tearing then, now lashing At what was once my goal. I see my loved ones aching, See each falling tear, Can feel it…
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Glory Be His!
From Colossians 2:6-15 Fullness of Deity From all eternity Now finding unity With human flesh In Him, made us complete All rulers shall defeat He, the head; we, the feet Sin’s core excised Buried, baptized with Him Through faith raised up again God’s work o’er death shall win Giving true life Forgave all transgressions Cancelled…
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Thou Said
Thou said thou wouldst bring justice Canst Thee bring it now, today In tears we beg, we cry to Thee Before Thy throne we pray These tears now in Thy bottle Bitter tears in bitter times Broken hearts in broken people Seeking truth ‘cross family lines Please forgive our church, our nation Cleanse Thy people…
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Worthy
So let us seek to cleanse ourselves Of all impurity Be found before Him without spot Unblemished bride He’ll see For knowledge that His grace forgave Should not encourage sin Instead it drives us more to strive To worthy live herein Copyright Jonelle Liddell
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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
Of Hope and Rhymes 