Household of Faith

A household of faith – standing side by side

For each other’s needs prepared to provide

Bound as a family – steeped in love

Like that shown to us from Him above

While we were yet sinners, we still had His affection

And He placed us on a path to develop perfection

While we may not have managed to attain it

We begin with things like the kindness we transmit

For each of our brethren have their needs

And we can easily provide for them – when we give up our greed

We are a household, one built on belief

And together we can change the world – giving to others relief

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Thank you again Brother Vince for a powerful message

Weaver

With dew moistened strands

Your work displays

Now not as effective

As in warmer days

As autumn – like summer

Comes to pass

Is your knit-work all of you

That will last?

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Abandoned

Left behind in its same old place

No new journeys now to face

Once the pride, now an eyesore

Not really much use anymore

This is the way we deal with things

But when we do it to each other

It really stings

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Eternal

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Omni-omni-ant

Viewing the blip – we call time and space

Omnipresent

Taking it all in at His own pace

Beyond the comprehension

Of limited beings

How could I possibly explain such seeings?

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Today’s prompt: What does it mean to be eternal? What does it look like? Describe any colors, ideas, or emotions.

Monarch’s Chair

Monarch of the Wood, I have seen your chair

Why was it that you were not there?

Is it that your realm invasion faces

With plastic, and filth in your precious places?

Have you gone – your lands to defend?

Shall you return at the battle’s end?

Or shall we weep that you have fled the place?

Please say, I pray, that’s not the case

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CCC 158

Bumpkin

You dismiss yourself as a country bumpkin

But the stuff that you know is really quite something

Who these days – still knows how to sew?

Or can their own veg, much less make it grow?

Your skills are precious in world all online

As you can survive – network fail time

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When ME is the Collective

We say we’ve moved on

Beyond fairy tale and superstition.

Led by the empirical, our own minds,

And accompanied by selfish ambition

We have abandoned the divine,

Leading to society’s demolition.

When “I” become more than the rest of the whole

If followed by all – this has a terrible toll.

Society and culture are meant to be a collective

If we live just for ourselves – that must surely be defective.

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Second Life

Image Credit: Butterfly on Asters by Lisa Smith Nelson

orange
purple and green
secondary colours
reflecting caterpillar’s life
renewed

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#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 252 #PHOTOPROMPT

Warmth

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Stitches and weaves

Patterned knots and twists

Woollen yarn warm

From neck to the wrists

Knit or crocheted

Or made on a loom

To hold winter at bay

And its accompanying gloom

And of all the jumpers, cardies,

Sweaters, and vests

It are those made by a loved one

That are always best

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The true warmth in winter is found in love.

Beyond Knowing

I am educated

I know my stuff

But knowing about

Is not enough

The Word of God

Is a thing to live

Not just something some study to give

Yes love the Lord with all your mind

But also with heart and strength combined

Study yes – to show yourself approved

But don’t forget to be by the Spirit moved

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