Devotional Christian Poetry

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  • A Blessing . . .
    A Blessing . . .
    I bless you
    as a priest would
    with vibrant spiritual life.
    To be aware and awake
    to the spiritual realm.
    Seeing it's reality
    above the natural realm.
    Relating to its fullness.
    Being naturally spiritual
    and spiritually natural.
    Understanding . . .
    the relationship of both
    how they flow as one.
    Having open hearing ears
    to His whispers . . .
    In The Silence.
    Reflection
    We can all be guilty of wanting to be constantly blessed by God's hand, with Him providing for our needs. There is a far bigger blessing waiting for us as we grow into our relationship with Him. In our earthly relationships with people, we grow in our understanding of them and become delightfully surprised as we discover more.
    God is unable to be understood so please don't waste your time trying to. He can reveal Himself to us in stages as we grow in Him and these are such exciting times! Scripture gives us clues and promises which are like God wooing us with His love and at the same time drawing into His heart. Verses like 1Cor 2:9 are one of my favorites.
    A quote from Isaiah 64: But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
    I Corinthians 2:9 NKJV
    I bless you with this Blessing that God will grant you what your eye has not seen nor your ears heard, nor has it entered your heart ALL the things which God has prepared and has in store for you because you LOVE HIM!
    In blessing you with God revealing Himself to you, I am confident that God knows the exact timing and the special something He has prepared for you at this time. I can't think of any higher blessing I can bless you with than with God Himself!
    God has so much in store for us to discover about Himself and everything around us. I once heard an excited preacher say this, and I'm sure it wasn't in his notes "this will take the yawn out of your Christianity!" Doing life with God is more than exciting and exhilarating, there's no single word to describe it in our English language!!
    Have you seen this verse in the scripture and mused on what would be written down and recorded when you next discussed the latest revelations you have had from God with your friends?
    Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, And the Lord listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him For those who fear the Lord And who meditate on His name.
    Malachi 3:16 NKJV
    These beautiful scriptures are the nuggets of gold He writes between the lines of our relationship that we have as individuals. Talk about exciting!!
    Questions
    # How would you describe your developing experience and relationship with God in 2 sentences?
    # Are you excited about having a continuing revelation of all that He has in store for you and the things He is waiting to share? I dare you to write a short letter to God about this!
    # Have you received the blessing that I have blessed you with from the scripture? Here it is again for you.
    Addendum
    One more time
    I bless you with this Blessing that God will grant you what your eye has not seen nor your ears heard, nor has it entered your heart ALL the things which God has prepared and has in store for you because you LOVE HIM!
    I Bless you with this Blessing in the name of Jesus. Amen!
    7 min
  • Anchors . . .
    Anchors . . .
    Emotional mood swings
    continuously assault me
    causing introspection,
    the what if's and why's.
    The what I am's and not's,
    asking healthy questions.
    What is my rock
    a relationship or a belief?
    What communion do I have
    with either of them?
    Relationships have seasons
    and life.
    Beliefs are dictatorial
    having little heart.
    Rules versus heart . . .
    We get to choose
    Which Will Be Our Anchor?
    Reflection
    During our times of the different emotional turmoils we experience, our life anchors are often challenged. These challenges disrupt our moods and cause much introspection which can be very positive.
    I say this because these times ask questions. Questions about our core beliefs and the practical outworking of our faith. I remember like it was yesterday, a time 40 yrs ago when as a new believer, God speaking to me. He made one of those statements which had an inbuilt question attached!
    He said "Now you can choose to either walk with Me or walk with the Church". Because I was a new believer and didn't know how the system worked, I asked what He meant? He said "If you walk with the Church you will have trouble with Me and if you walk with Me you will have trouble with the Church!"
    I have never forgotten that encounter. When that statement is analyzed it questions us about our Anchors. What or who is your Anchor? Is it your direct relationship with God or your relationship with a church system or doctrinal belief? During these uncertain times do you have your peace or are you in pieces?
    I'm not saying this to upset you in any way, rather I am asking the question to find out how honest you are with yourself. 40 yrs ago God gave me that choice to make about who I will walk with, and to be totally honest with you I did both. I had some issues of my own insecurity and wanted to be accepted by my fellow believers. I didn't want to be one who was a rebel or questioning sheep.
    What God spoke to me 40 yrs ago still stands today. There is a very powerful passage in Psalm 91:7
    A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you. I have heard psalm 91 called "the little Red Hen Psalm" because it reveals God's protection over us. The revelation of this fact of God being our protection and protector gives us security and our place of peace during turbulent times.
    If we ask ourselves good grounding questions inspired by scriptural truths, they ground our faith and keep us focused.
    Questions
    # What sort of questions do you ask yourself and what are the reasons you ask them? Discuss this with your spouse or close friend.
    # How open and teachable are you to be really challenged about your anchors?
    # What would be your response to God's statement question which He asked me above?
    Addendum
    It takes real courage and strength to walk against the flow of a river. When you stand against all logic and reasoned persuasion because you know God said something different to you, and you really knew it was God, you will need to protect yourself.
    Scriptures like, Love never fails from 1 Cor 13 and this beautifully translated verse from Pro 15:1 will equip you and keep you on track.
    Proverbs 15:1 Passion Translation
    Respond gently when you are confronted and you’ll defuse the rage of another. Responding with sharp, cutting words will only make it worse. Don’t you know that being angry can ruin the testimony of even the wisest of men?
    7 min
  • Contradictions . . .
    Contradictions . . .
    Opinions and Truth contradict.
    Unfortunately, I listen to both!
    Depending on
    my ever-changing state,
    I believe either one.
    How ridiculous!!
    Double-minded mnnnn?
    Both affect me differently.
    Not all facts are truth.
    The truth stands against anything,
    underscoring itself
    revealing it IS the Truth.
    The challenge . . .
    Which one will I believe?
    Truth Or Opinion?
    Reflection
    Everyday we are challenged with information, opinions and the truth. When we honestly sort out the differences between each of these it can be confusing. Each of these represents an opportunity to assess ourselves. The good thing about this is the opportunity to self-correct and do some psychological house cleaning.
    During these sessions, which incidentally can be seasons, self assessments are very healthy. Asking questions of or about yourself is soul-searching and can be intimidating. Truth is challenging, because often it asks WHY!
    The "Why do you do, or think or believe ….?" questions. The answers we come up with to these questions can shock us as we speak them out.
    For example, God says He loves you and many immediately ask Why, how can He when I'm not …… God's love is unconditional and that's uncomfortable for us to accept because of our lifetime of conditional programming. So the question then changes to become, which is the truth, and can you, or will you believe it?
    Truth ultimately wins. I say ultimately because sometimes it's a journey to get there after dealing with any issues blocking your believing that truth. Here's the thing: truth is truth and we don't have to understand it but we do have to accept it.
    Let's take another example, gravity. Do you understand gravity? You could get a scientist to explain it at length or you could just accept it as the truth. If you challenged the truth of gravity by jumping off a high building, your experience would prove gravity is real.
    Getting back to the truth that God loves us is my point for today. God is LOVE, period! Scripture state's this in 1 John 4:8 TPT
    The one who doesn’t love has yet to know God, for God is love.
    The results of His Love for us is further demonstrated here.
    Psalms 117:2 TPT
    For he has conquered us with his great love, and his kindness has melted our hearts. His faithfulness lasts forever, and he will never fail you. So go ahead, let it all out! Praise Yah! O Yah!
    Psalms 40:11 NKJV
    Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord; Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.
    After reading this verse how could you not respond to Him and face up to your own unbelief or deceptions. I know that deception is a strong word to use and I am using it because God challenged me once about being deceived, hence I pass it on.
    The last part of the above word is wonderful. David recognizes God’s Love and Truth and asks God to let these preserve him. What a beautiful request he makes for himself.
    Questions
    # Have you ever prayed for God to preserve you with His Loving kindness and Truth? Will you begin to do this?
    # How do you understand how God will preserve you this way? Are you open to God challenging you with truth because He Loves you?
    # Scripture is a litmus test for us and when we allow scripture to read us, explain how you respond to the truth as it speaks with you?
    7 min
  • I See Now . . .
    I See Now . . .
    From a different perspective
    I now see.
    Without blinkers
    seen through revelational eyes.
    By faith I step into
    where I am,
    not
    where I am going!
    My view is now from truth!
    I have stepped up
    having died . . .
    To This World.
    Reflection
    Often when we are presented with truth, instead of believing this applies to us here on earth, we see this as our heavenly future. At the time we are born again, we enter into a new place of spiritual authority WITH HIM.
    Unfortunately, standing in this truth of having authority with Him is something many are trying to get their head around. The truth is we are to accept and apply what scripture reveals to us. We gather our knowledge and revelations as we grow in our faith.
    I have deliberately taken 2 translations of Eph 2:6 to help to get the basic truth across.
    Ephesians 2:6 NKJV
    and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
    Ephesians 2:6 TPT
    He raised us up with Christ the exalted One, and we ascended with him into the glorious perfection and authority of the heavenly realm, for we are now co-seated as one with Christ!
    In the last line of the poem, there lies the clue to understand the truth of what happens when we are born again. Our old life becomes redundant, and we begin our new life in Christ. Old things shall pass away!
    Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
    II Corinthians 5:17 NKJV
    The continual transition we enter into is the renewal of our minds and the way we think. I say this because it's a gradual process which happens over time and the culmination of the revelation you have received from God.
    and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
    Ephesians 4:23 NKJV
    Now it’s time to be made new by every revelation that’s been given to you.
    Ephesians 4:23 TPT
    It's a revelation to know something rather than to know about something. This is wholly based on your experiences with whatever has been revealed to you. When your friends tell you how much you have changed after you came to repentance, then you know this is not just a theory.
    Don't condemn yourself if you know you haven't died to this world yet. I love the lyrics of the song "Turn your eyes upon Jesus". The line follows with this, "and the things of this world will grow strangely dim …". That's the truth and this continues until God takes you home.
    Questions
    # As you read through the poem, which lines did you find to be significant and why?
    # Have you ever condemned yourself for not being enough or knowing enough, which affected your relationship with God? Did you feel distant from Him because of this?
    # Can you please, for your own sake, stop condemning yourself and step into the truth and start seeing yourself seated with Him in heavenly places? How does it feel having new eyes?
    6 min
  • Loves Power . . .
    Loves Power . . .
    Love never fails!
    It can't . . .
    It has no enemies!
    So powerful
    It forgives,
    overlooks wrongs suffered,
    never adds up any evil.
    Is pure, patient and kind,
    refuses to be jealous.
    Not quick to take offense,
    and joyfully celebrates honesty.
    Never takes failure as defeat
    and never stops loving.
    The fruit . . .
    of a life of pure motives
    Graced And Empowered With Love.
    Reflection
    Whenever I ask anyone about how they feel when they read 1 Corr 13, most confess they are seriously challenged. That's probably an understatement! The whole subject of Love is something we all aspire to.
    1 Corr 13, is a summary of the outworking or the fruit, Love bares. When a person reads through the list or they allow the list to read their life, instinctively the list is checked off. The person assesses how many they can relate to as working in their life.
    Here's the thing: we often try to work these great characteristics and attributes into our lives and miss the mark of finding Love! Look at this another way, when you find Love and function in it, 1corr:13 is the fruit your life will exhibit. This doesn't work the other way around! I will use the analogy of an apple. An apple doesn't have to try to be an apple, it is one.
    When you Love you don't have to try to be patient or forgiving, you just naturally do it. Scripture state's God is Love, I John 4:8 NKJV
    He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
    There is a teaching out there that says if you are busy loving people or being love to them then you are likened to being God to them. This is false teaching.
    The power of love is confirmed and demonstrated by its fruit. When Jesus was asked the question about the greatest commandment here's His answer.
    Matthew 22:36‭-‬40 NKJV
    “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
    The interesting part of His reply is the last sentence. This last sentence really puts everything into perspective. When you LOVE God's way then you move into a place where there is no law against love, because LOVE fulfills all the laws!
    This is a life-transforming revelation!
    Can you imagine not having to try being anything because you are it?
    Like my apple analogy, imagine an apple trying to become a banana?
    Questions
    # Be honest with yourself and write a list of all the attributes of love listed in 1 Cor:13 you would love to be?
    # Have you ever had a revelation of the truths from the scripture in Math 22:36 - 40?
    # How does it feel to know that when you have God's love permeating in your heart, you don't have to try to be loving, you just are loving?
    Some more scripture translations of the same verse.
    Romans 5:5 TPT
    And this hope is not a disappointing fantasy, because we can now experience the endless love of God cascading into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who lives in us!
    Romans 5:5 NKJV
    Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
    Romans 5:5 AMP
    Such hope [in God’s promises] never disappoints us, because God’s love has been abundantly poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
    7 min
  • Love Is . . .
    Love IS . . .
    KIND . . .
    Considerate and thoughtful,
    always thinking about
    significant little things.
    Preparing the way
    as if knowing every detail
    making it smooth.
    Affectionate and gracious
    like an attentive waiter.
    Soft, tender-hearted,
    gentle and consistent
    without favoritism.
    Wearing a smiling invitation
    which relaxes
    yet beacons your heart . . .
    To Trust.
    Reflection
    Kindness is another attribute which Love exhibits all the time and humanity usually recognizes this represented in any image of a doting Grandmother. Probably that's why she is called a Grand - mother :))
    When she knows you are going to visit, she prepares your favorite cookies and cakes or anything she knows you Love! There is always something in the tins to enjoy.
    Kindness is always attentive and courteously wants to serve your needs. When meeting kindness one almost feels obligated to receive from its vast treasuries of tactile care.
    No matter what state a person is in when meeting kindness, there is the sense of no matter what your state is, when you are greeted, it's overlooked.
    Life is a conundrum of experiences which unfortunately equip us to fight for our place in society rather than serve with our gifts and talents. The security we seek is found within our heart in who we KNOW we are.
    Kindness serves with awareness and has the ability to discern needs and where possible provide them or direct them to the source.
    In Joshua 2, there is an amazing story of Rahab who showed kindness to the scouts and cared for them. She knew who these 2 men were and asked for her kindness to be returned which saved her household. There are some awesome nuggets of truth written between the lines in that chapter.
    Questions
    # - Have you experienced the amazing attributes of kindness and received from its hand? Discuss the event.
    # - In the story of Rahab, what did you learn from the outcome of kindness being presented? Did you notice the details she went to?
    # - Kindness is also a fruit of the Spirit, Gal 5:22. This will be worked into you as Jesus is formed in you. Are you pursuing Him and experiencing and manifesting kindness as His change is working in you? How is this manifesting?
    Love endures with patience and serenity, love is kind and thoughtful, and is not jealous or envious; love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant.
    1 Corinthians 13:4 AMP
    6 min
  • Impressions . . .
    Impressions . . .
    What's an Impression
    sound like?
    Is it a feeling . . .
    or a sense?
    A fleeting shadow noticed?
    It could be missed.
    It gets your attention.
    Even its whisper is heard
    midst any commotion.
    Impressions turn your head
    while speaking into your heart.
    Directing . . .
    shining light
    in your darkness.
    Picture this,
    without words they speak
    1000 words!
    Saying uniquely,
    To Eyes That Hear!
    Reflection
    One phenomenon of hearing is hearing through your eyes! You may think I'm playing with words as I'm allowed to, but I'm not. This is a truism.
    God has created us with various senses and feelings, which become our ears in many and varied situations. When reading the above poem, I show how we hear an impression. Impressions are heard with our senses.
    If the impression comes as a fleeting thought amidst a great commotion then it will be loud enough to be heard. In an emergency, it may come as a shout. An impression can be a mere thought which we don't necessarily give any attention to. It can also be pictures or audible words.
    Many years ago I was driving back from the rubbish dump and was following a slow truck on a winding road I knew well. I intended to pass the truck once I got around the corner so I selected a lower gear in preparation to quickly pass when it was safe. I was also totally preoccupied regarding some issues I had on the farm and was probably just driving on autopilot without much thought.
    Once I had engaged the lower gear I was startled and arrested by a very strong impression which I believed were almost audible words. I believe God said, "if you pass this truck you will die"! In obedience I responded by changing my gear back and because I knew the road well, sat on the white line looking to see the reason why I got the message. Incidentally, the straight road ahead was clear and had no traffic on it.
    I immediately stopped thinking about my farm issues and wondered why I was feeling arrested by this strong impression. It seemed it was safe to pass the slow truck because the road was clear, BUT, by this time my heart rate had increased! So rather than argue with my logical thoughts I continued to obey and observe.
    Then it all became very clear to me. From a side road, which I had completely forgotten about, a speeding car came right over onto our side of the road. The truck swerved to avoid the car and had I overtaken the truck when I intended to, that car would have hit me side-on. There would have been no way to avoid a car wreck and I would have died.
    Here's the lesson I learned. I had lived in the district for 10 years and knew the road very well, I thought!
    Because I was so preoccupied with the issues on the farm I had totally forgotten about the sideroad. When my train of thought was interrupted, I felt the urgency of it and therefore listened and obeyed. My mind contended with the warning because I couldn't see any traffic on the straight road ahead. Impressions no matter where or when they come to you, will get your attention. It's as if they interrupt your train of thought and arrest you.
    Here's the thing; when they do arrest you, listen to what they are saying no matter what form they come in.
    Questions
    # How many impressions have you been arrested by but ignored at the time? What were the consequences of not listening?
    # Do you need to adjust your mindset to receive these messages from all the ways and formats they come to you in? How will you do this consistently?
    # The principle of God speaking in many different ways will always leave a testimony or story for you to tell. Make a list of as many as you remember and be prepared to share them to encourage others.
    Scriptures
    For God [does reveal His will; He] speaks not only once, but more than once, even though men do not regard it [including you, Job].
    Job 33:14 AMPC
    7 min
  • Verse 1 . . . Psalm 103
    Verse 1 . . . Psalm 103
    It's with deep Love
    and affection,
    from the depth of my soul,
    I praise the Lord.
    He is my every provision.
    His name is above all names
    high and lifted up
    and His Glory covers
    the whole earth.
    His Compound Name
    is like no other!
    Everything is under . . .
    The Umbrella Of His Name.
    Bless and affectionately praise the Lord, O my soul, And all that is [deep] within me, bless His holy name.
    Psalms 103:1 AMP
    Reflection
    When you study the depth of God's compound name, you will discover what His name means and identifies the completeness of everything He is. It will overawe you with the details of what His name represents.
    Jesus encouraged us as His disciples to pray this way; Our Father … hallowed be your name, Math 6:9. This is often referred to as The Lord's prayer but it's actually the disciple's prayer because we were asked to pray after this manner. The spirit of what Jesus said is captured so beautifully here in The Passion Translation.
    Pray like this: ‘Our Beloved Father, dwelling in the heavenly realms, may the glory of your name be the center on which our lives turn.
    Matthew 6:9 TPT
    This is the example prayer Jesus gave us to model.
    Jesus prayed the "Lord's prayer" in John 17:6 - when He prays for us prior to His crucifixion and going to heaven. If you do a study on the points He highlights to us, it will transform how you live and pray.
    Having a revelation of these principles is the reason I wrote in the last 2 lines of the poem
    "Everything is under . . .
    The Umbrella Of His Name."
    Questions
    # Have you ever studied the compound names of God and what they shall mean to your faith? How would you enhance your faith with the revelation of these facts?
    # Were you aware of the preface Jesus gave us in Math 6:9, re praying using this model? How do you now understand the important differences between the 2 references to how Jesus prayed?
    # How will you now view this Psalm considering its opening verse?
    5 min
  • Verse 1 . . . Psalm 139
    Verse 1 . . . (Ps 139)
    You are intimately acquainted
    with my every part.
    Inside and out . . .
    You know me.
    Your loving gaze muses
    as You examine the potential
    of my heart.
    It's my creative wellspring
    together we can . . .
    You seeded me
    with endless possibilities.
    You smile approvingly,
    Your loving eyes
    continuously inspire me.
    Well, Well, Well,
    the Trinity of inspiration!
    You watch . . .
    To Draw From My Well.
    Reflection
    Psalm 139 is one of my all-time favorites because it unwraps David's revelation of how intimately acquainted he and God are. Every detail of his life is known and he rejoices in God about it.
    This beautiful psalm continues to celebrate and highlight all the little nuances and situations David can use as examples. How wonderful it is that we have an even greater revelation of God because of what David expresses.
    As you read through this Psalm, there are many inferences and prompts which point us to the huge potential our destiny has with God. This future is something to look forward to. The greatest revelation of that is the partnership we enjoy making this happen with God.
    There's something wonderful about the Psalms. We read about a man who loves God and his eventful journey with all his personal challenges and victories and how he expressed these to God. We also read the historical accounts of this journey in the books of Samuel.
    David is a conundrum to us, yet he's the only one whom God attributes as having a heart after God's own heart.
    Acts 13:22 TPT
    After removing him, God raised up David to be king, for God said of him, ‘I have found in David, son of Jesse, a man who always pursues my heart and will accomplish all that I have destined him to do.’
    Here is the same verse in AMP version
    Acts 13:22 AMP
    And when He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king: of him He testified and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart [conforming to My will and purposes], who will do all My will.’
    Here's the preamble when God removed Saul.
    I Samuel 13:14 NKJV
    But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”
    I Samuel 16:1 NKJV
    I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.”
    These underlined words are very significant and will become a topic for another day.
    If there is one attribute David would be world-famous for is his transparent honesty. We, the readers, are able to read between the lines and hear his heart's expressions as he expounds his appreciation to God. It's like he has the biggest AHA about how miraculously created he has been.
    Questions
    # Have you ever had a revelation about how miraculously you have been created? Which verse of Ps 139 has been significant to you?
    # Scripture reveals in many places that we are unique and significant. Do you rejoice in God when you are down? Which Scriptures do you use to encourage yourself in the Lord?
    # In the above poem, which lines are significant to you and why?
    7 min
  • We Are His . . .
    We Are His . . .
    You write us
    as Your poetry.
    We write ourselves
    penned by our actions.
    Destiny is within us!
    The mystery of our future
    we discover.
    Others may see it . . .
    we must have it revealed,
    seen through aha moments.
    Hard wired for our mystery,
    we dance with our future . . .
    Cheek to cheek
    Stepping HIS song . . .
    Waltzing With HIM.
    Here's the verse I wrote the poem from.
    We have become his poetry, a re-created people that will fulfill the destiny he has given each of us, for we are joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. Even before we were born, God planned in advance our destiny and the good works we would do to fulfill it!
    Ephesians 2:10 TPT
    Reflection
    The beauty of language translation are the meanings of the root word. In this verse the root word for workmanship is Poema which is translated poem or poetry. When you have a revelation of poetries intricacies, the prophetic inferences here are beautiful and very colorful
    God is amazing how he reveals Himself to us individually. There is such depth to our destiny and desires which we don't know are part of us. It's as if we discover ourselves as we walk life out and meet ourselves in the different circumstances of life. We are able to analyze and correct ourselves along the way, with God being our ultimate tutor through The Holy Spirit.
    Here's one of my favorite verses, along with the 100,000 others :)), which describes this process.
    I John 2:27 NKJV,
    But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.
    You can look at this another way. God and us write the script of our lives. All the twists and turns we go through either enhance or correct that script. That's the place where our lives have color and textures added to them and is the beauty of our mystery.
    Imagine your life being painted by an artist using different paint mediums, brushes, and painting knives to etch character into your image. Some will be very bold and with deep color, which will be your main gifting or talent. Other parts will be feathered colors merged and mixed to highlight you as a person with the skill of the artist. This would be the ultimate portrait but not necessarily of your face.
    There are many types of poetry writing styles and even mixtures of styles as well. Every one of them is unique as we are. Going back to the artist, imagine the variety of possibilities you would have if 100 artists were given the same project to paint your life?
    There are so many rich possibilities invested in you to discover. Don't waste your time comparing yourself with others, find your own hidden treasures.
    Questions
    # God calls you His poetry, how has He written your script? Have you written it down yet?
    # If you had to complete this sentence, what would we read? I am going to change the world with or by . . . . . (Fill in the blank)
    # Do you enjoy the times of analysis and self-correction? How would you share this revelation with a young believer?
    1 Corinthians 4:5 TPT
    So resist the temptation to pronounce premature judgment on anything before the appointed time when all will be fully revealed. Instead, wait until the Lord makes his appearance, for he will bring all that is hidden in darkness to light and unveil every secret motive of everyone’s heart. Then, when the whole truth is known, each will receive praise from God.
    7 min

About Devotional Christian Poetry

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I was once a Pastor in a Church that owned a Christian bookstore. One Christmas while I was selecting appropriate gifts for our 5 voluntary staff members, I experienced an encounter with God.