Christian Meditative Poetry to Encourage and Challenge
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Psalms, Poems Old Testament on Jul 21st, 2011
As I begin to type I am reminded by the words of an older children’s song. My God is so big, My God is so mighty, there is nothing he cannot do! Sometimes in the midst of life we lose how Big our God is, and the fact that he is always beside us, regardless […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Psalms, Poems Old Testament on Jul 4th, 2011
As I continue to reflect on the images I have seen on the devestation and destruction of Christchurch, and talk to people living there I can’t help but feel more than a little overwhelmed by the scope of what people are facing. It is not just the physical, but the emotional and spiritual hit people […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems New Testament on Jun 13th, 2011
There are times when life doesn’t add up, when nothing seems to work, when everything seems difficult. This passage gives us the reassurance that God is in us, and even though we may be slightly cracked earthen vessels God can still us. I had this reassurance recently when I stepped out in faith and […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Psalms, Poems Old Testament on Jun 7th, 2011
The Psalms of the Ascents show uas the journey of the pilgrims on their journey to the temple at Jerusalem. As the the travel towards it their eyes are lifted to the hills where the Temple is where there God resides. We need to again look to our God for comfort, for strength, for reassurance, […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems New Testament on May 24th, 2011
Paul’s letter to the Church at Philippi is one of my favourite books in the New Testament. There are many verses from which I draw comfort, strength, and encouragement from. Paul in these verses calls us to Rejoice to truly be joyful that we are the Lord’s and that he is with us. Not to get […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems New Testament on May 16th, 2011
Luke’s Gospel, has been named at various times the Upside Down Gospel. Jesus demonstrates again that he has come to seek and save the lost (cf Luke 15) That the rich will not inherit the earth, but the meek, Luke 4 vs 18-19 drawn from Isaiah 61 vs 1-2 sets out what he will do, […]
Posted in Easter, POEMS, Poems - Easter, Poems New Testament on May 3rd, 2011
Hi Anzac Day and Easter Sunday were on the same day and it gives one pause to consider the sacrifice on the battlefields and of Christ’s Sacrifice on the Cross. When I was in the Sixth Form (Year 12) nearly 30 years ago we did a series on World War one poets from the romanticism […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems Old Testament on Mar 14th, 2011
Hi All The disasters keep on rolling through, and the images we have seen on our television screens can make us feel very insecure, have a sense of how quickly life can be snuffed out, the reality of life is that it isn’t a bed of roses, that not everything goes smoothly or according to […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems Old Testament on Feb 28th, 2011
Hi All The tragedy of the Christchurch Earthquake evokes many emotions. When one sees the scale both of the physical and emotional devastation it is very easy to cry out “I don’t know what to do”. How does one respond, we can and many will give financially, others who are able to help physically like […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems Old Testament on Feb 15th, 2011
We live in a world obsessed with “Spirituality” In the last ten years mediums, psychics, spirtualists have come out of the woodwork and gained prominence. Just about every night there are on our television sets series whose content is devoted to the “Spirit world” We are warned in the New Testament that there will be […]