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VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
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Oregon

0 posted 2003-07-14 06:04 PM


Doubtful in Nazareth

My neighbor thinks
he’s a prophet.
Ha!
He thinks he
can guide my life
with power
and wisdom.

He puts his tunic on
the same way I do.
His feet get dirty
in the dust
just like mine.

How can he be
any greater,
any wiser, than anyone else
in this city?
~~~
Haven’t you heard
all that He does,
all that He says?

If you’ll hear Him
when He blesses the children;
if you’ll see the miracles
He makes,
surely you’ll know
that His claims are as gold
and believing
is not a mistake.

Nazareth’s a temporal homeland,
His feet sift through its sand,
the realm of His eternal dwelling
will be at His Father’s right hand.

©July 6, 2003 (completed July 13, 2003)


From a sermon titled: “Spiritual Blessings”

Equipped to Receive

Sip of the essence of creation.
Taste of the fruit of His love.
Hear the song of His Spirit.
Rest in His power above.

Feast on the beauty of living,
though tears be the diamonds we wear.
Breathe in the scent of the blooming,
as we walk in His guidance and care.

Feel the warmth of the sunshine,
sense the cool of the breeze.
Capture the texture of seasons
as they traverse the lands and the seas.

Spiritual blessings are given;
His chosen are wont to receive.
In faith they reach for each Godsend,
a harvest for what they believe.

©July 13, 2003

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

[This message has been edited by VAS (07-14-2003 06:05 PM).]

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x8x_bigmike
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since 2003-07-08
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1 posted 2003-07-14 06:09 PM


definately two very different poems....the first one has some conflicting ideas that would seem to be contradictory, but the structure seemed to give the reader a path between them...

very good stuff

Mike

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Member Rara Avis
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2 posted 2003-07-14 06:14 PM


I love it Virginia!

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

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