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If by Rudyard Kipling was voted the United Kingdom’s favourite poem in a 1995 BBC Opinion Poll.
Carl Sandburg was an American Poet who won the Pulitzer Prize.
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Nativity Scenes and Songs by Daniela B. Peter and Stefan B. Peter
If you begin with God;
Someday he will complete
What you began to do.
It doesn’t matter if the beginning seems small
Or having not significance great;
For God is at work
And his eye is watching over you.
There will come delays:
People might oppose you;
Some friends might leave;
And others slander you.
But then those are the very things
That make you, in weakness and fear, tremble;
And make you turn to the Lord for strength.
Look to Jesus;
Who stands by your side.
And when obstacles seem too big to overcome;
Step out in faith, and there will a way for you open,
Right in the middle of what threatens to drown you.
Now, do not lose the vision;
Its end awaits an appointed time.
Till then, toil and labour on in tears and sweat;
Someday there will be a reward;
For being faithful to the task you were given to do.
Therefore let no one despise
The day of small beginnings,
For what you’ve begun with God;
He’ll surely complete.
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Let there be light.
When God speaks light into your life,
The powers of darkness will not hold its might;
For the blood of the cross washes away
Your sins; both its guilt and shame.
Being forgiven sets you free;
Unbend from your stoop of low esteem.
Let there be light.
For in that flash of light
More blinding than the noonday sun
Is heard his voice:
It is hard for you to fight against the light.
So come; let the light befriend you;
And hope arise when it shines out in you.
Let there be light.
For reveal it shall; lay bare those petty things
That with monstrous roots grip within.
But in my love, says your God, no darkness resides;
Only plenteous mercy and healing besides.
For I am compassionate,
O my child; come, live in the light!
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Lavender skies;
Is neither blue nor the red I knew.
The morning broke
But my heart still heaved
For the night before had seen
Yet again me go down.
Was it the pain of rejection?
Was it sheer loneliness?
That emptied my cup
Of joy, of love;
Which never ever was full.
Oh, lavender skies!
How my heart heave and sighs
As the past grinds over me
Like a cart with grain loaded;
And those merciless wheels
That crush underneath.
Like a worm;
I feel no worth.
Yet the morning brings
That word of hope:
“Lavender skies!”
It came, just came
When I’d thought all was lost.
Oh, lavender skies!
You tell me when I forget:
God’s compassions never fail;
They are new every morning;
So me can begin again
To hope, to believe,
There’s more to life
Than the moments I have failed.
Oh, lavender skies!
You’ve brought me
That splash of white
To mix with the red and the blue;
That whisper of hope
To stand up once more
In the strength
Of the love of my God;
On that mercy note
Seen on the blood of his cross.
—
Note: The two words “Lavender Skies” just came to mind on Sunday morning, 5th of December 2021, as I sat a bit fatigued. It mixed with some themes that were already in mind; and I had no other choice but to allow, under divine compulsion, words to flow and pen these lines.
Are You Having Dreams at Night?
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From where you stand
You can’t travel far.
For you’re still holding on
And you won’t let go.
But there lies ahead
The seas and oceans you can sail.
My friend, don’t wait too long,
You need to move.
Make God your trust;
Dare to believe,
And launch out into the deep.
When you listen
And obey his voice;
It matters not that you toiled
Hard all night
And nothing you caught.
For your empty boat
Shall soon return
A catch of fish
That all probability defies;
Only when you listen and obey.
Then comes that call,
“Come, follow me!”
It’s all good, you say;
But I am a sinful man.
Now will you let go?
And worship him, your Lord and God.
—
Inspired by the call of Jesus, “Come, follow me,” which he gives to his first disciples in Matthew 4, and his encounter with Peter as described in Luke 5 in the Bible.
Lavender Skies: Inspirational Free Verse Poem
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Hear my cry O God
When my lips
Can scarcely utter
Even a single word in prayer.
It is painful O LORD
When I do not know
How to make known to you
What I really need.
It is tough O LORD
When I see that there is no fruit
For all the labour
Of days gone by.
Will you be near me O God
As I struggle
To make sense of life
And the future looks bleak?
Come and be my guide O God
And give me your peace
That I may trust and rest
In your strong and mighty arms.
I am fearful O my LORD
For even I do not know
The anxious thoughts
That battle in my heart.
Gift me your presence O God
And let me have you above all
And that shall be my courage
When I seem to sink in fear.
Abba Father will you be
My help and strength
In my hour of need
That you alone know for all its depth?
Have mercy on me O God
For without it can I survive
Or make it to the end
Of the race that was well-begun?
All my wasted years O God
To your hands I give
To make a blessing of it all
And build a precious dream.
“Come Back Home, My Child!”
“Why Are You Downcast, O My Soul?”
The LORD Says: “I Have Loved You with an Everlasting Love!”
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Of all the lessons you’ve taught me,
There is one that has remained
My favourite:
Finish strong!
Life is full of beginnings,
Second chances,
And starting all over again
To pursue your goal.
In all this,
Keep your eyes on the finishing tape,
Never let your eyes wander,
But focus on the finishing line.
There is reward at the end,
Not for running along with others,
But for finishing well,
And finishing strong.
Therefore do not yield to despair,
Do not give up hope,
Even when the winds blow against,
And progress seems slow.
There are others who have finished
The race ahead of you.
They are cheering you like a cloud of witnesses
From all around.
Look at their faith,
Learn from their perseverance,
They finished strong in spite of troubles and trials;
For they endured the race,
Looking steadily at the Invisible One,
The Rewarder of those who finish strong!
Other Poems:
All My Wasted Years O God to Your Hands I Give
A Short Prayer: When My Heart Is Broken
In His Eyes I Saw That Look Of Love’s Gentle Light
When my heart is broken,
And hope no longer I see;
When all that comes out is a sigh–
O Lord remember me.
When my heart is broken,
And regrets cloud my mind;
When joyous notes are muted–
O Lord remember me.
When my heart is broken,
And all around troubles mount;
When I in anger burst out —
O Lord remember me.
When my heart is broken,
And I ask, “Does God love me?”;
And thus your past mercies forget–
O Lord remember me.
When my heart is broken,
And my purse yields not
One coin more my need to meet–
O Lord remember me.
When my heart is broken,
And I know selfie pride it was
To my sinful downfall led–
O Lord remember me.
When my heart is broken,
And each step like giving up I feel;
Abba Father, forget not your erring child–
O Lord remember me.
Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart!
“Come Back Home, My Child!”
“Why Are You Downcast, O My Soul?”
The LORD Says: “I Have Loved You with an Everlasting Love!”
Other Poems:
All My Wasted Years O God to Your Hands I Give
Of All the Lessons You’ve Taught Me: Finish Strong!
In His Eyes I Saw That Look Of Love’s Gentle Light
He Walks in When Everyone Else Has Rejected You and Walked Out on You!
Every drop of blood
The Saviour shed
Was for you my dear—
None else to him counted more dear.
He was lifted high
For all the world to see;
That One Sacrifice
For all our sins to bleed.
It cost him much
To gain the pardon
That would set us free
From death’s grip for all eternity.
The cross still stands
At all life’s crossroads
Asking you and me:
“What more should have I done for you?
—
This poem was published on Good Friday, 2012.
In his eyes
I saw that look
Of love’s gentle light.
It stripped my soul
Naked and bare
And lit up all past
Snapshots of remote access.
It was quite unlike
The vulturous looks
Of those who tore apart
My flesh; and left me empty
Like the beer cans that littered the streets.
And then came the time
When grey hair and wrinkled skin
Took away my charm.
And those who used to come
Turned the other way
Even the birds of prey.
Though it was for pleasure
That I first took my plunge
Into the dimly lit dancing halls;
Now I know it was lust’s appetite
That led me through sin’s dark alleys
And made me go down the slimy pit
From which I saw no escape.
But now I stood before the man
Who looked at me with deep sad eyes!
And gentle, like a dove!
Then I saw myself
For all I was worth
For his eyes spelled love
Never known to me before.
Here was a Man
Who bore the prints of nail
That pierced his flesh
And bled to wash away all filth—
That to my skirts clung even after laundry.
The silence of this Lamb;
Even when all my past
Had so deeply wounded him
Took me off guard;
And made me kneel
Before his Majesty.
It was sacrifice
That made love so costly dear
And showed me that earth’s
Finest gifts cannot match
The love that forgave
And asked nothing in return—But
My heart I give to you, Oh, my Valentine!
Other Poems:
All My Wasted Years O God to Your Hands I Give
Of All the Lessons You’ve Taught Me: Finish Strong!
A Short Prayer: When My Heart Is Broken
“To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, . . . to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.” — St. John (Revelation 1:5, 6).
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