The Four Horsemen

Four horses stand and wait 
For the Lord to open the gate 
To allow the first throughout the last 
To carry out our Lord's wrath 

The First One's coat, white as snow 
The rider waits to hear the 'GO' 
His job to conquer, at his desire, 
He would send many to the fire. 

The second horse, bright and red, 
Takes peace from Earth and causes dread.
He's given a sword, to cause each man, 
To take lives as countless as sand. 

Now the third horse, black as night 
Is ready for his awesome flight. 
To him a scale and power is giv'n 
To ration food of whomever is liv'n 

The fourth servant, pale as ever 
His job so horrid, to make you quiver 
His purpose to cause three-fourths the earth 
To sing a solemn sorrowful dearth 

All four are restless, held back by power, 
Awaiting judgement and the fire; 
His jealous wrath of sins untold 
As their story does unfold 

The white mare turns his head to hear 
The Lambs command echo through the air 
 "Now’s the time to loose the Fury, 
These men forewarned, rebel unduly!

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Chasm

There is a chasm between me and thee
The fall is long and deeper than any sea
I know that if I cross, I will be free
and if not, I will always live in agony

An act of Love

I am so sad
His heart is bleeding
He says follow.
and I say, "Okay."
But I do not.
This is my sadness

But I am grateful
Because He is patient
He Shows up
· · · · STILL
when I come to Him

He is kind
By Him I am not condemned
He accepts me as I am
for who I am
He is gentle and takes me in his arms

He looks at me
and through ALL my faults
He sees no evil

When He looks at me
He could become enraged.
He could remove His hands on my life
and I would fall apart.

But He controls Himself.
He allows His son cover my sins -

so I can Hear Him.
So I can feel Him
So I can know His presence.

So that He may call me friend
So that I may call Him Friend

He loves me AND
He SHOWS love to me.

Supplication to God

God,
You are enthroned in the Heavens
Come,
Be enthroned in my heart
Touch me
Heal me
Place your power in me
That I may overcome what
I cannot on my own

Lift me out of my sorrows
Replace my tears of sadness
With tears of joy.

forgive me

Make me a vessel
And tool
To do your work

Amen

The Innocent Sinner

The Innocent Sinner

I am innocent
when accused
I say
I am innocent

"But you did this"
I hear
And... I did
But
I am innocent

"But you did that"
I hear
And... I did
oh... it hurt others
But
I am innocent

How can this be
I freely admit my wrongs
yet proclaim
my innocence

You see, two people
cannot hold the guilt
for the same wrong

And Jesus
He says
He did it
He took my guilt
He
Took me blame

He took my shame
When He took my
punishment
He is the Son of God
and He IS God

I cannot
And will not call him a liar

So
By definition
I am innocent

I want

I want
I want
I want

Am I willing to wait?
does not appear so

I want to
I need to

I feel so childish on this point
I think I am.
i should learn patience.

I lose what I really want because I do not have it

I know God sees that.
He is soooo patient
Waits for me to learn.
Sometimes I wonder if I will.

I hope I will

I don't want to miss out if I dont

He was standing there with me

I had a dream yesterday
my life passed by
year by year
month by month
day by day

I saw the cheers
I saw the fears
Each stumble
Each fall
and every close call

And. . . I wondered

Then I saw it repeat
But through a different set of eyes

Each Cheer
He was standing there with me
Partaking in the Joy I received
with every fear

He was standing there with me
Placing in courage where fear resides
bracing it with love and truth

With each stumble
He was standing there with me
pointing where and where not to step
so as not to fall

And then when I fell
Because of too strong a mind
and not enough humble
He was standing there with me
Hand stretched to mine to lift me from where I land

And then He showed me
the close calls
where He was standing there with me
warning me of my choices
where He was standing there with me
as I turned a blind eye
where He was standing there with me

helping me clean up my mess

Where He would look into my heart and said

"I love you my son"