The WORD Poetically: February 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011

My tears in a bottle

The Eternal is my helper each day

Though fear seizes me I will always pray

Offerings of praise do banish my fear

Heavenly guidance does strengthen and steer

Through the heat of the fight I am pursued

My enemies you help me to elude

By my prayers adversaries do retreat

The forces of evil you did unseat

All my tears in a bottle you did save

Cleansing me of crimson sins you forgave

My detailed sorrows you did count each one

Nailed to the cross in a victory won

Keys to death, hell and power of the grave

Your own blood for all did purchase to save

Psalms 56:8 KJV Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

Sunday, February 27, 2011

In the quiet places and secret ways

Does the Spirit move and work in these days

Not in loud and dominant worship shrine

But in the temple of the heart does find

In lowliness of spirit void of pride

Does the work of the Eternal abide

There is a grass roots movement very low

Planting seeds of greatness later to sow

Not through cathedrals made by hands of men

But in a message on the hearts does send

This is the movement of Divine call

No money or great human mind can stall

But in humility of truth so meek

In hearts that do after righteousness seek

Isaiah 32:17&18 17) And the work of righteousness shall

be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance

forever. 18) And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation,

and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

Saturday, February 26, 2011

A righteous path

The Word of God is a lamp to your feet

Sword of the Spirit it knows no defeat

It’s sharper than any two edged sword

Worth more than anything you could afford

Freely given to all who ask the Lord

Placed in your heart forever to be stored

A discerner of the inner most soul

Guide to your eternal heavenly goal

Scripture is given by inspiration

On which you should give great contemplation

Profitable for all truth and doctrine

Reproof to correct the smallest of sin

Instruction to show the Lord’s perfect way

A righteous path on which to ever stay

Psalm 119:105 “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”

Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”

2 Timothy 3:16 “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:”

Friday, February 25, 2011

His grace has redeemed me

My hope rests always in the Lord most high

Every need he doses forever supply

In the folly of youth he did protect

Even when my heart gave him no respect

Then one day he placed his hand on my life

All vain cares vanished along with all strife

His joy and peace pass all understanding

Vistas in new life ever expanding

Now I put my trust in Jesus my Lord

His word lives in me as a mighty sword

My strong refuge he will never forsake

Always with me when I sleep and awake

He’s my high tower and habitation

His grace has redeemed me in salvation

Psalm 71:1 “In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust…”

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Deception’s battle won

ETERNAL we are oppressed by a friend

Anointed we believed you did so send

He was our equal and more in the work

Evangelist wolf as a sheep did lurk

We are left in anguish of a torn heart

With silken lies and broken trust did part

Let this one go down to Sheol alive

For evil is the dwelling where such thrive

Smooth buttery speech hid a plot for war

Stench of such folly does HEAVEN abhor

Cast all your burden on the HOLY ONE

Deception’s battle is already won

The righteous will never be swept away

Firmly we shall stand in that Divine day

Psalms 55:15 ESV Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

Copyright © 2006, 2011 Thomas C. Blake

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

My Help In Need

Eternal One, save me by your great name

Judge me by your strength that removes my blame

Hear my prayer and the words I lift high

On your loving kindness I do rely

Incline your ear to the thoughts of my heart

The enemy wants to pull us apart

Oppressors do not care for what is right

Your righteousness for them is out of sight

Almighty One you are my help in need

Through the Holy Ghost you planted the seed

Living Heavenly power makes me bold

Draw near to your grace is what you have told

You have delivered me from sin’s strong grip

Temptation’s power can no longer trip

Psalms 54:7 KJV For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Mt. Zion rescue the just

In corrupt wickedness do fools delight

It gives them a sense of power and might

Scoffers trust in evolution’s false word

Creation without design is absurd

Gives an endless excuse to follow sin

In their heart is where evil does begin

Who will come from Mt. Zion for the just

Will not the Holy One rescue the Just?

My prayers in the morning are thoughts I send

My trust in goodness that will never bend

Exalt the one who is faithful and true

In worship is where all blessings accrue

Enduring power that comes from on high

My daily hope upon which I rely

Psalms 53:6 KJV Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Do Not Trust in Human Strength

Do not trust in human strength or power

Such are food for vultures to devour

The wicked will boast in crimes with delight

No fear of penalty or sudden flight

They walk with pride exalting their grave wrong

Not knowing of their own pain they prolong

Not just in ways but in words that destroy

Sharp tongues that deceive with lies that employ

Heaven’s council will not be mocked this way

Retribution with pain they will repay

There is but one that all my freely trust

The rest will only lead to ash and dust

Those who trust in the Eternal will live

Thriving trees with olives to ever give

Psalms 52:2 KJV Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Create within my heart true purity

Growth from spiritual maturity

My sin separates me from all that’s good

Condemned for destruction in guilt I stood

From birth I have followed temptations way

My vain haughty self has be lead astray

But now in Heaven’s mercy I do plea

Shape me into your greatest devotee

For I have been bought through blood so divine

When my life was upon sinful decline

Mercy that was given while yet a foe

In loving kindness true grace to bestow

Take not your Holy Spirit from my life

I will ever teach all to flee sin’s strife

Psalms 51:2 KJV Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Follow Holy Grace

The Heavens declare righteousness on high

All power resides beyond the blue sky

Nations and their people are called by name

Government leaders the Heavens sustain

Out of Zion does all perfection come

A standard for all and not just for some

From the rising of each morning’s bright sun

The fading of its fullness has begun

Casting aside divine wisdom is base

Abandon all to follow Holy Grace

All belongs to the one true high power

The Almighty will save you in your hour

Repent and be baptized to wash your sin

Acting now for your new life to begin

Psalms 50:2 KJV Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Faith gives the vision

It is human to boast of riches great

Yet wealth cannot save one’s eternal fate

In such things do the proud and mighty trust

Real treasure is in a place without rust

My enemies rely on their own strength

Can they prevail for eternity’s length

No one can purchase the Heavenly Grace

Without the Holy One backing the race

It’s free for those who surrender their will

Waiting in anticipation so still

Faith gives the vision that can lift a soul

From hell’s abyss that tormenting black hole

So trust in the supreme creator’s love

Keep your sights on the world from above

Psalms 49:6 KJV They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

Thursday, February 17, 2011

New world of peace

Most beautiful city stands Mount Zion

Home of the Passover Lamb and Lion

All praise to this holy habitation

Home of the Holy One of creation

All of earth’s joy, praise this place so noble

Most sacred pillars of saints immobile

Within palaces there is refuge great

Protecting tower from terror abate

Earthly safety securely rests within

From its rule there will come life without sin

Now there are sorrows of birth in travail

New world of peace is under the veil

The Anointed One will soon be revealed

Staff of peace shall the Eternal One wield

Psalms 48:2 KJV Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

With the voice of Triumph

Cap your hands and shout with victory’s voice

You are the Holy One’s precious dear choice

Heaven subdues the nations of the earth

To give favor to all who choose new birth

In the blood we are a brand new creature

Called to become an anointed teacher

Let your heart sing praises with a loud shout

Reason for hope is what it is about

The Eternal reigns over the unjust

Repentance for a new way to entrust

In holiness every knee shall bow low

Freedom for sinner of worldly woe

To become an heir of heavens great joy

Holy righteous works ever to employ

Psalms 47:1 KJV To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Standing Still In Salvation

The Holy One of Heaven is my shield

To great wickedness I will never yield

My refuge is under Holy stretched arms

Protection from the adversary’s charms

Though the oceans rise and the Heavens roar

Above all chaos with you I soar

From mountains to valleys the earth can quake

Divine faith from on high will never shake

My life belongs to the Eternal One

Victory over all evil is won

From my belly living waters do flow

To carry blessings on others bestow

To my sovereign I will ever give praise

Standing still in salvation He will raise

Psalms 46:3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

Monday, February 14, 2011

A Scepter Of Goodness

Your throne is a glory to ever reign

Through a scepter of goodness you sustain

My mouth will sing praises with Heaven’s host

Together our tongues will proclaim and boast

The Eternal is our sovereign most high

Every knee will bend and all hearts comply

In your majesty truth and meekness stand

Righteousness lives in your WORD and command

In a Heavenly marriage all is true

Children are a great blessing to accrue

Fruit of a wedding night’s eternal bliss

Divinely ordained from its loving kiss

Worship of the Saints to a holy call

Written in the Book of Life before all

Psalms 45:4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Your WORD gives us victory

Great Mighty One, you reign high over all

Nothing has power to stand big or small

We do give praise to Heaven all day long

Your deliverance inspires our song

Through the power of your name we will rise

Against our enemies to their surprise

Not on the sole power of our own arm

Your WORD gives us victory to disarm

Your everlasting love tells our story

From destruction you raised us to glory

Our steps are ordered from Heaven’s bright light

We are humbled to our knees in your sight

Revealed are the thoughts of our mind and heart

Eternally yours we will not depart.

Psalms 44:5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Faith from the Eternal truth

The wicked can enslave the pure and just

Causing uncertain fear and great distrust

Vindication is my heart’s prayerful plea

Heaven’s rescue is the hope that I see

Calm the toil that lives within so deep

Dry my tears through the night when I do weep

Then will I go to your altar with praise

Singing your greatness throughout all my days

You make a way for the just in their plight

Breaking oppression’s mourning with new sight

Where there is no vision the people do die

Your living waters do always supply

For you have sent out the light of your WORD

Faith from the Eternal truth that I heard

Psalms 43:3 KJV O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Who Is The Health Of My Countenance

My rock is the Ancient of days most high

On Heaven’s great power I do rely

Day and night I do respond to the voice

Constantly confronted with every choice

There can be only one that is supreme

That voice is the WORD who is a bright beam

As the thirst of a deer that has just run

My throat is dry from a course just begun

With eager countenance my mouth is dry

Praising you the one on whom I rely

My tears have sustained me all day and night

Surly Heaven has heard my mourning plight

My pain I will turn into praise on high

Held in eternity never to die

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

(Psalms 42:11 KJV)

Thursday, February 10, 2011

The light, truth and way

Great favor does the Divine give to all

Helping those upon which hardships do fall

We never know what may become our need

So we give of the heart in thought and deed

Let beauty and love reign with all blessing

Heavenly works divinely expressing

Living in tune with all that is Divine

In the sculptor’s hands a brand new design

In brightness of morning rays we do live

Our sole purpose is to love and to give

With great favor we are held with all care

Our life of great blessings we do declare

Upholding our integrity we stay

In Heaven’s grace by the light, truth and way

Psalm 41:12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in

mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

With the gift of faith is the battle won

Looking into the dark abyss gives no hope

The shroud of despair leaves one faint to cope

It is a wilderness void of vision

Divine help is the only decision

Our cries fall not on deaf uncaring ears

From nowhere there is rescue from our fears

Salvation from an invisible hand

Grants us grace for another day to stand

There is strength in the power of heaven

Giving life as yeast the bread does leaven

So shall we rise from the depth of the pit

On the high places of safety to sit

Goodness does come from the Eternal One

With the gift of faith is the battle won

Psalm 40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Our soul’s eternity is unsurpassed

Great power resides in the human tongue

Who can stop the destruction once begun?

Like a wild fire that consumes all

Lowering the great who once stood tall

Words can cut deep like a double edged sword

Laying waste that which can not be restored

So guard the thoughts that will lead to your speech

Chain reactions can keep dreams out of reach

Longevity at its best is a flash

Human life will end in dust and in ash

Its brevity should call into action

To live each moment with burning passion

Build character that will this flesh outlast

Our soul’s eternity is unsurpassed

Monday, February 7, 2011

Intervene out of grace

I cry in weakness for Divine rescue

Drifting Far from your path life is eschew

In mourning I do seek mercy and love

Look down in flavor from your seat above

Blot out my foolishness, purge my record

Self awareness is a two edged sword

The eye of the universe, do see all

When I walk rightly and when I do fall

As a deer pants for water, I long for you

My inner soul seeks your grace to renew

Trouble has weakened my resolve of heart

Do not ignore my plea, do not depart

My human failings all can truly see

Intervene out of grace and rescue me

Psalms 38:22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Author of true guiding light

Commit your life to live by Divine Love

It is everywhere and comes from above

There are just two ways we can choose to live

One is selfish, the other is to give

The underworld of inward desire

Or heavenly love which will inspire

Rest in the author of true guiding light

Faithfulness will make your path very bright

The meek will inherit the earth in time

A blessing forever that is sublime

Heaven upholds all the good of the just

Everyone that in love does truly trust

Selfish people will utterly perish

All who embrace love will heaven cherish

Psalm 37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Copyright © 2006, 2011 Thomas C. Blake

Saturday, February 5, 2011

We can become our own worst enemy

Save me from myself is my prayer and plea

For there is deception in the world’s way

A high price the selfish do truly pay

In all things I do chose that which is good

Aligned with heaven is where I have stood

The world around me lives for vain deceit

Allowing flattering words to defeat

They allow their minds on evil to dwell

Deception has cast upon them a spell

Yet only in the Divine is there hope

Strength that gives living faith so I can cope

Praise the Eternal for every blessing

Trust in heaven all my days professing

Psalm 36:2 “For he flattereth himself in his own eyes,

until his iniquity be found to be hateful.”