Season 6, Episode 6, God's Perfection

Poetry of Christian Faith

56.6-6, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,

Unpublished poems from the Last Notebook manuscript. The poems were written in March and April of 2020.

THE LAST NINE PAGES

Over the years there have been written

Many pages of the times I was bitten,

More pages of when I was smitten

While living in Michigan, the mitten.

Now though has come the time

To confess all my crime,

Days when out of a rhyme

I was covered with grime.

No point in looking back;

The time I got sacked

Or the book on the rack,

So much still in the stack.

Now I must look ahead

At tomorrow instead,

Not forgetting today

To let God set the way.

When confessed God will forgive

Yesterday’s sins I did live.

And I must repent

Of those days spent.

I will write of this no more

Knowing what may be in store

For my tomorrows

Will not be sorrows.

The last nine pages in this notebook

Have now become seven,

The number of God’s perfection,

Living in His resurrection.

My prayer this day:

May God bless you

In all you do.

May those you meet

On the city street

Feel His love

Rain from above.

As you live

May you give

All you have

Because you have

LOVE!

7/16/2020, tcarter

Discussion:

Monday, March 23, 20

After much reading and listening to the issues surrounding the COVID-19 virus, the following words came to me.

IN TIMES OF TROUBLE

When one is lost

Is there a cost

That must be paid,

Confession made?

As this virus

Does tire us

Do we pray

Night and day?

Without words to say

In those times we pray

It is through God’s Spirit

Our prayer, He does hear it.

Lord, there are those ill

And so many still

Waiting in fear

Of what is near.

Lord, may Your will be done,

May we follow Your Son,

May we see Your grace

In the world we face.

Lord, draw us near.

Lord, wipe the tear

So our eyes may see

What tomorrow will be.

Save us,

Jesus,

You our Lord,

From discord.

Heal us,

Jesus,

Save us,

Jesus

From our ills

As you fill

Our hearts with the love

From Heaven above.

May we not be afraid,

The ransom has been paid.

3/22/2020, tcarter

Discussion:

The next two poems are part of a series is must have written for Facebook. They are part 3 and 4. I couldn’t find Parts 1 and 2. But I did’nt look at every poem in the manuscript either.

Day 3

IN THIS WORLD WE FACE

I. TODAY

Through our years

We have faced our fears.

We have overcome

Better than some.

And on one asks why.

It is we who must try

In this world we face

To share God’s grace

And stand and pray

Before the end of the day

For healing

From the reeling

Of this world’s disease

And lead them to believe.

II. TOMORROW

They will see the Son

Rises in the morning,

In gray clouds storming.

They will be set free,

Forever with Jesus be.

III. AFTER THOUGHTS

A virus, Covid19, is our world for this season.

Surely for the confusion we see there is a reason.

As followers of Christ we must do more than pray.

Knowing the love of God we must lead the way

By living in the Truth, the Way and the Life

So those now living in fear and strife

Will find comfort and peace, healing of their souls

As they encounter life’s rocky knolls.

May we live a prayer,

May we live to share

Our faith in Jesus

Who died to save us.

4/2/2020, tcarter

Discussion:

Day 4

NEVER FORSAKEN

Those who know Your name trust You, for You, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek You.

Psalm 9:10

What words of hope

As we live to cope

In the world that surrounds us.

Never forsaken, God sent us Jesus.

We believe,

We receive

God’s loving grace.

We do run our race

Knowing we will fall.

We will hear His call

As our bodies raise.

It is God we do praise,

His forgiving ways

As we live our days.

Seek and you shall find.

Knock and the door will be opened.

Having done so,

He will never forsake us.

And this we know

Because we walk with Jesus.

4/3/2020, tcarter

Discusssion:

We’ll end with this one.

March 3, 2020

It has been a time of waiting these last few months. Three books and I have almost completely stopped writing. The last sentence is why I do not write prose. Too many sentences arose and I had to serve my time. A devotional I read today resulted in the following.

THIS TIME

In this time of rest

I have been blessed.

I have not written

Nor even smitten

To want to pursue

Anything new.

There have been storms raging

As I walked through my days aging.

And there have been days of peace

As I kneel and pray for release

From me

So I will see

The strength gained

As I strained

Through the miles

Of oft fought trials.

Through this all

I hear His call.

And if I ever fall

It will only and always

Be on my knees to pray.

The Lord has my hand

So that I may stand

And with faith praise

The Son He did raise.

3/3/2020, tcarter

The 2 poems Tim read from the Books

TWO - from God's Rhyme

An Introverts Voice - Living in God's Rhyme

AS WE CLOSE IN PRAYER, MAY WE CONTINUE IN PRAYER

Dear Heavenly Father we come to you in prayer as we end today’s podcast. Dave and I thank You for Your leading us through the day and into tomorrow. We pray that today has been pleasing to You and honors Your glory.

We pray for our listeners and viewers; for their needs, healing and the salvation of those who have not yet accepted the gift of Your grace by faith.

We pray, Lord, for this world in which we live. Father, as Christians lead us to proclaiming the gospel where ever we are. May we do so in a loving way. Lead us to the truth of the days we are living in. We pray for the nation of Ukraine and its people; its leaders, those who have fled the country to find safety, those who are still trying to leave the country and those who are staying to fight the invading army of their enemy. May their faith and determination be an example to the entire world.

Dear Lord, prepare us and our listeners and viewers for the coming week. We pray that it is You we live for and You who leads us. As we walk with you this week, may it be Your hand clasped around our hand so we may feel the grasp of Your love.

We pray in the name of Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer.

Amen

4/3/2022

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