Archive for the ‘ Poetry ’ Category
Speaking of remembering things, here you are:
remember
daniel m klem
when running from your fear
remember that bad day
when fleeing from danger
remember stay away
when leaving a bad place
remember to save life
when escaping a city
remember lot s wife
Taken from simple words for God from a simple man of God by daniel m klem, page 79.
In remembrance of the attacks 10 years ago, here is a poem I wrote after a bomb-scare at my high school (before 09/11/2001). Let us remember to pray for all of the families and friends of those lost 10 years ago today or as a result of the attacks.
still watching
daniel m klem
the bombs exploded
the bullets fired
the damage wrought
cannot be measured
those who walk away
are angry with God
most of them wonder
how He could
let their loved ones go
and leave them there
all of those people
are completely unaware
remember God is watching
all of His children
and He cares for each
no matter where or when
it all fits into
His great Plan
because He loves
this thing called man
Taken from simple words for God from a simple man of God by daniel m klem, page 82.
Being used by God makes it necessary to know your intentions are true. We may not always get it right, but that is why we must rely so much on the Holy Spirit! The poem today is about when our intentions are … slightly off-center.
for you
daniel m klem
i would die for You
talk to the world for You
i would move for You
anywhere i could for You
i would try for You
to do anything for You
everything i do for You
i only do it for You
“Men will wrangle for religion;
write for it;
fight for it;
die for it;
anything but live for it.”
Charles Caleb Colton
Taken from simple words for God from a simple man of God by daniel m klem, page 149.
I recently found a poem I wrote on November 10, 2007. I liked it. I am posting it. It was not saved on my computer, rather I sent it to someone through Facebook. I wonder how many other works I might find if I keep digging around Facebook and e-mails?
Hear the music?
Giving yourself over to Jesus Christ
Ushers you into the symphony of life.
Jesus is the Perfect Note of this song,
Beginning the song and moving it along.
Those who believe and call on His Name
Hear His Note and help Him sing.
Are you able to hear the music?
Have you stepped away and need to come back?
Remember that as we sing this medley
It is a love song for eternity.
It is God singing His love for us,
And our harmonizing as a chorus,
To return that love He lavishes
By raising up our once quiet voices.
Do you hear the music of heaven?
Do you hear the voices of the repentant?
It is the outcry of broken hearts,
Of people ripping there lives apart
To clean out anything that could hinder
The notes we sing to our Father.
Tune into the heavenly song,
Sung by all those who now belong
To the Father through Jesus Christ.
Hear His music that transcends time,
His music that goes beyond Creation,
That causes death and reconstruction.
Do you hear the music playing?
Do you hear the voices singing?
Add your life to this masterpiece,
Led by the Master of true peace.
Join in with the Chorus of the Saints
Giving our Lord our utmost praise.
Believing requires some serious prayer, as I mentioned this week. Today I bring to you a prayer I praid (yes, praid) and wrote down in high school. I like the vividness of the action describing my brain. Quite. It reminds of something I said in 2007: “I hear a lot of people say they want to be a cup over-flowing for Jesus. I want to be like an M80 in a toilet: an explosive force that gets everywhere and everyone notices!”
I have the greatest imagination and sense of words, huh?!
Here is the poem:
Lord i love You
daniel m klem
Lord i love You
with all my body and soul
fill my heart and
explode my mind
make it so i can not go
without feeling Your Love
everywhere i go please
please let everyone know
i love You and
You love us
more than any other
Taken from simple words for God from a simple man of God by daniel m klem, page 164.
To go along with my guest post over at Heather Joy’s blog, GrowUp318, here are a couple poems about prayer!
These were both written in later 2000 during the Christian craze over the book “The Prayer of Jabez” by Bruce Wilkinson. The youth group in which I happened to be also did an activity in which we were instructed to put the Lord’s Prayer into our own words.
my jabez prayer
Lord
please bless me as never before
and send those who need You to me
protect me and help me
so i do not hurt others
Taken from simple words for God from a simple man of God by daniel m klem, page 165.
my Lord’s prayer
my Father in heaven
You are the Holiest
Your Kingdom is here
where You say what happens
on earth just like in heaven
please supply me food
and forgive my sins
the same as i forgive others
and help me when tempted
keeping the devil away
Taken from simple words for God from a simple man of God by daniel m klem, page 166.
Belief and unbelief are very similar things. One can be thinking and the other thinking something different. unbelief can also be not thinking.
I am not going to get into that today! Instead, here are a couple poems along these lines …
think
think about God in your life
think about Jesus the Christ
think about how He lived
think about how to forgive
think about the life He spent
think about the messages sent
do not think and you will receive
all the thoughts that God perceives
Taken from simple words for God from a simple man of God by daniel m klem, page 88.
do not think
do not think about that person
do not think about that diversion
do not think about that plight
do not think about that fight
do not think about that gun
only think about God’s Son
Taken from simple words for God from a simple man of God by daniel m klem, page 38.
After looking at the “black mark” of sin, how about a different look at blackness. The inspiration of this the poem today was several of the poems I wrote before it. I have several poems (before the writing of this poem and since) which were written in the middle of the night (I do not remember waking up … if I even did!) or while sitting around and day dreaming. In other words, I do not remember writing many poems! I would wake up in the morning with a new poem in my notebook, or be going over notes I just took in class and see a new poem on the page. Crazy stuff, huh?! This poem is really about God using me (any believer, really) in ways we do not understand.
Anywho, the poem:
blackout
daniel m klem
i blackout as the Spirit moves
i move because of Him
anything that happens later is His
only He could produce results
when i come to
the work is done and i am new
if you look at it
you only see His mighty work
in all of eternity
i could only dream of doing this alone
thank You for Your wisdom
i love you
Taken from simple words for God from a simple man of God by daniel m klem, page 146.
Speaking of pride and building up yourself rather than the Church as a whole …
boast
daniel m klem
you should not boast
in anything you do
or anything done by man
but boast in He who
died for a great cause
to save the lives of me and you
Taken from simple words for God from a simple man of God by daniel m klem, page 58.
It is time for a poem about getting along!
friends
daniel m klem
my best Friend lives in heaven
but at the same time lives in me
He could live in you if you believe
that He died for your sins on a tree
understand that He loves everyone
even if they say something against He
who saved the souls of all mankind
and if they do not believe we are free
because my Friend knows all people
He wants to be friends with everybody
especially the people who talk against
He who came to help you and me
Taken from simple words for God from a simple man of God by daniel m klem, page 110.
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