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Weekend Words & Sunday Stanzas – 01/20/2013

Here is your usual reminder to check out the wise words over at Proverbial Thought.

Last week I showed you accepting forgiveness, a poem I wrote on August 12, 2007. Five days later I wrote a follow-up inspired by my own life. It is about being a Christian yet following the ways of the world for a time. I trust you will enjoy:

accepting forgiveness II

 

forgiven and freed

forgotten by me

living while thinking

God stopped forgiving

but when i come around

and His love i have found

inside of my heart

and know my sins are

truly forgiven

by God in heaven

i forgive myself

and accept His help

to clean my conscience

through repentance

then He takes the clean

whom He calls redeemed

and a party is thrown

for those He calls His own

each as guest of honor

personal blame over

we accept His pass

to a life which we sin less

and accept what He gives

 

the life His Son lived

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Weekend Words & Sunday Stanzas – 01/13/2013

Here is my usual reminder that you should get some wisdom from Proverbial Thought!

The poem for today was written on a hot August day in 2007. I have a hope that it speaks for itself:

 

accepting forgiveness

we lived our lives

living in our sin

but then found Christ

who showed how to live

You have forgiveness

but we lived the same

said You forgot it

but we held our shame

You said we are

forgiven now

we have moved far

with a simple vow

that You are Lord

and we submit

accepting Your Word

and living it

to live that life

to which You called us

accepting the light

in Your forgiveness

 

to live it out

means listening

that He is about

complete forgiving

everyone who

asks Him for it

accept it so

we can forgive

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Weekend Words & Sunday Stanzas – 01/06/2013

You probably are expecting this: do it right this year by remembering Proverbial Thought!

The poem for today was written exactly five years ago! Seeing as poetry can sometimes be confusing (especially mine!), I am providing some extra explanation.

And if I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but he then turns away from his sin and does what is just and right— if he gives back what he took in pledge for a loan, returns what he has stolen, follows the decrees that give life, and does no evil, he will surely live; he will not die. None of the sins he has committed will be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.
Ezekiel 33:14-16, NIV

Yes, this passage is taken slightly out of context, but the message is the Christian message: when we put our faith in Jesus Christ, that we believe He was the perfect sacrifice for the forgiveness of our sins, God says to each of us “None of the sins he [or she!] has committed will be remembered against him”!

 

cannot remember

 

i cannot remember why

i ever tried to deny

the Man in Jesus Christ

Who lived a perfect life

 

 

on a day when i felt tender

my heart i surrendered

and of my sin asked the Father

and He simply answered

 

“You know … I cannot remember.”

 

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Weekend Words & Sunday Stanzas – 11/11/2012

Forgiveness is a sticky issue. For many on this particular day, Veterans Day (US), it can be hard. Asking someone to forgive those who have sent loved ones into harms way or those who raised/created a weapon that killed a loved one is hard.

We also seem to find it hard to forgive those who have lied to us, stolen from us, cut us off in traffic, or take too long at the grocery check out.

As is often said in Proverbs, it is all because of pride. (Speaking of which, do not forget about Proverbial Thought!)

seeking forgiveness

i sought forgiveness from You
now i must humble myself more
and seek forgiveness from others
then as i seek more forgiveness
i must also turn and forgive
as i learn how to forgive
it is because of forgiveness
the forgiveness of the others
and becoming more humble
as i seek forgiveness from You

thank You

my Lord

Taken from deeper words for God from a simple man of God by daniel m  klem, page 195.

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