A real-life picture of the Gospel.
Category: 2014
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The Rain and the Redeemer
My knees are weak. My chest is frail.
My heart is numb from pain.
Yet through it all, I stand outside
To feel the touch of rain.I am so cold. I have no coat.
Each raindrop feels the same.
Yet every raindrop tells me why
My humble Savior came.He came because my heart was numb,
Because I was so cold,
So He could be my umbrella,
My very own to hold.I hold Him close. I hold Him near.
He shelters me all night,
Because the rain, like teardrops fall,
Drenching an unseen fight.The rain falls like deadly arrows
That puncture every heart,
Saying that my own loving Savior
And hopeless man must part.But as I stand in the pouring rain,
It comforts me so dear.
It tells why I’ve been saved,
And that my God is near.
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My Valentine’s Case
I wrote this poem with the intentions of having someone duck-tape it to my locker on Valentine’s Day for my whole high-school to read. I was in South Carolina on Valentines Day so I couldn’t do it myself, but apparently, it never got duck-taped to my locker. Hence-fourth, it might as well be read by someone:
I know I’m gone this lovely day, (South Carolina!!! Woo!!!)
So I guess you can’t laugh in my face,
But please don’t let my absence stop
Me from stating my Valentine’s case.I might not have a heart to hold,
As might a fair number of you all,
But I know that in this lonely state,
My God has a higher call.Somewhere out there shines a gem
That shines brighter than the sun,
And even though I don’t know her yet,
My love has long begun.She is my lovely future wife,
Even though I don’t know her name,
But my God calls me to love her now,
Just as Christ did when He came.So honestly and transparently,
As crazy as it might sound,
On this lovely Valentines Day,
My wife’s heart has already been found.
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Beautiful Silence
Once upon a time..
A young man who sat down to play his arrangement of, “It Is Well With My Soul.”
After his hands lifted from the keyboard, he turned around to see his family in tears.
No one spoke because the music had said what each heart could not put to words.
They sat in silence for an unknown amount of time, but it was a beautiful silence.
Because even when the notes had stopped playing, the message rang on.
And each could say,
“It is well. It is well with my soul.”
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Calling Satan’s Bluff (Literally)
*ring ring*
Me: Hello! Is this Satan?
Satan: Who wants to know?
Me: You’re worst nightmare.
Satan: Haha, oh really now?
Me: When I come in the name of Jesus Christ, I come in the name of everything you fear most. So please, let us get to the point of this discussion.
Satan: Let’s.
Me: It is often said among Christians, “Oh! It’s alright! The Christian race is a marathon and not a sprint.”
Satan: Your point?
Me: Hebrews 12 does say that we run a race, but where does It say, “This race is not a sprint!”?
Satan: That’s a great question, but you’re looking too deeply! Wouldn’t you much rather walk comfortably at your own pace?
Me: You know what? I’m going to call your bluff. Hebrews 12 not only says that we run a race, but It says that we are to, “Lay aside every weight and sin which so easily besets us!”
Satan: Hahaha, look around you! It’s so common for “Christians” to struggle with sin. Why let go of your sin if no one else is willing to let theirs go?
Me: Quiet, deceiver! Hebrews 12 tells us to, “Look unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.”
Satan: Once again, your point?
Me: The Word yells, “SPRINT!”
Satan: Haha, hey now. Don’t get too passionate about thi-
Me: Not only does the Word yell, “SPRINT!”, but the Word reeks of Christ’s blood which yells, “FREEDOM!” Would you like to know why the Word yells, “SPRINT!”? Because Christ’s blood has given us, “FREEDOM!”
Satan: QUIET!!! Others might hea-
Me: WE ARE FREE!!! OUR SINS ARE DEAD!!! CHRIST CALLS US TO SPRINT!!!
Satan: NO!!!
Me: YES!!!!
Satan:
*click*
As I put the telephone down, a smile glazes my face, but a solemn tear falls from my eye. Satan knows that he’s lost. It only saddens me that most Christians live as if he’s won.
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Leaving the Curtain Call
Something I wrote that pretty much verbalizes my heart after leaving The Academy of Arts in Taylors, SC. Thanks to my classmate, Julia, for vocals.
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Growing On My Knees
The Lord has been hammering me into something new these past few weeks. I’ll talk about the Lord’s hammering more as time goes on, but for now the biggest thing has been the topic of prayer.
Prayer is what allows us to talk with God. I mean.. actually talk with God. Think about that!
The Lord has been teaching me to be dependent on prayer in even the smallest of moments. If a small sin comes up, all I have to do is ask the Lord to forgive me of the sin.. and boom! The sin is gone!
So if I’m struggling with anger, I’ll ask, “Lord, I’m seriously struggling with anger right now, please (please, please) forgive me and lay this sin on the cross! Oh, and while you’re at it, replace my anger with humility. Thanks! In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.”
And no kidding.. IT’S GONE! Just like that! How awesome is that to be instantly freed from sin when you just ask?!
Yeah. That’s pretty awesome.
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