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robert
Page 10 of Poems
Purgatory
Purgatory, not yet Heaven and not yet hell
A place for souls to rest a spell.
Purgatory, a place for souls to reflect and atone
To give allegiance to God alone.
Purgatory, a place to seek God's mercy
A time to tell God how much you are sorry.
Purgatory, a time to make amends
A place to discover everyone as friends.
Purgatory, no matter if it is time or place
It's where we go to prepare ourselves to see God's face.
If we elect to receive Christ's offer of a new birth
Purgatory could be right here on Earth.
For all the things in Purgatory we are meant to do
Stem forth from us living life anew.
If we only choose to live in Christ's plan
There would be no need of Purgatory for man...
The Master Builder
Only God's works can endure into Eternity
For that is how He created them to be.
When the Master Builder set forth His Divine Plan
He had use for the minds and bodies of man.
We were already included in what He had in mind
For He knew we would be the best builders He could find.
What God wants us humans to create
Is a world in which He too can partake.
If this is ever to be so
There are a couple of rules we should know.
Rule one is God is always right; man is mostly wrong
If He says do it His way; do it, it's best for us to get along.
Rule two is if God says don't eat of this or that tree
Obey Him, it could only delay progress of where we are to be.
If you have any questions or doubts of what is to be done
Always go back and refer to rule one.
If rule two is ever broken, never never run and hide
Seek God and assure Him it is in Him you wish to abide.
The biggest mistake a human can ever make
Is to give up on God and trust in a snake...
His Eternal Spring
When we are of hunger we seek food
We will consume until the feeling is subdued.
When we are of thirst we seek water
We will quaff until the feeling is over.
When we find we are in need of substance of any kind
Nothing impedes the action of the mind.
We stop all we are doing to supply that need
Whatever that desire is we must feed.
We have learned to feed the body, but what of the soul
It too has quenchable needs we must seek as our goal.
To seek after Earthly treasures will never do
For none of these pleasures will ever satisfy you.
To fill the soul's need, to make it sate
Find the love of God, before it is too late.
Starvation is truly a horrible death
It will rob you of your very own breath.
What God offers is free to fill us all
We need only to respond to His call.
God did not create man to die of hunger or thirst
He sent His manna from Heaven for man to disperse.
He feeds the birds of the air with tender Love and care
It is in this manna we must learn to share.
For it is God who feeds every living thing
We are all nourished from the Love of His Eternal Spring...
The Grace Of God
By the grace of God man does exist
He created us all to share in His bliss.
In His image and likeness we each are made
We would understand this better if Adam had only obeyed.
For the Earth we cohabit is nowhere near Paradise
It is the product of man taking a snakes advise.
We could say it is the devil's or Adam's weakness
That created this world's un-god-ly-ness.
But whether this is true or not, one cannot say
Wherever there is disobedience there is a price to pay.
For where there is sin, there is a fall from grace
Whoever is at fault is deprived of God's face.
God did know man would stumble and fall
That is why He sent Christ as a crutch for us all.
If we lean on Him He will give us support
He will forgive all sins held captive in our hearts.
He will lift our eyes from this forsaken Earth
And restore us to our Heavenly birth.
God did create man to share in His bliss
For it is in Paradise He created us to exist...
The Bread Of Life
Jesus is the Bread of life for the soul
His nourishing Spirit fill us with all we can hold.
Our capacity to contain His life giving Love
Depends on our understanding the offer He made from above.
When He resurrected from the cross that man made
He promised His Comforter to whoever seeks His aid.
His promise still holds fast and true
The only condition is left up to you.
You must decide to seek out His Holy Spirit
Believe in Him and try to draw near It.
Before the works of the Spirit can be done
We must admonish ourselves to God's only Son.
Even though it was in flesh and blood Christ did appear
It is to His Spirit we must learn to adhere.
When it is Jesus the Christ we truly emulate
We will bring our spirits to the point of being sate.
For Christ is the only nourishment that can fill a soul
Because Spirit is the only occupant of that particular mold...
No Stranger To Pain
Our Lord and God is no stranger to pain
His death on the cross was most ignominious and inhumane.
He was unmercifully flogged and made to wear a crown of thorns
All the while suffering our rejections and scorns.
He was nailed to a cross fashioned by the hands of man
His death was the only thing we knew to demand.
Then a spear was thrust into His side
To assure no possibility of life could reside.
And yet, with His dying breath, the words that came through
Was :
"FORGIVE THEM FATHER FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO".
Sin was the reason for this merciless death
It can rob us too of our very own breath.
Sin can make us do things that are hideously cold
It can take the life right out of your very soul.
We all do remind Christ of His suffering and pain
When it is with sin we choose to remain.
For Christ came here to take sin from us
To lead us back to Our Father's trust.
His cross is here to remind us of what He went through
To forgive our sins, so we can live life anew...
A New Attitude
In a world clouded by the ego's sight
It is impossible to tell if it is day or night.
If you use your eyes to determine right from wrong
A black and white world is where you belong.
For the ego will take credit for things it cannot do
And has no regards for those which are true.
For when truth is used as a director of your sight
It will lead you to the path that knows only right.
When you come to see the Maker of your eyes
You will never have want for any more lies.
And in His truth you will come to solemnly obey
All the Words that Christ did come to say.
When this happens our sight will become imbued
Able to see Christ in the Light of a new attitude...
A Family Of One
In God's world we are united to one brotherhood
Each of us is the manifestation of Spirit for the common good.
The common good is to present itself as God's plan
When we cooperate with God, this we will come to understand.
For when we become aware of the gifts God has given us
We will relinquish control and surrender to God all our trust.
When we trust in God with our whole heart and soul
We will attune ourselves to the life He has foretold.
It is in God's world where Paradise does exist
It is a place He created for us to share in His bliss.
When we learn of our gifts and then give them to others
We will be living in a world with Love for our brothers.
Love is God's most important and empowering gift
It is the one to cause our spirits to uplift.
When we view ourselves as a family of One
Then we can say His will is being done...
The World Of Eternal Light
Just as you trim old branches from a tree, new growth will appear
The same holds true of the soul, remove the things of death and new life will grow here.
Whatever is not connected to Christ Jesus has no life in it to give
The appearance may seem real, but what fruits it yields will be short lived.
The things that can cause stagnation of the soul are many
Look around this world it will offer you plenty.
For when you seek after only Earthly reward
It will never be pleasing in the sight of the Lord.
Life is Eternal for Christ has told us so
We need to acquire nourishment for our spirits to grow.
Earthly pleasures are always short lived
They offer no lasting value to give
To receive substance of the lasting kind
We must seek to bring Christ's Light to our mind.
When we find His Enlightenment we will see
A world that is meant to lead us into Eternity.
And when we prune all that is not of God from our sight
We will mature to the world of His Eternal Light...
A Gift From Thee
Why is everyone looking for God to send them a sign to see
While His whole universe is exclaiming look this is of Me.
God created for us this magnificent Earth
As a place for all mankind to celebrate its birth.
All this is a product of God's Loving thoughts
It is presented to us to open up our hearts.
For God's signs are present inside of me and you
We must learn to bring them into our view.
And when we stop looking and learn to see
We will realize that everything everywhere is a gift from Thee...
