Righteous RevolutionRighteous RevolutionFor Stephanie RosarioTwas The Lord who gave the earth free willAs His Love for us is shownMaking the world to Him was not more difficult than thatOf melting even hearts of stoneHe is the God of all and God aloneClearly idols were meaningless all alongBe wary those numbers who are left behindHis army is no less than strongHis wages are promising and His chores nurturingDiverting is He from worldly lustHis Son forsaken for us all has provenHe is one we cannot mistrustEmbark along with The Great I Am fellow pilgrimTowards His Kingdom's Great RevolutionBehead He will the wrath of the Opponent In His repaymen
AdamantineThe clipper penal to the kraken A ship vaunting of defying many an unsettling waveIn a study of trade with the great eastShipwrights proclaimed she would sink to no graveThe hull was built of wrought iron and wood oakOf craftsmanship of nearly empyreal substanceThe masts compeered to the yards and riggingTo hold many a sail upon the wind it had sustenanceThere was not known a storm she never sailed throughNor to the dry dock did she ever limp thereThe unbreakable ship in the ironclad watersHad never broken a sweat nor strain of despairHer knots were legendary to enduring skippersUnsurpassable was it by the clippers of extreme Te
A Righteous RomanceA Righteous RomanceA first kiss in a garden sombreAn embracement goodbye in wind and rainParting has the heart of each one fonderFor the other yet simple to explainA woman made for me and I for herWould be a gift beyond my enticementA lone man I be found in all the worldAm not forgotten in His RighteousnessShe is a beauty fit for royaltyMore kind to one than even a good saintDisplay she does the utmost loyaltyShe remedies any bitter complaintThe help mate the Lord made me is gorgeousWe love each other by His holy choice"Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealo
A CrusaderA CrusaderArmies of strength can prey upon the weakHow dost an empire build itself without fear?Civilizations of previous centuries bore frontally bleakCountries forced to abide in ways that from their values tearPeople so absorbed of themselves that they loved the worldCreated manias of idols and towers for the massesA single token of God's love they never noticed nor heardAway they still keep from Him when all their vain labour passesThe fall of Lucifer has snared many unwillingTo leave their comforts nor their burdens to which they acceptAs many lives in destructive ways beguilingSee not any such sin but a means wrongful to
Organ of HolinessOrgan of HolinessWhatsoever makes Thy choir sing toIn a rebuke of Lucifer of lust? Contritely to hymns His holy truthIt speaks his inspiring word as a mustReligions pass away; the Lord remainsThat is a righteous will in Him; AmenMight the organ play the choir regainedA tranquil yet mighty symphonic endEvery pipe delivers recognized notesTo the hymns pilgrims remember by heartComplementary to the Lord's book wroteIn the Lord a hymn's a spiritual lark!The choir conducts the most resplendent soundTo an organ; His Heaven lost and found"Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who lis
TruthTruthA man of God will never tell a lieHe knows the power of the tongue to speakThe truth you seek will have you well suppliedIt shall strengthen the wise that once were weakTrust is limited by the words you sayWhat you do will determine if your wordWas what you promised the previous dayOne who reaps of lies shall fall like the earthJust as Lucifer fell shall you bear woundsCause by the wounds upon others you madeBy abusing their trusts after said truthsAgain they listen not to what you saidA life in friendship must bear the whole truthIt is God's law to all of age or youth"To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love
Lovers in ChristLovers in ChristI feel as though women have no feelingsFor a Godly man of old fashioned waysThey love the world and all tangible thingsI may die without a wife in my daysPerhaps I may have the time to reflectWith God it is a possibilityHis timing is beyond us and perfectHe has a true lover just meant for meWe will be happiest just togetherIn the bliss and joy of His RoyaltyHe built us each both to become betterMore faithful and to each show loyaltyIf you feel you have nothing of true loveRecall His Great Promises to be sung"The Lord God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.'"
The Gothic CathedralThe Gothic CathedralRomanesque churches kept away the LightNo glass before had IlluminatedThe great story of the Blood and the PlightUntil humble men had culminatedA Gothic Cathedral they would so buildWith glass windows to awe King SolomonIn sanctification they would have guildGod would bring His grace upon all of themThe church was comparable to a crossMade of unrelenting and lasting stoneThe seat of God saved mankind a great lossEchoed its walls the Testaments all knownThere stood a church to proclaim of The BloodThose who believed found Salvation in God"For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is a
The Ark of NoahThe Ark of NoahNine generations since the fall of manHad passed and the Lord looked down upon earthA simple priest named Noah helped this planGod told to save each animal of worthWith seven pairs of every creature cleanAnd two of every animal besideIn a ship they would have stored every meanTo have them fed and protected insideThe ark sailed for forty days and no lessThe same number they waited of the nightUntil the rain had stopped and would regressA rainbow appeared for God would not smiteThere was saved the creations on the shipGod instructed Noah by His own lip"And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt
David and GoliathDavid and GoliathThe Israelites were to claim a landGod promised for them of milk and honeyThe Philistines had one solemn demandOne strong man would fight from each colonyGoliath stood taller than all in heightHe bellowed to the men of IsraelIf they had a man that he could not smiteThe Philistines would be their slaves in zealThe youngest lad a Shepard darred battleThe Giant who swore to feed him to beastsPerished not by swords nor weapons at allBut was struck by a smooth stone in the leastHe defeated the giant as God saidA great king of Israel named DavidAnd the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to
The Early Church II-3: Apostolic SuccessionWe'll now move backwards in time and go along a simultaneous track in history [in regards to II-2]. We'll look at the early Church from a different angle at the Church as she developed, namely the office of bishop. We discussed in Part I that the office of bishop was the highest office in the local Church. While absolute agreement among all bishops is very rare, they did in fact communicate with each other regularly and sought the advice of elder churches. Their concord and meetings with one another on important issues was a tradition kept from the time of the Apostles in the Council of Jerusalem.Peter, chief among the Apostles, was given a
To Choose and to be a FriendThe wisdom of Sirach states, “For he who fears God behaves accordingly,” (Sir 6:17) which is to say that someone who fears the Lord will seek to live his life according to right conduct.The Pharisees, the ones who sought to trick Jesus, were not acting in a manner respectful to the Law, but rather acting according to pride. These are the sort of people we should seek to correct, for any of us who engage in gossip or deceit in order to discredit our foes become a foe to right conduct. If they cannot or will not be corrected we should not share in their friendship, for a friend who speaks ill of others in a mean and spiteful way m
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