New Age

A new age is here,

a madness epidemic

sweeping the sphere

seemingly unstoppable.

Illogical lies
are neatly wrapped
in double think,
and sold as brave new truth
around the globe.

Ancient falsehoods
hewn from the pits of hell,
repackaged as enlightened scientific fact
about our origins.

Higher education
forces focused young minds
to submit to the extreme corruption
of intelligent thought,
and willful rebellion against the Creator.

Male and female (as obvious reality)
no longer exists,
the plain truth
ripped and scattered
as fragments in the wind,
able only to be gathered
by the most determined souls.

Practitioners peddle their particular healing,
promising by pressing your head
to unlock up to 10,000 years of pain.

The world has left its senses by the door
and has gone into a particularly nasty storm,
of buffeting winds of nonsense,
and thick darkness that fuels despair.

God do not leave us in this place.

In your great love

bring your light

and your truth

back into

this bad new age.

Meditation on Isaiah 30 verse 15

For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel.

"In returning and rest you shall be saved.
In quietness and confidence shall be your strength."

Can I be quiet
so that voices of the past
no longer haunt me,
and cries of the future
no longer tempt me into striving?

Can I be quiet
not from shame or sadness,
but from the deepest joy
that I can know a lasting peace,
in the pieces of myself
that still call for war?

Can I be quiet
in my spirit,
so that I hear His Spirit
more clearly
than my wrestling restlessness?

Can I be quiet
so that time and eternity
trade places momentarily,
and I hear the hush of heaven
as it waits for revelation
to settle in my soul?

Can I rest
not heeding the hurried rush
of future days,
that would stretch my spirit
out of shape,
and leave me with
a dull headache of discontent?

Can I return to the One
who found me
and saved me
from my worst intentions,
and showed me a way more wonderful
than any of my own imaginings?

Can I have the confidence
of truly knowing who I am,
and who He is,
and how a door of reconciliation,
so beautiful but bloodied,
has been made
so I never need to be alone?

Fighting Fear

Fight fear

with faith.

Passive tolerance will not do.

You have to take fear and
shred it,
squash it,
throw it out of your life,
as soon as it comes close enough to recognize.

Smash each shadowy shape
with the weapon of God's Word.

You cannot converse with it,
for fear will drag you down
into dank dungeons.

You give it substance,
so stamp that out in Jesus' name,
and call forth faith within yourself.

Summon your spirit
to rise up and rest in God's promises
with all your will.

Don't let fear rob you,
stand steadfast in faith,
knowing God is with you at all times.

Fight fear. 

Don't delay.

Take My Hand

Take My hand.

Take My heart.

Take My life

to be wholly yours.

Take My strength.

Take My sight

to help you see.

Take My arm.

Take My heart,

and tell others

what it's like.

Take My passion

for the lost.

Take and do not

hold it back.

Take My goodness 

deep within you.

It will heal

brokenness

and bring quiet 

to your memory of pain.

Blind your eyes

to evil,

and refuse to look at

hurt and harm inflicted

for showtime profit.

Close your ears

to blasphemy

spoken about Me.

The enemy is

defenseless

when faced with pure truth

agreed on between us.

There is a day coming

where everything will fall.

Take My hand.

First Love

I think about you all the time.

When I wake
I am already thinking about you.

When I sleep
you are my last conscious thought.

I replay the times we have together,
and I am there with you again,
in the midst of glorious life.

I repeat the words you have spoken to me,
and my mind embraces them afresh,
with joy and gratitude
that you are in my life.

I feel so safe when I am with you,
as if no darkness could touch me,
or anything go wrong with my day.

I find myself talking about you to others,
and catch myself smiling in the mirror.

My heart is full of you.

There is little space for other things.

Things that once seemed so important,
are sidelined and forgotten.

My heart is yours forever.

My Lord and Saviour.

May I never lose my first love for you.

Take My Tears

Take my tears shed for others,

break my heart for what breaks yours.

Hold my pain when I am weeping,

have my heart as it outpours.

Let me live with deep compassion,

may you not find stony ground.

Let me love these precious ones,

that are with me all around.

May I not know fear and torment,

that is never kingdom law.

May I give grace and mercy,

as my portion was before.

May I go on with wisdom,

as my ancestors did of old.

May my children declare your goodness,

speak your story that's to be told.

Take my tears for you can see them,

save them up as each they fall.

Put them somewhere safe before you,

for you are my Lord of all.

Don't Say Peace

Don't say peace,

when there should be war.

Don't say quiet,

when you should speak loud.

Don't think defeat,

when victory is close.

Don't play dead,

stand out from the crowd.

Don't abandon truth,

when lies are swirling.

Don't mind me,

as I read through my list.

Don't give up,

when you could die trying.

Don't seek peace,

when you need to resist.

Don't be silent,

in the face of evil.

Don't submit,

to the devil's lies.

Don't go out,

and get in danger.

Don't stay home,

if you're told otherwise.

Don't give up,

when you've almost finished.

Don't let others down,

if they rely on you.

Don't be wise,

in your own vision,

Don't pass up,

getting a crown.

Don't be afraid,

we know what's coming.

Don't you realize,

God is near.

Don't forget,

what He has told you.

Don't let go,

His hand is here.