wake up, little sardis, wake up

letter to sardis, the fifth church 

my last show-and-tell session before paris to lurch

the song that comes to mind

a wake-up call find

wake up, little sardis, wake up 

wake up, slacky sardis, make up 

the spirit wasn’t so hot, God most forgot 

we fell asleep, our goose is cooked, our reputation is shot 

repent sardis or your names won't be found in book-of-life slot

choose the plight of your flight

choose dark or light

choose black or white

choose blind or sight

choose fool, wise in own eyes

choose God's wisdom from ashes to rise

coming week 

meek renewal trio seek 

i enter easter with esther

full of God without His utter

on april 26, i share fool's folly in psalm 26

and for my last show and tell, sardis expression to fix   

there is no thrill

with fool on the hill

seven abominations fill

an empty worldly till

void of hope in seventh seal

psalm 14:1 "the fool says there is no God..."

psalm 53:1 "the fool says there is no God..."

psalm 26:11 "as a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly."

idols nikolaitës

i spy
with my eye
steeped in pergamum-thyatira dye
charles stanley's "idol" definition wry
"anything that distracts from God" is woeful cry


if i were a rich man
then i can tan
conceive deceiving plan
feel important in the clan


if i had power
then i can shower 
fear and beer on those who cower
who needs God as a wowser
when u can have balaam browser
and multiple pleasure arouser


if i know it and have it all
i can make the call
people on my feet fall
i can parade ten feet tall
squandering in nicolaitan mall
frolicking in superiority hall

REUTERS/Aly Song

what's the epicenter of your quake
am i asleep or awake
before i shake and bake?
no earthly thing can i take...


2 timothy 3:1-4
but know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:
for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, 
proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal,
despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, 
lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God....

7 gleanings from 7 churches

we wrap up show and tell
after habakkuk, job, jonah - revelations of heaven and hell
what looms for mankind on planet earth?
is time drawing nigh for new jerusalem birth?

Jesus "who is, who was and who is to come" reveals
john's pen profusely spills the seals
if you have ears to hear
and eyes to see, heart to revere, 
evil to steer, for time is near

o ephesus in us

looking in reverse

fallen, forsaking Him

our fervor is dim

let us repent, endure to revive

by feeding from the tree of Life

in God's paradise

o smyrna in us

sufferings to nurse

let's remain faithful till we die

a crown awaits and mortality defy

o pergamum in us

do not be lured into immorality curse 

endure to receive admission stone with new nama

to access His hidden manna   

o thyatira in us

prey to jezebel idols, we sucuumb and immorality immerse 

if we conquer lust

authority over nations to cast and blast

o sardis in us

lulled in sloth slumber cocoon purse

if we overcome and stay vigilant

our names remain in the book of life forever gallant

o philadelphia freedom, shine a light on me

we have little strength, help us keep the faith, victorious be

make us pillars to God's temple

where none will trample

o laodicea in us

like frog in warm water immerse

complacent and luke warm

unwax our ears to hear Your knocks

for supping with each other, rocks

let's keep our eyes fixed on Thee

so we sit with You on Your throne with eternal glee

gleaning from adrian roger's devotional -
"Jesus Christ is the invisible part of the christian.
the christian is the visible part of Christ.
He is seen in us and through us. 
we are the visible part of the invisible Christ."


psalm 18:20
the Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.

exhilarated choice

choose to proclaim than to complain

choose delight than disdain

choose give than to receive
choose nerve to serve than self-deceive

choose contentment, joy to deploy
choose gratitude versus self and others destroy

choose to humble than to grumble
choose His lead than self-fumble

choose to bear the brunt instead of grunt
choose to do it with glee instead of flee

choose to float instead of gloat

choose to exalt instead of stewing in pot
choose glory sprout instead of anger spout

choose to intersect, quit trying to dissect in disrespect

choose introspect in retrospect instead of elusive expect

kjv psalm 25:4-7  ⁴shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.⁵lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. ⁶remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. ⁷remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.

kjv psalm 27:11 teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path.....
kjv psalm 86:11 teach me thy way, O LORD; i will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

playing god

you want me to do what?

kicked my butt, spitted me from the gut

wiped my smut

but, U angered my heart

how could U forgive ninevite crut?

U should have spurned and burned evil

they should have been obliterated in Your fury swivel

i am stumped, U averted holy trump

i am grump, there's no point living, U prevailed and i am dumb crumb 

anger, like worms

eats away the gourd of my terms

how dare i, to play god and desire to die

what a trap and lie

Your grace and mercy to complain, accuse and defy

it is me who should repent

instead of Your compassion upon sinners resent 

i am jonah mad 

to hurl at my maker and Dad

so i'd rather insignificantly die

as though it'll erase my significant sinful dye

o what satanic logic i've narcisstically applied

to limit God who gives life to me graciously supplied

who am i kidding? why am i bidding? 

doing it my way is not succeeding

results in only pride and rage bleeding

what's the point of speeding

without divine heeding

an infested gourd wake-up call needling

the God-placed seedling

i have been out-of-line

forgive me, pull me out of self-centered slime

let me sup and dine with the Vine

who am i to nickel and dime

don't let defiance and anger retard spiritual growth

let Your love and grace nurture my worth

job's right - You giveth and taketh

without God, i nothing worthy of Your glory maketh

all else is vain

a doomed soul brings no gain

Lord, deliver me from self-inflicted pain

arguing with God over a gourd tree

o God, set me free

get me off blasphemy spree

hurl me into obeying Thy decree 

through jonah's strife U show it's foolhardy god to be

drawing on right is from wiki commons

proverbs 25:28

he that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

ephesians 4:27

be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: neither give place to the devil.

ecclesiastes 7:9

be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

bellygerence restored

whoa woe yea
God loves jonah more than He can say
a second chance to head for nineveh
this time jonah succumbs to God's way

i recall the times i disobeyed 
from His will i swayed


swimming uphill against the tide


forcing square peg in circle rather than in Omega to abide


  
a sackcloth moment to seek redemption, His chide to hide
willful ways only got me fried
flee from pride, i cried


proverbs 11:2
when pride comes, then comes disgrace but with humility comes wisdom.

a whale of a time

as i walk along
i think of the things i've done wrong
i'm a walking in the rain
tears are falling and i feel the pain
and i wonder
like jonah did ponder
inside the belly
it was hairy
to flee 
from a power greater than thee
many a times we rebel
only to experience hell
we are terrible farmers in the dell
when we allow divine seeds to shrivel and mortal ego to swell


when You said "go"
and we said "no"
choosing to suffer blow
allowing self-pride flow
instead of Thy glory glow
why You deliver us despite our dreadfulness, we'll never know
but we are grateful Your loving kindness to shower and show
thank goodness for the life lines You throw


jonah 2:10

and the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited jonah onto dry land.