April 21, 2024
Poetry can soothe a soul, words placed in unique patterns, phrases and purposeful pauses. It makes no difference the journey one is on, the right words and how they speak to individuals can fill an empty spot like nothing else can. I have turned to poetry several times when life has left me “wanting” more. I have even dabbled in trying to write poetry, but I am not well educated on the precise usage of “proper” poetry. I admire different types of poetry and believe me, there’s a plethora of great works of poetry art around the world. I ran across the article listed below and found it meaningful and just what I needed at this particular point in my life. I hope you give it a read and maybe it just might spark an interest in something new for you. As always, I am so grateful for my friends, my followers for your constant support and encouragement. I hope this (connection) we all have, literally a blessing from God is a two way street because you each matter to me. I sincerely try to be the person God created me to be by listening and acting when the spirit leads me to do so. Albeit, I can be stubborn and even defiant at times; however, God’s love never waivers, God is the one constant I can only depend upon in my life.
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”
~ Hebrews 13:8
Both Song and Poetry
Psalm 18
For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord. He sang to the Lordthe words of this song when the Lorddelivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:
1 I love you, Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
3 I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
and I have been saved from my enemies.
4 The cords of death entangled me;
the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
5 The cords of the grave coiled around me;
the snares of death confronted me.
6 In my distress I called to the Lord;
I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;
my cry came before him, into his ears.
7 The earth trembled and quaked,
and the foundations of the mountains shook;
they trembled because he was angry.
8 Smoke rose from his nostrils;
consuming fire came from his mouth,
burning coals blazed out of it.
9 He parted the heavens and came down;
dark clouds were under his feet.
10 He mounted the cherubim and flew;
he soared on the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him—
the dark rain clouds of the sky.
12 Out of the brightness of his presenceclouds advanced,
with hailstones and bolts of lightning.
13 The Lord thundered from heaven;
the voice of the Most High resounded.
14 He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy,
with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
15 The valleys of the sea were exposed
and the foundations of the earth laid bare
at your rebuke, Lord,
at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
he drew me out of deep waters.
17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
from my foes, who were too strong for me.
18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the Lord was my support.
19 He brought me out into a spacious place;
he rescued me because he delighted in me.
20 The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord;
I am not guilty of turning from my God.
22 All his laws are before me;
I have not turned away from his decrees.
23 I have been blameless before him
and have kept myself from sin.
24 The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
25 To the faithful you show yourself faithful,
to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
26 to the pure you show yourself pure,
but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
27 You save the humble
but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
28 You, Lord, keep my lamp burning;
my God turns my darkness into light.
29 With your help I can advance against a troop;
with my God I can scale a wall.
30 As for God, his way is perfect:
The Lord’s word is flawless;
he shields all who take refuge in him.
31 For who is God besides the Lord?
And who is the Rock except our God?
32 It is God who arms me with strength
and keeps my way secure.
33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;
he causes me to stand on the heights.
34 He trains my hands for battle;
my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35 You make your saving help my shield,
and your right hand sustains me;
your help has made me great.
36 You provide a broad path for my feet,
so that my ankles do not give way.
37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them;
I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
38 I crushed them so that they could not rise;
they fell beneath my feet.
39 You armed me with strength for battle;
you humbled my adversaries before me.
40 You made my enemies turn their backsin flight,
and I destroyed my foes.
41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—
to the Lord, but he did not answer.
42 I beat them as fine as windblown dust;
I trampled them like mud in the streets.
43 You have delivered me from the attacks of the people;
you have made me the head of nations.
People I did not know now serve me,
44 foreigners cower before me;
as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
45 They all lose heart;
they come trembling from their strongholds.
46 The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock!
Exalted be God my Savior!
47 He is the God who avenges me,
who subdues nations under me,
48 who saves me from my enemies.
You exalted me above my foes;
from a violent man you rescued me.
49 Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing the praises of your name.
50 He gives his king great victories;
he shows unfailing love to his anointed,
to David and to his descendants forever.
Below is a poem I constructed back in 2021. Just thinking about it, I am immediately transported back to the park I was in when I wrote it. The sights, smells and sounds envelop me, taking me back in time. I don’t remember the mundane things happening in my life that day but I do recall everything that touched my senses, my very soul that day. The smell of the soil, the sound of leaves being touched by the wind, the water from the lake gently reaching the shore and the birds singing to one another, these are just as real to me today as they were then.
Sacred Things
The sights and sounds of nature
God speaks in the sounds of birds singing
His spirit is felt in the cool breeze
His presence is all around
As the sun warms my skin
And the breeze it feels like a human embrace
The plant life is alive and flourishing
Blades of grass push through the earth, seeking the sun
Trees are budding, leaves are sprouting freely they protect and comfort
Nature speaks through all the seasons of life
Spring, summer, autumn and winter like conception, birth, living and dying
God is never far away
God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit.
Who was...
Who is...
Who will always be.
The beginning and the end.
The great I AM.
~ C. A. Robinson
May 12th, 2021
Time: 1642
Place: Sodalis Nature Park
Thank you for stopping by, you are a blessing, you matter and most of all you are enough! May you experience God is a very real way today.
~Charlotte, Striving Towards Genuine Authentic Living As A Child Of God.
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