12 Wednesday Mar 2025
There is a Christ-given,
heroic, courageous,
Spirit empowered love
that loves those who
cannot love us back.
This is the glorious,
joyous, victorious
narrow road that
very few travel upon!
11 Tuesday Mar 2025
The poem, titled “When Heaven’s Anguished Lament Thunders Through the Ethereal Realms in Sorrowful, Resounding Harmony”, portrays the profound sorrow of heaven when a single, virtuous soul is cruelly persecuted. It describes this soul being unjustly harmed and scorned due to its courageous commitment to righteousness, depicted as a noble fight to uphold truth against overwhelming evil. Heaven responds with a thunderous, mournful outcry, its grief resonating across the celestial realms in a harmonious lament, emphasizing the significance of even one soul’s suffering for a just cause.
When even one radiant soul, fragile as dawn’s first gleam,
Is heinously hurt, lashed by shadows’ jagged scream,
For righteousness’ steadfast stand, a beacon unbowed and bright,
Defying evil’s ruthless hand, a storm of clawing night,
Heaven’s weeping chorus mourns, tears like rivers of starlight.
11 Tuesday Mar 2025
The sonnet celebrates the spiritual transformation of the sons and daughters of Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Through salvation and the experience of being born again, these royal heirs receive heavenly wealth that reshapes their earthly lives. This divine inheritance is depicted through vivid gemstone imagery: sapphire calm quiets their struggles, ruby blood washes away their sins, emerald life renews them, diamond truth anchors their faith, amethyst trust redeems their souls, and topaz light emboldens their courage. Though they dwell on Earth, their second birth in Christ’s love grants them a celestial richness—peace, grace, and strength—that shines forth, forever altering them into vessels of His eternal grace.
From Heaven’s grace, their spirits richly flow,
The sons and daughters of our Savior’s line,
By King of Kings, salvation’s winds do blow,
Lord of Lords, reborn through love divine.
With sapphire calm, their earthly strife is stilled,
Through ruby blood, their sins are washed away,
Emerald life, by birth anew fulfilled,
Remakes their hearts to face the mortal fray.
No fleeting gold, but diamond truth they hold,
Amethyst trust, their souls from death reclaim,
With topaz light, their courage grows bold,
As heirs of Christ, redeemed in His great name.
Through second birth, their heavenly wealth is gained,
On Earth they shine, by grace forever changed.
11 Tuesday Mar 2025
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The sonnet celebrates the natural and cultural beauty of South Carolina, the speaker’s cherished home state. It begins with the coastal allure of Myrtle Beach, where sandy shores and breezes create a welcoming scene. It then moves to the Lowcountry, with its historic oaks and slow rivers, and Charleston, where past and present intertwine. The poem shifts to the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains, adorned with laurel and deep valleys, showcasing nature’s splendor. The final couplet expresses the speaker’s deep, personal bond to South Carolina, a “gem” whose charm captivates their soul forever.
The shores of Carolina stretch in grace,
Where waves caress the sands with tender care,
Myrtle’s green arms enfold a warm embrace,
And salt-kissed winds dance freely through the air.
The Lowcountry whispers tales of old,
Through moss-draped oaks and rivers winding slow,
In Charleston’s streets, where history’s told,
The past and present in sweet union grow.
The Blue Ridge rises, bold against the sky,
A painter’s dream of peaks and valleys deep,
With blooms of laurel catching every eye,
Nature’s wild heart in quiet beauty sleeps.
Oh, South Carolina, gem so fair and free,
Thy charm doth bind my grateful soul to thee.
11 Tuesday Mar 2025
The sonnet, titled “My Strength and My Redeemer, Praised Through the Ages,” draws inspiration from Exodus 15:2, where Moses sings of God as his strength, song, and salvation after the Red Sea crossing. In fourteen lines, it celebrates God’s power to deliver and uplift, portraying Him as a constant savior who breaks chains and guides through trials. The speaker vows to praise this God—both personal and ancestral—with unwavering devotion, echoing the verse’s themes of gratitude and eternal worship.
The Lord, my strength, my song, my heart’s delight,
Doth lift my soul from shadows deep and dire,
His voice resounds through tempest’s fearful night,
And bids me rise on wings of holy fire.
My God He is, my Savior ever near,
Who parts the seas and breaks the chains apart,
I’ll praise His name with every breath I bear,
And exalt Him high within my grateful heart.
My father’s God, through ages long adored,
His might and mercy echo in my strain,
A hymn of joy to Heaven’s boundless Lord,
Who turns my loss to everlasting gain.
So shall I sing, till time itself is done,
Of Him who saves, my God, the Holy One.
10 Monday Mar 2025
The sonnet portrays swearing as a form of verbal violence that wounds God’s heart, disrupting the sacred peace with its harshness. It compares curses to thorns and shadows that defile holiness, urging readers to recognize speech as a divine gift meant to uplift rather than harm. The poem calls for restraint, encouraging words of love and mercy that honor God, ultimately advocating for a reverent and Christ-honouring use of language to reflect reverence and honour for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!
The words we cast, like stones upon the air,
Do wound the silence, sacred and serene,
A violence veiled, yet sharp beyond compare,
That rends the heart of God, though oft unseen.
Each curse, a thorn, pressed deep in holy ground,
Each oath profane, a shadow on His grace,
The tongue, unbound, lets loose a bitter sound,
Defiling peace that once adorned this place.
Oh, let us guard the breath we dare to spend,
For speech, a gift, should lift the soul above,
Not tear the veil where mercy seeks to mend,
But echo forth the tones of boundless love.
So still the storm of words that harm and scar,
And speak what honors God’s heart, pure and sure.
10 Monday Mar 2025
The sonnet portrays Jesus Christ as humanity’s singular source of hope and redemption. It begins by depicting a world shrouded in darkness, illuminated only by the eternal light of Jesus Christ’s name. Amid life’s storms and the bondage of sin, He restores and heals the broken. Earthly powers fail against despair, but His love brings an everlasting dawn. Through His sacrifice on the cross and triumph over the tomb, Jesus Christ offers salvation, transforming night into joy as the one true hope.
Upon this weary earth where shadows lie,
A radiant light through endless ages streams,
The name of Jesus Christ rings clear and high,
Our hope in Him, eternal in its beams.
When storms arise and mortal strength decays,
When sin entraps the soul in iron chains,
This Jesus Christ restores our broken days,
His mercy flows to ease our deepest pains.
No earthly might, no crown of fleeting pride,
Can pierce the gloom where hopeless darkness hides,
Yet in His love, a dawn shall e’er abide.
Through cross and tomb, He forged salvation’s road,
One hope, one truth, in Jesus Christ bestowed,
His sacred name turns night to joy untold.
10 Monday Mar 2025
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There is no greater
beauty, mercy, grace,
and love-soaked phrase
than “where sin abounds,
grace doth more abound!”
This truth alone
should spark ceaseless
adoration and jubilation!
Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice—
His grace is always greater!
09 Sunday Mar 2025
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Oh, what a beautiful act of God to be given,
A Christ-created, predetermined grace,
A gender identity, divinely driven,
For our Savior’s honor, a sacred place.
May hearts uplift in joyous refrain,
Rejoicing in the Maker’s tender art,
A miraculous gift through love’s domain,
Bestowed to each soul from the start.
In every form, His glory shines so clear,
A testament to mercy’s boundless span,
May all embrace this truth and draw near,
To celebrate the wonder of His plan.
09 Sunday Mar 2025
The poem critiques a faith that exists in isolation, unaccompanied by action, likening it to a hollow, lifeless echo. It questions the value of professing belief or grace without addressing the tangible suffering of others—like a brother shivering in the cold or a sister weakened by hunger. Mere words of comfort, however pious, are insufficient to meet their needs. True faith, the poem argues, must be expressed through compassionate deeds; otherwise, it remains an empty shell. When faith and works unite, they flourish, reflecting divine mercy and love, ultimately glorifying God. The poem calls for an active, living faith that responds to human suffering with care and action.
What profit lies in faith that stands alone,
A hollow echo, void of living deed?
The heart may claim a seed of grace is sown,
Yet starves the soul when action fails to heed.
A brother shivers, bare against the cold,
A sister hungers, frail beneath her plight—
Shall words of peace, so piously retold,
Suffice to warm their bones or fill their night?
For faith, if mute, unmoved by human care,
Is but a phantom, lifeless in its frame;
A creed that acts shall bloom and thus declare
The truth of mercy kindled in God’s name.
So let thy works with faith in union sing,
A throne of love to glorify the King.
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