Gold, Silver, Crimson by Debbie Harris

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Upon the loom of life, a thread of gold,
Truth gleams unyielding, pure, a steady light,
Its edges sharp, its clarity so bold,
It cuts through shadows, banishing the night.

Yet silver winds beside, a gentler hue,
Grace bends where rigid truth might break apart,
A silken cord, forgiving, soft, and true,
It binds the wounds and soothes the aching heart.

Then crimson flows, a river deep and wide,
Mercy’s rich stain, where love and justice meet,
A thread of sacrifice, where wrath subsides,
Its tapestry of pardon made complete.

These strands entwine, a fragile, sacred art,
Three hues as one, to mend the human heart.

Sacred Mirrors by Debbie Harris

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If we could see each other through God’s eyes,
Where every soul’s a spark of light divine,
No flaw too deep, no failing to despise,
But love that threads through every fault’s design.

The beggar’s rags would glow with hidden grace,
The proudest heart reveal its tender ache,
Each face a mirror of the sacred place,
Where mercy flows for every soul’s own sake.

What wars would cease, what bitterness would fade,
If pride gave way to vision so profound?
No mask could hold, no sin could cast a shade,
When all our worth in holy sight is found.

So let us strive to see as God might see,
A world reborn in boundless charity.

Saints And Scorners by Debbie Harris

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In shadows cast by doubt, their name is born,
A cynic treads where faith has lost its gleam,
With piercing gaze, they scorn the rose-strewn dream,
And find in trust a thorn too deeply worn.

No gilded hope can soothe their heart forlorn,
They laugh at tides that lift the dreamer’s pride,
A mind unbound where reason’s currents glide,
A soul estranged from innocence once sworn.

They see a world that’s shaped by phantom glare,
Illusions cloak the faithful’s bold reprieve,
Their scorn reveals a truth too stark to bear,
To mock Godly lives they wish they could live.
So Cynic looms, their Christless spirit cries,
While saints ascend where heaven’s glory flies.

A Spirit Without Grace: The Critic’s Cold Domain by Debbie Harris

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Amid the heart where grace should softly bloom,
Pride swells instead, a graceless, thorny vine,
A critic’s tongue, too eager to consume,
Devours sweet peace with bitterness divine.
No humble seed takes root in stony ground,
Where judgment reigns and mercy finds no place,
The soul, once light, by arrogance is bound,
Its mirror shows a cold, unyielding face.
Each word, a barb; each glance, a sharpened blade,
To wound the weak, to mock what’s pure and true,
Yet in this scorn, a hollow price is paid—
A life estranged from love it never knew.
Oh, spirit harsh, beware thy prideful fall,
For grace withheld returns no grace at all.

Rock And Ruin by Debbie Harris

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Sonnet inspired by the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders (Matthew 7:24-27), where one builds a house on rock and another on sand, reflecting resilience versus ruin.

A foolish soul heaps sand beneath the sun,
With grains that shift and shimmer in the breeze,
A house of dreams, by reckless hands begun,
Collapses swift when storm-winds whip the seas.
The wise one carves a home on jagged stone,
Where roots of rock defy the tempest’s wail,
Through rain and roar, unshaken and alone,
Its walls stand firm, a refuge that prevails.
One trusts in dust, a glitter doomed to fade,
One clings to truth, where floods can never rend,
The first lies wrecked, by fleeting whims betrayed,
The last endures, with strength that knows no end.
So sand’s frail throne yields fast to nature’s cry,
Yet rock holds fast, where faith shall never die.

Ash And Sky be Debbie Harris

The Carnal Christian treads through ash-strewn gloom,
A faith like embers choked in muddy haze,
Claws scrape at ghosts, their tarnish dripping doom,
They swap the lily’s glow for briars’ blaze.
The Passionate Disciple storms through fire,
Christ’s voice a gale that roars through marrow’s core,
Kneels deep in dusk, lips trembling with desire,
A root that shatters granite, drenched in lore.
One staggers blind through mist, chasing glint’s deceit,
One drinks where diamond torrents carve and chime,
Flesh swathes the first in frost-bit shroud’s retreat,
While love ignites the next with wings of rhyme.
So carnal husks dissolve in twilight’s sigh,
Yet Christ’s fierce love turns tears to endless sky.

From Glory To Glory by Debbie Harris

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From glory unto glory we ascend,
A sacred change within our souls takes flight,
Each dawn a chance to grow, to mend, to bend,
Toward the holy image of His light.

Transformed by grace, our hearts begin to see,
The likeness of the Christ in every deed,
A call to rise, to shed what should not be,
And bloom as sons and daughters of His seed.

Day after day, His spirit shapes our clay,
Refines the rough, ignites the dim to flame,
Through trials faced, through love we learn to pray,
We bear the beauty of His endless name.

So let us strive, with every breath we take,
To mirror Him, for glory’s boundless sake.

Sonnet: Echoes Of Revival Echoes Throughout Our Land by Debbie Harris

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Sparks of revival echo through the land,
A crackle stirs the silence of the night,
Bright embers dance where shadows once held stand,
And kindle flames of pure and holy light.
We see them leap, these tongues of sacred fire,
A blaze to fan with every fervent breath,
To chase the dark where godless creeds retire,
And rout the plague of liberalism’s death.
Proclaim the truth—Christ is our burning core,
The torch that sets the heart and soul aflame,
A radiant call no tyrant can ignore,
A spark to bear His everlasting name.
So let us stoke this blaze till all is won,
The Holy flame triumphant in the Son.

We Must Engage In Goverment To Bring Light And Biblical Standards To Our Nation by Debbie Harris

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Amid the halls where earthly powers reign,
The faithful tread with purpose, bold yet meek,
To shine as light where shadows oft constrain,
And speak the truth when worldly voices peak.
With hearts aligned to Heaven’s holy call,
They wield their votes as stewards of the Word,
Not swayed by pride or fleeting gain to fall,
But anchored firm where justice is conferred.
In laws they seek the echo of His grace,
A standard high, unyielding, pure, and bright,
To guide the nation’s course, its moral face,
Through storms of strife to peace in holy sight.
So Christians rise, with love their ceaseless plea,
To shape a land where God’s own will runs free.

Sonnet: The Cardinal’s Praise by Debbie Harris

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A flash of scarlet crowns the frosted morn,
Through icy boughs, a regal hue takes flight,
No painter’s hand could match this form adorned,
A living flame to pierce the winter’s night.
In feathered splendor, bold against the snow,
He sings a tune no silence can restrain,
Each note ascends where heaven’s breezes blow,
A hymn of grace in nature’s vast domain.
What mind conceived this crimson artistry,
But Christ, whose word the universe arrayed?
From dust to wing, His love’s sweet mastery,
In every plume, His glory is displayed.
So stands the cardinal, proud and unafraid,
A testament to beauty God has made.