“So desperate for deliverance”

9/16/23
Written by: Victor P.

“So desperate for deliverance”

So desperate for deliverance,
Ye called, come to repentance.
Slaves to sin, wretches, all,
Upon the name of Jesus call
And be set free indeed,
Holy Spirit’s call heed.

In every old body of death
Sin corrupted every breath.
Conceived in ancient failure,
Overcome by one Holy cure.

Sunday Praise (257) 8/6/23

Sunday Praise (257) 8/6/23. by me.

God, Your love is unfailing,
Your name is above all others.
Out of sinners daily failing
You make sons and daughters.

Precious blood that down flowed
Like a stream from the Cross
God’s love for the world showed,
Our gain came at His life’s loss.

I’ll tell of Your love while I live,
Thank You for all that You give,
For everything You’ve done,
Against all foes You’ve won.

How great is Your love for us,
It’s without comparison, Jesus,
You forgive, remake, renew,
No, there is no one like You.

You’re a Teacher without peer,
When You speak, may we hear
And to listen and obey You
And do what You want us to.

Fill us with Your Holy Spirit,
Move in us with Your power,
What we need – You give it,
We all need You every hour.

God, You’re the reason I arise
In the morning, and I’m alive
Thanks to You, You’re my prize,
Why I can more than survive.

Lord, be not silent above
When the worst times come
Upon me and those I love,
You are our peace, our home.

Bring all Your enemies low,
What they sowed they’ll be reaping,
Our faces will with joy glow,
You are faithful, Your word keeping.

To tell of Your great deeds,
Go where Your Spirit leads,
It’s a privilege, an honor for us
To love and serve You, Jesus.

It’s a blessing to fear You,
To do what is pleasing to
You who reigns over all,
Before You all evil’ll fall.

Almighty, we will praise Your name,
You’re from everlasting to everlasting,
Yesterday, today, forever the same,
Our Master, Father, Savior, Lord, King.

God, we’re Yours, blought-bought,
Found what we’ve so long sought,
Rebels turned into Your children,
Ransomed, our chains are broken.

Holy One, all the glory we give to You
For all You’ve done, are doing, will do,
No one else is worthy to receive it,
To receive worship no one else is fit.

Chaff is what this wicked world is
And You are a consuming fire,
You will judge it in righteousness,
That many’ll repent – we desire.

How often do we all sin and fall?
Forgive, restore! On You we call,
You’re our hope and victory,
Lord, to You be all the glory!

Our hearts You fill, spirits raise,
You help us to give You praise,
You’re our all in all, we are thankful,
We’re Yours, You’re most wonderful.

You’re good and merciful,
You’re worthy of the very best.
We’re saved, for it grateful,
You’re greater than all the rest.

“Something Troubles, Worries, Upsets”

10/9/21
Written by: Victor P.

“Something Troubles, Worries, Upsets”

Something troubles, worries, upsets
Static birds of prey in charged nets.
Our unchecked fires of strife
Can turn into flames of hate.

Fiber threads in a web of lies,
Glass and plastic simply
Targeting straw and ghosts,
Caricatures of souls in bodies.

From dust coming, to dust returning,
Clay blames clay for cracks and stains.
Hollow heroes arrogantly declare
Open season on all deemed guilty.

Many take their fallible view of life
And shove it down countless throats
From across the globe with ease;
Foolish to ever do as we please.

Inflate sense of self-importance
And look down on high values,
Write off virtues as archaic
And wallow in self-deception.

Those hands in the mirror –
How clean they look to us
But how blurry our vision,
How imperfect our sight.

Focusing on the secondary
And elevating the trivial,
Distracted by the peripheral,
Wandering from the center.

Consumed by disagreements,
Engaged in fruitless arguments,
No time for the quiet moments
To hear what’s most important.

By rebuke justify criticism
To fend off cold cynicism,
Nuance of observational spirit,
Scathing remark’s perceived merit.

Is there grace for hard hearts
Or just salt for open wounds?
Does God still turn stone to flesh?
Yes, and our spirits He can refresh.

Tick, tock, the minutes are wasted,
Our fault, again we’ve failure tasted,
Eyes off our first love, our focus broken,
Drowning out the words of life spoken.

Cold shoulders at arm’s length,
Irritating negative feedback loop,
Echo chambers for superficial virtue,
Like breeds like across compliant lines.

Grind teeth and feed distrust,
Extreme end of perceived offense,
Nauseated by the disgust,
For number one ever have defense.

Careless steps lead to dead ends,
Many slip into deep and dark pits
Concealed by subtle means,
God help us or we’re done for.

Each step away from the everlasting way
Is to stray from narrow in favor of broad;
To stop and return is to return to life,
To continue will lead to destruction.

What holds attention like nothing else?
What rules the heart will save or ruin.
What keeps soul anchored in all storms?
Nothing but love of God and love for God.

Eyes distracted by vanity,
Ears polluted by noise,
Hands full of excuses
And hearts full of idols.

How busy we all can be
Yet how little we achieve.
How slow we are to see
We live how we believe.

Once born will be twice dead
If unregenerate goes ahead,
In a little mind a little world
Without water, upon sand.

The Lord hasn’t stopped speaking,
Too many simply stopped listening.
He is not inactive or too far away,
We just are not paying attention.

“Christ His Blood Shed”

4/4/21.
Written by: Victor P.

“Christ His Blood Shed”

Christ His blood shed
For those in sins dead,
Now we have forgiveness,
His imputed righteousness.

Grave couldn’t hold Him,
Death couldn’t keep Him,
The Father raised Him up,
He holds the victor’s cup.

When nails Christ’s hands and feet did meet
The enemy, Satan, declared Jesus’ defeat
But what a fool he was, not knowing,
Jesus was greatest victory showing.

We wept to see our Lord bleed and die,
We did not understand Christ’s words,
We had forgotten the times He said
He’d die but then would rise again.

On the day of Christ’s resurrection
We saw our Savior living again,
Hope was alive and burning bright
So ended our defeat’s long night.

Miracle of miracles,
Wonder of wonders,
That Christ should die for us,
Father’s love for us, for Jesus.

The Innocent died for the guilty,
The just suffered for the unjust,
His blood washes away our sins,
His life He gives to give us His.

Deathless Conqueror, King of kings,
To Him every saved sinner now sings
Glory in the highest, Jesus Christ be praised,
Worldwide, hearts and hands in worship raised!

Some Goals…

Some Goals For 2020:
-More Gospel
-More Jesus
-More Truth
-More Reading
-More Writing
-More Creativity
-More Expression
-More Humor
-More Sarcasm
-More Satire
-More Trying
-More Doing

“Life and Writing” Note by me.

– originally just a long comment by me on a post, shared here hoping someone benefits from reading it –
To be the next [someone-who’s-already-dead] isn’t really being yourself or using your own voice to express something that will be remembered by many.
Try to be original, just be yourself, not paraphrasing others’ words or doing things you think you have to because you think people will like that more than whatever you do by trying to be yourself and doing your own thing creatively.
Life is a muse: it gives us what we need to write – the feelings, experiences, situations, things we need and can use as inspiration to write. Life is not as plain as we sometimes think.
To write something down on paper or computer or phone as it comes to mind, can be a valuable practice, we can expand it later or edit it if necessary. The point is, capture the thoughts that come to you, the fuel for writing, something you don’t want to forget later, something that could be the seed of a future fruit of your labor of writing.

“For the Rest”

7/27/19
Written by: Victor P.

“For the Rest”

Night replaces day,
Darkness here again,
Shadows on the walls,
Slivers of light remain.

Free from the work
For the time being,
Time for body to rest,
Catch up on sleep.

Noise surrounds me
On the weekdays,
The weekend offers
A chance to get away.

Distractions are plenty,
Temptations are many,
It’s part of every life,
Until the day we die.

I get away in my mind,
I find a place to rest
At my Savior’s feet,
It’s a beautiful thing.

To sit and think about
Something that’s important,
An opportunity present,
Time to not waste.

Week reached an end,
What time will I spend
Thinking and resting?
Reading and ptaying?

Day takes a leave
And night says hello,
I would like to know
More about both now.

It’s in the quietest moments
I see what I have avoided,
It’s in the solitude, time alone,
Heart and mind and soul speak most.

I can’t hold the past
Even with both hands,
It’s all just a memory,
I can only hold the present.

I’m searching again
Looking to God to find
Rest for the soul in Him,
I haven’t looked for a while.

Thoughts run around,
Order of words moves,
Repetition aids need,
Repeat to make sense.

Back and forth between
The beginning and end,
Digging to find words
To express what’s within.

Silence is a comfort
When noise has been
A daily distraction,
A nuisance, irritation.

Settle on a moment
And take hold of it
Before another comes
To replace the present.

Soothe a troubled mind
By the words of life,
Worry carried away
While the river runs.

Come to see the need
For times like these,
Slowing down again,
Breathe a little easier.

Get away, get away
From what suffocates,
Prevent inner withering,
Do what’s worth it.

Relief, relief, come now,
Struggles not forever,
Responsibilities daily,
Heart won’t perish.

Taking a good look
At the things around,
Taking hold of truth,
Throwing away lies.

Take it as it comes,
Life is not a game,
Rest is necessary,
Body not for poison.

Sunday Praise (34) 4/28/19

Sunday Praise (34) 4/28/19. by me.

Lord, You are worthy to be praised
By every person in every place,
You’re worthy of all honor and glory,
You deserve to be worshiped by all.

We enter Your presence with thanks
And praise You for what You’ve done,
You humble us with Your Word
And by Your grace amaze us.

We are Your redeemed people,
You have adopted us through Christ,
His death for us bought our ransom,
We are Your children, heavenly Father.

The time of rejoicing continues,
We celebrate Christ’s victory
Over the powers of Hell and Satan,
His victory over the grave and sin.

We want You to come closer to us,
To be nearer to You, Almighty Lord,
Show us a glimpse of Your glory,
Fill us with healthy fear of You, God.

Jesus, we lift up Your holy name
Above all other names always,
There’s none worthy like You are
To be glorified, adored, worshiped.

You gave us a better, new life,
We’re born again, raised with You
From the grave of sin and guilt,
We are Yours now and forever.

We are happy and blessed
Because You’re our Savior,
We believe Your promises,
We trust You, You never lie.

Our hearts are filled with praise,
We lift our voices thanking You,
Your Holy Spirit indwells us,
You live in us, abide with us.

The time is now to rejoice
In Your certain victory, Lord,
In Your is our blessed hope,
In You is our salvation, God.

Help us to fix our eyes on You,
Lead us through this life daily,
We need You every moment,
You sustain us and You love us.

Help us to resist temptation,
Help us run this race of faith,
To remain faithful to You,
Lead us here until we die

You are mighty, strong and holy,
Majestic, wonderful, incomparable,
King of kings and Lord of lords,
Above all forevermore glorified.

“Every Scar Is A Reminder”

10/21,23,25/18. 11/5/18.
Written by: Victor P.

“Every Scar Is A Reminder”

Every scar is a reminder
I am mortal, I will die.
Every scar is a reminder
I have made it this far.

Every scar is a reminder
I have lived here this long
By the grace of Almighty God,
He sustains me every moment.

Every scar is a reminder
I have fought for something,
I’ve fought against something,
Won or lost, it was worth it.

Every scar is a reminder
We don’t live in a perfect world,
Life doesn’t seem fair or easy,
Many things don’t make sense.

Every scar is a reminder
Life on Earth is quite short,
Shorter than we want it to be,
Over before we realize it.

Every scar is a reminder
We can’t live in the past,
We can’t go back in time,
We must live in the present.

Every scar is a reminder
There is hope for the broken,
Life past tragedy and suffering,
Joy can live in scarred hearts.

Every scar is a reminder
There’s pain and loss here,
We’re all going to die,
Live to bring God glory.

Every scar is a reminder
There is more to life than
Searching for happiness,
More than temporary things.

Every scar is a reminder
Actions have consequences,
There’s forgiveness and change,
Life’s not without second chances.

Every scar is a reminder
Love is worth fighting for,
Hope is worth holding on to,
Life is not meaningless.

Every scar is a reminder
There’s a God who loves us
And wants what’s best for us,
We can’t live without Him.

Every scar is a reminder
Wounds take time to heal.
Every scar is a reminder
Time is ever moving forward.

“Thank You, God”

11/22/18.
Written by: Victor P.
Thanksgiving

“Thank You, God”

Thank You, God, for everything,
That’s easy to say but hard to mean it
When life gets so difficult,
When contentment isn’t present.

Thank You, God, for Your love,
I wouldn’t even exist right now
If You didn’t love me and created me,
If You didn’t have a purpose for my life.

Thank You, God, for the air in my lungs,
The breaths I can inhale and exhale,
The steps I can take, that I can run,
Thank You for my body You’ve made.

Thank You, God, for the home I live in,
For a roof over my head, for the warmth,
For the things I have and what I don’t,
You give and take away, You’re blessed.

Thank You, God, for all the food I have,
The available nourishment and sustenance,
For all that You’ve made to be eaten,
What benefits and strengthens mind and body.

Thank You, God, for the people
You have brought into my life,
For the people I can learn from,
For those I can experience life with.

Thank You, God, for salvation
I have because of Christ’s death
On the Cross, forgiveness of sins,
Reconciliation with You, adoption.

Thank You, God, for Jesus Christ,
Lamb of God, the only real Savior,
Shepherd, Redeemer, Friend, Master,
For His resurrection, for His victory.

Thank You, God, for Your grace,
For Your mercy and kindness,
For Your justice and righteousness,
For Your holiness and sovereign reign.

Thank You, God, for Your patience,
For correction, discipline, lessons,
For answering prayers of everyone
According to Your will and character.

Thank You, God, for what You withhold,
You know best what we need or don’t,
You have Your reasons for all You do,
You are Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent.

Thank You, God, for all that You’ve done,
For all that You’re doing in the present,
For all that You will do in the future,
Thank You that You alone are the true God.

Thank You, God, now and forever,
Glory to You in the highest forever,
Praise, honor, devotion, sacrifice,
All to You who deserves it all forever.