(J)anuary 1, (J-1) 2010 Focus & Direction

So it’s J-1

The old is done.

I’ll now pursue what’s true , new, and

Will bring me through to

The next phase,

The next page,

The next stage

Of what lies ahead

In this drama called "Life."

So I’ll write the vision and make it plain

Then prepare my fields for the latter rains

Of blessings that will overflow,

My cup, my harvest for this I know

I will reap sweetly for the seed I’ve sewn;

And joy will replace the sorrow I’ve known

In the year now past and overthrown

We now call it yesterday.

*Good-bye yesterday!*

J-1. J-1 I’ve now begun

The trek that follows my pre-ordered path;

And begin the New Year with a quiet blast

That blows open the damn from my writer’s pen,

To compare the now, with what was then

The telltale signs of my personal growth

Have I kept my promise or honored the oath?

That I’d made to myself, as to what would be

Of the year now past, that did rapidly flee

Away. Away. Away from me…

So quickly it seems.

*Though the trek, the task to begin again is fruitful.*

For the well-ordered life can stand introspection,

Can brave the way for new direction

To accomplish the will I was created to do

To rejoice each morning for mercy that’s new

And grace just sufficient for each day alone…and then

I will take up the charge as I pick up my pen

And write and recite it over again

"I CAN!"

"I CAN DO!"

"I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME!"

By Robminx © 2010 All rights reserved. 2010 Poem-a-Day Series by Robminx

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January (J-2) Gratitude

J-2, is the glue that seals the deal

That fuels the passion of what I feel

To have faith that the promises be made real

I can’t touch it yet; but I see it still

And taste it… so yes I believe.

I believe I can have what my mind has conceived

I can taste the victory my dreams have retrieved

From the yester- year that faded so fast

With fragments of hope from desires past

The strings of fulfillment within my grasp

So I’m ever, ever reaching for my goals.

Working out my salvation in my most holy faith

Through prayer, building stamina to run the race

Set before me.

Lord I need You now, like never before

The enemy’s trick is keeping a score

Of the times I have sinned and fallen short of the glory

And the times I’ve messed up he re-tells the story

Of how I have squandered your marvelous grace

As he comes to Your throne, to throw up in Your face

The ways I’ve let you down… Father.

Yet still I come BOLDLY before Your throne of grace

I fall to my knees and lay on my face

And cry out to you, for I know you will hear

You have not given me the spirit of fear,

But of power, and Love, and a mind that is sound

You died for my sins, so I won’t be bound

You will not give me over to the killer and thief

You are well acquainted with temptations and grief

We’re connected by blood

You’re the branch. I’m a leaf

On this tree of life so filled with fruit

I have loved you Lord from the days of my youth

I am grateful that You first loved me.

By Robminx © 2010 All rights reserved. Poem-a-Day Series by Robminx

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January 3, (J-3)

J-3 brings a plea for courage and strength

That I won’t fall short, but will reach the length

Of the lofty heights that my mind can’t conceive

God prepared it for me, so I must believe

That He Who has begun a good work in me

Shall see it to completion.

So I’ll brave the winds of the great unknown

Step out on faith to take hold of and own

What God’s shown to me

In visions and dreams

I stand not alone for I have been redeemed

By my Kinsman, my LOVE, the Holy One of Israel

The Lion of the tribe of Judah

No other one with God’s sovereignty

Not Mohammad, nor Krishna, or Buddha

But the one who knew me before I was born

The One who keeps filled my blessed horn…

Of plenty.

SELAH.

by Robminx © 2010 All rights reserved. 2010 Poem-a-Day Series by Robminx

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January 4, (J-4)

J-4 gives more possibilities to explore

More time to plan, to accomplish the chores

To set off the action to my satisfaction

To see my dreams realized.

I’ve studied the ‘Haves’ who were once ‘Have-nots’

The ones who have banished from their lives stuff that ‘rots’

The ‘Stuff’ that healthy souls weren’t meant to bear

Like bitterness, anger and worldly cares

The ‘Haves’ strategize and plan ahead

They don’t sit back and live in dread

For the thing that you fear will fall on your head

Like bricks from a house of worry.

So I’m making my plans, and seeing them through

Preparing my hands for what they must do

To pick up my pen filled with manna and love

To help shift your focus to Who reigns above.

God gives you the strength for what lies ahead

Take caution and care for the words you have said

Will reflect in your life like a mirror.

Speak life to your soul, speak life to your dreams

Choose well your words, whenever it seems

Life’s circumstance is just too mean

To conquer.

Your words have the power to set the pace

To give you the strength to run your race

They can prop up your spirit, when it leans to the side

Be the wind in your back and smooth out your stride

As you run.

Learn to speak God’s word, and don’t be annoyed

God’s words will never return to Him void

The promise is real with concession

Proclaim your desires, profess your confession

You WILL see whatever your mouth does say,

One day.

By Robminx © 2010 All rights reserved. 2010 Poem-a-Day Series by Robminx

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January 5, (J-5)

J-5 brings more of the usual jive

I rejoice today in being alive

Despite the challenges lurking to leap

I press to my bosom and promise to keep

God’s word hid within my heart.

By Robminx © 2010 All rights reserved. 2010 Poem-a-Day Series by Robminx

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