The mouth speaks out of the abundance of the heart. Your true being brims over into your words and actions. It comes out of the heart. If good and abundance of good; if evil and abundance of evil. Does your heart have a good treasure or evilness? A person’s words express the overflow of the heart; what you say flows from what is in your heart. Words matter. We are called to speak against evil and bring forth righteous words to build our nation. We are to be watchmen for our country. The church is the watchman for our nation. We will be responsible if we keep silent. Our sins are heavy upon us, and we can’t survive this way. We must turn from our wicked ways. We do not let liars destroy our nation, our culture, and our children. We know who are liars because we can hear their words. Be heroes of faith, to make a stand to return to God’s ways. Pray that we dream and find the Lord’s destiny for us. Pray that the Holy Spirit speaks to the prodigal to come home.
The Troubadour's Song
The Troubadour's Song
The Eastern Star shined through the night illuminating the way.
The Word sang a melody for my heart to hear, soft and gentle.
For those with ears to hear, it was pure and poignant
Like tiny beats of an hummingbird's wings, a whispered message arrived.
A single voice announced the King's arrival. He dwelt with us.
A songless world yearned for echos of a promised aria.
Despair dispelled. The Troubadour sang the redemptive story.
The morning light hummed, arousing a sanguine hope, the frame repeats-
Joy to the World.
In the beginning was the Word The Word was with God and the Word was God. He was in the beginning... In Him was life and He was the light of men.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John Chapter 1 From the beginning to the end, Jesus lets us know what is in store for us.
Turn
The rich young ruler turned away from Jesus and grieved. In v. 18, he called Jesus a good teacher, not Lord. In verse 19, Jesus asks him, "Why do you call me good, only God is Good? The rich young ruler didn't recognize Jesus as the Son of God. V.19: Jeuse refers to the 10 Commandments, which are rules to live by (guidance).
But rules without love are empty. Jesus gave him a challenge to show his true heart. The rich young ruler was unwilling to turn.
It wasn't about riches; it was about what he valued most. It was not about Jesus. He wanted Jesus to accept his standard of worship. He was willing to give in part but not all. His heart was still wicked.
Today, many believe they are saved but will be left behind because they are no different than the rich young ruler.
Jesus left with nothing undone.
Jesus left nothing undone while hanging on the cross. Psalms Chapters 22-24 are a picture of the cross. His first request: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. Luke 23:34
He honored his mother: Woman, behold your son! Then to John, Behold, your mother. John 19:26-27.
His example of grace: One thief ridiculed Jesus and demanded to be saved without recognizing his need for grace. The other thief confesses who Jesus is, a man without sin, and receives grace.
At noon till three, darkness fell over the land: Jesus cried: My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me? Mark 15:33-34. The Father isolated the Son for us. Jesus became sin for us. Darkness fell in Egypt at the first Passover when the death angel came.
Around 2:00, Jesus cried: I thirst. He was given sour wine, but he refused it. In the garden, he asks the Father to let this cup pass but accepts the Father's will. Jesus refused man's cup. With that, Jesus says it is finished: The Father's will is done.
With Jesus' last cry of triumph, He willingly gave up his spirit. His choice, not by man.
Peter had several chapters in his life. A Jewish boy raise to be fisherman. Jesus called him to follow him, Matthew 4:19. He was called to be one of the twelve disciples and first to acknowledge Jesus as the Messiah.
Charcoal fire chapter was about a new commission. At the first fire, Peter denied Jesus three time and the second charcoal fire is where Jesus cooked breakfast by the sea of Galilee. When Jesus asked Peter, "Do you love me?", there was no judgement. Jesus didn't shame Peter. With the new chapter, Peter was given a new commission.
Each chapter is a new beginning. God catches us in grace and keeps us in grace.
Deliberate
Every action Jesus took while walking on Earth was deliberate and taught a spiritual principle that we may miss.
1. Jesus' challenge to the rich younger ruler to sell everything wasn't about being rich. The rich young ruler wanted to earn his way to heaven. Eph 2:8-9- It is a free gift by faith alone.
2. Healing on the Sabbath was about the hardiness of men versus God's coming grace.
3. Jesus deliberately slept while crossing the storm tossed Galilean Sea. He was awakened by panicking disciples. He quietens the sea. Jesus let them face the harshness of the sea to let them know he would be with them through difficult times.
4. Raising Jairus' daughter taught the Centurion leader that Jesus had all authority.
5. Sometimes, our ministry is at home, just like the Demoniac. He wanted to follow Jesus. Jesus said, " Return to your house and describe what great things God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him. The Demoniac reached people that might have ignored Jesus because they saw the change in him. Take a new look at the scriptures and find the spiritual principle beyond the healings, the confrontations, and more.
6. Jesus healed the blind man, and the blind man who can now see, immediately enters the synagogue proclaiming Jesus. The blind man's healing speaks of man's spiritual blindness. Your Messiah is here and yet you cannot see.
Revelation 3:11
I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.
God's rathe is against
the intrusion of evil-
given over and measured.
Haiku by RL Brown
God's divine wrath was poured out on Jesus. EZ 7:8 and Rm 3:25. Jn 3:36.
When the church is caught up, God's will deal with evil as explain in Revelations.
God's wrath is provoked by evil. God's wrath and man's angry are two different things. Just like we exist in a time bubble, God is eternal with an eternal perspective. God's nature is love. He may love the sinner but God rathe is toward evil and those who cause evil and bring destrution on this world.
How is God's wrath revealed?
Therefore, God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity (1:24).
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions (1:26).
God gave them up to a debased mind (1:28).
At the core of the human problem is that we are sinners under the judgment of God, and the divine wrath hangs over us unless and until it is taken away.
Our names must be written in the Lamb's Book of Life.
Xenogeneic gene transfer evolution clueless aftermath @BleuOwl
Vermilion cardinal resplendent and showy pulchritudinous
Autumn f a l l s silent under the evening s n o w
p r i s m a t i c wash of golden r a i n
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(Note: When a woman’s inner and outer beauty shines as one, and the kindness of her soul sparkles, it melds into the essence of femininity—this is something only women do.)
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the soft adagio of mourning dove
weeds have no place
running wild without boundaries
pachysandra's felicity
Mountain hiking with a friend
Nature's beauty is a godsend
Eagle eye
Perch high
Climbing high only to descend
#SundayLimerick
Mountain hiking with friends
Hoping this day never ends
Eagle eye
Perch high
Nature's artistry, little dividends
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Haiku Dialog
By Rhonda Brown rhondalbrown1028@gmail.com https://brontebrown2.com/
1. Autumn falls silent under the evening snow 2. bluegrass under feet, goose pimples felicity 3. living life in a fog, drifting desperately 4. out on a limb hanging by a stem whirlybirds take flight 5. complementary muliebrity of inner femininity blooms. 6. sweet benison of sunlit air after golden rain, prismatic joy. 7. Nature's beauty shines in the beholder's eyes, beware of bears. 8. evening shadows on crisscrossing paths, uninterrupted 9. Eventide, tealights glow, cicadas sing, swish goes the porch swing. 10. slow, slow, quick-quick, slow, light dances on the water, footprints in the sand (a swish and a turn)
quiescent tide
rhythmic pace of the porch swing
tealights glow
faded white wood planks
engulfed in quamoclit
quiescent and quaint
The following Kyoka haikus are written by Rhonda L Brown (me)
Kyoka were Japanese poems that did not conform to the prescribed norms of waka imagery and diction
. Kyoka, poems are less serious and more humorous. With its often political and social content, the kyoka tends to be sardonic and ironic. It can parody the waka and use slang. The kyoka also echoes Senryu in its thematic preoccupation with human nature.
1. the night sky frolics
under silvery moonbeams
in stillness, dreams come
night recedes behind the stars-
no thought to pending troubles
tomorrow sleeps
2. unison parrots
hegemony media
demise of America
wokeness from within-
discernment's gift is knowing
the difference between the two.
3. If rain no longer fell, If rain ceased to fall Would poignant tears cease
would tears cease to flow? would your tears no longer flow?
If blue dropped from the sky, Would your smile retrun
would your smile return? If the blue dropped from the sky?
If longing is understood,
would you be free to love -
again?
H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest Rules
Two poems per poet
Unpublished
1. a morrowless day
of whistling threnodies,
a fresh tomorrow.
2.
Faded white wood planks
engulfed in quamoclit,
quiescent and quaint.
praj·na. ˈprəjnə plural -s. : transcendental wisdom or supreme knowledge in Buddhism gained through intuitive insight.
command
Ajna translates as "authority" or "command" (or "perceive"). It is considered the eye of intuition and intellect. Its associated sense organ is the mind.
Hegemony media , Fact or opinion, Null Hypothesis,
This quote is spoken by King Lear about his daughter, Goneril. He's comparing the pain he feels having her—a thankless daughter—to a snake bite. He says that the pain she causes him is “sharper” or more painful than any snake bite.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child.
Slow evanescent yet, time spins memories Of you
the sky swishes
the hammock sways
under a zenith moon,
untroubled.
a zephyr breeze
weaves through the zariba hedge
moments of solitude
or
moments before the seige.
We start by knowing the battle is the Lord’s. We stand on the solid rock of Truth. We are confident that salvation is rooted in our hearts.
Then we wear the full armor of God while speaking the Word of Truth without apology. Hell is forever. Wisdom comes as we test the spirit and pray for discernment. We can no longer be tossed about by empty philosophy, fear of offending, or ambivalent to attacks against the church.
Our persistence builds our maturity so that we are ready to give the right word with confidence that His Spirit leads us into battle.
James Chapter 1
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.
If autumn falls silent under the evening snow
If sheltered seeds don winter's coat
If March winds howl for spring's warmth
If budding flowers emit the earth's scent
If spring pollinators awaken and take flight
If golden rays titillate terra's loam
If nature bears burgeoning yields
If the impetus for life circles again
If thankfulness flows from within
If we understand the Creator above
then what do we know of love?
Love is to have, to hold, to enjoy, and to freely let go.
Happy Earth Day
FMF: Have and Earth Day
Yeah, OK, I get the deal,
releasing hold is good, know,
but if we’re going to keep it real,
ain’t no way I’m letting go.
Cancer’s got the upper hand,
and it’s been a crappy week,
but I don’t need the Promised Land
right now, not even one small peek.
I intend to stay and fight,
and to myself be ever true.
It may be dumb but it’s my right,
and exactly what I’m gonna do,
and even though all hope is gone,
I’m right here, so bring it on.
Complementary
high impact combination
nature's color scheme
complementary combination inner beauty
March 2 book
Flip a page
Mark a page
Read again, a book in hand.
March 3 soup
Slow down, take the time
make a pot of savory stew
share with a friend or two
Savory and warm
tomato soup with grilled cheese
diagonal cut
Moons of MarchSky looks down on earth
with the dark eye of a new moon,
spring winks at the stars.
Seeds shed winter's shield
roots stretch in fertile dirt-
March howls for spring's warmth.
Loam stirs, breaking free-
muddling nightcrawlers rise
under the worm moon.
Foretoken of spring
Marsh marigolds in damp fields
Hoverflies delight
Terrestrial tides collide
rising high, but twice a year.
sun and moon poised.
A morrowless day
arriving on the equinox
perfectly balanced.
Sugar Moon shines down-
sweet maples release sap
as March winds breathe change.
March festivals
Frolic with the daffodils
Wye Mtn, Moss Mtn, AR
Zephyr carries spring seeds
Nightcrawlers dig underground moats
Loam provides their needs
#Haiku_Challenge March 16/Zephyr
Morning Glory
Photo by Tiu1ec3u Bu1ea3o Tru01b0u01a1ng on Pexels.com
foretoken of spring,
howling winds, blue sky, green grass
March winds breathe change
three hundred year oak
stretches toward sun's warmth
new season to bloom
#HaikuSaturday #Haiku_Challenge/zeith
Photos by RL Brown/Moss Mtn, AR
March 17, 2023
The Ukraine war with nearly 200,000 dead on both sides, plus the 33.000 who died in the earthquakes, so many lost and dying, and yet, we have: Students at Asbury University, a Christian college in Wilmore, Kentucky, have been praying and worshipping in their chapel around the clock for over a week.
Hope springs eternal, which means that it comes from the Father above.
The harvest is ripe. We need harvesters, messengers, and prayer warriors- many people need to heed God's calling. God sent us to do His work and His will. We can each do our part and be a part of a great revival before the Lord returns. Can we answer the call that God lays before us? It is different for each of us. Remember, the one thing you do may be the catalyst for the next.
When we ignore God's design for us, we travel the road of fools. When we ignore the Holy Spirt's call to pray, we search for significance. When we ignore hope and water weeds with bitter tears, we fall into depths of despair. When we ignore the yearning for spiritual things, we sacrifice character. When we ignore God's design to fill us with His love, we walk alone.
When we hear God whisper, we see with clarity.When we love our soul like the soil loves the tree, we are secure. When we hope through unanswered prayers, trust is restored. When we listen with the self God designed, we walk in faith.
Above is a rewrite of a post from last year.
When your soul has lost the fear of God’s design, you travel the road of fools.
When your soul’s meaningful purpose is lost, you search for your significance.
When you separate your soul from your heart, you fall into depths of despair.
When your soul is empty, you fill it with things.
When your soul yearns for love, you sacrifice your character.
But...
When your soul listens for God's whisper, you discern the words of the fool.
When your soul is filled with meaning, you find your purpose.
When your soul is linked to Jesus, you are filled with understanding.
When your soul is full, you pour out God’s wondrous love.
When your soul is loved, you stand your ground.
Truth-
Jesus is the solid rock, immovable and perfect.
God’s design is for you to know HIM.
WIP
If rain no longer fell, would tears cease to flow?
If blue dropped from the sky, would a smile return?
If darkness engulfs the world, would light find its way?
If longing is understood, would yearning fade?
If sadness disappeared would you be free?
Your faith can be likened to a train with an engine and a caboose. Putting your energy/belief in God and His Word is like putting your energy/ fuel (the coal) into the train engine, and it moves forward. If you place your energy (the coal) into the caboose, your feelings, the train doesn't move. Feelings wobble, constantly change, hurl you forward or hold you back. Emotions should not take the lead; they can spiral you out of control if you weigh yourself with them. We have free will by which we balance head and heart and live. by RLBrown
shadows hide, lurking beneath (the fog)
Light invades, droplets dissipate, shadows revealed.
living life in a fog, drifting desparately
a seasonal leaf
grounding roots
friends are the rings inside
January submission The Monthy Kakai-(Gratitude) by RL Brown
A clarion call on gradient winds, eagles hitch a ride. (January sky) #poetry, #haiku,
snow falling lightly
moonbeams prance (glisten)
nestled deep, all sleep
Like a river, creativity flows, bends, hits a dam, spills over, finds another way, is a mist, and gets lost in a fog but is ever moving forward to new horizons.
Jungle Gym on steroids Welcome, all humanoids Imagination Play Station Parallel universe- TRAPezoids. #LimerickSunday #LimerickRhyme Outside play station in Korea
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