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Counting Blessings
Based in part on Ephesians 1:3 – Counting Blessings by Michael Romani As this new year has begun My eyes focus clearly on the One The One who is all knowing And whose love is ever flowing The ways of … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Beatitudes, Bless, Blessing, Bondage, Born, Cast, Children, Christ, Contemplation, Count, Debt, Desire, Destination, Earth, Ephesians, Eyes, Flow, Focus, Forgive, Foundation, Future, God, Grace, He, Heaven, Invite, Kept, Kingdom, Know, Love, Material Things, New Year, One, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Promise, Prophecy, Purpose, Redemption, Restore, Riches, Salvation, Secure, Sin, Spirtual, Stars
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To Life (L’Chaim)
Sundays like all other days are best lived with at least a touch of reverence for the divine. To Life (L’Chaim) by Michael Romani Life is long And often filled with questions Too many of which have no answers Only … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Answer, Assurance, Beam, Beauty, Belong, Blessed, Change, Choice, Connection, Contemplation, Cosmic Dancer, Direction, Divine, Divinity, Dream, Eternal, Final Keys, Free, Gentle, Gift, Given, God, Grace, Grief, Grow, Hand, Harden, Heart, Hesitation, Hope, Humor, Kindness, Kingdom, Know, L'Chaim, Lessen, Life, Lighthouse, Live, Love, Moonbeam, Multiple, Numbers, One, Peace, Photograph, Plurality, Poem, Poetry, Question, Relief, Return, Revelation, Reverence, Sacred, Secret, Smile, Soul, Spiritual, Stone, Struggle, Swan Dive, Touch, Truth, Understand, Union, Unity, Universe, View, Voice, Walk, Whisper, Wisdom, World
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In The Fullness of Time
A poem for this, the day celebrated as symbolizing Christ’s birth. Merry Christmas! Christmas… Christ Mass… A mass for Christ. Then then does that or might it actually mean? Is it really only about the birth of Christ? Or, … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstract, Belief, Birth, Bless, Christ, Contemplation, Essence, Exact, Full, God, God In Christ, Grasp, Greeting Card, Heir, Holy, Hymn, Man, Mass, Meaning, Merry Christmas, Moments, Mystery, Nativity Play, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reconcile, Redemption, Reflect, Sin, Sublime, Time, Toast, Told, Transcend, Truth, Woman
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Isn’t That
Trust in the universe, she says. As if that’s easy? Isn’t That by Michael Romani Well, Isn’t that rude? To find My Attitude Interrupts Your solitude Random In being Blindly Yet, still seeing That the beginning Of contemplation Takes moments … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Begin, Blind, Contemplation, Easy, Find, He, Interrupt, Introspection, Moment, Photograph, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Random, Rude, Solitude, Trust, Universe, Verse, You
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The Whiskey Priest
Based on Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory.. seemed suitable for Lent on the dark side.. Read the novel to see why more accurately…. The Whiskey Priest by Michael Romani Anger has replaced ambition With the drive to drink Even … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambition, Anger, Awe Inspired, Brink, Burn, Caught, Cleansing Moment, Contemplation, Contrition, Daily Devotion, Drink, Edge, Gluttony, Graham Greene, Greed, Jungle, Ledge, Lent, Light, Morality, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Point, Priest, Redemption, Repent, Struggle, The Power and the Glory, Tired, Transcend, Truth, Unlearned, Vestige
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Revelations No. 2
Based in part on 1 Cor 15:24 : Revelations No. 2 by Michael Romani Caught up in the end days thundering Lost up in speculation and wondering We find ourselves looking for redemption Seeking this out in our stark contemplation … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged 1 Corinthians, Alpha, Contemplation, Death, Defeat, Destination, Divine, End Days, Faith, Final Days, First, Full Circle, Future, Heed, History, Jesus, Keys of the Kingdom, Kingdom, Last, Legacy, Lesson, Lord, Omega, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Redemption, Restore, Revelation, Righteous, Ruin, Salvation, Second Adam, Seeker, Service, Shield, Sorrow, Speculation, Steadfast, Thunder, Tomorrow, Truth, Wonder, Word
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In the Roll of Self Control
Based in part on 1 Cor 9:24-27: In the Roll of Self Control by Michael Romani In the songs of our sweet redemption We find out way to sacred contemplation In this race all the runners will have run But … Continue reading
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Tagged Capstone, Contemplation, Faith, Fruit of the Spirit, Joy, Love One Another, Noble, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Redemption, Roll, Self Control
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Thanks In Everything
There are times when it seems awfully hard to find gratitude for the things and situations God puts into our lives. Here’s a little something on that topic and to make up for not having my mid-week Christian poem yesterday. … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bliss, Christian, Circumstance, Commandment, Commission, Contemplation, Cope, Dark Threads, Days, Dependent, Fear, Glory, God, Gratitude, Happenstance, Hear, Hesitation, Obey, Peace, Persevere, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Question, Release, Sovereign, Spirit, Stillness, Story, Submission, Thankful, Understand, Unfolding Revelation, Woven
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Living In Joy
Based in part on Philippians 4:1-8 Living In Joy by Michael Romani Everything that is said and everything that is done Is for the edification and glorification of the Son All the love that He has given to you and … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Application, Appreciate, Argue, Attention, Beautiful, Bliss, Christian Joy, Circumstance, Complaint, Completeness, Consistent, Contemplation, Contention, Contentment, Criticism, Cultivate, Day Maker, Everything, Fatitgue, Focus, Forgive, Fruit, Fullness, Gift, Glory, Good Deed, Gratitude, Habit, Happiness, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Joy, Joy Bringer, Love, Majesty, Miracles, Pattern, Pessimism, Phillipians, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Praise, Prayer, Prayerful, Presence, Presents, Price, Refresh, Rejoice, Repent, Resentment, Ringer, Ritual, Satisfaction, Son, Song, Soul, Soul Deep, Steps, Temple, Together, Victory, Walk, Weep
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