SIMPLE FAITH

 

Faith is a very simple thing

Between you and your God King

Don’t let the legion of Clergy

Over complicate by liturgy

The church do not own our Deity

God is inherent in the laity

GOD’S ETERNAL LIGHT

God’s eternal light

Illuminates the starkness

Dispelling evil

In the invading darkness

THE LORD SAID UNTO JOHN

 

"Come forth and you will receive

Eternal life" The Lord said

But unfortunately, John came fifth

As a result, he won a TV instead

THE BORN AGAIN GOD

 

Kneeling before the cross,

A simple sign of faith

A potent symbol of his love

A symbol whose holy shadow

Casts the light of love across the world

I am in the presence of the Lord

I feel His hand on my shoulder

His love in my heart

I find I am at peace

In the presence of the lord

I feel His reassuring presence

The Son of God

The Prince of Peace

Who died upon the cross

Who died on a hill in Calvary

And was born again

I feel the power of His glory

I feel at peace

I feel his Godliness

His Goodliness

He surrounds me with his love

And he comforts me

Making the world a less savage place

THE LORD IS SHEPHERD OF HIS FLOCK

 

The Lord is Shepherd of his flock

As well as being a fisher of men

And he does his Fathers bidding

On the fields and copse and fen

ARCHANGEL MICHAEL

 

Archangel Michael

Lucifer’s nemesis

Angelic warrior

In the war in heaven

Protector against

The dark of night

MICHAELMAS DAY

 

Feast of the Archangels

As the autumn equinox nears

Michaelmas marks the turning

Of the husbandman's year

RADIANT LIGHT OF THE WORLD

 

Radiant light of the world

Oh most divine child of love

Joyous redeemer

HE STOOD IN THE COLD CRISP NIGHT

 

He stood in the cold crisp night

Beneath the moon and the stars

And looked at the majestic vista

Imagining such a perfect night sky

Two thousand years before

BE AT PEACE WITH LIFE

 

Be at peace with life

Live in the light

For although they

Are out of sight

We are in safe hands

Both day and night

As they walk among us

The Angels of the light

HELL DOES NOT HAVE TO BE

 

Hell does not have to be

A fiery pit of brimstone

Hell is merely

The absence of God

CANDLE OF HIS LIGHT

 

Candle of His light

Cast your goodness

In your steady glow

Across the sinful world

And bath us in love

HOLY UNMERCENARIES

 

Holy unmercenaries

Is an epithet applying to

Christian saints,

Who did not accept

Payment of any kind

For good deeds done

Which is I think the very least

One should expect from a saint

ONE OF THE TWELVE - MATTHEW THE APOSTLE

 

One of the twelve

Matthew the Apostle

Born in Galilee

Was a former publican

Turned tax collector

From Capernaum

Before answering the call

Witness of the ascension

Witness of the resurrection

One of the four Evangelists.

Who then spread the Gospels

Far and wide

Was killed with a spear

In the city of Nadabah

In Ethiopia

 

Feast Day 21^st September

I AM IN

 

I am in the soothing warmth

Of a gentle spring day

I am in the sunlight

Glinting on the morning dew

I am in the summer breeze

Stirring a field of ripened corn

I am in the aromatic air

Of a sultry summer night

I am in the autumn wind

Stripping bare the trees

I am the howling tempest

In the teeth of a gale

I am in the bitter sting

Of icy rain and sleet

I am in the silence

Of the softly falling snow

I am the eerie quiet

In the concealing mists

I am the storm and tempest

I am the peace and quiet

I am the green man

I am the green goddess

I am the mother

GODS DEVOTEES

 

You will find in any holy place

Every up turned face

Of the congregation there

With the power of prayer

Can achieve both great and small

With faith and prayer is all

A fellowship on their knees

A family of Gods devotees

UNDER THE BLUE AND SUNNY SKY

 

Under the blue and sunny sky

I open my heart and sing

In praise to the heavenly father

For the beauty of the morning

And raise up my hands in worship

Of my one true God and King

GOD’S COUNTRY

 

The breeze on my face was still warm

Though the sun was setting

With the horizon a kaleidoscope of colour,

There would be more rain before morning.

And the thunder would return.

The grass was still wet underfoot

And the air was heavy with that earthy

Just rained on fragrance

Overhead through the leafy canopy

Was the quiet whispering of the breeze

Followed by a hail of displaced raindrops

And I smiled to myself and thanked God

That I should live in such a place

MY LIFELONG FRIEND

 

My Lord Jesus Christ is with me

He has been my lifelong friend

And when he walks beside you

On the saviour you can depend

Jesus was there at my beginning

And He will be there at my end

 

THE WORD

 

You will find comfort

In His Holy Word

It is still relevant today

The Bible isn’t absurd

 

You will find no better

In any modern tome

Read His word abroad

Read His word at home

 

TRUST IN HIM

 

Trust in Him each day

He is dependable always

Trust Him to guide you

He will always be with you

 

Keep Him in your heart

You are never far apart

Pray in the bad times

Praise in the good times

 

Trust in Him each day

He is dependable always

I PRAY FOR PEACE

 

I pray for peace around the world

Each day on bended knee

So why does such a prayer of peace

Go unanswered, answer me

Its not that God doesn’t hear the prayer

He wants the same you see

God prays for peace around the world

Each day on bended knee

But his prayers remain unanswered

For mankind is deafened to his plea

 

CHRIST THE REDEEMER

 

Christ the redeemer

He died on the cross

He died to save us

And His majesty

Made of the world

A place of hope

A place of grace

A place of freedom

A place of love

He called us from the darkness

Into His loving light

GOD IS IN MY FINGERS

 

God is in my fingers

When I play guitar

God is in my footsteps

When I must travel far

 

God is in my lips

When I whistle a tune

God is in my voice

When I sing or croon

 

God is my protector

When my goal is reached

God is in my heart

When his word is preached

 

God is my salvation

In every single way

God is in my heart

Every single day

 

 

OH GOD IN HEAVEN

 

Oh God in heaven

I thank you

For your son

For supporting me

Embracing me

Accepting me

For offering me your hand

Your loving hand

We sing oh Lord

To praise you

For you support us

Embrace us

Accept us

You offer us your hand

Your loving hand

We give ourselves oh Lord

Into your love

 

SING IN PRAISE TO GOD ON HIGH

Sing in praise

To God on high

Accept Him

Into your heart

 

Sing in praise

To God our Lord

Accept His

Great gift of love

 

Sing in praise

To God on high

Accept Him

Into your life

 

Sing in praise

To God our Lord

Accept Him

As your saviour 

ONE THING YOU’LL NEVER HEAR

 

One thing you’ll never hear,

And there is absolutely no chance

Of anyone hearing a Hindu say

Oh well, you only live once

GOD AND SCIENCE

 

I believe in God

I believe him to be the creator

The creator of heaven and earth

Of the stars and the planets

I believe him to be the creator of the universe

The scientific community

Talk of the big bang

Which sparked off the creation of the universe

They call God a myth

And his creation a myth

Science of course call it the big bang theory

Theory being science speak for a guess

Or put another way a belief

They can no more prove their belief

Than I can prove the existence of God

For all their contempt for belief systems

They are locked in one of their own making

I have faith in the creation

But if there was a big bang

Then God pressed the button

CHILDISH PRAYER

 

When I was a boy I prayed to god

For a new bike for me

Than I realized that god

Doesn’t work like that you see

So I stole one instead

And asked him to forgive me

THE YOUNG MONK AND THE ABBOTT

 

One day many years in the past

A young monk arrived at a monastery.

To assist other monks with the canon and laws

By making hand written copies

But he notices very quickly

That all of us are copying from copies,

And not from the original texts

So he goes to the Abbott with a query

 

He tells the Abbott of his concern

That any error in the first copy

No matter how small it may be

Would be duplicated in each subsequent copy

The abbot says to the boy

"We have been doing it for centuries

Copying from the copies

But you have a good point, sonny."

 
The abbot goes down to the dark caves

To the archives beneath the monastery
where the original manuscripts are held

Kept locked in a vault for safety

 

Hours go by and nobody sees the abbot
he misses his meals and prayers

The young monk gets worried

And goes to look for him downstairs

 

He finds him banging his head on a wall

Wailing, "We missed the “R”
His forehead is bloody and bruised

And the boy thinks that will lave a scar

 

The young monk asks the abbot,

"What's wrong?" why do you create
Crying the Abbott replies,

"The word was Celebrate!!!”

GOD ONLY

 

Yes I believe in God

I believe in God the father of all

I believe in the Ten Commandments

God handed to Moses

A better set of rules to live your life by

Does not exist

I’m not comfortable calling myself a Christian however

I was baptized a Christian

And raised as one

And I attend a Christian church

But I'm not a true Christian

I don’t turn the other cheek

WHO IS THERE

 

Who is there?

In my darkest hours

When pain wracks my body

When dark thoughts plague me

Who is it who sustains me?

 

Who is there?

At times of anguish

When I feel so alone

When I feel all hope is gone

Who lifts me and guides me

 

Who is there?

In the depths of my despair

When I see no end

When I seek release

Who is it?

Who will take my pain

 

He is there

When the pain ends

When darkness is banished

In the light of love

My lord god will keep me