VERY IMPORTANT FYI FROM THE POET!!

This week's poems about Thanksgiving and Chanukah are being posted today because I am spending Thanksgiving & Chanukah with my family. The next posting will be on Sunday, December 1st. Happy Thanksgiving & Chanukah to one and all. Blessings in Yeshua, Joel

TWO DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS WITH A SIMILAR MEANING

TWO DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS WITH A SIMILAR MEANING

This is a message about Thanksgiving and Chanukah

It’s a rare occurrence that they fall on the same day

Both holidays have the message giving thanks to God

Who makes all this possible lifting Him up as we pray

Most people know why we celebrate Thanksgiving

It’s the story of the Pilgrims journey to this land

But it’s also about the freedoms that we enjoy today

Something that a lot of people don’t understand

For the Jew Chanukah is also about giving thanks

But that’s only half of the story of this great holiday

When Judah Maccabee’s army defeated the Assyrians

They went to the synagogue to give thanks and to pray

Wanting to light candles to God to commemorate the victory

Sadly there was only enough oil to last for a single day

But the oil lasted for eight by the time the runner returned

It was a miracle that only the Lord our God could covey

In essence both of these holidays portray a similar message 

Giving thanks to God for all of the blessings that both enjoy

We must also observe and obey all of the laws given to us by

The Lord our God Jehovah Jireh Price of Peace Yeshua Adonai

THANKSGIVING

We’ll be spending our Thanksgiving

By driving over to Grandma’s house

Not a soul will go hungry

Not even a little mouse

She started preparing

On the night before

If there was anything missing

She sent Grandpa to the store

Everything must be perfect

On this day you see

For it isn’t very often

That we gather as a family

After a long trip we arrive there

The first thing we do is turn on the TV

To watch the Thanksgiving Day parade

There are marching bands and floats to see

Before we begin eating

We hold hands and pray

Thank you Lord for the blessings

That you have given us this day

And we also pray a special blessing for

The men and women who protect our liberty

Please God keep them safe from harm

They understand that freedom isn’t free

Then Grandpa says, “Let’s eat I’m starving.”

The first thing on the menu is soup in a cup

In the background we listen to Holiday music

This always helps us to keeps our spirits up

Uncle Charlie carves the turkey and

Asks if we want dark meat or white

And even with this many people

There will be plenty to take home tonight

Pass the gravy and the rolls please

The peas and sweet potatoes too

The cornbread stuffing is delicious

And may I have some apple cider too

When we finish with the main course

The women will help to put things away

While the men go and watch a football game

Actually there are several of them on TV today

Once everything else has been cleaned up

Grandma serves coffee and pumpkin pie

All of a sudden it feels like we’re stuffed

For same strange reason we wonder why

Before we head back to our homes

There are still two things to be done

First we help to set up the Christmas tree

Then we join hands and thank the Holy One

Thank you Lord for the blessings of this special day 

We ask for traveling mercies and Your Grace again 

May all of our hearts be filled with Your goodness

And to this prayer all of Your children say, “AMEN.”

GOD'S PERFECT TIMING

GOD’S PERFECT TIMING

I 've seen or heard of so many instances

Where God steps in at the eleventh hour

For He and He alone is our Saving Grace

Our Rock our Shield and our Strong Tower

When we put our total trust in the Lord and

Seek His Counsel through the power of prayer

We’re assured we’ll always get the right answer

For His Holy Spirit that’s in us is always there

Sometimes the answer isn’t what we expect but

Father God always knows what’s best for us

We must wait on Him for His Timing is perfect

The Lord knows that in Him we have total trust

Some advice for those who think they’re in charge

Only a fool thinks that they’ve got the solution

Without seeking God’s face you can’t do it alone

In the end all that you’ll see is His Retribution

UNTITLED AND UNFINISHED

UNTITLED & UNFINISHED

Just how many poems have I written in

Over the seventy six years on the earth

I’d say it’s at least five hundred or more

But God has the number and their worth

Most were written in my latter years

For only then did I truly understand

The true meaning of what Salvation is

And why I heed the Lord’s Command

God gives me word through His Holy Spirit

That lives in my inner Soul to hear and obey

Thoughts to help bring you closer to God

All of this in Yeshua’s Precious Name I pray

God has a purpose and plan for every individual

And yet sadly so many never know just what it is

If you’d like Him to reveal exactly what that is

Give God the Praise Honor and Glory that is His

That’s why the poem is called untitled and unfinished

I’m sure you know that the Lord’s work is never done

I’ll continue to obey whatever it is He Commands of me

Writing the Truth of the Father Holy Spirit and the Son

TURNING TO GOD IS THE ONLY SOLUTION

TURNING TO GOD IS THE ONLY SOLUTION

Do you know someone with a type “A” personality

It’s like they never stop going except maybe to rest

Good qualities but sometimes they need to slow down

This is extremely hard because they become obsessed

Then there’s the other side of this two headed coin

They’re laid back not accomplishing what needs doing

There has to be a compromise to bring them together

Otherwise there will be a tumultuous storm brewing

I don’t know what the answer to this dilemma is

I do see the both of them getting extremely upset

They need to ask for God’s help to get them on an even keel

Before saying or doing something that they’ll both regret

I hope they realize that somewhere along this journey even

God knew they can’t do it without professional assistance

Trusting Him they believe a compromise can be reached

Without screaming and arguing and putting up resistance

Have your way with them Lord to bring them to that point

Only through Your Wisdom will come the perfect solution

Common sense will prevail giving a better sense of each other

Compromise is the only way in order to avoid retribution

Thank you Lord for the wisdom in Your Words

Sometimes they both can use a good kick in the butt

Without the wisdom of your Holy Spirit to guide them

They’d both continue to fall into the very same rut

FORTUNE OR MISFORTUNE

 I was walking on a stretch of beach

When I began to stumble

I saw the bottle that made me trip

And it began to rumble

I picked it up and it was sealed

So I pulled the cork to look inside

What happened next was an explosion

I thought that I had almost died

But when the smoke had cleared away

A monstrous genie came into view

“As thanks for freeing me, he said,

I’ll grant three wishes just for you.”

My first wish was for lots of gold

And when I‘d gotten done

I was still on the strip of beach

Burning up under a golden sun

The next thing that I wished for

I had wanted since I was a boy

I’d really like an expensive car

What the genie gave me was a toy

I understood right then what was happening

I asked him to check inside his bottle for me

Once he was inside I sealed the bottle

And then I tossed it back into the sea

A lesson that we can all learn from this is

That we should never be filled with greed

The Lord will open so many doors for us

To provide everything that we’ll ever need

THE THORN BUSH AND THE ROSE GARDEN

THE THORN BUSH AND THE ROSE GARDEN

That God never promised you a rose garden

Is an expression that you’ve heard quite often

If you hadn’t well now you’ve heard it from me

Although that doesn’t help the shock to soften

If you still don’t understand what the saying means

Daily events in your life can produce highs or lows 

We go though life tasting the bitter and the sweet

The ups and downs that the Lord our God knows

For life itself is like when the rose bends in the wind

It can all equate to the various paths that we travel

We can breath in the aroma of this beautiful flower or

Get pricked by its thorns and watch your life unravel

The path that you’ll travel on is in your hands

For the Lord also gave you a free will power

To follow the straight and narrow or to wander

Something that we may not know until our final hour

I’m quite sure that you’ve probably surmised by now that

The rose garden represents good and the thorn bush is bad

But I can tell you that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel

With the end result being that you’ll never again be sad

So here’s the good news that I promised to give you

There aren’t any thorn bushes if you get to heaven above

And the bed of roses that you’ll receive if you get there

Is in the Power and Majesty of Father God’s Love

But there’s a catch and perhaps you may know it already

Just profess Yeshua as Messiah and repenting of your sins

No one can reach Father God Except through Yeshua

And God’s Rose Garden is where your renewed life begins

THE TRIFECTA

THE TRIFECTA

My wife and I went to an IHOP for breakfast

Once again the Lord’s timing was impeccable

Not only did we get to enjoying a great meal but

The conversations that ensued were delectable

The first was the waitress that took our order

Who admired my Star of David with a dove

It turned out that she was a Messianic Jew

Looking for a Messianic Congregation full of love

Then I heard some Spiritual conversation from the back

A group of men were having a biblical discussion

I introduced myself to them as a Messianic Jew

I’m thankful that they spoke English and not Russian

I invited them to come enjoy their Spiritual Roots

And gave them a card to my Spiritual Poetry site

The Lord had put people in my path to minister to

Then one last thing happened making the trifecta right

I met a young man who also worked at the restaurant

He’d undergone a great deal of trials and tribulations

Turning his life around he wrote hip hop Spiritual poetry

God used this to calm and change all of his frustrations

The Lord puts people in our lives for a good many reasons

In my case as a vessel He lets me know what people need

The three sets of people that I met already knew the Lord but

Each time I was led to plant a different kind of Spiritual Seed