Archive for the 'Mystical' Category
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The Hold-fast
I threaten’d to observe the strict decree
Of my dear God with all my power and might;
But I was told by one it could not be;
Yet I might trust in God to be my light.
“Then will I trust,” said I, “in Him alone.”
“Nay, e’en to trust in Him was also His:
We must confess that nothing is […]
Published by the tattooed poet on April 8th, 2008 tagged Mystical, Poetry | 2 Comments »
The Sword of Surprise
by G.K. Chesterton
Sunder me from my bones, O sword of God
Till they stand stark and strange as do the trees;
That I whose heart goes up with the soaring woods
May marvel as much at these.
Sunder me from my blood that in the dark
I hear that red ancestral river run
Like branching buried floods that find the sea
But […]
Published by the tattooed poet on December 18th, 2007 tagged Bible, Spiritual Formation, Mystical, Poetry | Comment now »
We Have
How do I put almost two years worth of life together into a unified, cohesive post? The poem below is my vain attempt at just that. My co-laborer and warrior-brother for the past two years left today on a new assignment from the King - and I am feeling deep grief mixed with great joy. […]
Published by the tattooed poet on November 28th, 2007 tagged Mystical, Poetry, Friends | 3 Comments »
Good Advice - for Iowans and the rest of us!
“Take my advice, when you meet anything that’s going to be Human and isn’t yet, or used to be Human once and isn’t now, or ought to be Human and isn’t, you keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet.”
Mr. Beaver
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Published by the tattooed poet on October 11th, 2007 tagged Politics, Mystical, Quotes | 2 Comments »
Sweet Freedom of Being
Chained to my pedestal
I sing songs of mournful glee.
The mysterious promise grates
Against the idol image…
“Remember not the former things.
I am doing a new thing –
Perceive it not?”
In confusion, terror, and angry fear
I wind my comfortable chains
Around the habits of destruction….
Ahh!
Rescue and redemption mine
As Beloved King rides
from the North to deliver me.
“You are […]
Published by the tattooed poet on July 24th, 2007 tagged Worship, Mystical, Poetry | 1 Comment »
The King
The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone,
The lord of silver fountains,
Shall come into his own!
His crown shall be upholden,
His harp shall be restrung,
His halls shall echo golden,
To songs of yore re-sung.
The woods shall wave on mountains,
And grass beneath the sun;
His wealth shall flow in fountains,
And the rivers golden run.
The streams shall run […]
Published by the tattooed poet on July 7th, 2007 tagged Mystical, Poetry | Comment now »
Kings and Priests
With thee on board, each sailor is a king
Nor I mere captain of my vessel then,
But heir of earth and heaven, eternal child;
Daring all truth, nor fearing anything;
Mighty in love, the servant of all men;
Resenting nothing, taking rage and blare
Into the Godlike silence of a loving care.
From Diary of an Old Soul, by George McDonald, […]
Published by the tattooed poet on July 7th, 2007 tagged Mystical, Poetry | 1 Comment »
Battle Worn - Warrior Still!
And grace comes to me often sent on wings of prayers from other warriors,
Published by the tattooed poet on July 2nd, 2007 tagged Spiritual Formation, Mystical | 2 Comments »
Recollection of Childhood
Our shimmering self gets buried so deep we hardly live out of it at all . .
Published by the tattooed poet on June 30th, 2007 tagged Mystical, Poetry | Comment now »
Desire
Immortal Heat, O let thy greater flame
Attract the lesser to it: let those fires,
Which shall consume the world, first make it tame;
And kindle in our hearts such true desires,
As may consume our lusts, and make thee way.
Then shall our hearts pant thee.
(Love) George Herbert
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