Poetry Where You Live Poetry and photo site with over 1,650 poems and 660 pictures, along with many links. At least 500 of my poems are faith based. Member of United Methodist Church. Statistics Unique Visitors: Total Unique Visitors: Outgoing: Total Outgoing: 0 0 0 2015

Articles from Poetry Where You Live

A Reckless Disregard 2007-10-14 18:33:00 Mankind, blind to its own ambitions,its own desires, blind to the consequencesglobal consequences to our choicesour hubris, leading to a fall, of planetary dimensionsso many crises of our making, of our decisionswith long-term and lasting results, changesin our earth, in the ground, in the icein the climate swirling around uswarming world, nuclear waste buriedunder ground to bubble for millenniaPolar ice caps at all-time lowsland for living to be lostwith the rising tide,not raising all boats;devastating the third world(as if there was more than one)The piper is waiting to be paid.Whoa to us if we don’t pay,as Hamelin discovered.October 14, 2007 7:33pmGlobal warming and climate change ...

Danger, Thin Ice 2007-10-14 18:27:00 In hearing the storiesabout the ice sheetup in the arctic, on Greenlandon the ice shelveson the bottom of the globetalk of ice thinner than before,across the board, and finalreminding me of the signseach winter on more local waterswhere thin ice is a warningreal risk, dangerous rescuesSo to with these news reportsscientific findings, up abovethe arctic circleThin Ice, be careful,we are on thin iceOctober 14, 2007 7:25pmA Planentary Emergencyis global warning. Since the middle ofthis summer, we have had a cascadeof reports, harbingers, clarion callsto action, to stop this slideif we can ...

Appropriate Praise 2007-10-14 18:12:00 The lepers, the exiles,needed to makeappropriate praiseto the Lord, for their savingeven in their exile, their diseasethey were to give praiseto their God, for providencefor His watching, savingbringing them through the trialspraise in all things,in all situationsOctober 14, 2007 7:12pmPsalm 66:1-12Luke 17:11-19 ...

Gumdrop Maples 2007-10-14 18:07:00 Like nothing other than gumdropsthe rounded tops of the colorful maplesadorned the side of the streeton our drive to church this morningradiant in the morning sunbelow the royal blue of the skythe reds and yellows, the orangecolors of the trees, like candycovered in sprinkles, festoonedwith bright patches,bright and eye catchinga quilted confectionOctober 14, 2007 7:06pm ...

The Meaning of Being Clean 2007-10-13 19:48:00 They were outsiders, just as the foreignerunclean, by their sins, unablebarred from the fellowshipfrom the templein the outer darknessneeding the interveningthe sacrifice and ritualthe priests to be made cleanto enter in once moreHe was the new high priesta personal, direct, savingwithout an intermediarybeing made clean, in supplicationpraying to GodFalling at His feet in praiseOctober 13, 2007 8:00amLuke 17:11-19 ...

Prostrated 2007-10-13 19:43:00 The foreigner, the outsideragain the meansa lesson for the people,the disciples with Himthose who could not seeforgetful, blindThe foreigner recognized, had sightfell at God’s feet, Jesus’ feetpraising the living Godfor his healing, his savingmade clean by the Sonand fully awarewhile the covenant peopleremained blindOctober 13, 2007 7:47amLuke 17:11-19 ...

OMNI 2007-10-13 19:39:00 Omniscient OMnipresentOmNnipotent I AmOctober 12, 2007 10:12pm ...

Increase Your Number 2007-10-13 19:22:00 Wherever you are,even in a time of exile,of trial, of struggleof wandering in the wildernesswherever you are3,called to increase our numberto teach the old, old lessonsto spread the good, good newsmake more believers,more people of Godto multiply, to increaseour numbersso even morecan be brought back homeOctober 12, 2007 10:01pmJeremiah 29:1, 4-7 ...

Resident Aliens 2007-10-13 19:15:00 A people in a foreign landresident aliens,making homes, liveshistories away from their homelandLiving out their daysthose of their childrenin exile; but placed theresent there by GodA call to faithfulnessto God, even there,where they wereresident aliensin a foreign landOctober 12, 2007 9:52pmJeremiah 29:1, 4-7 ...

Do Not Decrease 2007-10-13 19:11:00 Even in exile, in captivity,in prison in a foreign landwe are to stand true, to be faithfulto be strong, to hold tightlyto our faith in our Godto support and protect,encourage, instructour brothers, our sistersKnowing we were not takenbut were sent there by Godto live and multiply our number.October 12, 2007 10:04pmJeremiah 29:1, 4-7 ...

Multiply There 2007-10-13 16:16:00 For the chosen peoplethe people of the first covenantthe covenant of bloodtold by God, to multiplyin their time of exileto multiply the people of faithFor us, the people of the new covenantthe same call to multiplyour numbers in exilein our foreign landthis time in the wildernessbefore we come hometo the New Jerusalemmultiplying our numbersthose with whomwe fulfill the call,to share the good newsto make disciplesmore sheep for the shepherdmore people of faithOctober 12, 2007 9:44pmJeremiah 29:1, 4-7 ...

Living in the Foreign Land 2007-10-13 16:05:00 More than making the mostthe best of a bad situationNo this was more than thatThis was a letter from the prophetproclaiming the will, the judgment,the word of God for the forgetfulthe unfaithful childrensent to that foreign landssubservient to another empireused by God, instruments for trainingA hard lesson, meted out in God’s timeLiving in the foreign landwhere God sent themto live, planted, groundedas citizens of that foreign landresidents, loyal totheir home, faithfulto their GodOctober 12, 2007 9:18pmJeremiah 29:1, 4-7 ...

Into the Foreign Land 2007-10-13 09:08:00 They were sent, sent by Godsent into a foreign landusing a foreign peopleto chasten, to refineHis people for theirlack of faith,their turning awayfrom the God of their ancestorswho saved themwatched over themready for a loving unionif they would follow the lawfounded on love,on loyalty, trustin the Creatorthe Father, GodOctober 12, 2007 9:01pmJeremiah 29:1, 4-7 ...

A Letter from Home 2007-10-13 08:56:00 Before the final fall of the kingdomthe home of the king,the Temple of GodA message of hope,a call to sincere faithof the struggle to comeA letter from homeThe prophet speakingof faithfulness to the people,the priests, the leadersin exile in a foreign landBuild homes, marrybear children and multiplypray for the city where you liveyour place for this seasonknown by Godwhere you have been placed.October 12, 2007 8:43pmJeremiah 29:1, 4-7 ...

Into the Potter’s House 2007-10-12 18:54:00 Walking into the houseof the skilled potter,the maker of vesselsfor the stuff of lifefor water and grainfor wine and for keepingprecious things of lifeMay we be vesselsfor the precious things of life,useful for the potter,for our fellow manfor the world over whichwe share dominionin our timeMay we hold and pour outlove and hope and justicefor all the people of the earthfor the environmentnow and foreverMindful of the footprintswe leave behindin all we do, all we usethe legacy we leaveon the earthand in the heartsof our fellow citizensof this good earthOctober 12, 2007 7:54pmJeremiah 18:1-11 ...