A happy heart has no more need
of anger, lust and grabbing greed.
Are you still smoking dragon weed
that turned your heart to stone?
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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “negativity” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.
All by myself I can’t erase
the past that I can’t bear to face.
There’s no relief rejecting grace
and mercy from the Lord.
The Lord is good. We praise Him when
we give Him thanks with joy and then
give thanks again and then again
with joy that never ends.
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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “relief” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.
Do nothing more. Do nothing less.
Do only what you’re told—don’t guess.
And then rejoice. The Lord will bless
you through each day He’s made.
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Ronovan Hester offers “loyalty” as inspiration for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.
Psalm 118:24
This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
We lead although our efforts mock
the Lord whom even we can’t shock.
We should have spoken to the rock
instead of striking it.
We do what we’re not told to do.
We think our thoughts are always true,
but there’s no way we can get through
unless we go through Him.
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Ronovan Hestor offers the inspiration “leadership” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted in Poet’s Corner.
Numbers 20:7-12
7 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
9 And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him.
10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
12 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
The Shepherd’s voice, the sheep all know.
The goats aren’t sure which way to go.
The tares are bundled quickly so
the harvest can begin.
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Ronovan Hestor offers the inspiration “promises” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.
John 10:27
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
Matthew 13:24-30
24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
It takes no brains to take offense
since wicked stuff makes little sense.
His rescue comes through penitence.
Call on the Lord and live.
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Ronovan Hester offers “” as inspiration for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.
Romans 10:13
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
The music took me from my head
down through my heart as Spirit led
me to the Words that I once read
that God is known through love.
Oh, may I make whatever change,
reject all fires that You find strange,
may thoughts unworthy rearrange.
I hunger for Your love.
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Ronovan Hester offers the word “change” as inspiration for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted in Poet’s Corner.
1 John 4:7-8
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Leviticus 10:1
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not.
The easy way is not the way
that God would breathe through me today.
Those wicked ones so led astray—
may we forgive them all.
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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “forgiveness” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.
Luke 23:33-34
33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
My mind’s been twisted in a knot.
Some argue that I haven’t got
a mind to twist and there’s a lot
of screws I’ve lost somewhere.
Some bricks are missing from the load
I carry since they’re hard to hold,
but I’ll still take the narrow road
that leads from here to there.
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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “challenge” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.
Matthew 7:13-14 (NKJV)
13 Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
The Baby sleeps. The stars shine high
upon the earth through darkened sky.
The virgin hums a lullaby.
The Lord has finally come.
As sacrifice He died then rose.
Let’s follow Him, be one of those
who lives the love that Jesus shows
and offers to us all.
The Spirit now makes new the heart.
Those fruitless thoughts that demons start
will stop. We have been set apart
for Him forever more.
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Ronovan Hester offers the word “new” as inspiration for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also published on Poet’s Corner.
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May you have a blessed Christmas season
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 