Psalm 48:9

By: Adam McClendon
www.newlineministries.com



The following is a poem written out of a meditation on Psalm 48:9.  Enjoy.

Psalm 48:9

"Within your temple, O God,

we meditate on your unfailing love."

Acknowledging Your Presence, I enter in

Despite myself, my life, my sin

Humbly with my face bent down

You place on me Your royal crown

For as Your son, You let me in

To meet with You as son and friend

I sit and think while in this state

To listen in silence to meditate

Upon your love which will not fail

Despite my efforts which seems so frail

Your love lasts, it outlasts time

It covers and floods this soul of mine

Your care, Your touch carry it

To my life which seems unfit

Despite my state You act in love

To set my eyes on You above

It’s for Your glory and my best

You pull me close upon your chest

Discipline and mercy are loving grace

To set my feet firm in their place

So You in me and I in You

Until this world I bid adieu

The Man in the Tree:

By: Adam McClendon
www.newlineministries.com

This post will be a bit different.  It’s actually a poem about how we allow fear to drive our lives versus walking in God’s grace.  Enjoy, and may you walk in grace without fear today.

  

The Man in the Tree

 

There once was a man, who lived in a tree

He was chased up there, by a fat bumblebee

Afraid of the stinger, he clung on real tight

And after a while, the day turned to night

 

Late in the night the scared man fell asleep

Away from the bee, who was out of his keep

During the night, he dreamed a big dream

Of a bee and a stinger, which looked really mean

When he awoke, he was shaking with fear

While high in the tree, he sat and he peered

Looking intently for that big bee

Which he declared, “will never get me!”

He sat and he sat for so long he forgot

Why he ever climbed up in that spot

All he knew was his deep rooted fear

And that was enough for a whole year

 

A year to the day he stayed in that tree

All because of this small bumblebee

When we live in the fear that life brings

It causes us to do the craziest things

Fear has a way of turning small into big

Shrinking the brain to a shriveled up fig

But even the biggest of things that we face

Will shrink to small size in light of God’s grace

www.newlineministries.com