Category: Poems

To be great in the kingdom is to be the least

With no high opinion of self,

And where meekness and humility

With faith and trust do dwell.

Like a trusting heart of a child

Is where hosts of heaven reign;

It’s where humble saints they worship Him

And God’s glory they sustain.

The trusting heart of a child

Is humble and is meek;

It rests in peace with promises

And God’s provision it will seek.

The greatest in the kingdom

Has not the most accomplished list,

Nor the one with qualifications

But where faith and trust have kissed.

It’s the one with a child’s heart

Who has come to understand,

That all man’s glory is vanity

When self credit is at hand.

A child’s heart is simple

And has a genuine trust within;

Without all the intellectual pride

Or where knowledge puffs up therein.

The greatest in the kingdom

Is the one like a child;

With a sweet and humble heart

And with a love that’s not defiled.

Because ultimately all the glory

Belongs to Jesus Christ our Lord;

The One who died and rose

As we trust in His pure word.

(C) P.B. 2021

“But Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”’  Matthew 19:14

“Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.  Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me.”  Matthew 18:4-5

“Knowledge puffs us, but love edifies.  And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.  But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.”  1 Corinthians 8:1-3

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.”  John 1:12

When I look at you…

I see the majesty of God’s hand;

The brilliance of His creation,

Too wonderful to understand.

When I look at you…

Your eyes are more precious than jewels;

A miracle to behold

Where God’s sovereignty will rule.

When I gaze into your eyes

I see a warmth and a love;

It is pure and refreshing

Emanating from above.

When I look at your frame

It’s too wonderful indeed;

All features working in harmony

Created from a seed.

When I look at you…

I’m reminded there’s a soul;

The part of us that lives forever

To glorify God – behold.

When we look at Christ

He’s God’s gift to us all;

Expressing grace and mercy

Particularly when our name He calls.

The beauty of creation

And the splendour of His touch,

Is a reminder of His majesty

And how He loves us very much.

(C) P.B. 2021

“For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb.  I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.  Marvellous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.”  Psalm 139:13-14

“For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen…so that they are without excuse.”  Romans 1:20

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”  John 3:16

Like a child that is weaned

And like an ocean that is calm,

Is a simple trust in God

As we rely on His strong arm.

His gentle hand will lift us

And remove all tares of doubt;

All haughtiness and lofty thoughts

No longer will they mount.

When it’s the desire to value simplicity

In everything we do,

We’ll avoid greed and covetousness

And be more sincere and true.

A simple trust is pure

And it’s calming in every way;

When we’re not concerned with great matters

So true peace will mark our days.

Knowing that God is in control

And His sovereign ways will reign;

We’re merely pilgrims on this earth

With only eternity to gain.

It’s not foolish to value simplicity

Since a revelation has taken place,

That the worldly matters will rob our peace

Where vanity is interlaced.

Simplicity unclutters our mind

And when the Lord takes us by the hand,

He leads us and He guides us

So with His wisdom we’ll understand.

He’s our Father in heaven

And His calming strokes we see,

When with a simple heart we trust in Him

As most anxieties are set free.

When our soul is calm like a weaned child

And where the bigger picture is seen,

We value love and simplicity

And all that’s tranquil and serene.

(C) P.B. 2021

‘Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty.  Neither do I concern myself with great matters, nor with things too profound for me.  Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother;  Like a weaned child is my soul within me.”  Psalm 131:1-3

It is the epitome of worship

In His presence with a song;

With joyful shouts of praise

And with a gratitude so strong.

It’s to enter His courts with thanksgiving

And to bless His holy name;

As our Creator and our Shepherd

Where much goodness will remain.

When we enter His gates with appreciation

From the heart we worship Him,

He’s a God of sovereignty

Who will cleanse our soul within.

Lord, You are good and always will be

No darkness is upon Thee;

You made us and not us ourselves

To be all we’re created to be.

God’s mercy is everlasting

And all truth belongs to Him;

His promises are honourable

And when we repent He wipes our sin.

There’s a song in our heart

When we worship with thanksgiving,

Knowing that the Lord is good

Filled with love and is forgiving.

You are God, there is no other

Who can ever compare to Thee?

You’re majestic and filled with integrity

Throughout all the beauty that we see.

(C) P.B. 2021

“Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands!  Serve the Lord with gladness;  Come before His presence with singing.  Know that the Lord, He is God;  It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves.  We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.”  Psalm 100:1-3

“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise.  Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.  For the Lord is good;  His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations.”  Psalm 100:4-5

A deep yearning from within

In the midst of all distress;

As we thirst for the living God

For His presence to manifest.

To feel His gentle touch

And the reassurance He is there,

To comfort and to deliver us

So all trials we can bear.

As the deer pants

For water to satisfy within;

Similarly our soul longs for God

So we’re reconciled to Him.

When our soul pants for God

In humility we’ve understood,

That He is the only One who satisfies

The only One who truly could.

This water is refreshing

From His undiluted word,

As it satisfies our thirsty soul

Revealing Jesus Christ as Lord.

It’s a living fountain, it is indeed

As it calms the storms within;

It gives us peace and a joy

And it washes all our sin.

It removes all our droughts

And the parched areas of our land;

It refreshes our inner temple

As we feel His sovereign hand.

As the deer pants

For the water from the brook,

So our soul is nourished

When we drink from God’s Holy book.

Satisfaction will quench our thirst;

Our spiritual need within,

Along with health to our bones

And all the blessings it so brings.

(C) P.B. 2021

“As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God.  My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.”  Psalm 42:1-2

“The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me – A prayer to the God of my life.”  Psalm 42:8

“Why are you cast down, O my soul?  And why are you disquieted within me?  Hope in God;  For I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance and my God.”  Psalm 42:11

“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.  He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”  John 7:37-38

When the heart loses hope

And when patience it wears thin;

When prayer stops or ceases

It’s when we’re despondent from within.

The waiting period frustrates us

And it feels like its forever,

When we’ve been patiently waiting for an answer

But feel it will come never.

But when faith perseveres in our trials

And when patience becomes our cloak,

He hears our cries and will respond

As His promises He won’t revoke.

But it’s all in His timing

As He knows the hearts too well,

And will use it for our testimony

So His glory it will spell.

When we wait upon the Lord

And when in Him we trust,

We’re blessed beyond comprehension

When patience is a must.

If every prayer was answered

And in our timing too,

We’d take for granted everything

In all we say and do.

But by waiting on the Lord

And by persevering in our prayers,

He refines our character within

As He reveals His loving care.

He delivers us in a timely manner

And does not forget our plea,

And for those who wait there’s something special

That He’s prepared for us to see!

(C) P.B. 2021

“I waited patiently for the Lord;  And He inclined to me, and heard my cry.  He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps.  He has put a new song in my mouth – Praise to our God;  Many will see it and fear, and will trust in the Lord.”  Psalm 40:1-3

“Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works which You have done;  And Your thoughts toward us cannot be recounted to You in order;  If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.”  Psalm 40:5

“Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord; Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.”  Psalm 40:11

“Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;  Let such as love Your salvation say continually, ‘The Lord be magnified!’”  Psalm 40:16

“But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength;  They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.”  Isaiah 40:31

As a flower of the field

With all its beauty and its glory,

Is mankind in his prime

With a unique blueprint and a story.

But all will fade and perish

Like a vapour in the wind;

With all the passions and desires

And every hope and dream within.

Because all flesh is as grass

And returns to the grave,

But our soul remains forever

It’s the component that is saved.

God remembers we are dust

And has great mercy on our soul;

Towards those who fear and revere His name

And His statutes they uphold.

Our days are truly numbered

And the beauty of our youth;

Is like the most precious of all flowers

And the most succulent of fruit.

The glory of man is like a flower

It withers and it falls;

The only steadfast rock is Jesus Christ

And when our name He calls.

The grass withers and the flower fades

But God’s love and grace remains;

As our spirit is reconciled to Him

When in our heart He rules and reigns.

(C) P.B. 2021

“As for man, his days are like grass;  As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.  For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.”  Psalm 103:15-16

“For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.”  Psalm 103:14

“But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him.” Psalm 103:17

“All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass.  The grass withers, and its flower falls away, but the word of the Lord endures forever.”  1 Peter 1:24-25

Blossoms and petals in abundance

With an aroma that is sweet;

Warm embraces with many cuddles

It’s where love and beauty meet.

Pleasant moments and beating hearts

Lovers joined hand in hand;

With walks along the beach

Leaving footprints in the sand.

A whirlwind of emotions

With a promise to each other;

Where a commitment throughout all trials

Their love it will not smother.

Warm embraces and gentle hugs

With a surety that is secure,

And a union that is steadfast

Where all storms it will endure.

But the deeper truth remains

When the commitment is honourable;

Where fidelity and eyes for each other

Will keep the hearts warm and full.

As wonderful as the romance is

We must surely bear in mind,

That the tests and trials will present themselves

And it’s in these times we must be kind.

The sweetness of a relationship

When with love it is anchored;

And where the needs of the other is paramount

Where kindness is not hampered.

Love is truly in the air

With a joy that will abound;

When with honour we truly love each other

And where respect and grace is found.

(C) P.B. 2021

“Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely; does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.  Love never fails.”  1 Corinthians 13:4-8

When we stand before His Majesty

Will we tremble on our knees?

Knowing there is one true Mediator

Whom God’s wrath He will appease.

When we stand before Almighty

Will it be in confidence and pride?

Most highly unlikely

Since life was taken in our stride.

When we stand before the Holy One

Individually to give account,

We’ll discover we weren’t so perfect

When the list of transgressions will amount.

The heart is deceitful and wicked

It’s a fact we can’t ignore,

And when confusion marries emotions

It is filled with many flaws.

The armour of God is necessary

If we’re to stand and fight the fight;

So we’re protected in the spiritual realm

To expose darkness and shine the light.

When we stand in full armour

With the breastplate of righteousness;

The shield of faith is mandatory

Where the sword of the spirit it manifests.

The gospel of peace is preached

And it’s where the helmet of salvation;

Will guard our thoughts and our heart

To protect without hesitation.

When we stand before His Majesty

Let’s ensure we are covered,

And where our Mediator is Jesus Christ

And in our heart there is no other.

(C) P.B. 2021

“For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for all..”  1 Timothy 2:5-6

“For it is written: ‘As I live says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God.’  So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.”’ Romans 14:11-12

“Therefore take up the whole armour of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.  Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.  And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”  Ephesians 6:13-17

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; Who can know it?”  Jeremiah 17:9

The pain and the injustice

Is at times too great to bear,

But it’s a grain of sand in eternity

As we’re reminded of God’s care.

All our trials are only temporary

As are all our tribulations,

And they will eventually pass

As they refine us with much patience.

This too shall pass…

With every struggle and every strain,

And we rejoice when we’re delivered

And set free from all our pain.

Job suffered immeasurably

And unfathomable in many ways,

But he received a double portion

When blessings filled his latter days.

Joseph was sold as a slave

Out of bitter jealousy,

But throughout his trials he trusted God

And a position of honour he did see.

Moses lived in the wilderness

For a significant portion of time,

But led the Israelites towards the Promised Land

When Egypt was left behind.

Jesus wore the crown of thorns

And suffered in many ways,

But His vision was on our eternity

Having understood the price to pay.

The hand of God revealed

That throughout all their suffering,

They were exalted in significant ways

Where much honour this did bring.

A crown of honour will await

For those who persevere

Throughout every test and every trial

When God’s ways they are revered.

It’s only by His grace

That we can truly overcome;

Where the blessings are innumerable

Through His beloved Son.

This too shall pass…

And as overwhelming as it may be;

There’s a plan and a purpose

So God’s glory we can see.

(C) P.B. 2021

“So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colours that was on him.  Then they took him and cast him into a pit.”  Genesis 37:23-24

“Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no-one as discerning and wise as you.  You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”’  Genesis 41:39-40

“And the Lord said, ‘I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.  So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey.’”  Exodus 3:7-8

“Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord…The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him.”  Exodus 15:1-2

“And my groanings pour out like water.  For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has happened to me.  I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, for trouble comes.”  Job 3:24-26

“Now the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning.”  Job 42:12

“Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”  2 Corinthians 3:17

“And He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.”  2 Corinthians 5:15

“Behold I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.  He who overcomes, I will make Him a pillar in the temple of My God…”. Revelation 3:11-12