Inspirational Meditation
A collection of Spiritual Poetry to Ponder
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A Barren Faith
Jeremiah 17:5-11
Cursed is the one, who puts faith in man,
In turning away from God and His plan;
For he will be like the desert tumbleweed,
Roaming aimlessly in the wind for greed.
Living space in a waste land unoccupied,
That stretches outward both far and wide;
Showing no real purpose within his life,
As it is filled with tribulation and strife.
Blessing to a man with faith in the Lord,
As salvation for his soul shall be restored;
For he is like a tree planted near a stream,
Roots almost like fingers as it may seem.
They reach the water to quench a thirst,
While the blooms rejoice as they burst;
No fear from the tree as the summer heat,
Causing the moisture to nearly deplete.
Never showing fear as it stays so green,
Able to produce fruit that has a sheen;
Your faith is where you put your heart,
As a barren faith in man can soon depart.
Jeremiah 17:5-11
5Thus saith the LORD; cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. 6For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. 7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD and whose hope the LORD is. 8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. 9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 10I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. 11As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days and at his end shall be a fool.
Where do you put your faith? Unfortunately, we put our faith into so much that is not God everyday in our lives. In getting up every morning, we put our faith into an alarm clock. We put our faith into our cars as we turn on the ignition. Our faith seems to be in everything else except for God. Most of our faith seems to be in man and all of his creations.
In other words, God is just taken for granted. Either He merely exists or does not exist at all within your mind. You have no need to put your faith into something that you can not see or touch. It sounds very similar to when Thomas not believing that Christ had risen as promised. Everything must be proven through your eyes and feel it before your faith in it can shine.
Faith comes by hearing the Word of the Lord. It reminds me of a new software that I had gotten. I start installing and then it comes up with a screen stating to enter code. Well, I look on the box and the plastic case. I even look on the CD. There was no code anywhere that I could find. Then I decided to call the software manufacturer in the States.
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About the Book
We have forgotten so much of what we were taught as we grew up. No, not what we were taught in public and private schools. What we are forgetting everything taught from the Bible. All of those lessons taught to us in church and Sunday school pertaining to the Scriptures seem to have vanished from out minds.
We see the decay in the movies and on TV as well as what we read in the newspaper every day. There is really no regard for the welfare for others any longer. We could care less as long as number one is taken care of, ourselves. No morals are left. Violence and sexual acts are so common everywhere that we don’t even blink an eye about it. Without morals, it’s natural now to even take the Lord’s name in vane. People have taken the word freedom literally to do whatever they please.
So it is time for us to meditate, pondering the values and morals that God had left us in Scripture.
All Scripture used is taken from the King James version.
About the Author
Richard was born and raised on a farm in
So Richard decided to join the Air Force in 1969 upon graduating from high school. He gained quiet a bit of experience and insight on life while in the service. Even though he was only stationed on the east coast of the
This book also reflects on his teaching experience as a volunteer instructor-trainer with the American Red Cross for 21 years. He used his teaching experience in enlightening the Bible verses appearing in each poem. This expresses his own impression of the meaning behind the verses and the rationale behind them.
Sit back and enjoy Richard’s thoughts on life and spirituality. A hope of Richard is bringing more people closer to God.