What the Bible says about light and seed

The True Light "In him, (the Lord Jesus) was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world,…the world didn’t recognize him." John 1:4,9.

The Good Seed and the Weeds “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seeds in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. Matthew 13:24,25.

Saturday, August 31, 2024

PRAYER TO MY FRIEND JESUS

 

PRAYER TO MY FRIEND JESUS

 Written and published by Jean-Louis http://theligthseed.blogspot.com 

 To read the whole poem, click HERE

AUTHOR´S NOTE: I always had difficulty resuming my thoughts, hence I am known among my friends and loved ones as verbose. I prayed and prayed to the Lord to help me for the sake of my writers to be able to be clear and concise. As an answer, he sent me my wife Mirian!!!. True. With her help, I started rediscovering my french heritage, even the beauty of my language that I had hardly spoken for more than 40 years.

With such lovely inspiration, I started writing poems, spiritual poems, and not so “profane” poems. I didn´t expect such a turn of events in my life as the answer to a simple but persistant prayer. I got a double blessing, a wonderful wife and a way to resume my thoughts.

And today, in the early morning, He blessed me again. As I intended to post the poem on FB, A thought came: “Why dont you turn it into a prayer”. Then, I discovered an intentional "leitmotif" running through, reminiscent of a hymn. Cutting most of the middle section and keeping the first and last lines, I discovered that the essential, the beginning and the end, if you will, is found in the Lord Jesus and His Word. And the poem became a prayer and a blessing.

Keep on praying and asking, the Lord will keep on answering and blessing your simple heart cry. 

"Better is an open rebuke than hidden love.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend."Proverbs 27: 5,6.


Oh, Jesus my very best friend 
Wash me clean to make me holy,
Without stain, wrinkle or blemish
Cleanse me with the pure water of your Word

When I gaze upon your face,

Grace and truth meet up close 
  Righteousness and peace kiss each other
 Help me better understand your grand purpose 
In the light of the truth of your Word.

Slowly, the needle point, holy piercing hurts 
The ugly tear, mend 
With the painful truth of your Word. 
 
The wounds you give me, gratefully I receive 
Make my fragmented life whole and authentic 
 I believe and trust the eternal truth of your Word.

Your wounds were left open

Cover up sin’s shame 
With the healing truth of your Word.

I, like Ephraim was deceived and bound

Open the door of freedom forever
With the key given and found
By all your children
Who love and keep the truth of your Word.


Gen 32: 31; Deut 32:39;  Psalm 38:1,2,5;  85:10,11; 119:67-71; Prov: 27:5,6; Jeremias 8:21,22;10:19,20; 14:19; 15:18,19; Hosea 6:1

Jean-Louis.

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