Category: Christian Poetry

As Jesus prayed “O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me.  And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.” John 17:25-26 (NKJV)

Today I want to share with you one of my poems which I daresay best tells the story of my life.  Back in February of this year, I did a series “In Search of Love.”  Well, that has been my life.  Amazing the Grace and Patience God did show as my search led me down so many roads.  I studied God’s word, I grew in Grace; yet, so much was veiled in mystery.  Step by step, one truth at a time; God revealed His magnificent beauty to me.  Somehow, I had believed that if I worked hard enough, endured long enough the trials that came; God would give me my heart’s desire—someone who would love me true.  As the years passed, I at times compromised truth in search of that goal; believing, hoping that just over the next hill would be the one true love.  Heart break lead me to wrap myself into a cocoon like shell where I could never be hurt again.  God’s waited, watched and patiently nurtured every step of the way.  There in the darkness, light shone in and I realized.  The very thing I had longed for was there deep in my heart—it was God’s love inside me.  As I broke out of that shell, I realized how free I was to fly.  Love was mine, it had always been there inside me.  All through the journey, God had sent so many people who touched my life, transformed it one kind act at a time.   I not only loved; but, had been loved by so many friends, acquaintances, co-workers, and my dear, precious children.  How freeing it is to love and to be loved as God’s Beloved!!  Well, that is my story!  I hope you enjoy this poem.

Continue reading “The Song of a Butterfly-Freed to Love as Gods Beloved”

Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;^…… That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;  And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God  Ephesians 3:8,16-19

A Thanksgiving Day Song

by Effie Darlene Barba

 

As I look back over all my years

Amazing Joy or sometimes tears

Each winding road, an Act of Grace

That I might seek Your Glorious Face

And as my life draws nearer to You

I came to know Your words were True

Those Words that drew me near your heart

And bid me stay and ne’er depart

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Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.  Revelations 1:4-6 (NKJV)

 

United, The Land of the Free

By Effie Darlene Barba

 

Anger and hate, division and strife

Filling the streets, choking out life

How do we, Lord, know what really is true?

When lies, hate and fear are all that they spew

They scream they want love, that all should unite

By disruption, destruction all through the night

The media lies, the elitists do cheer

Controlling the mobs with hate and with fear

The Power they want, held tight in their hand

If division remains in the heart of the land

How can they not see, how can they not know?

That You are the hope for we creatures below.

By Grace You have stretched out Your loving hand

To the broken, forgotten, each lost soul of this land

You bid them to come and rest in Your peace

Where anger, division, and fear all will cease

To trust in Your love and to Rest in Your Grace

Whatever their background, their creed or their race

You are the one who can set their heart free

Open their eyes that they might then see

That love can be found deep in each heart

When anger and fear has been bid to depart

By Your gift of salvation, bought by Your Son

In Whom we are woven United each one

A Nation of hope for the world all to see

The Truth of the Words “The land of the free”

[tweetthis]Love can be found deep in each heart When anger & fear is bid to depart [/tweetthis]

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New King James Version (NKJV) Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

©Effie Darlene Barba, 2016

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The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart Psalm 34:18 (NKJV)

And bids each of us to lay down our fears and worries at His feet of Grace.

You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,
And called from its farthest regions,
And said to you,
‘You are My servant,
I have chosen you and have not cast you away:
Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ Isaiah 41:9-10 (NKJV)

 

To every one whose heart is broken and to every one whose heart is filled with fear; I bid you to come, seek and find the one who loves you with an everlasting love.  He will never forsake you or leave you.  You can come just as you are to His Throne of Grace.  He loves you and He is calling you to come and accept His gift of salvation.   Below is a poem I wrote last year.  I have known brokenness, fear and sorrow; yet, out of it all I have found sweet peace, hope, love and joy in God, alone.  He is my greatest treasure.  I am so grateful that He chose to love someone like me, who through my failures came to see His Grace was sufficient.  I pray you read this song I wrote and let it lead you near to God.

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The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.  Isaiah 61:1-3

 

Today I chose two poems I wrote before.  In this current world, many are suffering under the reign of evil.  We cannot deny the power of corruption, evil and lies that is penetrating into every part of our world.

EVIL SURROUNDS

Evil surrounds

Darkness abounds

Hard pressing my life through each day

Quickening Sounds

Blaring around

Bidding my heart to turn away

 

Lord, let your light shine into my heart

Commanding all darkness depart

Let Your love shine forth then through me

That all evil is forced now to flee

 

Evil Surrounds

Darkness Abounds

Firm in Your Grace I can not sway

Quickening Sounds

Blaring Around

Then You command all fear “Away”

 

It is Your love that presses on

When my strength is fully gone

Remove from me each selfish thought

On that cross my life You bought

 

Faith now Surrounds

Hope, Joy abounds

Your Righteousness shining the way

Glorious Sounds

Praise all Around

Sin’s chains are all gone away

 

Let your love reach through these hands

Feet set firm upon Your Grace I stand

Let your glory shine through me

A light a darkened world might see.

[tweetthis]Our hope is not found in the reasoning of mankind. Our Hope is in God[/tweetthis]

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FAITH

Faith is the hope

When life goes so wrong

Rising from the ashes

To bring a new song

 

Faith is the voice

Whispering into the night

Breaking the fear of darkness

Bringing hope and delight

 

Faith is the strength

That lifts you from the fall

That you might take one more step

Or bound the highest wall

 

Faith is the Gift

Of God’s Unfailing Love

Cradled in His  arms

Sweetest lullabies from above

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©Effie Darlene Barba, 2016

Disclosure of Material Connection: I have not received any compensation for writing this post.  I have no material connection to the brands, products, or services that I have mentioned.  I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.