THANKFUL PSALM
I thank Thee for His suffering –
His selflessness – His grace
I thank Thee for His sacrifice –
His smiling shining face –
I thank Thee for courageous faith –
Salvation’s avenues –
I thank Thee for outrageous hope –
Creation’s purlieus.
(25 April 2010)
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
NEST PSALM
NEST PSALM (Mormon 9:15, Moroni 7:35)
The signs and wonders have not ceased –
Real miracles exist –
And Faith is still the sustenance
On which we may subsist.
God has not ceased to be a God –
His works are marvelous –
Cry mightily to Him in prayer –
Faith is miraculous.
An owl is nesting on a ledge –
She rests her golden eyes
Upon us – watching on the edge
Of wisdom’s next surprise.
(19 April 2010, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
The signs and wonders have not ceased –
Real miracles exist –
And Faith is still the sustenance
On which we may subsist.
God has not ceased to be a God –
His works are marvelous –
Cry mightily to Him in prayer –
Faith is miraculous.
An owl is nesting on a ledge –
She rests her golden eyes
Upon us – watching on the edge
Of wisdom’s next surprise.
(19 April 2010, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
ALMA 5 PSALM
ALMA 5 PSALM (For Virtue 3)
I remember their captivity –
Destruction was dispelled –
His mercy and long-suffering
Delivered them from hell.
The bands of death were broken – Yes –
The chains of hate were loosed –
Their souls expanded, and they sang
Redeeming love and truth.
On what conditions were they saved?
What grounds had they to hope?
What is the cause of broken bands?
What burst the chains? Who spoke?
The prophets spoke the words of God –
A mighty change was wrought –
And their Redemptive song of love
By Jesus Christ was bought.
Is my spirit born of God?
Is His image in my face?
Is my countenance engraved
With the light of mighty change?
My Maker will redeem me –
He paid the dowry fee –
My eye of faith can see Him –
His suffering on the Tree.
The price of incorruption
And immortality –
I’ll stand to hear His judgment
Of my mortality.
Can I imagine He will say:
“Come unto me, be blessed –
For – all your days upon the earth
Are works of righteousness?”
Or do I think that I can lie –
And He will save me when
My daily acts of wickedness
Are obvious as sin?
(January - February 2010)
I remember their captivity –
Destruction was dispelled –
His mercy and long-suffering
Delivered them from hell.
The bands of death were broken – Yes –
The chains of hate were loosed –
Their souls expanded, and they sang
Redeeming love and truth.
On what conditions were they saved?
What grounds had they to hope?
What is the cause of broken bands?
What burst the chains? Who spoke?
The prophets spoke the words of God –
A mighty change was wrought –
And their Redemptive song of love
By Jesus Christ was bought.
Is my spirit born of God?
Is His image in my face?
Is my countenance engraved
With the light of mighty change?
My Maker will redeem me –
He paid the dowry fee –
My eye of faith can see Him –
His suffering on the Tree.
The price of incorruption
And immortality –
I’ll stand to hear His judgment
Of my mortality.
Can I imagine He will say:
“Come unto me, be blessed –
For – all your days upon the earth
Are works of righteousness?”
Or do I think that I can lie –
And He will save me when
My daily acts of wickedness
Are obvious as sin?
(January - February 2010)
FOR THE STRENGTH OF FAMILIES
FOR THE STRENGTH OF FAMILIES (VIRTUE 1: Family Proclamation)
The blessings of living purely
Are peace, firmness of mind –
Our confidence waxes surely –
We enter, we receive, we find.
The thoughts we garnish with virtue
Are armor against sin –
We lengthen words and strengthen stakes –
All safely gathered in.
(14 January 2010)
The blessings of living purely
Are peace, firmness of mind –
Our confidence waxes surely –
We enter, we receive, we find.
The thoughts we garnish with virtue
Are armor against sin –
We lengthen words and strengthen stakes –
All safely gathered in.
(14 January 2010)
VIRTUE 2 PSALM
VIRTUE 2 PSALM (DC 88:3-4)
My Promise is the Comforter –
He gives eternal life –
A kingdom that’s celestial –
A glory born in Christ.
For glory to the Firstborn Church –
The Holiest of All
Descended – Comprehended light –
Restored both great and small.
(12 January 2010)
My Promise is the Comforter –
He gives eternal life –
A kingdom that’s celestial –
A glory born in Christ.
For glory to the Firstborn Church –
The Holiest of All
Descended – Comprehended light –
Restored both great and small.
(12 January 2010)
RUBY PSALM
RUBY PSALM (for VIRTUE 1; Proverbs 31:10-31)
Virtue is dearer than rubies –
Give her the fruit of her hands –
Beauty is vain – let works praise her –
Safe is the heart of her man.
She will do good and not evil –
All of the days of her life –
She looketh well to her household –
She is an excellent wife.
She seeketh wool and the spindle –
She bringeth food from afar –
She maketh linen and purple –
Stretches her hand to the poor.
She riseth while it is yet night –
Her candle never goes out –
Kindness is her native language –
Wisdom the law of mouth.
Virtue adorns many daughters –
She shall rejoice in her field –
Covered with honor and blessings –
Her vineyard’s bounteous yield.
(11 January 2010)
Virtue is dearer than rubies –
Give her the fruit of her hands –
Beauty is vain – let works praise her –
Safe is the heart of her man.
She will do good and not evil –
All of the days of her life –
She looketh well to her household –
She is an excellent wife.
She seeketh wool and the spindle –
She bringeth food from afar –
She maketh linen and purple –
Stretches her hand to the poor.
She riseth while it is yet night –
Her candle never goes out –
Kindness is her native language –
Wisdom the law of mouth.
Virtue adorns many daughters –
She shall rejoice in her field –
Covered with honor and blessings –
Her vineyard’s bounteous yield.
(11 January 2010)
PSALMS FOR VIRTUE 2
PSALMS FOR VIRTUE 2 (John 14:26-27, 15:16; 2 Nephi 32:1-5; DC 45:57-59)
“When all that was promised / The Saints will be given / And they will be crowned / With the angels in heaven” (LDS Hymn #2)
The Comforter brings Holiness
With Christmas Spirit wings –
Sent by the Father in Christ’s name –
He teaches us all things.
The Comforter will come
To testify of Christ –
The Father send the Spirit’s truth
As precedent for sight.
The Holy Ghost gives angel tongues –
Reveals what we should do –
Shows how to flourish in the light –
Delights in words of truth.
Victor who overcomes is crowned –
Coronation – King – Queen –
Crowned in glory – Blessed with renown –
Anointing – Priestess – Priest –
Child of God – enter His presence
Holy of Holies– Temple essence.
(7-10 January 2010)
“When all that was promised / The Saints will be given / And they will be crowned / With the angels in heaven” (LDS Hymn #2)
The Comforter brings Holiness
With Christmas Spirit wings –
Sent by the Father in Christ’s name –
He teaches us all things.
The Comforter will come
To testify of Christ –
The Father send the Spirit’s truth
As precedent for sight.
The Holy Ghost gives angel tongues –
Reveals what we should do –
Shows how to flourish in the light –
Delights in words of truth.
Victor who overcomes is crowned –
Coronation – King – Queen –
Crowned in glory – Blessed with renown –
Anointing – Priestess – Priest –
Child of God – enter His presence
Holy of Holies– Temple essence.
(7-10 January 2010)
PSALMS FOR VIRTUE 1
PSALMS FOR VIRTUE 1 (Jacob 2:7, 2:28; Article of Faith 13)
The Lord delights in chastity –
Our God is pleased when we
Have feelings tender, delicate
That wounded hearts may heal.
Believe in being honest – true –
In doing good to all –
In being chaste – benevolent –
And heed the words of Paul:
Believe and hope – endure all things –
If anything is good
Or virtuous – or praiseworthy –
Seek loveliness in God.
(4-5 January 2010)
The Lord delights in chastity –
Our God is pleased when we
Have feelings tender, delicate
That wounded hearts may heal.
Believe in being honest – true –
In doing good to all –
In being chaste – benevolent –
And heed the words of Paul:
Believe and hope – endure all things –
If anything is good
Or virtuous – or praiseworthy –
Seek loveliness in God.
(4-5 January 2010)
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
MEEK PSALM
MEEK PSALM
The circle seems shrinking in scope –
The power to persuade
Seems smaller – in spite of my hope –
Though He does not upbraid.
As long as He asks me to trust –
I will not be afraid
To speak – imperfect though – I must –
Accept the gift He paid.
(8 April 2010, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
The circle seems shrinking in scope –
The power to persuade
Seems smaller – in spite of my hope –
Though He does not upbraid.
As long as He asks me to trust –
I will not be afraid
To speak – imperfect though – I must –
Accept the gift He paid.
(8 April 2010, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
LABOR PSALM
LABOR PSALM
Where is the portal to slumber?
Where is the door to sleep?
I’m not just asking the number –
I need to find the keep.
Where is the key to quietus?
Where is the requiem?
I’m not quite ready for mortis –
Just room in Bethlehem.
(5 April 2010, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
Where is the portal to slumber?
Where is the door to sleep?
I’m not just asking the number –
I need to find the keep.
Where is the key to quietus?
Where is the requiem?
I’m not quite ready for mortis –
Just room in Bethlehem.
(5 April 2010, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
GATE PSALM
GATE PSALM (2 Nephi 31:21)
No other name – No other way –
Can any soul be saved –
Save through His life – Save through His truth
Be holiness engraved.
Whatever trust – soever faith –
Depend on love He gave –
Grace through His word – Grace through His work
By expiation braved.
(5 April 2010, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
No other name – No other way –
Can any soul be saved –
Save through His life – Save through His truth
Be holiness engraved.
Whatever trust – soever faith –
Depend on love He gave –
Grace through His word – Grace through His work
By expiation braved.
(5 April 2010, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
ZENITH PSALM
ZENITH PSALM
My slow descent meets your ascent
In affable event –
Crescendo thine is my decline –
Diminuendo sign.
My calm assent treats your consent
With cordial content –
Assertion mine is thy opine
As though the notes align.
(2 April 2010, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
My slow descent meets your ascent
In affable event –
Crescendo thine is my decline –
Diminuendo sign.
My calm assent treats your consent
With cordial content –
Assertion mine is thy opine
As though the notes align.
(2 April 2010, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
WATCH PSALM
WATCH PSALM (for Phillip Keller)
It’s hard for sheep to fall asleep –
They need a Shepherd’s care –
They need a harp or pan-pipe flute –
They need a soothing prayer.
They need the pasture – high and green –
They need the waters pure –
They need His rod and staff to lead –
To rescue – to assure.
They need the oil upon their heads –
They need the dipping bath
To quench the biting pestilence –
They need the balm He hath.
They need the spreading table land –
Protection from the Beast –
When in the shadows of death’s vale –
They need Him – Best and Least.
(31 March 2010, Pleasant Grove)
It’s hard for sheep to fall asleep –
They need a Shepherd’s care –
They need a harp or pan-pipe flute –
They need a soothing prayer.
They need the pasture – high and green –
They need the waters pure –
They need His rod and staff to lead –
To rescue – to assure.
They need the oil upon their heads –
They need the dipping bath
To quench the biting pestilence –
They need the balm He hath.
They need the spreading table land –
Protection from the Beast –
When in the shadows of death’s vale –
They need Him – Best and Least.
(31 March 2010, Pleasant Grove)
LEARNED PSALM
LEARNED PSALM
Imperial, the pride we grab –
Antithesis of wise –
Innocuous our envy seems –
Until we compromise.
Invidious, the arrogance –
The opposite of meek –
A penetrating cruelty
Impervious to needs –
(28 March 2010, Pleasant Grove)
Imperial, the pride we grab –
Antithesis of wise –
Innocuous our envy seems –
Until we compromise.
Invidious, the arrogance –
The opposite of meek –
A penetrating cruelty
Impervious to needs –
(28 March 2010, Pleasant Grove)
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