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God’s Plan

Posted on April 15, 2013 by cst-admin

We cannot go back.
Everything has changed.
What God made was good,
Then we ate the fruit
That the Lord forbade.
Now the world is cursed;
We have turned away
From the God we love.
Everything has changed.
We cannot go back.

But God has a plan,
Though the world is cursed:
He will send someone
To live in the world
Who will bruise the head
Of the crafty snake
And restore for us
Fellowship with God.
We cannot go back,
But God has a plan.

Image: RTP411/FreeDigitalPhotos.net Snake

"And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." Genesis 3:15 NIV

"Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life." Genesis 3:17b NIV

Promises

Posted on April 4, 2013 by cst-admin

Tumble-down,

Stone-smoothing

Waterfall

Shouts a song.

Mist rising

To kiss sun's rays,

Shaping a rainbow—

I remember a promise

And contemplate

A faithful God

Whose anger flooded the world,

Whose ark saved mankind.

A cleansing takes place,

A baptism of sorts,

My sins fleeing

With the water.

It is another promise

I now recall—

A hope for life

Beyond my death.

My joy rises

Like mist to greet

With rainbow colors

The sun of God's love.

Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. Genesis 9:14-15 NIV

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 NIV

Blessings

Posted on April 3, 2013 by cst-admin

Living Water,
Fill me up.
Overflow
My empty cup.
You are God's fullness
In a man.
By your word
The world began.
Besides supplying
What I lack,
You take each burden
From my back.
Blessing shower
Down on me,
Jesus, as I
Walk with Thee.

And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 NIV

Seed-Dream

Posted on March 12, 2013 by cst-admin

Whispers in the quiet of a lazy day,
Friends I care about nearby,
A Spirit of oneness engulfs the room
As we ponder the mysteries of the universe…

A flower opens and as the petals unfold
A seed-dream comes true;
A hope,
Cherished since the day it was planted in the ground,
Is realized in a moment of glory.

On such a day the world was new.
The sun came slowly over the horizon
To explode orange-yellow over the waters
Revealing rocks and ridges,
Ferns and forests,
Meadows and morning glories.
The Creator smiled and exclaimed,
"It is good!"

Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:11-12 NIV

The First Day

Posted on March 10, 2013 by cst-admin

How long was the first day?
What does the Bible say?
There was evening and
Morning, the first day.

There was no sunrise.
There was no sunset.
The sun was not created yet.

There was nothing to mark
The passage of time
Except light and darkness,
Evening and morning
Occurring by God's design.

How long was the first day?
Who but God can say?

God called the light "day" and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. Genesis 1:5 NIV