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darkness or Light

 

by Ken Pullen

Scripture used appears in Italics and is from the English Standard Version or King James Version (Aramaic Bible in Plain English used on occasion — Holy Scripture verses used are listed at end of the poem)

 

 

 

 

darkness or Light

on this fine day with breath bestowed

to truly believing

to wavering weaving while walking

to those who do a lot of talking

For

ye

were

sometimes darkness

but now

are ye light in the Lord:

walk as children of light:

And

have

no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness

but

rather

reprove them

to the balking

to the stalking like sad peeping Tom’s & Rose Marie’s

to those professing

yet

in truth

no truth within

no transformation

so distressing

for they truly do not see

This is the message

we have heard

from Him

and proclaim to you

that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all

If we say we have fellowship with Him

while we walk in darkness

we lie

and do not practice the truth

But

if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and

the blood of Jesus his Son

cleanses us from all sin

If

we say

we have no sin

we deceive ourselves

and the truth

is not in us.

If we

confess our sins, He is faithful

and just

to forgive us our sins

and to cleanse us

from all unrighteousness

If we say

we have not sinned

we

make

Him

a

liar

and

His

word is not in us

to the unbelieving

pagan

heathen

vile

sinner (yes, aren’t we all! That’s the whole point, get it? Or not?)

to the denier

tooth gnashing possessed deeply of evil

biting scratching slashing

bashing

refusing to leave the cold darkness habitat faithless ones

to one

to all

it’s either

darkness or Light

darkness or Light

Light or darkness

and nothing else in sight

either blind in darkness

elsewise, elsewhere others say

For

it

is you

who

light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness

He

has delivered us from the domain of darkness

and

transferred

us

to the kingdom of his beloved Son

For you are all children of light

children of the day

We

are

not

of the night

or

of the darkness

beating heart by His will within each breast

all choosing

free will thy own

walk which way

talk which way

His way

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path

The

unfolding

of your words gives light;

it

imparts understanding to the simple.

or

his way

Because

your fight has not been with flesh and blood,

but

with

Principalities and The Rulers

and The Powers of this dark world

and

with

wicked spirits

which

are under Heaven

Be sober-minded and alert

Your adversary

the devil prowls around like a roaring lion

seeking

someone

to devour

One way

or

the other

we each walk

talk (far too much)

do we talk the walk

walk which way

But be doers of the word

and

not

hearers only

deceiving yourselves

His way

But be doers of the word

and not hearers only deceiving yourselves

 

 

 

darkness or Light

darkness or Light

Light or darkness

woe to any who do not chose right

each gone every go all ways day upon day

or

his way

Because

your fight has not been with flesh and blood,

but

with

Principalities and The Rulers

and The Powers of this dark world

and

with

wicked spirits

which

are under Heaven

enslaved

bound to the darkness?

darkness or Light

darkness or Light

Light or darkness

each within every reach

living insight

with sight

knowing through the Spirit

with the Word instilled

what is right in His sight

or blinded by the whirling vortex of darkest dark

They know not,

neither will they understand;

they

walk on

in darkness:

all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

 

 

 

darkness or Light

woe

to

each

strident in darkness, lost thinking they will find

The light shines in the darkness

and

the darkness has not overcome it

And the light shineth in darkness;

and

the darkness comprehended it not

And The Light is shining in the darkness,

and

the darkness did not overtake it

 

 

 

O, grace, mercy of He who knitted each soul and flesh

humbled in the Light, finding what never imagined not

no gray exists

within

without

thereabout

through day or night

there is no shading, fading nor middle ground

changing

rearranging to suit what fits

among all the masses in such utter fits

thinking each knows best

never satiated

always seeking

reeking

from the stench of their sweating effort for peace

(can’t you smell it all around? A seeping oozing sucking smelly sound! Gets so annoying does it not?)

finding none, peace, that is if confusing words here are found

from the stench of their stinking efforts for Paradise

missing it by an eternity

there

is

only what is unsound

or sound

“And this is the judgment:

the light has come into the world

and people loved the darkness rather than the light

because

their works

were

evil

For everyone who does wicked things hates the light

and does not come to the light

lest his works

should

be

exposed

But

whoever does what is true comes to the light

so that

it may be clearly seen

that his works

have been

carried out in God.”

what is owed

what is paid

what is best or all the rest

what is right in the Lord’s sight

or chosen by your own might (you may think) walking in such weakness

truly in bondage to that father of lies

For although they knew God

they did not honor him as God

or give thanks to Him

but they became futile in their thinking

and

their

foolish hearts

were

darkened

all choose either darkness or Light

no other

no other

no other

than

darkness or Light

“To

open

their

eyes 

and to turn them from darkness to light

and from the power of Satan unto God

that

they

may receive forgiveness of sins

and inheritance among them

which are sanctified by faith

that is in me”

 

 

 

 

darkness or Light

one path leads directly to death (damnation though now so few want to utter it’s word)

other to life (eternal which so many doubt!)

Irony

pressing down hard

what is believed by most error

what is believed by few rightness!

O, “What a wonderful world” Satchmo sang

mostly right

for what the Lord has made with the Son was, is, always perfect

What a wonderful world They did make

it is we, man who made every mistake

acknowledge sin (thy own is more than enough to go around)

confess

repent

grow in the Spirit, in faith

BELIEVE!

Live BELIEF in each heart beat, breath!

Thus awakening then declare, “What a fine day the Lord has made!”

This

is

the day which the LORD hath made;

we will rejoice

and

be

glad

in

it

even in the rain

storms beating about

winds wailing

monsoon assailing

This

is

the day which the LORD hath made;

we will rejoice

and

be

glad

in

it

leaving no doubt

each day the Lord makes

is one fine day to be lived walking His righteous pathway

for I see the world, oh wonderful world

God our Father, with the Son

Creators

made for us

darkness or Light

Light or darkness

choose wisely

of the only two choices

either the sounds in heaven heard as the Lord and His angels rejoices

or wails and cries heard from hell

as yet another enslaved to the Evil One has fell

choosing unwisely

Woe

unto them

that call evil good

and good evil;

that put darkness for light

and light for darkness;

that put bitter for sweet

and sweet for bitter!

 

 

 

darkness or Light

freely taking day and night

all within sight

of Jehovah Tsidkenu

God Almighty

as well as he who has dominion of air and earth for a season

darkness or Light

Light or darkness

all the people of the world thinking things so complex

so many paths

so many choices

so many options

ways to go

O, no

fellow journeyers

only but two

two paths

two options

two choices

2 paths to take

all the muddy tumultuous noise truly clear

Therefore

be careful

lest

the

light

in you be darkness

for those willing to open a heart

renew a mind

hear a Word

TRANSFORM a life

eternally

no longer be among the multitudes of the blind

The night is far gone;

the day is at hand

So

then

let us cast off the works of darkness

and

put

on

the armor of light

darkness or Light

enter into the Light

or remain in utter darkness

no other

no other

no other

than

darkness or Light

Light or darkness

 

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Holy Scripture verses used in the poem darkness or Light, not listed in order of appearance:

John 3:19-21

John 1:5

1 John 1:5-10

Acts 26:18

1 Thessalonians 5:5

Colossians 1:13

Ephesians 1:13

Ephesians 5:8

Ephesians 5:11

Ephesians 6:12

1 Peter 5:8

James 1:22

Isaiah 5:20

Romans 1:21

Romans 13:12

Luke 11:35

Psalm 18:28

Psalm 82:5

Psalm 118:24

Psalm 119:105

Psalm 119:130