Author: 2CJC!
Be Watching, Praying, Serving and Waiting! Scribe of 6,379 poems, 3 books (The Crossroads Trilogy) Happily married to the most wonderful woman who loves CHRIST and is the most beautiful servant of HIM! All Rights Reserved!
With the Heart of a Child!
1 John 3:1a “See what great love the FATHER has lavished on us, that we should be called children of GOD! And that is what we are!“ With the Heart of a Child! A visitor to the Jonathan Griffith house was a common occurrence. In the small home with 3 children, so it became routine […]
Read More With the Heart of a Child!Uncovering the Wick!
Matthew 5:16 “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your FATHER WHO is in heaven.” Uncovering the Wick! Does your soul prefer sin to pursue HIM — “Whenever!” ? Is HIS call from The WORD yet unanswered? Do others discover you lukewarm in church or in […]
Read More Uncovering the Wick!A “Just” Reminder!
Revelation 22:12 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and MY REWARD is with ME, to give to every one according to their work.“ A “Just” Reminder! The measure of oursins comes withconsequences —earned and thesepains we often feelare self-inflictedand deserved. But CHRIST’s bloodsacrifice remainsour cleansingwithout fail! Sowe look ahead toJESUS disregardingerrant trails. Thus “Forward!” boundwith […]
Read More A “Just” Reminder!Avoiding the Gold Rush!
Proverbs 19:2 “Even zeal isn’t good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.” Avoiding the Gold Rush! What storehouses teem with things “shiny” yet worthless? Whose owners keep gathering more with such haste? What then when the time comes to audit its value and what was thought “priceless” is counterfeit […]
Read More Avoiding the Gold Rush!Doubling Down!
1 Chronicles 16:11 “Seek the LORD and HIS strength; seek HIS presence continually! Doubling Down! Sin without remorse betrays wickedness – embraced…while repentance for errors engages HIS Grace. Stay the course… Stay the course… Stand with The LORD! Conviction — when heeded — then blesses hearts quickly…but stubborn behaviors find wisdom yet missing. Stay the […]
Read More Doubling Down!This Blessed Burden!
Matthew 11:30 “For MY yoke is easy and MY burden is light.” This Blessed Burden! While bicycling, an older soul with a near empty backpack, saw three small crosses off the side of a country road. Though in the distance, they stood with obvious reference to Calvary. And upon drawing closer, these plain wooden markers […]
Read More This Blessed Burden!1 Corinthians 15:58 “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the LORD, knowing that in the LORD your labor is not in vain.” The Measure of one’s Heart! One point passed a goal is known as Success while one marker short of it is Failure. In some efforts, the […]
Read MoreHIS WORDS! > mine
1 Corinthians 13:11 “When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.” HIS WORDS! > mine What ”manner of speaking” requires Sin’s words? What must be expressed from such errant reserves? For if one […]
Read More HIS WORDS! > mineA Shared Time!
On a large movie screen, two people were seen deep in discussion. With all eyes riveted on the moving picture before them, they heard: “What if…(one of them said earnestly), when you looked across a crowd and saw faces…you also saw numbers? What if each soul had a four digit display, portraying the scope of […]
Read More A Shared Time!Inverted Spotlights!
1 Corinthians 11:1 “Take example by me, even as I also follow CHRIST!” Inverted Spotlights! Our claim to fame is CHRIST; Living sacrifices all. Breathing in such morning glory in HIS presence. Where — in prayer — still surrendered with devotion to The Call… so we bask within The perfect Light of GOD! HE only […]
Read More Inverted Spotlights!Led From!
Colossians 1:13 “HE has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of HIS beloved SON…” Led From! Thank YOU for breaking me Yet unforsakenly staying beside me while rendering Justice. Teaching, transforming and always restoring; adorning my soul with YOUR robe of Redemption. By which I am bettered, unchained […]
Read More Led From!Self Prevention!
1 Thessalonians 5:22 “Abstain from every form of evil.” Self Prevention! By HIS stripes on the road from Damascus, we walk within Wisdom and bask in HIS Grace. With robes of HIS right- eousness so HE has clothed us…anointed with oil for Faith. What blessed steps take we AWAY from Self interest…now changed by HIS […]
Read More Self Prevention!Leaving the Past Behind!
2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in CHRIST, they are a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” Leaving the Past Behind! Do we extend HIS resurrection power to the past or present things?Do we gaze with “dry bone Faith” on those possessing broken wings? Or are we looking […]
Read More Leaving the Past Behind!WORD Picture Wisdom!
Isaiah 26:7 “The way of the righteous is smooth; O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level.” WORD Picture Wisdom! Lay hold of the Scripture’s word pictures of Wisdom. Cast off all the sights which distract from HIS visions. Deny every shadow; behold only Crimson… till solely GOD’s steps claim your own. Then […]
Read More WORD Picture Wisdom!Torn Between!
Philippians 1:21 “For to me, to live is CHRIST, and to die is gain!“ Torn Between! We want YOU, LORD with less of “me” with each step taken. Yea, as we breathe! For how much angst with longing weighs us to see YOUR face! Oh come, LORD JESUS! Thus unfulfilled, leave not our frames; our […]
Read More Torn Between!Yet Closer Still!
Luke 9:23 “And HE said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow ME.” Yet Closer Still! LORD, Help us to live more fully for THEE without waver or doubt nor a “less than” belief. Grant us YOUR strength to shout louder each […]
Read More Yet Closer Still!Racing Home!
2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” Racing Home! (In loving memory of Chris Burkhart 7/4/25) From the morning hour,his pace was brisk!From birth — we knowhis story goes. “Things to do!” withpaces kept that fewcould match, andfewer chose. So, in service, Chrisdrove […]
Read More Racing Home!Waste Not, Store Not!
Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” Waste Not, Store Not! Waste is a preference,not a need whichneeds filled. Excess is the samewhich […]
Read More Waste Not, Store Not!Lesser Forces!
Ephesians 6:10 “Finally, be strong in the LORD and in the strength of HIS might.” Lesser Forces! More and more forces greet me with each dawning. These senses of mine find them growing with age. Increasingly painful have mornings become with stiffness in joints and aches in my bones. Though slower this frame finally moves […]
Read More Lesser Forces!Staying With!
Isaiah 41:10 “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your GOD; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with MY righteous right hand.” Staying With! Being “so far gone” suggests a distance out of range. Such “road positions”, thus implied, lay past the reach […]
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Gap Restorations!
Jeremiah 17:14 “Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; Save me and I will be saved, for YOU are my praise!” Gap Restorations! Broken bones tell of forced separation while fractures, as well, speak of not being whole. What then of the CHRISTian whose heart weeps with pain for such cracks which cause […]
Read More Gap Restorations!We’ve Already Won!
1 Corinthians 15:57 “But thanks be to GOD, WHO gives us the victory through our LORD JESUS CHRIST.” We’ve Already Won! But what of the battles of Faith we feel pressing? Yea, what of the struggles we face every day? We start by confessing the LORD is our SAVIOR, found bowing the lowest with face […]
Read More We’ve Already Won!GOD’s “Carry your cross!” Calling!
Matthew 26:40 “And HE came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And HE said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with ME one hour?” GOD’s “Carry your cross!” Calling! Often kneeling at Calvary, we pick up our crosses. Each morning such action should surely be seen. Without fail nor delay so it waits […]
Read More GOD’s “Carry your cross!” Calling!Our ROCK of Ages!
Isaiah 26:4 “Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting ROCK.” Our ROCK of Ages! Our foundation is found in the heights of surrender; To CHRIST bowing down, gaining Faith’s elevation. Oh what increase with GOD WHO secures every CHRISTian… …in the palms of HIS hands and the depths of HIS […]
Read More Our ROCK of Ages!At Rapture’s End!
Colossians 3:4 “When CHRIST WHO is your life appears, then you also will appear with HIM in glory.” At Rapture’s End! Always lean on the LORD and cling to HIS side ever asking for more of HIS steps as your guide. Ever cast from your frame every stain and its sin always filtering thoughts with […]
Read More At Rapture’s End!In Step, On Course!
1 Peter 2:21 “For to this you have been called, because CHRIST also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in HIS steps.” In Step, On Course! If we follow our own steps, then we’re walking in circles. Only pacing around, Looking just at the ground, simply seeing the very […]
Read More In Step, On Course!Gathering Together…Everywhere!
Luke 15:32 “It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’” Gathering Together…Everywhere! Let us seek the face of GOD WHOSE NAME is penned on Scripture’s pages… …while confessing Self as ”Servant” and proclaiming HIM as LORD! For the fields are […]
Read More Gathering Together…Everywhere!The Tears of Freedom!
John 8:36 “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!” The Tears of Freedom! We, searching for Mercy whose partner is Peace, who are oft feeling ”lost” though HE calls us “the found”… …are CHRISTians in truth who still struggle at times. Yea, who daily wage war as the Body of […]
Read More The Tears of Freedom!
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