The Scent In The Air

Behold, a wild bitch is in her season.
The wind blows and her scent is known.
From near and far, male beasts are drawn,
Attracted by the smell of her pheromone.

Instinctively they set out to track her.
About her lair they all riskily gather.
Wild strength and pheromone-driven temper,
Everyone's a great danger to one another.

Piercing wild stares and fearless howls,
Intimidating fangs and threatening growls.
A wild and deadly game they are playing,
All because a bitch lured them into mating.

I'd rather that the wicked repent and live

[Ezekiel 18:21-32]

But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. All his transgressions that he has committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he has done he shall live.

Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? says the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All his righteousness that he has done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.

Yet you say, "The way of the Lord is not equal." Hear now, inhabitants of the earth; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in them; for his iniquity that he has done shall he die. Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Yet says the people of the land, "The way of the Lord is not equal." People of the land, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? Therefore I will judge you, people of the land, every one according to his ways, says the Lord God. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby you have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, people of the land? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dies, says the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and you live.
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Wisdom Dawns In A Dark Night

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Sun rules the day, but moon reigns at night.
Yet the moon is dark, of its own has no light.
Day is made for work, night is made for rest.
But instead of sleep, some nights bring test.

For the trying night's pain, grieve if we must.
But only just enough; know that it won't last.
Though long and dark the trying night may be,
Yet in a world's turn, tomorrow is a new day.

While darkness lasts, slumber not nor sleep.
For wisdom shall the dawn offer us to keep.
Clouds may again cover moon's borrowed light,
But strength there'll now be for any dark night.

There are days and there are nights.
Always will there be days and nights.
Ever since, such has the world been.
Always turning, keeping things going.

August 05, 2010

אֱמֹר, אֶל-זְרֻבָּבֶל פַּחַת-יְהוּדָה לֵאמֹר: אֲנִי מַרְעִישׁ, אֶת-הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת-הָאָרֶץ.

וְהָפַכְתִּי, כִּסֵּא מַמְלָכוֹת, וְהִשְׁמַדְתִּי, חֹזֶק מַמְלְכוֹת הַגּוֹיִם; וְהָפַכְתִּי מֶרְכָּבָה, וְרֹכְבֶיהָ, וְיָרְדוּ סוּסִים וְרֹכְבֵיהֶם, אִישׁ בְּחֶרֶב אָחִיו.

בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא נְאֻם-יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֶקָּחֲךָ זְרֻבָּבֶל בֶּן-שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל עַבְדִּי, נְאֻם-יְהוָה, וְשַׂמְתִּיךָ, כַּחוֹתָם: כִּי-בְךָ בָחַרְתִּי, נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת.

July 15, 2010

While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. (Genesis 8:22)

Behold, varieties of fruits of the land. They were yesterday's seeds. Some were seeds of varieties of good fruits, others were seeds of bad fruits. Some seeds succeeded and bring forth their kind of fruits, while the others didn't make it.

Of the fruits of the land, humans and other creatures shall eat. Those fruits that give good nourishment and bring forth wellness, save their seeds for they shall be greatly multiplied. The rest of the seeds, leave them to the creatures of field and the fowls of the air; their fruits shall satisfy them.

The seasons have their own varieties of fruits. No matter how good a variety of fruit is, it only can last for a season. Different creatures will take some shares of the fruits. The ground too will take its share; for whatever is left unconsumed will rot away fertilizing the ground. In God's economy nothing is left wasted nor unutilized. Each season is provided with different varieties of fruits suited to each season's conditions. Therefore, utilize timely the season's fruits without lack nor waste; for they will be gone one way or the other when the season ends.

Yet whether a fruit's meat is consumed or rots away, its seed remains. A seed is an encapsulation of the future. What is sown today will become the harvest of tomorrow. Thus, make sure to plant for the future. The fruits' seeds are for tomorrow's blessings. Find and secure a suitable ground for each variety and determine when is the soonest right time for each kind of seed to be planted, and then plant accordingly.

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If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. And I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. (Leviticus 26:3-6)

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law does he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he does shall prosper. (Psalms 1:1-3)

June 17, 2010

Strive not for the world's glory,
But rather, with all of your being,
Honor the Lord in whatever you do,
And to your feet He shall be a guide;
On solid grounds your steps He shall set.

June 09, 2010

Thus says the Lord, heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will you build unto me? and what place shall be my rest? (Isaiah 66:1)

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, says the Lord of Armies. (Haggai 2:8)

Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid on a stone in the temple of the Lord. (Haggai 2:15)

Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty, there were only twenty. (Haggai 2:16)

The precious things of the nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of Armies. (Haggai 2:7)

The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, and in this place will I give peace, says the Lord of Armies. (Haggai 2:9)

Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree haven't brought forth. From this day will I bless you. (Haggai 2:19)

And Wisdom shall build her house. She shall carve out her seven pillars. (Proverbs 9:1)