
Monthly Archives: April 2022
The Seeds Your Are Sowing ~

Some scatter seeds of anxiety,
and harvest nothing but fear
some collect in their memory
the reason for all their tears.
Some spread seeds of distrust,
and collect grains of doubt
some gather up their losses
shutting all their blessings out.
Some cast seeds of excess,
and reap in what they sow
some collect worldly pleasures
thinking God will never know.
Some throw seeds of greed,
and collect envy and pride
some lose their hope and faith
when their will with God’s collide.
Some scatter seeds of doubt,
and harvest nothing but fear
but those who mock not God
sow the seeds of repentant tears!
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“Be not deceived;
God is not mocked: for
whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.”
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2013 Revised 2022
Deborah Ann Belka
~ to GOD be the GLORY ~
A Call For Praise ~

A time to worship,
a call for praise
a time a new song
to God to raise.
For all He’s done,
for all He’s doing
a time to rejoice
with joyful singing.
A time for music,
a call for melody
a time to display
jubilant revelry.
For all Jesus did,
for all He will do
a time to relish
all things made new.
A time for song.
a call to sing . . .
upon the chords
of our heart’s stings!
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Rejoice in the Lord,
O ye righteous:
for praise is comely
for the upright.
Praise the Lord with harp:
sing unto him with the
psaltery and an instrument
of ten strings.
Sing unto him a new song;
play skilfully with a loud noise.
For the word of the Lord is right;
and all his works are done in truth.
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2022
Deborah Ann Belka
~ to GOD be the GLORY ~
Life Untroubled ~

Jesus never promised,
life would be easy . .
nor things would be
carefree and breezy.
Instead He said we’d have,
tests and tribulation
while living in this world
we’d undergo frustration.
Jesus never promised,
life on earth would be just
nor how its wicked ways
on us wouldn’t be thrust.
Instead He said as we made,
our earthly journey here
to claim in Him our victory
and to be of good cheer.
Jesus never promised,
life would be untroubled
He said He’d give us peace
so not to be befuddled!
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These things I have spoken
unto you, that in me ye might
have peace. In the world ye
shall have tribulation: but be
of good cheer; I have overcome
the world.
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2022
Deborah Ann Belka
~ to GOD be the GLORY ~
The Best Place To Go ~

Some people look to family,
for their encouragement
some seek their pastors
for spiritual nourishment.
Some people turn to books,
offering them self-care
some search their computer
for their health and welfare.
But, I have found for me,
the best place I can go
is to my Bible daily
where living waters flow.
For between the pages,
there I find my best friend
for Jesus promised me
He’d be there til the end.
Some people turn to people,
some turn to other things
but, my Bible pages I turn
for the peace I know it brings!
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Peace I leave with you,
my peace I give unto you:
not as the world giveth,
give I unto you. Let not
your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid.
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2022
Deborah Ann Belka
~ to GOD be the GLORY ~
God Sees The Real Us ~

God sees the real us,
He is able to view . . .
right inside the heart
of me and you.
He can look beyond,
what the eyes find
to know the thoughts
that hide in the mind.
God is searching for,
hearts that are gentle
where living in peace
is always central.
He glances not at,
the outside of us
but, within the soul
of those who trust.
God does not look,
at how high our stature
He’s looking to find . . .
those of a meek nature!
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But let it be the hidden man
of the heart, in that which is
not corruptible, even the ornament
of a meek and quiet spirit,
which is in the sight of God
of great price.
But the Lord said unto Samuel,
Look not on his countenance,
or on the height of his stature;
because I have refused him:
for the Lord seeth not as man seeth;
for man looketh on the outward
appearance, but the Lord looketh
on the heart.
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2022
Deborah Ann Belka
~ to GOD be the GLORY ~