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MY  MANTEL
So many words; So many words
and so many different opinions...
but, what should be evident...
right up in my face,
is that Jesus, The Christ, has risen...
and, if it isn’t, then, Why not?
Could this be the power that
I all but forgot?
Has every worrisome circumstance;
along with pain and lack;
Every real issue we’re facing,
making His Truth pull back?
This, ‘taking the time’ to renew my mind
of all that He says is completed,
is a whole lot harder than I thought it would be,
in order that I’m not defeated!
Well, what is the thing that is challenging me?
Is a gun being held to my head?
So many excuses, that have no solutions,
to not doing what You have said.
I wonder why, periodically, this becomes so very complex?
Perhaps, the truth of the matter is:
You haven’t decided yet.
Decided what? To change the system with it’s unreasonable demands?
I haven’t noticed lighting yet, coming out of either hand.
But, surely you’ve noticed, in the reading of Me,
I didn’t lack power for all to see;
And never with a self-centered plan;
Always to show, in fact, who I AM.
The battle throughout all of the ages
was completed before it began;
This also is true, even for you;
But, this only comes from My Hand.
The opinions of men, I have allowed,
when I granted mankind their freedom;
How many will choose this Love’s gratitude,
are the one’s that will walk in My Kingdom.
If there are opinions that you’re not sure about,
ask Me your questions;
Then, you’ll have no doubt...
that all that I’ve said, you really can trust;
But, Me being your Lord is an absolute must!
What that really amounts to is this:
If there is a choice, large or small,
you must take the time to hear My voice
or you’ll become lord of all;
Otherwise, ‘Lord’ is only a word;
Your choices reflect that you haven’t heard...
directly from Me in what you are doing;
Confusion comes in and you start mis-using
all of the one’s that I wanted to help;
But, you, being lord, must now do it yourself.
I really hope this has answered your cry,
because you are important to Me;
My plan for you has always been
that you walk out My victory!
And, because The plan was formed by My Hand,
a road for specifically you,
there’s nobody else, unless hearing from Me,
that can tell you what to do.
Of course, there’s My order and always will be:
A step in each road for your victory;
But, how will I know? There’s a lot of ‘Heads’.
True; But, not appointed by Me...
and never to interfere with what is Ours:
This honest intimacy.
If you ask Me, I’ll show you your heart;
Your motives, so that you will see:
Where you are concerned, I don’t make mistakes;
It’s your lack of trusting Me...
that has led you down unprofitable roads;
{even that, I’ll turn to your good};
I’ve always rushed in, when you’ve opened the door;
Just like I said that I would.
That whole experience you had with My cat;
you know was not accidental;
Well, there will be more, like there was before;
Yoked with Me,
underneath My Mantel
I’m your very own Father; What can’t you ask Me?
What is there that you have to fear?
My question to you is: Will you now rest with Me?
Will you now, not move ‘till you hear?...
So that  We can step out with all confidence,
on this road that’s uniquely Our own,
and stay right on course; My compass pre-set,
Kingdom mansion’s your pre-destined home;
I don’t mean later; I mean right here and now;
You asked Me; I answered; This is ‘The How’!!!
January 20th, 2005
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