Pastor Seth’s Poems and Musings

SCAMPERING

11/10/2024

There is something in me, a restless scampering. My eyes, on frantic search for my heart’s pampering? From person to person my heart is on the hunt, Desperate to gain that for some pain I may blunt? Does it depend on me to find what brings me peace? I fear that if that’s true, this…

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Living Water

10/15/2024

He walks on desert sands, scorching heat on his soles, A parched and weary man, craves, thirsts for water holes. Beating down upon him, the air, on fire, burning, His journey sapping strength, draining, waning, yearning.   At last! In the distance! Palm trees surround a pool! Fronds blowing in the breeze, his sweat begins…

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Jade

10/07/2024

Jade, a beautiful gem! You created this green! Colored lightly or dark, I love its shimmered gleam! Rings of jade man has carved, and a horse carved from jade. An artist skilled, but You, this gem of beauty, made.   A different kind of jade sullies my attitude. Cynical, how I brood, callous, my sour…

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CHILDLIKE FAITH

09/17/2024

A child falls and scrapes his knee, scared as he sees blood! Hot tears stream down his face, turning into a flood. For comfort, he’ll naturally run to his mother. His soul will be strengthened when he runs to father.   A child is puzzled and doesn’t know what to do, To a parent he…

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BATTLEFIELDS IN MY IMAGINATION

09/02/2024

Satan’s magic box holds slyest tricks of his trade. A flute plays an intoxicating serenade. A mesmerizing image, perfect delusion, To get you to chase a deceptive illusion. The battles are waged in your imagination, Satan, oh so coy at building fascination. He plucks the violin strings of your affections, And lures you with deceiving…

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NICODEMUS; BORN AGAIN

08/13/2024

Nicodemus, an Old Testament scholar, Came to Jesus, confused, a midnight caller.   “What the heck does it mean to be ‘born again?’ Wasn’t one birth enough on this earthly plain?”   Compared to the old life a man once knew, The new life in Christ, is like being made new!   A New Cleansing…

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