Seth Gatchell
Book of Galatians
Why does temptation seem so compulsive? How can sin become so addictive? How do I battle this God-awful scourge? It’s something I just can’t seem to purge! My Spirit will expose your inner corruption That drives you, beneath your outward compulsions. If your highest purpose is to feel better, That corruption will lock you…
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When life is filled with relational drama, And plenty of bouts of personal trauma, What drives the spewing of petty criticizing, The hatred, vitriol, and demonizing? “Knowledge puffs up,” the apostle did say, Like a weapon unleashed in the furious fray, Playing the “expert,” the one “in the know,” The sharp arrows of pride…
Read MoreCHRISTMAS, THE DAY AFTER
Opened boxes, ribbons, cards and crinkled wrappings, Christmas lights and candles, the tree in its trappings. Some cool gifts, some funny, we, grateful receivers, Meaningful gifts, heartfelt, joys of being givers. Away in a manger. What?! No room for a bed?!?! Plunged into the darkness, the spiritually dead. A very pregnant gal, not one…
Read MoreChristmas Lights
All around was darkness, the night in full array. But piercing through the night, Christmas lights on display, Lights that shimmered and shined from far, far, far away. Driving through neighborhoods, Christmas lights on display. Red lights in window panes, white lights hanging on eaves, Sparkled lights, Christmas trees, blinking lights on green…
Read MoreBook of Philippians
The world gives “happiness” that is like cut flowers, “Happy for a while, but wilted within hours. But the joy that You plant, like seeds in the ground. Gardens will come! Beauty enjoyed, all year ’round! “Happy” and joy, like oranges and apples, “Happy,” that for which everyone grapples, While joy, like an anchor,…
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