Reply to the Gospel of the Ostentation

If you think like that, everything is wrong,

Your heart's contamination has already been done.

The truth of God, you cannot see,

You think to be Christian is with God trading.

God does not accept negotiation nor reward,

The offer that is given must come from the heart.

The most expensive gift, God already gave us,

The Lord has chosen and conceded salvation to us.

The offerings are for the works to be kept,

To the ministries grow and save lives,

The offerings are to pay all bills,

They are not a coin you can deal.

You have to abandon this demoniac greed,

You must remember the beginning, what God promised.

God promised He would lead your soul to salvation,

He did not promise He would give you things for ostentation.

Jesus Christ himself was an example of humility,

Being the son of God, He had no property.

For the whole land, only with his feet, He walked,

Even not a little old donkey, He bought.

The apostles had almost nothing,

Jesus’ followers left the houses where they were living,

To them, what was essential never lacked,

All that was needed, the Lord provided.

You have no right to humiliate anyone,

They are God’s creation, you have to help everyone.

If you do not do it, your soul you are condemning,

The god of this age, in your body, is inhabiting.

This poem is part of the book Christian Poetry Volume III.

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Learning on Difficulties

Sometimes life goes through ways not planned,

It occurs what is not desired, and does not happen the hoped.

Initially, we get uneasy, without knowing the reason for it,

We want to know why that thing is happening.

We stay sad, nervous, and revolted about the situation,

We want to know the reason; we seek an explanation.

Although we tried, we will not be able to clarify,

We will not reach a conclusion, although we desire.

For some time, we got very anguished and frustrated,

But this goes away, and soon we fight for everything to be solved.

For what seemed impossible, we can find a way to solve it,

Then, we can rest, and we feel great relief.

After some time, we know there is happening a similar problem,

Immediately we think, “I have the experience to solve that problem.”

We help that one who was sad and did not know what to do in his life,

We give them strength and we support them to go back to good times.

After that, we can understand the context of everything,

We passed through a bad situation to learn something.

God taught us how to deal with that complicated situation,

Then, through our help, another life could have a transformation.

This poem is part of the book Life Through the Words.

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Light Days and Dark Days

Every day, the sun rises and fills the whole Earth with its wonderful light.

This certainty makes us feel comfortable and safe. We know that there will be sun and a lightened day. All will happen according to the plan, another day like any other.

But there are days when the sun hides itself. Dense dark clouds cover its light. The sky gets dark, announcing a storm. We feel fear and insecurity because we don’t know what will come.

The storm falls impetuously; everything goes down the drain. Nothing stands where it was; peace turns into chaos.

Similar situations happen in our lives. Everything is working perfectly, as we had dreamed. And, suddenly, something changes, and we are shaken.

We think the storm will be endless; it will be forever and will never go away…

But as the storm goes away the sun shines again. Our lives will be restored as well. The storm that seemed to be the end will bring us renewal. It will raise new opportunities and fresh starts; everything will be new.

Psalms 107:28-29

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.

Believe That You Can Do Everything!

The world we live in constantly tries to discourage us. Even those who are closer say unpleasant things.

“Why do you believe that you will get it?”

“I don’t know anyone who did it!”

“This isn’t for you. No chance!”

Many of these discouraging words take root in our hearts. We start to doubt ourselves and our capability. We reach the point to think and say the same things.

“This is too hard; I won’t be able to.”

“I’m not good enough for this.”

“This isn’t for me.”

These ideas must be eliminated from our minds. We are capable of doing great, incredible, wonderful, spectacular things. Believe that you can and will do it. Be your bigger motivator.

“If nobody did, I’ll be the first one.”

“This is hard, but God will help me.”

“Everything is possible for one who believes.”

The change of thinking will help you to fight and conquer what you dream of.

Proverbs 12:14

From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward.

Changing the Vision

Sometimes we stay sad because we do not get something,

We stay unpleased, and about what we do not have, we think.

In our hearts arises a big feeling of unhappiness,

Because what we desire, we do not possess.

 

At this moment, we forget all conquered things,

About what we have in our lives, we forget everything.

We cannot see the blessings we have already received,

For what we do not have, we are looking fixedly.

 

We need to change our vision, and look in another direction,

For everything we already have, we must show appreciation.

We must thank God for everything He already gave us,

We must stop demanding from God what has not happened to us.

 

Our hearts must keep calm and trust in God,

Knowing that at the right time, what we need will be given by the Lord.

Because God is perfect, and He will never fail in anything,

We only have to learn to trust and wait for Him.

This poem is part of the book Life Through the Words.

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Surprised

Sometimes, we are in situations hard to deal with,

We think that our lives will be affected in some way.

We notice there are some hard troubles to fix,

Although we try to solve it, we will be impacted by something.

 

Seeing the imminent situation, we only have to prepare,

Trying to decrease the damage of what will impact.

After doing what is possible, we stay conformed,

Thinking: I already did my best for the danger to be avoided.

 

We hope passively for what has been known previously,

There is nothing more to do besides the plans we already made.

At the expected moment, something different happens to us,

We receive something perfect that helps and enriches us.

 

We do not know from where came this good thing,

Because it is more than what we were thinking.

Now, we have to celebrate, and thank for the received blessing,

Remembering That One who gave us this victory.

 

We have to thank God who showed his love to us,

Recognizing that even without deserving, his grace, He gave us.

Noticing how much God cares for us in each moment,

He turned into happiness what was once a source of torment.

This poem is part of the book Life Through the Words.

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The Gospel of the Ostentation

I am evangelical, and I have a very expensive car,

I went to a church, and my reward is going far.

I only needed to sacrifice to get all of it,

All the money I gained, I put in my offerings.

I have many houses and even a mansion,

My heart has the desire for conquering and expansion.

I have to buy all the expensive things,

To make this happen, I only need to give offerings.

Before a generous offering, God has to repay me,

If I give all I have, He must give something to me.

The more I gain, the more I will offer,

The more I have, the more I want to conquer.

I want to gain all the possible money,

Brand clothes, leather shoes, and everything, I will buy.

I will have so much; I even will have a private jet,

All this is to show all the things I can get.

I want to exhibit everything that God gives me,

How much He can prosper me, people have to see.

May I humiliate all my enemies,

And those who humbled me, start to envy me.

A full and rich life; I need to have,

If God does not give, then, it is not worth believing.

The most important is what He is giving,

And not if my soul will be saved.

Since God is the owner, the children have to use,

On Earth, I will gather many treasures.

When I die, in a luxury coffin, they will bury me,

In heaven, in the house close to God, I will live,

Because I know, there, it will also be worth my wealth.

This poem is part of the book Christian Poetry Volume III.

See the book:

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