Shards
I look and can’t stand the light
A burning warmth enters within
Like a kaleidoscope is my sight
Life like little pieces of sin
I try to lift up my head to see
Pain washes me and destroys
Is the one screaming really me
Where oh where is God’s Joys
Many people sitting near
They seem so unaware
Of my screams of fear
I fear they do not care
But some do pray
Some do help me
They help today
Will I ever be free
June 14, 2025
“‘Its grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the LORD, for a sweet aroma; and its drink offering shall be of wine, one-fourth of a hin.” (Leviticus 23:13 NKJV)
What is an ephah
What is a hin
I don't know
Give what God deserves
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
June 13, 2025
“‘And you shall offer on that day, when you wave the sheaf, a male lamb of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering to the LORD.” (Leviticus 23:12 NKJV)
Bring in the sheaves
Wave it to God
The Lamb has died
So we can live
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
June 12, 2025
“‘But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD for seven days. The seventh day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it.’”” (Leviticus 23:8 NKJV)
For six days you offer to God
Your work and raise offering
You prepare your gift of praise
The seventh day all shall rest
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
June 11, 2025
““When a bull or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall be seven days with its mother; and from the eighth day and thereafter it shall be accepted as an offering made by fire to the LORD.” (Leviticus 22:27 NKJV)
Seven days a baby animal
shall live with their mother
then is can be an offering
an God shall rest on this day
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
The wind threatens to blow me off the deck
Rain painfully rips across the flight deck
Waves crash ten feet over the 60' high deck
Each threatened to wash me off the ship
The sound of chains breaking is like a shot
Jets and planes are coming loose to run away
Shadowy shapes grab more chains to catch
The many chains break setting them free
Keeping your footing on grease soaked decks
Shapes gathering around a jet in danger
A jet shifts and someone dies pinned in two
Horror seen by the continuous lightening
Balls of lightning roll down the deck
They are like bowling balls for us pins
The smell of sulfur and metal combined
My hair stands up in static and fear
In the lightning a destroyer seems to fly
The propellers turn hopelessly in the air
With a crash the destroyer submerges
Will the destroyer rise again all hope
Weariness weighs down and you stumble
You notice the deck is pitching erratically
What power can make a carrier move so
Our meager power shrinks before the storm.
Later the footprints on the wall are painted
Four and six inch armored plating welded
Plane parts, chains and body are removed
We return to the tiny danger of possible war
From my time aboard the USS Independence CV-62
June 10, 2025
“‘You shall not offer to the LORD what is bruised or crushed, or torn or cut; nor shall you make any offering of them in your land.” (Leviticus 22:24 NKJV)
Why do I offer God the best
God offers the best for me
Why do I give God the first
God offered to me first
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
June 9, 2025
“‘Either a bull or a lamb that has any limb too long or too short you may offer as a freewill offering, but for a vow it shall not be accepted.” (Leviticus 22:23 NKJV)
Do not offer too long
Offer the best from your heart
Do not offer too short
Offer the best from your heart
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
June 8, 2025
“‘Those that are blind or broken or maimed, or have an ulcer or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the LORD.” (Leviticus 22:22 NKJV)
Do not offer God the second best
Do not offer God the defective
Do not offer God the broken
Offer to God the first and best
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
If heaven is just a shack out back
I will be with the glorious God
In the Light of His face it is a fact
All I see or want is the face of God
Heaven is being in the presence of God
Of golden streets and gem walls no need
I will be revived and renewed by God
To hear “Well done” is all I ever need
This is from a sermon I preached in 2001. Someone wrote a song about it but this is my first time making it a Heart Talk. May 2025
June 7, 2025
“‘And whoever offers a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD, to fulfill his vow, or a freewill offering from the cattle or the sheep, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it.” (Leviticus 22:21 NKJV)
A peace offering to God
must be perfect
A freewill offering to God
must have no defect
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
June 6, 2025
““Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘Whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, who offers his sacrifice for any of his vows or for any of his freewill offerings, which they offer to the LORD as a burnt offering—” (Leviticus 22:18 NKJV)
If God does this I will do this
I make my vow to the Living God
If God gives this I will give this
I make my vow to the Living God
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
Open Door
Swing wide open gate and let Him come in
Let all be thrown back let Jesus cast out sin
A cleansing Spirit flowing silencing guilty din
Satan thrown back as Jesus overcomes sin
Light shines throughout as our Lord steps in
We close our hearts door to hold Jesus within
But we shut Jesus out and open to sin
Swing wide open gate and let Him come in
October 2007
June 5, 2025
“‘If the priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she may not eat of the holy offerings.” (Leviticus 22:12 NKJV)
Can two become one of different faith
Can two become one of different God
Can two become one of different belief
Can they share the same love and hope
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
A new creation made by God to be true
First it is a glorious work of a living God
Remaking good from a broken child of sod
A Holy work can only be done by God
Praise and love I offer You my loving God
But that is just the start of my new life
Hands painfully mold me through strife
God struggles to make me a lovely wife
Pain is the price of my new life
But what a glory this pain will bring
How much my renewed heart will sing
Drawing closer to God takes away the sting
Over destruction I fly as on eagle’s wing!
June 4, 2025
“‘The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he has committed. And the sin which he has committed shall be forgiven him.” (Leviticus 19:22 NKJV)
The sin
committed
can be
forgiven
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
June 3, 2025
“‘And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, a ram as a trespass offering.” (Leviticus 19:21 NKJV)
Have you trespassed on God
Trying to be God yourself
Seeing your desires as God's will
You have trespassed on God
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
The same
Good days and bad days
All are the same
Laughter and tears
All are the same
The loss and the gain
All are the same
The pain and the peace
All are the same
Romans 8:28
Locked in a cell I myself did make
Bound with chains I cannot break
The separation and loss are not fake
Pray the strain will not me break
June 2, 2025
““Also you shall say to them: ‘Whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,” (Leviticus 17:8 NKJV)
Offer a sacrifice to God
all who have been blessed
His children and strangers
all who have been blessed
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
Lifting me above sin
Waves tossing over me
Crying out my lonely plea
Underneath the terrible sea
Chaos reigning over me
I cry out into the night
Screaming out my fright
There coming into sight
A Hand holding me tight
Jesus has heard my cry
He will not let me die
Always He is near by
Ready to hear my cry
Lifting me above sin!
July 23, 2007
June 1, 2025
““and does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting to offer an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD, the guilt of bloodshed shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people,” (Leviticus 17:4 NKJV)
Come to the door
Open the door
Jesus awaits
You to come
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
May 31, 2025
““The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be carried outside the camp. And they shall burn in the fire their skins, their flesh, and their offal.” (Leviticus 16:27 NKJV)
Remove the sin
Carry outside
Burn as dross
debt of death
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
Return
The Son breaks through clouds so dark
Returning to the earth He does love
Coming for those who flee the dark
And will dwell and bask in His love
The darkness flees before His coming
The light flashes across the sky
From East to the West see His coming
Eyes are lifted unto the sky
Fear breaks across many faces
As doom shines forth in bright light
Others Rejoice to see hope dawning
As Jesus walks in heavenly light
Shackles are broken, prisoners freed
Doors thrown open by grace set free
Shackles appear on those in darkness
Loving sin, refusing to be free
Behind Him comes a glorious host
Barely seen behind His face
Like a mighty army they follow Him
But I just want to see His face
Death flees before Your light
Conquered forever to live no more
Life’s victory is now complete
Death will not live any more
So wondrous as all is made new
Heaven and earth created again
The Garden is open for business
Man walks with God once again!
May 29, 2025
““And he shall wash his body with water in a holy place, put on his garments, come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.” (Leviticus 16:24 NKJV)
Wash at the Holy Place
God alone cleanses there
Living Water cleanses me
I become holy at that place
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
May 28, 2025
““Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, which is for the people, bring its blood inside the veil, do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat.” (Leviticus 16:15 NKJV)
Bring me to the mercy seat
I shall fall off my feet
What I need at the mercy seat
God of mercy I shall meet
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
May 27, 2025
““And Aaron shall bring the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house, and shall kill the bull as the sin offering which is for himself.” (Leviticus 16:11 NKJV)
Offer prayers for your family
Offer prayers with your family
Offer hope to your family
Offer love for your family
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
Many can tell I am wrong
Few offer me encouragement
Many see how others are wrong
Few offer hope to encourage me
My weakness seems evident to all
Few offer strength to encourage me
“Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord!”
But it would be nice if others help
Encourage – to give courage to another.
May 26, 2025
““And Aaron shall bring the goat on which the LORD’S lot fell, and offer it as a sin offering.” (Leviticus 16:9 NKJV)
I think the odds are against me
The lots come out against me
The bad roll of the lot continuous
Like a boulder falling on my head
What pride! Am I that important
I am not worthy of such notice
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
May 25, 2025
““Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house.” (Leviticus 16:6 NKJV)
Only Jesus is the Holy Priest
not needing an offering
for Priest Jesus is the offering
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
May 24, 2025
““And he shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats as a sin offering, and one ram as a burnt offering.” (Leviticus 16:5 NKJV)
The congregation offers
an offering to God
an offering for their sin
freeing them from hell
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
May 23, 2025
““Thus Aaron shall come into the Holy Place: with the blood of a young bull as a sin offering, and of a ram as a burnt offering.” (Leviticus 16:3 NKJV)
Come to the Holy Place
before the face of God
offer your offering
to He who offered Himself
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
May 22, 2025
“‘Then the priest shall offer the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for her before the LORD for the discharge of her uncleanness.” (Leviticus 15:30 NKJV)
To discharge uncleanness
to make atonement for us
what can we offer to God
God is the offering for us
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
The fire of hell burns in my bones
all that is good is consumed by it
a smell of fire fills me and flows
The fire guts who I am and could
Only God can control this fire
only God can extinguish this fire
only God can convert the fire
to burn away the dross within me
No longer the burning in my soul
lessening the fire of lust and anger
bringing a coolness into my life
freeing me to live a full life
May 21, 2025
“‘Then the priest shall offer them, the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD because of his discharge.” (Leviticus 15:15 NKJV)
The priest offers our offering
The Priest is Himself offering
We will have atonement
At-one-ment with our Priest
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
It flows from my own pen
Brain, arm, pen, ink extend
Flowing from only God knows
For what God does intend
Words not my own they flow
A stream only God can provide
Words from deep in my soul
But they do not come from inside
Open the gates and let it flow
God’s wisdom not what I know
God’s seeds as words I sow
And watch grace in lives gro
May 20, 2025
““such as he is able to afford, the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before the LORD.” (Leviticus 14:31 NKJV)
What I can afford
is not enough
Priest Jesus affords
Jesus is enough
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
The Many faces of Evil are hard to see
Some are Even Smiling at me
Some scream and Rant and Rave
Some through ease seek to Enslave
They ignore me of so little power
I enjoy this respite for the hour
But I Know they will discover me
And seek to destroy little me
For they fear I am not alone
But the One sitting upon the throne
For His power through me can flow
And the evil one Jesus can overthrow
September 9, 2007
May 19, 2025
““And the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass offering.” (Leviticus 14:28 NKJV)
Oil
cleanses
consecrates
nurtures
sets apart
What has God offered to you today?
What offering does God desire from you?
