The New Year

A thousand years in your sight 

are like a day that has just gone by, 

or like a watch in the night.

~  Psalm 90

Fool That I Am

Do you see a person wise in their own eyes?

 There is more hope for a fool than for them.

~ Proverbs 26

All I Ever Need Is You

I am faint with love...

~ Song of Songs 2

Its Christmas Time Again

...everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.

~  Proverbs 19

(Don't call me) Mrs. Christmas

My heart is broken within me; 

all my bones tremble.

~ Jeremiah 23

Return Of The Grievous Angel

One day the angels came 

to present themselves before the LORD, 

and Satan also came with them.

~ Job 1

St. James Infirmary

Our GOD is a GOD who saves;
from the Sovereign LORD
comes escape from death.
~  Psalm 68

Something In The Air

The seventh angel 

poured out his bowl 

into the air, 

and out of the temple 

came a loud voice 

from the throne, 

saying, “It is done!”

~ Revelation 16

Egyptian Fantasy

 Then a new king,

to whom Joseph meant nothing, 

came to power in Egypt.

~  Exodus 1

How did Washington become the best friend of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, even as President Mohamed Morsi was asserting dictatorial powers and his followers were beating up secular liberals in the streets of Cairo?

OUR MAN IN CAIRO

Salma Abu El-Magd arrested after interrupting speech by Muslim Brotherhood leader Essam El-Erian in New York, released after four hours in custody...
Egyptian-American arrested in US after calling Brotherhood leader a ‘liar and a murderer’ 

In an exclusive report for Al-Masry Al-Youm, Mohamad Jarehi reports that protesters suspected of working against the Muslim Brotherhood are tortured and beaten with the knowledge of the police before being handed over for formal detention at a site just outside the presidential palace in Heliopolis.

Brotherhood Torture Chambers

Egyptian F-16 fighter jets made low passes over the center of Cairo on Sunday in a rare maneuver by the air force over the capital amid high political tension, AFP correspondents reported. The military was not immediately available for comment.

Fighter Jets Fly Low Over Cairo

Pearly Queen

Do not give dogs what is sacred; 

do not cast your pearls before swine. 

If you do, 

they may trample them under their feet, 

and turn and tear you to pieces.

~  Matthew 7

 

I'm Looking Through You

The rich are wise in their own eyes;

 one who is poor and discerning 

sees how deluded they are.

~  Proverbs 28

In The Lap Of The Gods

This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: 

‘The LORD, the God of heaven, 

has given me all the kingdoms of the earth 

and he has appointed me 

to build a temple for him 

at Jerusalem in Judah. 

Any of his people among you may go up, 

and may the LORD their God be with them.’”

~ 2 Chronicles 36

Pre-Islamic Iran: Persian King Shah Yazdgird’s letter to Mohammed’s evil successor:

In the name of Ahuramazda, the Creator of Life and Wisdom.

 In your letter you summon us Iranians to your god whom you call “Allah-u-Akbar”; and because of your barbarity and ignorance, without knowing who we are and Whom we worship, you demand that we seek out your god and become worshippers of “Allah-u-Akbar”.

How strange that you occupy the seat of the Arab Caliph but are as ignorant as any desert roaming Arab! You admonish me to become monotheistic in faith. Ignorant man, for thousands of years we Iranians have, in this land of culture and art, been monotheistic and five times a day have we offered prayers to God’s Throne of Oneness. While we laid the foundations of philanthropy and righteousness and kindness in this world and held high the ensign of “Good Thoughts, Good Words and Good Deeds”, you and your ancestors were desert wanderers who ate snakes and lizards and buried your innocent daughters alive.

You Arabs who have no regard for God’s creatures, who mercilessly put people to the sword, who mistreat your women, who attack caravans and are highway robbers, who commit murder, who kidnap women and spouses; how dare you presume to teach us, who are above these evils, to worship God? You tell me to cease the worship of fire and to worship God instead! To us Persians the light of Fire is reminiscent of the Light of God. The radiance and the sun-like warmth of fire exuberates our hearts, and the pleasant warmth of it brings our hearts and spirits closer together, that we may be philanthropic, kind and considerate, that gentleness and forgiveness may become our way of life, and that thereby the Light of God may keep shining in our hearts.

Our God is the Great Ahuramazda. Strange is this that you too have now decided to give Him a name, and you call Him by the name of “Allah-u-Akbar”.

But we are nothing like you. We, in the name of Ahuramazda, practice compassion and love and goodness and righteousness and forgiveness, and care for the dispossessed and the unfortunate; But you, in the name of your “Allah-u-Akbar” commit murder, create misery and subject others to suffering! Tell me truly who is to blame for your misdeeds? Your god who orders genocide, plunder and destruction, or you who do these things in his name? Or both? You, who have spent all your days in brutality and barbarity, have now come out of your desolate deserts resolved to teach, by the blade and by conquest, the worship of God to a people who have for thousands of years been civilized and have relied on culture and knowledge and art as mighty edifices.

 What have you, in the name of your “Allah-u-Akbar”, taught these armies of Islam besides destruction and pillage and murder that you now presume to summon others to your god?

Today, my people’s fortunes have changed. Their armies, who were subjects of Ahuramazada, have now been defeated by the Arab armies of “Allah-u-Akbar”. And they are being forced, at the point of the sword, to convert to the god by the name of “Allah-u-Akbar”. And are forced to offer him prayers five times a day but now in Arabic; since apparently your “Allah-u-Akbar” only understands Arabic.

I advise you to return to your lizard infested deserts. Do not let loose upon our cities your cruel barbarous Arabs who are like rabid animals. Refrain from the murder of my people. Refrain from pillaging my people. Refrain from kidnapping our daughters in the name of your “Allah-u-Akbar”. Refrain from these crimes and evils.

We Iranians are a forgiving people, a kind and well-meaning people. Wherever we go, we sow the seeds of goodness, amity and righteousness. And this is why we have the capacity to overlook the crimes and the misdeeds of your Arabs. Stay in your desert with your “Allah-u-Akbar”, and do not approach our cities; for horrid is your belief and brutish is your conduct.”

 ~ King Shah Yazdgird

The Syrian Revolution is for the establishing of an Islamic state, and in so doing, Christians are being killed by the Islamist. But I fear the future, knowing that the time is coming in which a full out massacre will be implemented by the Islamist in Syria. The fall of Assad will mean a mass cleansing of anybody who believes in the Bible, since the Assad regime protects the Christian population.

Turquoise

Afflicted city, 

lashed by storms 

and not comforted, 

 I will rebuild you 

with stones of turquoise...

~  Isaiah 54 

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby?

We were born only yesterday

and know nothing, 

and our days on earth 

are but a shadow.

~  Job 8

Requiem For The Masses

Have the gates of death been shown to you? 

Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?

~  Job 38

More Than I Can Bear

I have much more to say to you, 

more than you can now bear.

~ John 16

Meet Us On The Group W Bench

 

Cry out:
“Save us, GOD our Savior;
 gather us and deliver us from the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name,
and glory in your praise.”
~  1 Chronicles 16


 

Gloomy

He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness;

he is marked for the sword...

~  Job 15

Modern Love

 But mark this:

 There will be terrible times in the last days. 

People will be lovers of themselves, 

lovers of money, 

boastful, proud, abusive, 

disobedient to their parents,

ungrateful, unholy,

 without love, 

unforgiving, slanderous, 

without self-control, brutal, 

not lovers of the good, 

treacherous, rash, conceited, 

lovers of pleasure 

rather than lovers of God

having a form of godliness 

but denying its power. 

Have nothing to do with such people.

~ II Timothy III

Bat Chain Puller

But you have now rejected your GOD, 

who saves you 

out of all your disasters and calamities. 

And you have said, 

‘No, appoint a king over us.’

~ 1 Samuel 10

Silent CinemaZed: Asphalt

Whom have I in heaven but you? 

And earth has nothing I desire beside you.

~  Psalm 73

Asphalt: Germany,1929 

Director: Joe May

Bang A Gong

For many years 

you were patient with them. 

By your Spirit 

you warned them 

through your prophets. 

Yet they paid no attention, 

so you gave them into the hands 

of the neighboring peoples.

~  Nehemiah 9

 

The Ocean

Praise the LORD from the earth, 

you great sea creatures and all ocean depths...

~  Psalm 148

 

Kiss Me

An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.

~ Proverbs 24

 

Disappointed Bride

The bridegroom was a long time in coming, 

and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

~ Matthew 25

Genya Ravan 

AKA Patsy Cole 

AKA Goldie 

London 1965

with the Spencer Davis Group

Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud

John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, 

and he had a leather belt around his waist. 

His food was locusts and wild honey.

~  Matthew 3

 

Happy Erection Day!

Fear the LORD and the king, my son,
 and do not join with rebellious officials...
~  Proverbs 24

The Passionate Plumber

Their passion smolders all night; 

in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

~  Hosea 7

Rise.

The groans of the dying rise from the city, 

and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.

~  Job 24

Misery for 2.5 million STILL without power 

after six days as lawlessness and fear 

take over New York's outer boroughs 

 

Always Take The Weather With You

The LORD is slow to anger

but great in power; 

the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished. 

His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, 

and clouds are the dust of his feet.

~ Nahum 1

Dead Sea Fruit

The LORD will afflict you with madness,

 blindness and confusion of mind.

~  Deuteronomy 28

Autumn Almanac

All the stars in the sky will be dissolved 

 and the heavens rolled up like a scroll; 

all the starry host will fall 

like withered leaves from the vine, 

 like shriveled figs from the fig tree.

~  Isaiah 34

The Future

 

See, Damascus will no longer be a city 

but will become a heap of ruins.

~ Isaiah 17

US Troops: Boots on the Ground in Turkey

 

Stop the Madness! Leave Syria a Secular State

 

by Skip Patel

I Ain't That Kind Of Baby

Can a mother forget 

the baby at her breast 

and have no compassion 

on the child she has borne? 

Though she may forget, 

 I will not forget you!

~ Isaiah 49

Black Coffee

I go about blackened, but not by the sun; 

I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

~ Job 30

Autumn Stone

Do I have the strength of stone?

~ Job 6

Nothing Is Written (I Will Wait)

All the days of my hard service 

I will wait for my renewal to come.

~  Job 14

Mustapha by Farrokh Bulsara

This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:

 The LORD, the God of heaven, 

has given me all the kingdoms of the earth 

and he has appointed me

 to build a temple for him 

at Jerusalem in Judah.

~  Ezra 1

Farrokh Bulsara/Freddie Mercury

I've Seen the Saucers

This was the appearance 

and structure of the wheels:

 They sparkled like topaz,

 and all four looked alike.

Each appeared to be made like a wheel

 intersecting a wheel.

~  Ezekiel 1

Doom And Gloom

If you forsake the LORD 

and serve foreign gods, 

he will turn and bring disaster on you 

and make an end of you, 

after he has been good to you...

~  Joshua 24

Brand New Stones

You do this at 70.

Support The Keith Richards Home For Aging Sluts

Why Does A Pretty Girl Sing Those Sad Songs?

But grant me this one request,” she said. 

“Give me two months to roam the hills 

and weep with my friends, 

because I will never marry.”

~  Judges 11

I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know

Turn, LORD, and deliver me;
 save me because of your unfailing love.
~ Psalm 6

The Girl With The Mousy Hair

They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”

 “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, 

“and I don’t know where they have put him.”

~  John 20

It's a god-awful small affair
To the girl with the mousy hair
But her mummy is yelling "No"
And her daddy has told her to go
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
Now she walks
through her sunken dream
To the seat with the clearest view
And she's hooked to the silver screen
But the film is a saddening bore
For she's lived it
ten times or more
She could spit in the eyes of fools
As they ask her to focus on
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man!
Look at those cavemen go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the Lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?

It's on Amerika's tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse
has grown up a cow
Now the workers
have struck for fame
'Cause Lennon's on sale again
See the mice in their million hordes
From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
But the film is a saddening bore
'Cause I wrote it
ten times or more
It's about to be writ again
As I ask you to focus on ...

Fashion

And as he prayed, 

the fashion of his countenance was altered, 

and his raiment was white and glistering.

~ Luke 9

Space Jews

Now therefore,
if ye will obey my voice indeed,
and keep my covenant,
then ye shall be a peculiar treasure
unto me above all people:
 for all the earth is mine
~  Exodus 19

They have us taped
They have us pat
They are extraterrestrial, extraterritorial
Where did they come from? No-one can say
One possible explanation is that they

Are Space Jews

Jews from outer space

Sent to walk amongst us

To improve the human race
Space Jews
Jews from outer space
Jews from outer space
They gave us a messiah
They gave us a morality
They help us lead good lives from up above
They are Space Jews
They're giving us a message of love

For them we're clear
They see right through
All the stupid and murderous things we do ..... 

or would like to
The Nobel prize never goes to the goys
Who split the atom?
Einstein, Oppenheimer and the Freuds
Every one of them

Space Jews
Jews from outer space
Sent to walk amongst us
To improve the human race
Space Jews
Jews from outer space
Jews from outer space
They're doctors and they're lawyers
They're astronaut philosophers
They're holding up a mirror from above
They are Space Jews
They're bringing us a message of love

We are from Earth
But they're from space
And that's where we'll all go one day
If we have enough faith
Together we'll colonise the stars
They can take us that far
Mr Spock on the Enterprise will be our guide
Vulcans too are .....

Space Jews
Jews from outer space
Sent to walk amongst us
To improve the human race
Space Jews
Jews from outer space
Jews from outer space
And I really admire them
I really want to be like them
And when you want to be one
That's all you need to feel like one
For in the words of one of them
Theodor Adorno:
"Soul is just the longing
Of those with no soul
For redemption"
So why don't you come and join them?
Space Jews
We're bringing you a vision of love

Lover's Cross

Then God said, 

“Take your son, your only son, 

whom you love~ 

Isaac~ 

and go to the region of Moriah.  

Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering 

on a mountain I will show you.”

~  Genesis 22

“Gather to me this consecrated people, 

 who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

~ Psalm 50