Somethings Got A Hold Of My Heart

But if I say,
“I will not mention his word
or
speak anymore in his name,”
his word is in my heart
like a fire,
a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;
indeed, I cannot.
~ Jeremiah 20

Connoisseur Of Empathy

But my mouth
would encourage you;
comfort from my lips
would bring you relief.
~ Job 16

The Fraternity of Man

But my brothers
are as undependable
as intermittent streams,
as the streams that overflow
when darkened by thawing ice
and swollen with melting snow
~ Job 6

Humility + Fire In Belly = Holy In Street

I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem;
they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the LORD,
give yourselves no rest...
~ Isaiah 62

Cynical Girl

“Sir,” the woman said,
“you have nothing to draw with
and the well is deep.
Where can you get this living water?"
~ John 4

There Is No Honor In This Shit

Shamar Thomas is a 24-year-old Marine Veteran (2 tours in Iraq), he currently plays amateur football and is in college.

Thomas comes from a long line of people who sacrifice for their country: Mother, Army Veteran (Iraq), Step father, Army, active duty (Afghanistan), Grand father, Air Force veteran (Vietnam), Great Grand Father Navy veteran (World War II).

GOD BLESS SHAMAR THOMAS

USMC Sgt. Shamar Thomas,
24 years old

See?
The Name of the LORD
comes from afar,
with burning anger
and dense clouds of smoke;
his lips are full of wrath,
and his tongue
is a consuming fire.
~ Isaiah 30

They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my friendship.
~ Psalm 109

I Call Your Name

I have been with you
wherever you have gone,
and I have cut off
all your enemies
from before you.
Now I will make your name
like the names
of the greatest men on earth.
~ 1 Chronicles 17

Fall On Tears

I am worn out from my groaning.
All night long I flood my bed with weeping
and drench my couch with tears.
~ Psalm 6

I'm watching the world go round
I'm watching the world's end
and I could get lonely
if this is a lie she said
this is the end

fall on tears
all my friends.

Vodka Sorrow

Be merciful to me, LORD,
for I am in distress;
my eyes grow weak with sorrow,
my soul and body with grief.
~ Psalm 31

For with much wisdom
comes much sorrow;
the more knowledge,
the more grief.
~ Ecclesiastes 1

Organ Donor

Circumcise your hearts
~ Deuteronomy 10

Far Away Eyes

I myself will see him
with my own eyes—
I, and not another.
How my heart yearns within me!
~ Job 19

Please Please Please

So I turned to the Lord GOD
and pleaded with him in prayer
and petition,
in fasting,
and in sackcloth
and ashes.
~ Daniel 9

Good times for a change
See, the luck I've had
Can make a good man
Turn bad

So please please please
Let me, let me, let me
Let me get what I want
This time

Haven't had a dream
in a long time
See, the life I've had
Can make a good man bad

So for once in my life
Let me get what I want
Lord knows, it would be the first time
Lord knows, it would be the first time

Marxists

He upholds the cause of the oppressed
and gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets prisoners free.
~ Psalm 146

Good Days Bad Days

The LORD Almighty
has a day in store
for all the proud and lofty,
for all that is exalted -
and they will be humbled.
~ Isaiah 2

Gustave Flaubert, 13 November 1872

I am overwhelmed by the stupidity of the public. (...)

The bourgeoisie is so bewildered that it no longer even possesses the instinct of self-defence. And what will come after it will be even worse!

I feel the same sadness as the Roman patricians of the fourth century. I sense an irremediable barbarism rising from the depths of the earth. I hope I will be a goner before it all gets swept away.

Never have the interests of the spirit counted for less.

Never has the hatred of all greatness, the disdain for the beautiful, the execration of literature been so blatant.

I have always striven to live in an ivory tower. But a sea of shit is beating against the walls to make them totter.

~ Gustave Flaubert, 13 November 1872

I am going to bring foreigners against you,
the most ruthless of nations;
they will draw their swords
against your beauty and wisdom
and pierce your shining splendor.
~ Ezekiel 28