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113 · Jun 2019
The Human Body
Caleb John Jun 2019
It is a gift

Beautifully and wonderfully made

It is to be honored and respected

Treasured, not worthless

Valued, not desecrated

It is a gift to be given to one's husband or wife

No one else

The human body is beautiful not shameful

It is only to be shared with one's spouse because others will not see the beauty

They will not see the honor

They will see it as a house to be robbed

The body is a temple

The body only scratches the surface of the value that is in the soul.
113 · May 2019
Our Own Wars
Caleb John May 2019
We are always blind

We begin to find

We can't think past ourselves

We can't tell others about a God who loves them because we're so busy, wrapped up in our own needs, our own wars

I wish we as a nation could look past our selfish selves

And look to the God who made us

It's about Jesus

It's about his glory

Not ours

When can we look past the depression and this society of mass suicide and look around at the grace and forgiveness that was given us

We're so busy looking at our own wars

We don't bother to look at the one happening in the person right next to us
112 · Nov 2017
The Boys of this World
Caleb John Nov 2017
So many boys are born into this world but how many of them become men? I look around at my peers and i decided i did not want to be like them. Chasing after money, drugs, women, alcohol. This is just the headline so let me read to you the punch line because when you read this it's gonna make your head spin. I look around at the boys around me who chase pleasure and temporary joy dont know the game theyre playing. When you go for that girl after a night of lust you wake up and i felt that i must. You feel uneasy because all of a sudden they realize something feels wrong. Then what happens a month later when that same girl rocks your world with two words, i'm pregnant is all that she says. Then you start to panic all the anxiety you felt since that night collapses on top of you and you lose your breath and start looking for the button that says redo but it wouldnt matter because now your an addict because you gave into the lie and fell into the whole thats so black you cant see your hand in front of youre face. Hows that for a fast pace. You see you begin to realize your life is all messed up your to young to be a father you werent ready for this world. Then you leave the girl with a broken and shattered heart and a child she was never meant to raise alone. With you its just on to the next girl you can pressure to use her for your pleasure. You think its about love but thats never what it was. It was never about love it was only about ***. You see one gorls not enough because now youre an addict. *** is your God and you have to have it. You begin to think youre alone in this world and that your to ***** to come to the only thing in the universe that can help you. Jesus was standing there with his hand reached out and you slapped it away. Instead you kept falling and he chased you down the mountain you were falling down and one day that mountain you were falling down falls on top of you and youre not strong enough to carry that mountain but Jesus is standing there with you till the end and that day you finally realize that mountain is gonna crush you you give that mountain to him and he gives you a mountain of grace and love that is the lightest thing you ever felt. The false gods of this world will take a boy and keep him a boy he will never grow into a man. So dont chase those gods only one God can save you from those gods and his name is Jesus Christ.
112 · Jun 2019
I WILL DIE!!!
Caleb John Jun 2019
Without love

I am nothing

If I don't hold true to my God then I will die

If I don't study the scriptures everyday

If I don't open my ears to his teaching

I WILL DIE!

If I don't obey my master

I WILL DIE!!

If I open my door to Satan

I WILL DIE!!

I must not allow Satan to crush me

Don't allow him to crush you
112 · Dec 2018
You Answered
Caleb John Dec 2018
I thought I was done

Dying

Lying

You pushed all the demons away

You ripped the sword from my chest like Arthur and the sword in the stone

My weakness was shone

When you pulled that sword I could breathe again

I remember breathing with relief

You came when I called

You answered
111 · Jun 2018
The End of The Night
Caleb John Jun 2018
I once thought my sin was all there was to see in me

But you put a light in me

I ask you would break this heart of stone

And restore it with a heart of flesh

When I jumped into the ring

I dove in over my head

I thought I could fight for my King

But I realized my King fights for me

So I'll just stand on the side lines while my God puts the devil on the ground

And I will stand here and listen to the sound

The sound of your voice

The sound of victory

The sound of glory

There is a light at the end of the night
111 · Mar 2019
Logic Over Emotion
Caleb John Mar 2019
Why do we operate off of what we feel

Nearly every teenage relationship works off what is felt

What does self get out of it

You see any relationship can't be what I get out of it

It's what can I give

Who ever seeks his life shall lose it

Who ever gives his life shall find it

How hard are you willing to fight for her?

How long are you willing to stand with him?

It's time that we grow up and think with our minds

Not like children who throw people in the trash because they're sick of looking at them

But people who see other people as precious
111 · May 2019
New Trends
Caleb John May 2019
The chances are that most people will hate me if they read this

All the new trends and all the new fads never change reality

Gender fluidity will never be right

Abortion will always be ******

For any women who read this and maybe made a mistake

I'm sorry

I feel for you and there is forgiveness for you found in Christ

Homosexuality will never be moral

God will always be right

Man somehow always seems to be wrong

So why do we depend on our own lies and deceive ourselves into thinking we know better than the one who created us?

Some may say I am a hater

That I believe in the restriction of human rights

Some may say that I am narrow minded

But I know these things in our country are a horror and an abomination

The God I serve didn't give us an instruction manual for life so we could decide to change it to better fit what we want and feel like

He gave it to us to warn us

Don't follow these destructive new trends

Follow the God who defies them
110 · Aug 2018
Dreams
Caleb John Aug 2018
What is your dream?

What do you want to do for your life?
109 · Mar 2019
Evidence
Caleb John Mar 2019
You talk about my God like he's a scientific study

You speak of his word like a worthless use of paper

You say there's a lack of evidence

First off,

You haven't done your homework

The Bible is continually being proven

I did my background check

I asked the questions

And I found the truth on my knees

I know of whom I put my trust in

He is my King

I swore my allegiance to him

Just cause you have a Doctorate degree doesn't mean you can fathom his awesome might

Just because you think you're smart doesn't mean you can mentally comprehend the complex and ingenious plan of the God who created your very atoms

I know my Father

I know my Savior

I know the Spirit that burns in my veins

I know where my strength comes from

You say emotions aren't logical

I disagree,

You see,

When you've tasted a sample of the greatest love that you will ever taste

You can't get enough of it

There's my evidence

Don't challenge my God

For He has the power to destroy your soul
108 · Sep 2018
Oasis
Caleb John Sep 2018
Why do we cling to these gods of dust?

Things that will pass away and crumble to dust

They're just illusions in a desert

You see when someone is lost in the desert without water

They start to imagine water that's really only sand

Then when they are led to water they're so used to sand

That they don't realize that sands so hot it starts to burn their hands

When they finally find the oasis

They think it's nothing but sand
108 · Nov 2017
Father
Caleb John Nov 2017
Father how do you claim me as your son
How can you clean every bad thing I've  done
Father you took me dead and made me life
You accepted me when others did not
You saw me broken and you called me son
I come before you as I am
***** and broken in need of a Savior
I call you Father but I don't feel worthy
King David wrote that the pure in heart would see you
But my heart needed a cure that you gave
I don't know if my heart will every be pure
I keep finding new sins
That you must cleanse
I feel that my heart is so ***** and wrong
But you revealed yourself to me
I have the privilege of seeing you work daily
Father you are my God
I will love You
I will follow You
I will obey You
For the rest of my life
108 · May 2019
Humble
Caleb John May 2019
It's not about us

That is the first step to looking past this hateful world

To humble ourselves

To see that it's not about us

That is how one can be saved from Hell
108 · Nov 2018
This Thorn in my Flesh
Caleb John Nov 2018
Some nights I wish I would meet Jesus early

This pain is too great for me

Jesus take it please

It's too much for me

These temptations scream in my ear and can't wait for me to to fail

I've started so many poems like this

I'm just so sick of the same lack of bliss

This is a thorn to my flesh Jesus take it!

But if I must

I will walk with this spike driven into my side

Even if I hobble I can only make it on your strength

I don't even have this strength to grovel

This thorn

It causes me pain

It makes me wain

I feel like I sit here behind this screen

And rewrite poems that I've already wrote before

But every time

I face similar demons

I know millions across the world are staring the same ones in the face

We all have thorns driven into our sides
108 · Oct 2018
Lion's Den
Caleb John Oct 2018
I was thrown into this pit of darkness

This is a lions den who are ready to strike

Day after day they pounce

I'm covered in scars and blood

I can't fight these lions on my own

They constantly wait until I'm at my weakest

Then they drag me to the ground

I'm tired of fighting these lions

I wish I had the faith of Daniel

Who got on his knees and prayed

I wish I had the courage of Caleb

Who never doubted his God and followed him without question

I wish I had the strength of Samson

Who killed 1,000 men

But none of these men walked on their own

These gifts were given to them by God

Dear God

I'm tired of losing vigilance
107 · Jul 2018
Don't Pull the Trigger
Caleb John Jul 2018
I've talked about this before

Staying up on those long nights

Looking at a knife that I wanted to put in my chest

I knew that I would go to heaven because I knew Christ

I also knew that I would hurt a lot of people

People I loved

I also knew my life was a gift and it wasn't mine to take

I remember the constant pain

Thinking I was worthless

So don't you dare put that gun to your head and pull the trigger

If you feel like doing this to yourself

Message me

I don't care who you are or where you've come from

If it means your not the next suicide that hear in the news tomorrow it's worth it

So don't you dare pull that trigger

No matter what you think there is always someone out there who loves you

I will stay up with you during those long nights

I don't care who you are I love you

Not with an American objectifying love

Or a conditional love

But with a brotherly love

The Love of Christ

If you pull the trigger

There's no going back

You were given a life

A purpose

Your life isn't yours to take
107 · Aug 2018
Forward
Caleb John Aug 2018
Run forward

You have the strength to get past these obstacles

Don't look behind you from the past you came but only forward to the future glory you shall experience

When you are tired and feel like you can't run anymore

Get on your knees and pray

Pray for the strength

You can get over these mountains

To those who don't know Jesus Christ

Call upon his name and you shall be saved

Surrender your life to him

And you will live with more joy then you can imagine

Your life won't be easy but it will have satisfaction

To those who do know Christ

You have God in you

Tap into that power and you can overcome any obstacle
107 · Jun 2018
The Next Fix
Caleb John Jun 2018
When I hear the whispers in my ear

I just want to duck in fear

Because I don't want to hear that sweet voice

When I listen to that call nothing feels more bitter then it's bite

So I'm just jumping into a fight

But the thought of giving up the fight and giving in

Makes my stomach feel like a flying kite

To hear the call of those ancient Gods

Maybe I didn't give them up

The apostle Paul said that the hearts of men walk astray

I just didn't realize how deep the roots of my evil heart had grown

So now its time for my heart to burn

Burn the roots of evil

It was written we were supposed to be Holy as he is Holy

Yet my heart is not

My heart yearns for things of the past I thought that I destroyed long ago

I give those gods up for good

Because the next fix that I get

Won't come from this world

But from the God of love
106 · Jul 2018
Where Did It All Start?
Caleb John Jul 2018
Where did it all start?

The shootings?

The riots?

The sky rocketing suicide rates?

People started living on anti depressants?

It started when the ten commandments were taken off school walls

It started when kids were told that their lives had no more value then that of gold fish

It started when we didn't give the God who loves us his proper praise

It started when we threw Christ out the door and said we can make it on our own

It started when people decided they wanted to live a life of their own

They decided to throw the way of life that protected us to the wind

Our lives became the worst they have ever been because we have abandoned God
104 · Dec 2017
Love
Caleb John Dec 2017
The world has become a dangerous place
Kids chasing the latest trend but soon it will be their end
Chasing after money, fame and pleasure
But what happens when they find out
That these Idols have don't satisfy
That's when the depression and the pills and the anxiety set in
You see the world tells people not to think
Just be a good clone and climb the ladder
Chase after these Idols that's all that matters
Kids are told don't think on your own just do what your told
They don't think about what damage they can cause
They don't think about the true satisfaction
I hate this world
I hate the religions and the sins of this world
But I love the sinners
I love the religious
Why?
  Because I serve the friend of Sinners
I will tell the world that the ladder doesn't take you up
It only takes you back
I will tell the world of the real satisfaction and the real love
Jesus loves you and he died for you
He died for me
I just want to tell all the world that Jesus Christ is King
He's coming back some day because he didn't stay in the grave
He broke the rules of death so that we could have a chance
So you can take him and be holy as he is holy
The world will ask
Why would he do this for me?
Why would you tell me about him?
The answer is simple
Love
This world is a dying world full of people
People in need of Love
Love that never ends
Love that is patient and kind
Love that is unconditional
Love that will show you untold wonders
Don't stay with this suicidal society that doesn't even have the foggiest notion of love
Join with Jesus
He loves you more than you will ever know
So all I can say is
Take his love
Take his hand
And be holy as he is holy
Jesus loves you
104 · Mar 2019
Doubt
Caleb John Mar 2019
I do not doubt that the Bible is true

I shouldn't doubt in the power of my God

Yet I doubt my God

After all he's done for me

After he broke down the gates of Hell

After all his wonders I've seen

After all the lives I've watched him save

I'm so prone to wonder

I'm so prone to give in

But maybe I don't doubt

Because in the root of my soul I know what is true

I simply don't access his power because I'm human

Because I have pride in my own abilities which haven't gotten me anywhere

But If you were to ask me

"Caleb don't you ever doubt in the existence of God?"

I would respond, simply "No. You see Men do not die for things they doubt"
103 · Oct 2018
Sword and Shield
Caleb John Oct 2018
The Bible is a sword

Prayer is my shield

But sometimes I feel like every time I begin to raise my sword

It gets kicked to the ground

Sometimes I feel like I try to hold my shield high

Then it's pulled to the ground
103 · Mar 2018
Every Gripe Every Groan
Caleb John Mar 2018
I walk through the halls of a nice school
Pretty white walls that seem to be spotless
But the truth is that the people who walk these walls seem to be Godless
Everyday I hear every gripe every groan
About how terrible someones life is
How they feel forgotten and abused
Because they didn't get what they wanted
Some groans are worthy of love
Worthy of prayer
And worthy of concern
But usually it's the ones you don't hear that you need to listen for
You need to listen to that kid who just lost his father
That girl who was *****
That kid who never comes to school because they struggle with their self worth
When all I hear is "My life is so terrible because my parents didn't buy me that car" It makes me want to throw up
These kids are dying and they don't even know it
They live the lives millions would **** to live
Yet when the real problems come around
I try to offer the truth of a God who provides healing
And His name is trampled on like dirt
Yet I will continue to share the Gospel because when they mock my father
I will not be like them
I will be like my Father who loves them more then I ever could
102 · Dec 2018
Surface
Caleb John Dec 2018
I wish I was who they saw

"Someone Important" is what they say

My friends only see one side of me

Some spiritual person who gives advice

I wish these skeletons were ripped out of the closet

If they knew what you knew

They wouldn't want anything to do with me

They would turn their head in disgust

Ok

Maybe they wouldn't but I wish they would

Because I can't even look at myself in the mirror without wanting to spit

I wish they saw more then the surface

Cause the higher you raise someone

The higher they can fall

I realize my voice carries farther then I want it to

I don't ever want to sound self righteous like I'm someone who matters

I'm just a filthy bag of bones full of filthy bones

I wish they could see more then the surface
101 · Mar 2018
To Live or Die
Caleb John Mar 2018
I could take what this world has to offer
I could live for the late nights
And wake up throwing up with guilt
I could take this world
That feels so good
That looks so good
That tastes so good
Or I could be dead to this world
I could live for my creator
Even if I stand alone
I will stand for him
I am dead to this world and I am alive in him
100 · Feb 2019
Power
Caleb John Feb 2019
My God gave me a sword

He gave me a shield

He gave me Grace

He gave me Joy

He gave Life

My God is my strength

He's the only reason I'm alive

His power is magnificent

His grace is Sufficient

He resides in this heart

Jesus power runs in my veins

When I stand on his side

I'm unstoppable

When I go against him

I lose the strength he gave me

So I will stand on the Lords side

For the Lord is always Right

His Power

Is always righteous
100 · Feb 2019
I Remember
Caleb John Feb 2019
I remember what it was like to be lost

I remember running as a young child

Thinking about how many problems this world has

I remember thinking I was going to do something about it

I remember when I began to grow into a teenager

I felt a spark light in my soul

I didn't know just how big of an explosion that spark would cause

I remember staring into the eyes of the lifeless

Speaking the words of life

I remember fighting those long nights

Fighting thoughts of suicide

Wrestling the demons in my mind

Jesus overcame

And I forgot

I forgot his power

I forgot the fire

I've prayed for a revival in my soul

Like it's God's fault or something

You see I did a whole lot of talking but not much listening

I will stoke these dimming embers in my soul

I will let them grow

I will carry this fire in my soul

I will Remember
100 · Oct 2018
How Many Will It Take?
Caleb John Oct 2018
Today another life lost

How many more lives will it cost?

Before we realize all the things we shouldn't have tossed

Get the 10 commandments of the walls

Let everyone live like they want

Cause man is just another animal

So why be formal

Get the rules out

But didn't the founding fathers say that the only way to win a bout

Was through religion and morality?

And didn't Reagan say that Christians were the key to keeping America great?

Even Washington knew his place

On his knees before God

When morality and religion were thrown out the door

More people send a bullet into their core

How many lives will it take before this nation

Gives up it's god of pride

And falls on it's knees before the God of Love
100 · Nov 2018
No Man Left Behind
Caleb John Nov 2018
He sent us into this world to spread his message

He sent us as warriors

Soldiers

To penetrate and pierce the horrors of this world

We were called to work together

As a band of brothers and sisters

What do I do when my brothers are shot down

And my sisters are set on fire?
100 · May 2019
Hope
Caleb John May 2019
You see those demons that torment you day and night?

You see how close you are to jumping off that cliff because you feel that you will never be enough?

You see the lies the world shoves in your face

This world's full of dealers dealing out lies like they can actually satisfy

Don't go to the false gods that leave you hungry for more!

I don't only say this to the few who may read this but right now my mind is screaming it to myself

DON'T LEAVE UNCHANGED BY THE POWER OF GRACE!!!

The power of Grace is Hope

Jesus came to give us Hope

HE CAME TO SAVE THE WORLD!!!!

PLEASE FOLLOW HIM SO THAT YOU MAY BE SAVED!!

Don't follow the lies of pleasure, fame and fortune

Walk in the hope of Grace

You may live in a shack made of cardboard but if your hope is in Jesus Christ you will be satisfied!

Feed on the words that give you access to power

That allow you to see past the smoke and mirrors that composes this suicidal society

PLEASE DON'T READ THIS WITHOUT THOUGHT!!!

PLEASE READ THIS AND BE CHANGED!!!!

Pray to God

Follow him

Cling to his word

You will be hated

But nothing can ever stand in the way of the reckless and powerful love of our God

I know the one in whom my hope rests

Maybe I'm just preaching to myself

But even so please know that I am a sinner

I hope you forget who wrote this and remember the words that were written

Follow Jesus

AND LIVE!!!!
99 · Aug 2018
Without a Word
Caleb John Aug 2018
Living

Going day to day

The same old same old

Living like a paper airplane that was never folded

When I don't talk

I lose track

I fall out of tune

It's hard to talk sometimes

When I don't know what I'm feeling

I do know

It's hard to live

Without a word
99 · Feb 2019
Fearless
Caleb John Feb 2019
I can't lie and say I'm never afraid

The truth is I'm always afraid

My God promised me I didn't have to fear

But I do

I know my God has won the war and when I meet him

I will bow my head

For he is God

I wish I was fearless

But I'm not

I'm terrified

I gave up to the darkness

I let those demons linger in my mind

Dear God I'm afraid

You know I'm a ***** up

You know I struggle

You know I'm lost in this darkness

Please guide me

Help me to be fearless
98 · Nov 2017
Suicide
Caleb John Nov 2017
Some days I struggle with my heart because it constantly wants to part. Some days i wrestle with my pride and my temptations. I wish these demons inside me would take physical form because i would cut their heads off. I would rather fight forever in the physical realm then in my heart. These demons tear me apart. Some days i would feel like dying. Some days i would be too choked up because of the pain that i kept up. Some days i picked up that knife and thought about ending it all. Some days i never wanted to wake up. Struggling with the anxiety and depression. Afraid of what i would become. Tired of living but i knew taking my life would be sinning and i knew deep down i was created for something more but right now i feel so poor. I was created for more than just the average joe, flipping burgers and selling fries. Maybe that's why i struggle so much is because i know right from wrong and it was never easy doing what's right if it was we wouldn't have any problems in this world. I can't say i always did what was right because i know that sometimes the wrong can feel so right but it's not right. It's a fight. The depression and anxiety try to eat me alive because sometimes i wonder if i'm able to do what i was called to do. The truth is i'm not. On my own i will get owned. Whenever i tried to do something on my own strength it blew up in my face but whenever God put my hand to something i was unstoppable. So i'm gonna do my best to flow to the rhythm of his drum but sometimes i lose the flow and all i feel is cold. When i think about the life i was called to live i sit back and think how can i do this. In reality i walk among men as a giant but on the inside i feel like a coward trying to hide from his duty because of fear of losing. I was called to stand for those who can't. I was called to speak for the voiceless. I was sent to advise the crushed and the wounded. I can't do this on my own, maybe that's why the thought of self destruction enters my mind but it will never happen because that will mean the devil won and i let my savior down. I don't like to lose so i'm gonna finish this fight till someone puts this body into the ground but that won't happen until God allows it. That's ok because my life will never be about me because it never was about me i'm here to glorify my God but everyday i fail him. To Isis and other haters of the followers of Christ. You won't win this war. No matter how many bullets you fire into our skulls, no matter how many heads you take, no matter how many graves you dig. You will never win because greater is he living in us than he who is in the world. He is mightier than you could ever imagine so i hope you will repent of your wicked ways and join us because Jesus didn't die on that cross for just me but for you too. Jesus is victorious.
97 · Mar 2019
Release the 800
Caleb John Mar 2019
Where has faith gone

We only have faith if we walk unhindered

If no one stands against us

But what if we stand alone against an army of 800 men

I know my God is with me and he will fight for me

All I must do is call upon the God of grace and he will be my strength

If I walk in his ways and not mine

SO RELEASE THE 800!!!!

My God is with me
97 · Aug 2018
SCREAM!!
Caleb John Aug 2018
I'm sick of the late nights full of conflict in my soul

I'm sick of who I was

Satan used to tempt me with thoughts of suicide

The only way I thought the struggle could end

But I won't let Satan have me

Some nights I just want to scream!!

Jesus stormed the gates of hell and broke the rules of death

So why must I feel this conflict?

Because Satan knows what I was called to do

All I see are the mountains God allows him to put in my way

Sometimes those mountains look so big and I feel so small

Why does the darkness often seem more visible then the light?

I'm sick of darkness

I wish I could rip my chest open tear the sin from my soul

But that's not the way it works the only one who can cleanse me daily is Christ
97 · Jul 2018
Prayer
Caleb John Jul 2018
Why is it I only realize now what a Weapon God gave me?

Maybe I have been complaining too much and have been listening

God gave me a weapon and Satan has blinded from seeing it

Every day when I wake up

I know Satan's just ready to try to put a veil over my eyes

A veil made of false truths and lies

It's made of hopelessness and depression

But all I need to do is call on my God for him to rip it off

I have Jesus on my side for this intersession

Prayer is a powerful weapon God gave us

I just wish that I learned how to use it better when I was younger

Maybe then there wouldn't have been such a fuss

Every day I go to war with demons and my evil desires

But when I call on Christ he is my defense

When I pour out myself to him

He as there at whim

I love you Father

Son

And Holy Spirit
97 · May 2019
The God I Serve
Caleb John May 2019
My God spoke galaxies into being

He formed stars with his fingers

He spun the heavenly dance known as gravity into being

He takes the time to remember how many stars he created

He knows their name

I didn't create this God

He created me

He shaped worlds with words

He pays so much attention to the big things

but he also pays such close attention to the little things

He customized atoms down to the last quark

He used those atoms to make up substances that create cells

Cells make up living things

He used the little things so complicated and intricate

To create the big things so massive and powerful

This is the wondrous God whom I serve
96 · Jun 2018
Rest
Caleb John Jun 2018
Everyday

All I feel is unrest

All I hear is the noise

The noise of thoughts moving faster then I thought possible

The noise in my soul

I thought getting away from life would give me rest

But my cluttered mind became more cluttered

The development of anxiety made me think that I had lost it

The noise of the world I couldn't stop

The temptations whispering in my ear

All I felt was restless

Never feeling rest

Unable to experience joy because I was too focused on my problems

The only place I ever found rest

Was at the foot of my King

The only time I ever felt calm

The only place I ever felt peace

Where I found joy

Was at the foot of the cross

So Dear Jesus

I lay this noise down

I thank you for the calm

I just ask for the strength that only you can give me

You are my King

You are my God

You are me Rest
95 · Oct 2018
Offering
Caleb John Oct 2018
How can I give something that was given to me?

What do I have to offer?

You gave me these hands

So I could punch through the trends

You gave me these legs merely so I could give them back to you

Sometimes I don't have a clue

You could've chosen someone better

Why me?!

I have nothing to offer you!!!

I stand in front of a lock and only you hold  the key

So why me!

You told me to tell the Gospel

Why would you send someone who should've been expelled

But you've allowed me to remain in your presence

I feel like you're burning my essence

I have nothing to bring to the table

I'm not even able

So every day I ask that you will take these legs

Take these arms

Shine through me like a fire

I don't want to just sell to the quickest buyer

Take my offering

Although it's pitiful
94 · Mar 2018
The God of War
Caleb John Mar 2018
So many describe my God as a God of peace
Or a God who was once a God of war
The truth is
My God is the greatest warrior this world will ever face
He fights for His people
He loves those who reject him
He gives his people a life worth living
He gives them hope in their desolation
He is the God of War
93 · Jan 2019
Quote of the day 1
Caleb John Jan 2019
Whatever you are, be good a good one - Abraham Lincoln
93 · May 2018
Running on Water
Caleb John May 2018
The Bible says in the gospels
The disciple Peter walked on water with the power of faith
When he lost sight of Christ he began to sink
The waves looked to high
Too big
Too intimidating
I wasn't called to walk
I was born to run
I was born to one day lead my wife
I was born to lead my future children
I was born to stand for whats right
Sometimes I lose sight of Christ
Sometimes I begin to sink
Then I remember
I was born to run
I was born to run on nothing but faith
I was born to run through the waves
Sometimes I begin to cave and it makes me sick
Then I remember that I am merely a tool
Sometimes I feel like one of the prophets
By all means I shouldn't be here
But I was born for more
And I wish it was something I did
But in fact I should be the last of God's choice
Why he decided to use me I don't know
When I meet him
I will ask out of wonder
92 · Nov 2018
Eyes
Caleb John Nov 2018
I can't tell you how many times I want to say

If you saw me for who I am you would never want to stay

I doubt I'm the only one feels this way

But Jesus doesn't see us this way

He saw every thing we ever did wrong

He knows every little fault

Every little lie

Every lust filled night

Every bit of human filth that fills this world

And he saw it through a different pair of eyes

He saw what he loved

He sees through eyes of love

If not there would be no reason for the dove

Jesus eyes are filled with love as he looks at this world filled with filth

He saw what he loved

And he came to save an evil world

That He loved

I wish I saw people through those eyes
91 · Nov 2018
This Healing in my Side
Caleb John Nov 2018
Jesus you put your hand in my side

And gave me the strength to walk again

You know this thorn that's lodged in my side

You know the pain it causes

But I know you've given me the ability to move forward with this thorn

But sometimes I look around

And I hear people say that I'm something spiritual or something special

Then I turn to the other side

To people who think I'm crazy or offensive because I stood up for the unborn

But that wasn't me

It was you

You give me the healing

You give me the strength

But people just don't know the battle I face

My flaws and impurities shine so bright

I don't know where people see your light

Cause it sure isn't from me

I am the chief of sinners

This thorn was my own doing

But you gave me healing
87 · Feb 2019
My Conscience
Caleb John Feb 2019
I'm tired of breaking it

God when I step across these lines

It keeps getting easier to cross every time

Father

I'm so imperfect

I need your forgiveness

You have blessed me

And I keep breaking conscience in two

I take those promises I made to you and crack them over my knee

You give me grace

And I give you these ****** hands

I dropped my guns

Gave up the fight

My fire is dimming

Dear Jesus

I'm tired of fighting you

When I should be fighting these demons

Yet I join them

Please forgive me
86 · Dec 2018
Rally
Caleb John Dec 2018
You let the devil take your joy

You let him rip into your soul with his illusions

You let him take your heart and control it like a puppet

You tried to retreat into your own kingdom thinking the devil spared it

Why do you try to hide when your King is fighting for you

Why did you hand your life to the devil when you were so close

Your King doesn't stand on the sidelines and watch while you fight a pointless battle

We're not cattle

So pick up your sword and rally

Rally to the King who already won!

Stand beside your God and King who stands beside you
84 · Feb 2019
I Meant It
Caleb John Feb 2019
When I speak I try to mean it

It breaks my heart when I don't practice what I preach

I'm covered in filthy rags before a mighty God

But when I told how I felt

I meant it

Sometimes I joke and say things that aren't serious

Sometimes I just try to dance around my feelings with a quick joke

Sometimes you ask me how I'm doing

And I dance around you

But you have a way of pulling the truth out of me

I just want you to know

That I meant it
82 · Dec 2018
Heart Problems
Caleb John Dec 2018
I wish I could do better

I wish I was better

I wish I could be enough

I wish I didn't constantly replace my God for pieces of rock

But you see

I have this problem that I struggle with

My heart is a heart of flesh

It follows after the shiniest things it sees

It is prone to wander
Caleb John Sep 2018
I really don't know what I'm doing

Sitting here at this computer typing out words

Not really sure what to say

It's hard to come to ask for help sometimes

It's hard to tell someone you're hurting

It's hard to admit you ******* up

It's hard when people value their pride over you

It's hard to come too God and ask to feel his love when you feel like you failed him over and over and over again

But he's still always there

It's hard for me to look up and tell him what I did even though he already knows

But he's still there

Waiting for me to come back

It's hardest to come back to him when it hurts
82 · Dec 2018
Pedestal
Caleb John Dec 2018
I don't want this

I don't want to be on a pedestal

I don't want to have opportunity to grow my ego

You see the higher you are the harder you fall

I feel like I keep falling but someone keeps putting me up on a pedestal

I feel like I'm a painting on display

Only someone painted over my cracks and faults

Jesus you are the master painter

I know you don't hide my faults

You restore them

But I don't want to have this delusion of a pedestal

I don't want to think I'm on one

I don't want to stand on one

I never liked being the center of attention

It always made me nervous

But God you called me to speak for you

I don't want to twist your words to make them something they're not

Dear Jesus

You stand tall

Put me in the back where no one can see me
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