Gimme Gimme Gimme

In a world where everyone screams

"GIMME GIMME GIMME"

I want this and that and that 

always some money

Oh, what's that thing so shiny,

and someone to call hunny

to make me a happy chappy

everyone living for the moment

and no perspective for what lasts

May our prayers be

Lord give me: 

New eyes to see

Your majesty

Your love and grace

and to seek your face

Lord give me

New things to delight in

delight in Your beauty

Your eternal faithful word

Your plans for the world

Lord give me

a Mind that ponders

on all Your wonders

a mind that yearn

to learn of You more and more

Lord give me

A new heart

That accepts your forgiveness

and a heart

that loves others

but loves You more

Riana Odendaal

May 2016

Behold my Servant - The Ultimate Promise Keeper - The Messiah

Behold My Servant: The Ultimate Promise-Keeper

My dear people Israel, behold my Servant

My Servant the Ultimate Promise-keeper

A promise He made to you

To send you into Babylonian exile

And that the stones of Jerusalem

Will all be on a pile

Which, in time, you found it to be true

A promise He made to you

To send His shepherd Cyrus

Who will send you back to the Promised Land

A promise made nearly two centuries

Before Cyrus was even born

Or any of you found yourself in Babylon

And… you found the promise fulfilled

A promise I made to send My Servant

The Messiah

That will save you from sin

A Child that will be born

And later suffer on a cross

For the sins of many

A promise which you all saw was kept

To the very last detail

A promise that My Servant, the Messiah

Will come again, and will reign forever

Is yet still to be fulfilled

But keep your focus on HIM

He is the Ultimate Promise-Keeper

He will come again

And reign forever

He is faithful!

Riana Odendaal

May 2016

(Scratching the surface on Isaiah) 

growth

On a sweet crispy Fall morning

under a bright blue sky

a little seed fell to the ground

pushed into the earth by feet trodding over

till no longer it a trace of it could be found

Deep under the dust, still it lay

hibernating

Throughout the cold winter months

drinking in the few dew drops

and every last little ray of sun

Slowly but surely

A little root grows out so lean

and by the time Spring comes around

It pushes out a brand new colour of green

a new plant sprouted

and drinks in the early spring rain

till it grows a beautiful crown

which turns many a frown

into an appreciative smile

Riana Odendaal

May 2016