Wednesday, December 27, 2006

A SOUND MIND

(Based on II Timothy 1:7)


A sound mind
Given by God and Jesus
Travels at “warp” speed
To memories dear,
Or our latest misdeed.
But, not to worry
If we ARE Christ’s child:
(Both bad and some mild).

This sound mind
Is God’s gift:
Healing that rift
Caused by mankind’s fall
When Adam lost all.


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
9/29/06

GOD LOVES GOOD HUSBANDS

God loves good husbands
So, keep on living -
Because you ARE
Terribly missed
When you’re gone -
So, stay and be kissed.
Realize you’re loved
For who you are -
A shining star
In God’s Creation.


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
October 7, 2006

I AM NOT

I am not
“Going quietly
Into the night” -
But like an old
Mother hen -
Kicking up a
Lot of barnyard dust
And clucking loudly
To her chicks:
“Following Jesus
Is a must.”
Sounding the alarm
To keep them from harm!

(Yes, I do love
Those glorious chickens.)
Cluck! Cluck!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
October 8, 2006

BEING BORN AGAIN

Being born again
Is life’s greatest goal -
It makes you whole -
(From lost to found!) -
Like that proverbial
Lost sheep
That Jesus found,
And did keep!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
September 24, 2006

Friday, December 22, 2006

A I D S

AIDS, that dread
Word and state -
Driven by rebel sex,
And full of hate
For God and Jesus’ WORDS
And Their good sex rules.

AIDS, the devil’s sex -
Killing all the fools.


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
9/23/06

THE POWER OF BELIEVING

The power of
Believing
The Holy Spirit,
Manifests
The Power of God!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

June 30, 2006

DAVID, DON’T LIVE IN THE HOUSE OF PHILOSOPHY FOREVER

David, don’t live in
The house of philosophy forever,
But in Jesus’ House
(The One “not
Built with hands”).

It’s Jesus’ House
That breaks
Earth’s bands.

Philosophy’s house
Goes only so far -
But HIS is the House
That reaches the stars -
Especially that MORNING STAR.


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
7/30/06

DAVID, MY DAVID, GODSPEED TO YOU!

You’re a tall
Handsome fellow -
Smart, sweet and mellow -
Bright and quick
As light -
Mysterious as night.
Farewell,
And Godspeed to you!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
July 28, 2006

YOU CHOOSE SCHIZOPHRENIA (I pray not)

You choose schizophrenia, while
I’ll choose Christianity.
You choose to live
In this secular world,
Where there is good and evil -
I choose to live
Apart from evil -
With God and Jesus’ help -
For evil is strong
And can
Make the strongest yelp.

So, I choose Jesus
“Narrow Way”
‘Til the end
Of my day,
When He brings
Me Home to Heaven!

Choose His Way
With me
And leave
Evil’s confused, schizophrenic path -
(Both here and there)
To the “lost”!

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
July 27, 2006

GOD BURNED OUT THE DROSS

God burned out the dross
From my soul
And it was NOT
A big loss -
It just gave me
A lot of pain -
But, was all for my gain,
Losing that junky, old “dross”.

Miraculously,
Losing that “load”
Made my soul soar -
I was readier
For Heaven
Amid earth’s fierce roar.

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
7/25/2006

I’M A DADDY’S GIRL !

I’m a daddy’s girl!
That’s how
It ought to be!

A Godly father
Has a future goddess
On his knee.
Both are delighted!!
Never frighted -
(At least if he is,)
He keeps it to himself -
Keeping her
And her mother safe,
Is his main aim
In life!
God made him so!
And now you know
Why I’m a
Daddy’s girl for life!

I’m a “Daddy’s girl”
And look -
“How I turned out”:
Blessed - two other
Godly men -
Without a doubt.


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
July 27, 2006

THE LIFE OF THE MIND

We live in our minds -
That, we eventually find!

Self must abandon
Its throne,
If we are
To be known,
As only God can know us.

Pure love and care
Can be ours,
Thru all life’s hours -
If we follow Jesus’ Way
‘Til the end
Of our days.


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
July 20, 2006

GOD SPECIALIZES IN TOUGH LOVE

God specializes in tough love,
Sad to say -
It’s because of the Fall,
We need it that way!

God’s Fatherly Love
Shapes His Christian children
From above -
Making them ready
For heaven -
That’s His “Tough Love”!

Trust and Faith
Are required -
So never get tired
Of His “Tough Love”.

Just lean on His Arm,
And you will come
To no harm!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
6/30/2006

JUST BEING NICE

Just being nice
Now rules the day -
“Just being nice”
Now holds sway
Over Christianity’s Christ,
Who shows us “HIS WAY”.

Many now say:
“I hope I’ll be nice enough”
To reach Heaven’s gate.

Mindless, spineless, nicety
Now rules so many folks.
Who have rejected God’s “narrow way” -
And become satan’s easy prey -
Thinking just “being nice” is enough.


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
July 19, 2006

LAUGHING TALK

Nowadays our talk
Has gotten “soooo” p.c.,
Real understanding
Is not
Real “e-a-s-y”!

So “laughing talk”
Rules the day -
Words are couched
In a nonsensical laugh -
“Taking a stab”
At clarity.
Say nothing unless
It elicits a “chuckle” -
(Even if it is of a dubious sort)!
That’s how
We now talk and report.

O - woe is me!

– Jo Jean DeCristoforo –
July 13, 2006

THE LAND OF ANOMIE

The land of Anomie,
Where “nothing” rules -
And there ARE
No schools -
Just plenty of places
For fools!

In the land of Anomie,
There is
No right or wrong!
And if nothing matters -
Then that’s right
Where we belong.

HOWEVER, we cannot live a Good life,
Without any meaning -
Without God and Jesus’ Blessed rules!!
So, don’t remain darn fools,
And live in that sad
Land of Anomie
Where there ARE
No rules.

-Jo Jean DeCristoforo –
July 3, 2006

DEAR GOD, THY WORLD IS BEAUTIFUL!

Dear God, Thy World is beautiful!
Oh, how it thrills my soul to see
The beauty of a sunset sky
Or stately tree.
The form of an autumn leaf
Upon the lawn,
Touches my heart
As it’s touched at dawn -
When rosy ribbons wrap the sky
And one knows hope is never gone!

Thank you for the beauty
Of a small pink rose -
The way a wisteria blossom grows -
Cottonwood leaves that shine and dance
When over the river a brisk
Breeze blows.

Thou art at the heart
Of the tiny rose -
Mirrored in mountain lake -
Present in the winds
That shake each lovely leaf
And so from nature’s sheaf
We sense Thy plan:
Fused with the Words
Of the Son of Man.
We begin to see our destiny -
Linked together in Thy golden chain
With beauty and good on every plane -
We are at one with Thee!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

Thursday, December 21, 2006

HOUSE OF PEACE

905, a place of peace
For God made it so.

So everyone
Will know
Where to go.

Here, Jesus leads -
And somehow
We will know
The right way to go.

Just keep
On praying.
His Way
He will show!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
May 29, 2006

COLD OLD LADY

Not fun to be old
But to be
Old and cold,
So really sad -
Not the least bit “rad”.
Make you feel “shrively” -
All shriveled up -
Like an used paper cup!

Old pains reappear -
Along with fear -
Only Jesus’ Way -
Can save the day - or night!
He helps you thru -
“Jesus is Victor” -
Corrie said it true!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
March 9, 2006

LOOKING FOR LOVE

Looking for loveIn all the wrong places!
That’s the story
Of life
Lived
Without Jesus.


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
March 6, 2006

JESUS IS THE GOD OF THE SECOND CHANCE

Jesus is the God of the second chance
Only God and He
Can heal the wounds
Of your soul,
And make you whole.

Jesus shows His love
For you on the cross,
Giving His Life
To heal your loss!
Loss from childhood’s wounds
That everyone has -
Needing Jesus’ healing salve.
Wounds where pain is deep,
Driving us along
To behavior that’s wrong -
And makes things even worse.

So take Jesus’ offer
Of a second chance!
Know His love for you
Is found in His acceptance -
Wounds of deep rejection -
Healed by Jesus’ deep affection!

Then you’ve found
The God of the second chance!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
February 23, 2006

EQUITY

“Don’t piss off your equity.”
Is good advice,
Don’t you see?

God gave you talents, aplenty
Don’t you see? -

Use them for self and others,
That’s maximum use of your equity!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

FOCUS

Focus on the goal
As all great athletes do!

Our goal for life
Is what is true!
Make Jesus’ way
The goal for your soul,
Since His Way is True.

Focus on Jesus’ Truth
To see life through.
He is the prized goal,
Worthy of your soul!

So focus on Him,
To find His joy within.


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

GOOD OLD COMMON HORSE SENSE

“He has got
Good old-fashioned common horse sense!”
My Dad would say,
In an admiring sort of way.

It was as if -
If that was all he had -
It was good enough -
Sort of like having
All the right stuff!



- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

LIVING AND DYING

We are not ready to live
‘Til we are ready to die!
And dying does terrify -
‘Til we live Jesus’ way!

No other way to win
But ask Jesus within,
And live for and with Him
Day by day!

The joy of the Lord
Will be your strength -
As you live any length -
Then, you will be ready to die!

Heavenward bound,
You owe Jesus all -
As he conquered the Fall,
And “brought you around”.

Hallelujah to the Lamb -
He taught you to live and to die!

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
January 2006

LIFE WITHOUT GOD

Life without God
Simply does not work -
There is no real love, no hope,
No kindness, happiness, joys
For men, women, girls, and boys!

Just a dreary, gloomy life
Filled with mindless strife.

Atheism can be sad
With nothing much to make you glad,
But movies and games to entertain.

Live life with God and Jesus
They bring meaning to your work
And a purpose to living and giving!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
December 2005

TV IS NOT LIKE REAL LIFE

TV is not like real life,
It plays right into the devil’s hand -
Carried along by its seductive stand -
“Away, away” to “la-la” land!

Ensnaring all in daffy unreality -
Lies of human perfection as really true,
Bringing sour delusion along
Decked out with a silly song.

Then there are self-promoting ads
Like poisonous honey, -
Pushing only one interest: money!
Teaching the dumb and smart alike,
False answers and fake pronouncements.

Mind games dressed as real life,
Leading all into the “pit”
The devil has busily dug
For those who believe in TV,
Not God and Christ -
And their plan for life.

So godless TV does lead us astray
From real life and Jesus’ way.

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

DUTY AND HAPPINESS

Happiness comes along
With a song,
As we are doing our duty.

But when we do wrong,
We lose our song,
And happiness fades,
As does beauty!

So forget not
Jesus, God, and your duty.


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

MOVIE MASQUERADE

Movies masquerade as real life,
Telling us many lies
About how life really works!
But movies are made by godless jerks,
Showcasing man-made theories
That only add to life’s worries.

Movies seem to say:
Live life our way -
That God’s old, dull rules
Are only for fools.

But they are the fools -
Ignoring God’s rules.

Trading a “made-up” story
For all of God’s glory!
That’s the movie masquerade!

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

A BEAUTIFUL GODLY WOMAN

A beautiful Godly woman
Is God’s best gift to man
Created according to plan
Special, from the very first
Not like man -
(The crowning glory of the universe)
But his total, equal compliment!

Man finds his completeness
Only in the love of a woman as wife.

Remember, God said
After creating man:
It’s not good for man to be alone!
He must have a beautiful woman.

God loves women!!

Man is the head -
Woman the heart of God’s world.


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
February 10, 2006

SEX

It seems a duty
To observe men’s (or women’s) beauty,
Even deep in sleep -
A promise to keep.

Part of God’s mystery
Is the beauty of sex -
A blessing of God
Never understood -
Just blessing and good.

Sex only works
Under God’s control,
Or meaning and beauty are lost
Somewhere, in a black hole.

God gives us part
Of His CREATIVITY
Cemented by
Jesus’ NATIVITY.

So follow His sex rules
Or become super fools.

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
1/06

FEAR

I’m not nearly as brave
As I thought I’d be.

Sometimes fear rises inside of me,
That awful feeling
That I try to hide.
This tide melts courage away -
Feels like it’s there to stay.
And only Jesus is near
To quell my fear.

Jesus is my only friend!
Down to the end
With me He will stay
And take that awful fear away!

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

THINK ABOUT ASPIRIN

Think about aspirin
Miracle drug of the day!
It seemed to make me stronger -
And to last even longer,
And chased arthritis away!

This drug, God given,
Eased soldiers in livin’
Through W.W. 1
‘Til it was done.

My dad was one
Of those soldiers!
Thank God for aspirin!

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

I SHOULD GIVE LESSONS ON HOW TO DIE AT HOME

I should give lessons
On how to die at home.
So I’ll try to do
It in a poem.

My qualifications are rare
So let me now share:
I’m an 84 yr. old 3rd generation RN,
Like an old mother hen -
Clucking to her chix -
On what needs to be fixed,
If you want to die at home.

First of all pray a lot
To find honest Christian help,
When helpless you get.
Someone who will care -
And not use or abuse,
And your burdens to share.
Then trust Jesus and God all the way
Day by day.

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
Feb. 8, 2006

GODLESS EVOLUTIONARY SCIENTISTS

Godless evolutionary scientists
Do have their place,
Doing good work
For the human race.

But their favorite agenda
Seems to be:
Proving God is a fantasy!

This does lots of harm
Tearing innocent Believers apart.
That’s NOT their main work,
And they should just “shut up” -quietly doing their good work
For Mankind!

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
2/10/2006

FIGHT EVIL WITH GOOD

Fight evil with good
‘Cause it’s “what’s under the hood”
That brings forth good!

That good is God’s LOVE,
For suffering mankind -
Wrapped up in Jesus’ Way
(It’s His Way - or the highway!)
He is the Savior of the world!

Then think about
This fact:
Jesus said,
“Love your enemies”!
Try it in a balanced way.


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
Feb. 8, 2006

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

THANK YOU, GOD, FOR SUNSHINE

Thank you, God, for the sunshine
A gift straight
Out of the blue!
Pouring in through the windows
And warming the mountains, too.

Also warms hearts
And lifts spirits -
A blessing ever new.

Thank God for His mysterious miracle
Poured upon me and you!

Thank you, God, for sunshine!

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
January 23, 2006

WHO’S IN CHARGE HERE?

Who’s in charge here?
Democracy dear,
Or bumbling bureaucracy?

When God is thrown out,
Integrity is in doubt,
And goodness in government
Goes away!

With integrity gone
Bureaucracy is strong!

In this fallen world
Christian goodness must hold sway,
Or we will rue the day
The prison inmates are in charge -
No integrity -
Only bureaucracy leads the way!

Evolutionary integrity,
Is a modern myth.
And we soon
Will know this,
When we fall
Into bureaucracy’s abyss!

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

THE CONCEPT OF GOD

The concept of God
In our Christian
Founders’ hearts
Was a REALITY -
Fought and bled for
in totality.

It was NOT a nebulous thing,
But a belief in God
That gave wing
The the freedom we sing!

The concept of God
IS a REAL THING!!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
February 10, 2006

THANK YOU FOR THE NIGHT OF REST

“Thank you for the night of rest,”
My dear lovely Mother would say
As she rose to face another day.

In her sweet little voice
I can still hear her say:
“Thank you, God, for this food
And the night of rest.”

As an aging old nurse -
She could surely see
What a blessing a night of rest
Could be.

So she thanked her God
For the rest He had given.

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

ACCEPTANCE

By learning acceptance,
Jesus set me free
To be the Mother
I was meant to be.

Nothing made me so glad
As this new gift I had,
Because Mothers are sad
When they “muff” the job
Of being an accepting Mother.

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo –
January 22, 2006

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

SUFFERING

Suffering makes you
Better or bitter!
The choice is yours!

Suffering makes us perfect,
Ready to be with God
In that perfect place -
All because of His marvelous grace!

We come out
As pure gold -
A sight to behold -
Worthy of Jesus’
Sacrifice of old.

Now we are worthy
Of the great price
Jesus paid for
With HIS LIFE.




- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
4/9/2006

IF WOMEN WILL NOT BE WOMEN

If women will not be women
Then men CANNOT be men!
A different role -
And a different soul -
And if that role’s despised,
So is life’s prize!

Men need women
More than women need men.
So, women should all see
How important “we be!”
God made us that way,
And we’ll rue the day
When women decided
To be junior or senior men.
Then feminism will have Won out!

God created the sex’s model
He created Adam and Eve -
Not Adam and Steve -
That’s a heck of a difference!
And it shouts of INTERFERENCE
With God’s design.

If women will not be women
Men CANNOT be men.
If God’s way is despised -
(What a cost!!) -
Basically, ALL is lost!

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
April 7, 2006

DEEP SEATED ANGER

Deep seated anger
Will ruin your life -
Fill it with strife,
And only God
Can control it!

So choose Jesus’ way
And stay on it night and day.
For the evil is strong -
And the battle is long -
And only with Jesus’ help
Can you win the day!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
January 27, 2006

Saturday, October 28, 2006

THE BLESSED STRENGTH of YOUNG MANHOOD and YOUNG WOMANHOOD

The blessed strength
Of young manhood
And young womanhood
Can be a blessing for all,
If movies and TV-land don’t
Cause their fall
Into an evil trap!
Then, their strength
Is sapped, and then
They are no good
For even themselves -
But, especially for others!

So in youth or age you will be wise,
To follow the Lord Jesus
To win strength’s prize!


- Jo Jean Decristoforo -
Memorial Day 5/29/2006

DO YOU REALLY CARE?

Do you really care?
In a way
It’s a pretty good test
If Jesus is there
Hidden away in your heart!

True care becomes part
Of your soul
And your life’s goal!

True care
Blesses all
(And especially yourself),
As you act
To care for and to serve others.

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
February 1, 2006

GOD’S VENUE FOR US

God’s venue for us,
Surprise, surprise! -
Is this fallen world
With all it’s lies!

But the devil is defeated -
We MUST realize -
So his lies cannot harm us
When marching bravely forward
Under the Holy Spirit’s watchful eyes!

That’s how the battle is won,
And it’s really fun -
As we follow Jesus’ Way -
Defeating the devil,
In this world’s tough venue
Doing it God’s Way!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

Friday, October 27, 2006

PATHOLOGICALLY BUSY

Pathologically busy -
Think about that phrase -
All of its ramifications
Will put you in a daze!

It’s a daze of NO recovery -
As the Sabbath is lost -
And we lose ourselves too!
What a terrible cost!

Over busyness is the sickness
Of our modern times -
Destroying bodies and lives,
All at the same time.

No time for God -
Beware, it’s a terrible snare,
It rots out your soul -
And sends you straight to Sheol.

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

LOOK FOR THE GOOD

Look for the good -
And throw out the bad -
That’s all to be had
Of God’s goodness!

If asked every day,
Christ will show
You the way,
To look for His good
And throw out the bad.
Then turn it over to Him,
And refuse to be sad.


Jo Jean DeCristoforo

HEAVEN IS A REAL PLACE

Heaven is a real place
Where they love your face
And are busy making a place
‘Specially for you
At the end of your race.

Jesus is waiting for you
With a wonderful place -
A mansion with plenty of space.

He has your loved ones
Waiting to see
Your dear face.

So keep on Jesus’ way
‘Til the end of your stay.

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
January 24, 2006

EDSEL

He was bold and handsome
With hair wavy gold,
His blue eyes lashed with dark gold, too.
Eyes full of wit and humor -
Intelligence, too, and kindness.
With Jesus in his soul
He lived out this goal
Blessed by God
Wherever he trod.


Poem by his wife
_ Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
November 20, 2005

THOSE GOOD WILL CELLS

Those good will cells
Seem now to say
Their godless evolutionary scientists
Have lost their way:
Their hopeful ‘string theory’
No longer holds sway -
(Too small to measure) -
Going no where no how!

Then to add double
To their trouble -
Their godless god:
N - SANDAM:
(natural selection and neutral drift and mutation)
Has gone away -
Taken a powder
Or in a chowder!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

THE PSYCHIATRIC PILL

The psychiatric pill
Is here to stay
To cure every ill:
Bad, sad, or too glad!

God’s personality rejected,
Humanity perfected,
By glorious chemistry!

Confusion reigns -
Are you really you?
And am I
Really me?

God’s “sound mind” Scripture:
2Tim. 1:7 left out -
HIS healing power in doubt,
Exchanged for man’s
Experimental chemistry
Via that psychiatric pill,
Which will
Cure every ill.

But will we
Still be ourselves,
Or will we be
A walking, talking chemistry?


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

FEMINAZIS

Feminazis’ highest priority,
When they are in
Some kind of authority,
Is the right to abort their babies!!

Abortion is solely
Their right -
As if men were
Not even in sight,
And had not a single right
As a father!

Abortion on call
Shows us all
Why feminists
Can now be called
Feminazis!

God and man are left
Out on a limb,
Both totally unneeded!

“You’ve come a long
Way baby!!” -
(You’ve wrecked everything -
Even your own expression!)

Lord have mercy!!!

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
2/10/2006

JESUS IS THE WHOLE BALL OF WAX

Jesus is the whole ball of wax
And that’s just part of the true facts.

He made the Creation, it consists of Him -
Beauty, TRUTH, Justice, without any sin.

He is God’s Central Person in this beautiful place
Bringing the gift of salvation to the human race -
To those who will accept Him and see His grace.

No wonder He is “All in all” as the Bible states,
And men without number have learned not to hate,
But to try to love each other
Be kind and good
Even to the rascals in the neighborhood.

Peace on earth and blessings for all
Who truly commit to follow His call.


Written by a “Jesus freak from the God squad.”

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
April 30, 2004

IN JESUS’ NAME

Everything should be done
In Jesus’ name!
Throughout the ages,
It’s still the same.

Since the Fall,
Blessing all,
That glorious name!

How can thanks
Be adequately given
For such a gift as this?

Only a life’s devotion -
Its goodness set in motion,
By God’s own Hand -
In Jesus’ lovely name.


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

DELIGHTFUL OLD AGE

I am now in delightful old age
Currently now, all the rage!

Trendy to be old,
But never too bold -
Charming and fun -
Lifting all’s spirits,
One by one.

No sign of weakness allowed -
Not in this unrealistic crowd -
Everything jolly -
No talk of folly!!

Old age glorified
Negatives all denied -
Keep young -
Or you’re fried!!

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

What Is Love?

Do I need to know?
Do I need it to grow?
God’s answer is, yes!
Sent from Above
And His answer IS LOVE!!

Let us love
As we are loved,
In beauty and good,
Following Jesus’ loving Way
For a really great day -
BECAUSE, GOD IS LOVE!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

A SOLDIER’S PRAYER (Those born again in Jesus)

Here I am, O God -
Alone with you in this vastness,
Trying to serve and follow Thy will
And do my duty to God and Country.
How alone I am in this crowd of men of all kinds,
Steeling myself to do my work,
(Like soldiers of old) -
Bearing still within the
Glorious image You gave mankind,
(This crown of His Creation) -
To fight for right - no matter how gloomy
The place or condition.
To cry out for strength and courage,
To learn to help and love my comrades.
This is the cry of my heart
And my prayer.


Jo Jean DeCristoforo
September 11, 2002

WHAT IS GOOD?

What is good?
God IS good!
Why?
Because He loves
You and I!
God IS LOVE!!

He created us
To have someone to love!

He and we
Need love to live,
Or we die.

Love’s a great mystery
Only God can say
How or why!

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
11/05

NOBODY THINKS

Nowadays nobody thinks
As they hurdle along -
Pell-mell into the throng!

Thinking of no one
But themselves -
Or how to get along
With other folks -
That others have needs
And are struggling too -
It never occurs in this sad stew!

Decide to think of others
As along you go,
Life will get sweeter,
You will find it so!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
January 16, 2006

JESUS IS HOPE

Jesus is hope
And hope we must have!
For the wounds of the soul,
A healing salve.

So go forward with hope -
With Christ leading the way
He’s your hope for the day.

We can’t live without hope,
So live with Jesus each day.


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
1/23/2006

FOR A GOOD LIFE

To: David

For a good life
Learn to:
---Earn your own way,
---Serve others,
---Love God!

Fundamentals these are,
Follow them and
You will go far.


Jo Jean DeCristoforo
---10/11/06

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

DYING AT HOME

Dying at home
Can be simple -
If we let it be so!

All that is needed (if bedridden),
Is a little tender care,
And to be kept reasonably clean -
And a sip of water or food
Here and there.

Often turned,
And a light massage,
And talked to gently.
Then all pain must be covered -
To keep one sane.

For the dying Christian,
Favorite scriptures read
Will show the Way Home.

Perfect Love cast
Out fear -
Jesus and God and the Holy Spirit -
Will be near their dear!!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
May 12, 2006

A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL (OR BOY)

A beautiful young girl (or boy)
Is a “wonderous thing” -
Like God’s promise of spring
Beauty only God could bring!
To be treasured and protected,
Not to be seen as sin’s obvious prey.

God’s way is best -
Even young beauty does show.

So choose Jesus’ way -
It’s the only “way to go” -
Protecting and guarding youth’s path!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo –
1/15/2006

WE LIVE IN OUR MINDS

We live in our minds
Don’t you see!
So, why not
Live there with God
And His Salvation and Grace?
It is the best place -
Full of beauty and good.
It is the best place
In the whole “neighborhood”,
Full of love, joy and mirth
All because of Jesus’ Birth!

So, live with Jesus and God
There in your mind!
It’s the only place to be
Don’t you see?
It’s living by the Scriptures.


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
8/2006

ALL HAIL THE PHONE!

(with a bow to Alexander Graham Bell and Don Ameche)


All hail the phone!
With it -
You’re never alone!
It’s the greatest invention
Ever known!

Old and young alike
Would soon
Go on strike
If deprived
Of their phone!

A chat here
A chat there-
Together, we are
Not alone -
Hands off my phone!



- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
April 6, 2006

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

SEX, WRECKED

Marital, long-lasting passion
Is not now the fashion -
Having been replaced
By a tepid, nauseating grind -
Easy to find
Some whore nearby
At her or his place.

Sex has been wrecked -
Jesus’ rules rejected -
His WAY neglected!

This social rot
Will bring our
Nation down-
Town by town -
Unless Christianity
Does abound.

Jesus’ sex rules show the right way!
He, Himself, IS THE WAY!

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
March 23, 2006

ONCE AGAIN, TEACH US TO PRAY

Once again, teach us to pray
For living IS PRAYING.
The Jews say working is praying.
God and Jesus, are also saying:
Praying is everything in life!
Yes, it is also,
All In All!
It reverses the Fall!

Hallelujah, to the Lamb of God!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
January 24, 2006

Monday, October 16, 2006

HOMOSEXUAL, HOMOSEXUAL

Homosexual, homosexual,
How lost you are -
Way out beyond the furthest star!
Wandering, lost in empty space -
Hardly part of the human race.
Bone lonely, in disgrace,
Ever questing a legitimate place!
A rebel searching for honest grace.

Oh, the pain of being lost!!
No one knows the terrific cost -
Only the one who’s chosen that path,
Only the one who’s chosen God’s wrath.
Jesus alone can save such a one,
End the lostness and the pain,
And take away the fatal stain.

Come to Him - lost no more!!
And find the love and fellowship
You were created for.

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo –
4-7-04

THIS “TRADITIONAL” WOMAN

This “traditional” woman
Loves the way
God made men -
Exactly made perfect for women.
This “traditional” woman
Is going
God and Jesus’ way home.

This “traditional” woman
Is content
As God made her -
A helping wife and mother -
Completing her man
Of her dreams
In her role
That’s heaven sent!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
7/26/2006

GOD’S RULES

We don’t just break
God’s rules,
We break ourselves!

That’s why we are all
Such fools,
‘ Til we follow Jesus!

Otherwise we are dead in sin -
Searching, wandering, empty within,
Never to win!

Love and real life are lost -
What a terrible cost! -
For not following God’s rules.

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
Fall 2005

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Michael Newdow

Michael Newdow is my friend,
Pray his atheism will end,
And he will find,
Jesus as his best friend!

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo –

KITTIES

God made them for us
Without much fuss
But lots of plus:
Funny, playful and cute -
Sometimes astute!
Loving and loyal,
Easy to spoil -
Serious,
Always mysterious!

Devoted, and ALL MINE!!
Surely, a spark of the Divine,
Only God could create
Such a wonderous creature!
With kitties, the main feature!

‘Cept for dogs and frogs,
Rats or gerbils,
Elephants, horses, etc.,
Only part of God’s plan -
As a big blessing for man!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
January 30, 2006

THINK LOSING

Eat small and think losing,
The pounds will roll off --
It is all in the choosing.

See each small bite as a delight,
Who needs ‘tons’ for the pleasing.

One small bite of a fav. dessert
Will linger, and be enough
To slack the craving,
And soothe the raving for more.

Psych yourself out,
I always say --
Athletes do --
And it DOES PAY!!
Losing is choosing!!

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo –
9-15-04

MEDICAL FADS

Medical fads
Can turn into cads
And deal health a blow -
(Hard to recover from -
Then maybe we’re done!)

Half-baked medicine
Is worse than none!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

CONFIDENCE

Confidence in self? –
Or confidence in God? –
See it both of these ways –
And you will be glad!

Confidence is a balance of these two! –
Hard to attain, but true!

Aim to become
A balanced woman or man,
Then serve God
The very best you can!

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
Fall 2005

GOD’S BLESSED SLEEP

There is a reward
At the end of the day -
God’s blessed sleep.

It is a trip to mystery deep -
God’s way of bringing healing
For daily cares
That came stealing
Our store of courage and strength.

Quick as quicksilver
Faster than light -
At the ending of day
God comes to me as I pray.

Healing my soul -
A promise He will keep -
As I lay down myself
For His glorious sleep.

Healing wounds unending
With balm for their tending.
A gift that keeps giving
Through happiness or weeping -
It’s God’s Blessed Sleep !

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
Fall 2005

WOMEN ARE NOT MEN

Feminazis
Why so called?
Because the Feminists
Tried to push on all of us
Their own idea
Of how we were created:
Not by God,
As Mother Eve
But by cells in
That “primordial soup”.

Only God could take
That divine difference
Of man and woman,
Then proceed to make
One divine complimentary entity - marriage:
Strong, long lasting, fun
And mutually great!

Cells only can make
A bi-sexual mess
No one would want,
Neither woman or man,
So stick with God’s plan.

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo –
2/10/2006

THERE’S PAIN IN LAUGHTER

There’s pain in laughter
Clever comics do say
And they are right-
Some part of suffering is there.

Hidden pain and laughter
Are inextricably bound,
So be careful in
What you are after
When dealing in laughter.

Be aware if there’s pain,
And try to be kind
To the sufferer.

Jo Jean DeCristoforo
January 19, 2006

Friday, October 06, 2006

A GOOD MOTHER AND FATHER

A good mother and father
Are God’s best gift
He has to give us!

Fathers, loving, strong,
Tender and balanced should be,
Faithful and full of good common sense.

Mothers, suffering and
Loving unconditionally,
With unselfish love and care.

A good mother and father
Are forever there!

So let’s give great honor

To them both!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN

Man’s inhumanity to man
Is a fearful thing -
Its horrible sting
Could only derive
From man’s Biblical Fall.

See God’s Scriptures as True.
You’ll begin to see thru
To the good v.s. evil in man
That brings on man’s inhumanity to man.

Then you can see
God’s remedy:
It’s The Lord Jesus Christ’s
Sacrifice on the cross tree,
Redeeming man’s Fall
And defeating man’s evil ways!

Jo Jean DeCristoforo
January 28, 2006

IT’S NOT THE CHURCH

It’s not the church
That saves you,
It’s Jesus in your heart -
Put there by
God’s Holy Spirit
Right from the start.

It’s this world’s most
Precious gift!
Free, from the Lord Jesus Christ -
It is His Glorious Salvation!!

– Jo Jean DeCristoforo –
January 2006

Thursday, October 05, 2006

EMPTY PLATITUDES ARE BORING

Empty platitudes are boring!
I have always hated
The word “boring”
Because dear unknowing children
Have had great fun
Announcing to feckless
Parents: “THAT’S BOOOORING”!

God’s marvelously constructed
World is EXCITING - NEVER “boring” -
Children need
To hear that from some
Responsible, caring adults
(Preferably their parents
If they are so fortunate
To have them).

So empty platitudes ARE
Boring because they are a bunch
Of hot air saying nothing
Helpful for life.
They are just a monstrosity
Chuck full of pomposity.


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
February 2006

BE YOURSELF

Be yourself
Just as God made you!
What else can you do?
For your self shows thru!

Show God’s best that you feel –
People will see you are real,
And you will bless them
By just being you!

Be yourself,
It’s all you have to offer!

Jo Jean DeCristoforo

SOMETHING OF VALUE

I have something of value
To share -
Before becoming lighter than air -
It’s knowing Jesus’ Salvation and joy,
And His lifelong care.

This gift - so rare
Is what I want to share -
A life worth living
Full of love, strength, and giving -
Truly something of value to share!


Jo Jean DeCristoforo

PRETENDING ABOUT MONEY

Pretending about money
Is really funny -
And stupid, too!

In our fallen world
Money has its place -
Balanced under God
It should be,
And fills its proper space.
Not foremost, but important,
In God’s human race.

So, don’t pretend money is nothing -
It does have its subordinate place -
Blessing and serving
God’s human race.

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

HAPPY WITH JESUS

I’m not really better than anyone else,
I’m just me,
One of Jesus’ children
With a soul set free.

With Jesus as Savior,
Onward I tread -
“One beggar telling another beggar
Where there is bread” -
Christ, Bread of Life I know.

Living each day given
On my way to Heaven!
Free to serve Him
As best I can - and
“Not being false
To any man.”


Jo Jean DeCristoforo
November 2005

MARRIAGE

God’s wonderful plan
For His woman and man!!
Full of joy and pleasure
If constructed His way,
With the
Lord Jesus as a guide –
It’s life’s best ride!

But Jesus is needed,
For you to become
Better than you ARE!!
So let His Way be heeded,
To find all the pleasure
Of God’s great treasure –
MARRIAGE!!

It’s the building block of society

Jo Jean DeCristoforo

A MATTER OF LOVE

A matter of love
Runs very, very deep!!
Piercing and conquering
The soul!!

A ray supreme –
God given from above
With victory its goal!

Never to be forgotten
Even at Being’s bottom –
Is His mystery of love.

Jo Jean DeCristoforo

REAL PEACE OF MIND

Real peace of mind
Is a wonderful thing
Only our Jesus can bring!
It wells up in the mind and soul
Like a beautiful crystal spring,
Like a pure
Stream of peace
Flooding the soul.
It refreshes and renews
Its goal:
Jesus making you whole!


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
January 23, 2006

Friday, September 29, 2006

FOLLOWING CHRIST IS A DISCIPLINE

Following Christ is a discipline!
Mind over matter! –
A discipline, at the start of each day

Decide to believe!
Look forward with joy,
To Christ’s leading –
To everything you are needing.
Each day a new joy

President Lincoln said
“You are as happy as you decide to be”!
So decide along with me –
To be happy in Jesus,
And follow his way with me.

Jo Jean DeCristoforo

YOU MUST PRAY EVERY DAY

You must pray every day -
To do the wise thing
And know what God has to say!

God and Jesus, by Their Holy Spirit
Will lead you aright -
Just pray every night
To choose the right way.

Share your love and life
With our God, and
Steer clear of sin.
Happy you will be -
Without and within!

You will find life
Worth living -
Full of love and giving.

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
January 24, 2006

Thursday, September 28, 2006

The Muslim Solution

If good and intelligent Muslims will see and correct the errors Mohammad made in 700 A.D. when he renamed God The Almighty Father as Allah, and also left out His Son Jesus Christ as God the Son and our Redeemer -

Then when these errors are seen and made right, peace and love will come, and Muslims will worship Them in their mosques along with us Christians.

Jo Jean DeCristoforo
September 18, 2006

REAL FREEDOM

God set the Human spirit free
By the beauty and power
Of His Love -
Manifest from Above
In Jesus’ Love!

His Love sets
The soul of man free
As nothing else does.
So live this life walking with God
While on this earth you trod.

I WOKE UP ON MONDAY

I woke up on Monday -
Here I am another day,
Instead of home with Jesus,
As last night I did pray.
To go home in my sleep,
Is my heart’s desire,
But still I stay -
Oh, God, show me the way.


- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
Monday, January 23, 2006

MESSIAH’S LIFE SCRIPTURES

Aim to live by
Jesus’ simple Scriptures.
They hold life’s TRUTHS,
So give them a try.

Let not a day go by
Without His goodness and kindness.
They will return to you –
Even in old age’s blindness!

His Scriptures are true,
So please don’t have to rue
The day
You “broke them in two”.

His scripture rules are designed for you
To live life correctly and rightly thru!

Jo Jean DeCristoforo

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

YOU ARE NOT GROWN UP

You are not grown up -
Or even free, -
‘Til you are free of hate!!
First for your parents,
Who were not perfect persons,
You see!
(Even as you and me!)

Next, hate for others
Is a trip to avoid,
So as not to fall
Into the void
Of a loveless life -
Full of meaningless strife.

Ask God for help
As you drop that trap
Of mindless hate,
For Jesus’ Way of love.

Then Hallelujah and whoopee -
Grown up you will be!!

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

TOUGH OLD WORLD

This tough old fallen world
Really does stink -
I’d be out of here in a wink
If it wasn’t for the Lord Jesus Christ.

He and God are “All in All” -
Overcoming the Fall!

So because of THEM,
I carry on -
Looking for life’s good
And throwing out the bad.
It’s the only way to defeat the sad.

Focus on the joy of salvation,
Which will bring on sublimation
And even elation!

Let the Great Trinity reign,
And all will be gain -
Defeating suffering and pain.

Walk on with God and Jesus
‘Til death comes along,
And you’ll sing the song of Heaven!


- Jo Jean DeDristoforo -

TAKE CONTROL

Take control of our lives,
So say all the wise.

First goal is God –
Give Him more than a nod,
But all that you are –
Begin your way to a Star

Jesus is the Star –
Your control from afar,
And nearby too, when strength is sought,
And His control is needed.

This is real life control –
With God and Jesus as goal –
The rest will be given,
As you have striven,
To turn over control,
TO THOSE WHO MAKE WHOLE.

Jo Jean DeCristoforo

THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE

The vicissitudes of life,
I learned to take gracefully –
With Dear Jesus
Always helping me!

No wonder I adore Him
And I know He loves me!

Jo Jean DeCristoforo

Saturday, September 23, 2006

GIVE ME A ONE TRACK MIND, O LORD

Give me a one track mind, O Lord,
To talk about Jesus all the day.
And even at night,
To sing and pray!

A scholar going blind
Is not a pretty thing -
But perhaps,
A chance to sing His praise!

To sing of Salvation
For every nation -
To sing of God’s love
Brought us from Above -
To sing of Jesus’ good cheer
Both far and near!
And also to yourself,
When all alone -
Tired, cold, and far from home.

So please do give us
A one track mind
To sing His Praise,
All of the days
We have left to sing!

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -

BETWEEN THE LINES

You must read between the lines –
To decipher poetry such as mine.
The message conveyed
Needs to be weighed
By seeing between the lines.

The message, oh how I tried –
To make it clear –
A message of hope,
And good cheer –
Jesus’ WORDS, for all to hear –
Healing and helping His dear.

So try to read between the lines!

Jo Jean DeCristoforo

Thursday, September 21, 2006

CHRISTIANS ARE NOT PERFECT

Christians are not perfect,
Just forgiven!

Forgiven! Forgiven!
What a wonderful word
From heaven was heard,
As God Himself
On the cross
Paid Sins’ great loss!

Hallelujah! To God the Father –
Hallelujah! To God the Son –
Hallelujah! To God the Holy Spirit –
The magnificent Trinity –
Three Gods in one!

- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -
February 5, 2006

ACCEPTANCE OF LIFE

Acceptance of life,
With all its strife,
Is acceptance of God’s Way,
Each and every day.

Jesus is IN His Creation –
In every nation –
In every particle –
In every article!
Colossians 1:17 does say –
Proving it is HIS WAY!

So don’t fear or despair –
Jesus IS always there
In your acceptance of life
For God is love, as the Bible states,
So please reject hate!

Jo Jean DeCristoforo

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

TEACH ME TO LOVE, O GOD

Teach me to love, O God,
For, love fulfills the law.
It’s might, and right!
It’s power fills with awe.

Love is what life’s all about,
From Above, within & out
Love fills the spaces that are left.
Lord, may I never be bereft,
of love

Teach me to love my fellow man.
Teach me as only Jesus can.
Keep my feet on His shining path,
'Til I know all Thou hath, of love.

Jo Jean DeCristoforo

Here Is My Learning

Here is my learning
Wrapped up in a poem
That I pray will "hit home",
'Cause I long to share
This knowledge of God I bear!

To share it,
Before I die.

Jo Jean DeCristoforo
February 2, 2006