Friday, April 20, 2007

MAN’S INNER LIFE

(Remembering the Virginia Tech Massacre)

Man’s inner life
Is known only to God
Via HIS BIBLICAL WORD,
And is our only hope
To get the best answers
Ever heard!!

Follow Jesus and God’s Way,
And be loved and led
By Them day by day!!
Then, man’s flawed inner life
Will be healed by Their goodness!!
Jo Jean DeCristoforo
April 18, 2007

MENTAL ILLNESS

(Remembering the Virginia Tech Massacre)

Mental illness -
It’s just not understood -
Just another glitch
“Under the hood”.
Only God knows
What’s gone wrong!!
It’s part of this fallen world’s struggle
Between good and evil -
Only God has the answer
To this mysterious cancer!!

So choose to faithfully follow
God’s Way through life
To goodness, mercy,
Love, kindness and salvation!!

For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
II Timothy 1:7

Jo Jean DeCristoforo
April 18, 2007

Thursday, April 19, 2007

THE JEWISH HOLOCAUST

The holocaust remembrance
Seems to be dying out -
But not without a shout
Of protest from me:
“Man’s inhumanity to man!!”
We should always see -
And avoid evil’s plague
From sea to sea!!
And always be treating
Our brothers and sisters right,
As God wants it to be!!

Jo Jean DeCristoforo
April 14, 2007

Monday, February 12, 2007

SEXUAL FREEDOM IS NOT FREEDOM (Remembering Anna Nicole Smith)

Sexual freedom
Is not freedom at all,
But a terrible bondage
Left over from Man’s Fall.

Praise it all you can,
But it’s “a pox on man” -
Bringing on deceit
And betrayal of others,
Broken lives -
And broken hearts -
Tearing lives all apart!

Avoid sexual freedom,
“Like the plague”!
Only God and Jesus’ help
Will see you through
And keep you
From its ruin!

Sexual freedom
Is the worst
Bondage of all -
Stemming from the Fall
Of man and woman into sin,
And into its “dread thrall”!


Jo Jean DeCristoforo
February 12, 2007

Saturday, February 10, 2007

THOSE “GOOD WILL” CELLS

Oh, “Hell’s Bells”,
Here are those
“Good Will” cells, again!

Propounding there’s no God.
That they alone created all.
But they have
Flunked the test –
God’s Creation
Of this world
Is Best!

Just Read
Col. 1:17 – Creation consists
Of Jesus Christ,
Who created and guides all
Not those
“Good Will” cells!


June 16, 2006

CHRISTIAN BALANCE

Christian balance
Is the key
For successful Christian living
Don’t you see?

My Dad preached a balanced life.
Eugenia Price said:
Jesus Christ was the most
Balanced a man could be!

Christian living,
In this fallen world,
Can only be done
In a balanced way!
Otherwise,
It cannot be won!

So ask God to lead
In whatever you need
Then wisdom will come.


February 10, 2006

A TRUE MAN

A true man
Does not live
And die a boy!
He’s never a toy –
But tempered by God
Like a steel rod,
To stand and be strong
No matter how long
Or rough life’s terrain!

A true man
Leans only on God
And keeps slogging through
Life’s storm and rain.

Then this true man
Blesses everyone
Under the sun,
‘Til home to God he comes,
Having won life’s race.


January, 2006

SECULARISTS

Secularists are our friends,
Not our enemies!

Sometimes they fall on their knees
And bleed and cry –
Same as you and I!

All this without Christ’s tender care –
Because they know Him not.

Their wounds alone,
They must bear.

So have pity for the secularists
Throughout the city.

Maybe help them see
Christ as the answer
Just the same as you and me.


2006

ALONE WITH GOD

Alone with God,
That’s where we are,
Even in a crowd,
Or marriage loud.

Jesus only, is
Our best friend
Right up to the very end!

So, don’t be afraid
Live and serve on –
‘Til life is gone.

SEXUAL MORALITY

There really can’t be
Any sexual morality
Without following Christ.

In fact, morality itself,
Is also “put on the shelf”
Without following Him.

Sexual immorality is the ultimate sin
As it goes against love,
Violating God’s gift from Above
And also violating love within.


October, 2005

BEING BORN AGAIN

Being born again, IS
Life’s most marvelous fact,
When one is made new
By Jesus Christ’s sacrificial act
On the cross!

Setting us free at last –
Setting us free to live and give.

Lets Trust the Lord

Let’s trust the Lord –
All his goodness and grace,
It is sufficient for this place –
Overrunning in His glorious
Mercy.

His Mercy will see us thru,
This fallen world we are heir to –
Mercy along with that great gift –
Salvation, healing the rift.

It is a free gift,
For those who believe it –
A hearts belief in the Lord,
Is the key to Heaven.

WE LIVE IN A PARADOXICAL WORLD

We live in a paradoxical world
“Is it this way or that? –
Believe in God, or believe not”.
Secularists say there is no God –
That mindless cells call the shots!

But that view
Does NOT ring true –
Real life shouts
There is a God!
Who is in charge
Of everything He created:
Goodness, kindness
Love for others,
Are the lessons that he taught,
And joy and love
And hope of heaven,
Are the gifts to us He brought!

So God and Jesus are truly real,
Since God is really as the Bible states.
Choose THEIR side of the paradox,
And you will see the PEARLY GATES!

THANK GOD FOR SPRING

Birds sing –
Bells ring –
Thank God for golden sunshine
And spring!

“God’s in His Heaven,
All’s right
With the world!”



April 10, 2006

Saturday, February 03, 2007

I’M GIVING A TELEPHONE SUPER (STUPOR or STUPID - WHICHEVER PREFERRED) BOWL PARTY

I’m giving a telephone
Super (stupor or stupid - whichever preferred)
Bowl party
For those 80 or over!
I’m serving Crackerjack
And “Kool-Aid” -
You see -
I am really “in the clover”!!

Ring me up
For a T.D.
Or some dire penalty!

If your quarterback is hurt
I’ll shed a tear
And say a big prayer -
So do not fear!

So, come and join me
At my telephone
Super Bowl party (part-ee)!

Jo Jean DeCristoforo - Jan. 24, 2007