tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347400902024-02-19T23:35:03.711-08:00Christian Thinking PoemsJo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-23402473284585082002007-04-20T00:04:00.000-07:002007-04-20T00:06:30.665-07:00MAN’S INNER LIFE<div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#3333ff;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:180%;">(Remembering the Virginia Tech Massacre)<br /><br />Man’s inner life<br />Is known only to God<br />Via HIS BIBLICAL WORD,<br />And is our only hope<br />To get the best answers<br />Ever heard!!<br /><br />Follow Jesus and God’s Way,<br />And be loved and led<br />By Them day by day!!<br />Then, man’s flawed inner life<br />Will be healed by Their goodness!!<br /></span></div></em></strong></span><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"><strong><em>Jo Jean DeCristoforo</em></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"><strong><em>April 18, 2007</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-3616356418639171262007-04-20T00:01:00.000-07:002007-04-20T00:04:08.505-07:00MENTAL ILLNESS<div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#666600;"><strong><em>(Remembering the Virginia Tech Massacre)<br /><br />Mental illness -<br />It’s just not understood -<br />Just another glitch<br />“Under the hood”.<br />Only God knows<br />What’s gone wrong!!<br />It’s part of this fallen world’s struggle<br />Between good and evil -<br />Only God has the answer<br />To this mysterious cancer!!<br /><br />So choose to faithfully follow<br />God’s Way through life<br />To goodness, mercy,<br />Love, kindness and salvation!!<br /><br />For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.<br />II Timothy 1:7<br /><br />Jo Jean DeCristoforo</em></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#666600;"><strong><em>April 18, 2007</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-36007638063923692982007-04-19T23:59:00.000-07:002007-04-20T00:01:29.152-07:00THE JEWISH HOLOCAUST<div align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#996633;">The holocaust remembrance<br />Seems to be dying out -<br />But not without a shout<br />Of protest from me:<br />“Man’s inhumanity to man!!”<br />We should always see -<br />And avoid evil’s plague<br />From sea to sea!!<br />And always be treating<br />Our brothers and sisters right,<br />As God wants it to be!!<br /><br />Jo Jean DeCristoforo</span></em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#996633;">April 14, 2007</span></em></strong></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-67334708962121362502007-02-12T22:45:00.000-08:002007-02-10T15:15:27.981-08:00SEXUAL FREEDOM IS NOT FREEDOM (Remembering Anna Nicole Smith)<div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#996633;"><strong><em>Sexual freedom<br />Is not freedom at all,<br />But a terrible bondage<br />Left over from Man’s Fall.<br /><br />Praise it all you can,<br />But it’s “a pox on man” -<br />Bringing on deceit<br />And betrayal of others,<br />Broken lives -<br />And broken hearts -<br />Tearing lives all apart!<br /><br />Avoid sexual freedom,<br />“Like the plague”!<br />Only God and Jesus’ help<br />Will see you through<br />And keep you<br />From its ruin!<br /><br />Sexual freedom<br />Is the worst<br />Bondage of all -<br />Stemming from the Fall<br />Of man and woman into sin,<br />And into its “dread thrall”!<br /><br /><br />Jo Jean DeCristoforo</em></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#996633;"><strong><em>February 12, 2007</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-20761641782310441442007-02-10T15:13:00.000-08:002007-02-10T15:13:03.504-08:00THOSE “GOOD WILL” CELLS<div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#666666;"><strong><em>Oh, “Hell’s Bells”,<br />Here are those<br />“Good Will” cells, again!<br /><br />Propounding there’s no God.<br />That they alone created all.<br />But they have<br />Flunked the test –<br />God’s Creation<br />Of this world<br />Is Best!<br /><br />Just Read<br />Col. 1:17 – Creation consists<br />Of Jesus Christ,<br />Who created and guides all<br />Not those<br />“Good Will” cells!<br /><br /><br />June 16, 2006</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-58207044215098174092007-02-10T15:08:00.000-08:002007-02-10T15:07:34.463-08:00CHRISTIAN BALANCE<div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#993399;"><strong><em>Christian balance<br />Is the key<br />For successful Christian living<br />Don’t you see?<br /><br />My Dad preached a balanced life.<br />Eugenia Price said:<br />Jesus Christ was the most<br />Balanced a man could be!<br /><br />Christian living,<br />In this fallen world,<br />Can only be done<br />In a balanced way!<br />Otherwise,<br />It cannot be won!<br /><br />So ask God to lead<br />In whatever you need<br />Then wisdom will come.<br /><br /><br />February 10, 2006</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-65367136543588546552007-02-10T15:06:00.000-08:002007-02-10T15:05:57.386-08:00A TRUE MAN<p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><strong><em>A true man<br />Does not live<br />And die a boy!<br />He’s never a toy –<br />But tempered by God<br />Like a steel rod,<br />To stand and be strong<br />No matter how long<br />Or rough life’s terrain!<br /><br />A true man<br />Leans only on God<br />And keeps slogging through<br />Life’s storm and rain.<br /><br />Then this true man<br />Blesses everyone<br />Under the sun,<br />‘Til home to God he comes,<br />Having won life’s race.<br /><br /><br />January, 2006</em></strong></span></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><strong><em></em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-54393036956602314612007-02-10T15:04:00.000-08:002007-02-10T15:03:51.272-08:00SECULARISTS<div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#996633;"><strong><em>Secularists are our friends,<br />Not our enemies!<br /><br />Sometimes they fall on their knees<br />And bleed and cry –<br />Same as you and I!<br /><br />All this without Christ’s tender care –<br />Because they know Him not.<br /><br />Their wounds alone,<br />They must bear.<br /><br />So have pity for the secularists<br />Throughout the city.<br /><br />Maybe help them see<br />Christ as the answer<br />Just the same as you and me.<br /><br /><br />2006</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-43692933112673384842007-02-10T15:01:00.000-08:002007-02-10T15:00:50.457-08:00ALONE WITH GOD<div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;color:#000000;"><strong><em>Alone with God,<br />That’s where we are,<br />Even in a crowd,<br />Or marriage loud.<br /><br />Jesus only, is<br />Our best friend<br />Right up to the very end!<br /><br />So, don’t be afraid<br />Live and serve on –<br />‘Til life is gone.</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-10830057835333519532007-02-10T14:59:00.000-08:002007-02-10T14:59:05.538-08:00SEXUAL MORALITY<div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong><em>There really can’t be<br />Any sexual morality<br />Without following Christ.<br /><br />In fact, morality itself,<br />Is also “put on the shelf”<br />Without following Him.<br /><br />Sexual immorality is the ultimate sin<br />As it goes against love,<br />Violating God’s gift from Above<br />And also violating love within.<br /><br /><br />October, 2005</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-36449306868112506712007-02-10T14:56:00.000-08:002007-02-10T14:55:26.576-08:00BEING BORN AGAIN<div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"><strong><em>Being born again, IS<br />Life’s most marvelous fact,<br />When one is made new<br />By Jesus Christ’s sacrificial act<br />On the cross!<br /><br />Setting us free at last –<br />Setting us free to live and give.</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-70601945412644059062007-02-10T14:51:00.000-08:002007-02-10T14:49:40.293-08:00Lets Trust the Lord<div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><strong><em>Let’s trust the Lord –<br />All his goodness and grace,<br />It is sufficient for this place –<br />Overrunning in His glorious<br />Mercy.<br /><br />His Mercy will see us thru,<br />This fallen world we are heir to –<br />Mercy along with that great gift –<br />Salvation, healing the rift.<br /><br />It is a free gift,<br />For those who believe it –<br />A hearts belief in the Lord,<br />Is the key to Heaven.</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-45674149357386543382007-02-10T14:48:00.000-08:002007-02-10T14:48:16.287-08:00WE LIVE IN A PARADOXICAL WORLD<div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#993399;"><strong><em>We live in a paradoxical world<br />“Is it this way or that? –<br />Believe in God, or believe not”.<br />Secularists say there is no God –<br />That mindless cells call the shots!<br /><br />But that view<br />Does NOT ring true –<br />Real life shouts<br />There is a God!<br />Who is in charge<br />Of everything He created:<br />Goodness, kindness<br />Love for others,<br />Are the lessons that he taught,<br />And joy and love<br />And hope of heaven,<br />Are the gifts to us He brought!<br /><br />So God and Jesus are truly real,<br />Since God is really as the Bible states.<br />Choose THEIR side of the paradox,<br />And you will see the PEARLY GATES!</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-78211763482038931282007-02-10T14:28:00.000-08:002007-02-03T19:09:59.888-08:00THANK GOD FOR SPRING<div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#ffcc66;"><strong><em>Birds sing –<br />Bells ring –<br />Thank God for golden sunshine<br />And spring!<br /><br />“God’s in His Heaven,<br />All’s right<br />With the world!”<br /><br /><br /><br />April 10, 2006</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-73976458585712665522007-02-03T19:06:00.000-08:002007-02-03T19:10:00.086-08:00I’M GIVING A TELEPHONE SUPER (STUPOR or STUPID - WHICHEVER PREFERRED) BOWL PARTY<div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"><strong><em>I’m giving a telephone<br />Super (stupor or stupid - whichever preferred)<br />Bowl party<br />For those 80 or over!<br />I’m serving Crackerjack<br />And “Kool-Aid” -<br />You see -<br />I am really “in the clover”!!<br /><br />Ring me up<br />For a T.D.<br />Or some dire penalty!<br /><br />If your quarterback is hurt<br />I’ll shed a tear<br />And say a big prayer -<br />So do not fear!<br /><br />So, come and join me<br />At my telephone<br />Super Bowl party (part-ee)!<br /><br />Jo Jean DeCristoforo - Jan. 24, 2007</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-542989356684246022006-12-27T18:29:00.000-08:002006-12-27T18:30:53.490-08:00A SOUND MIND<div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#cc6600;"><strong><em>(Based on II Timothy 1:7)<br /><br /><br />A sound mind<br />Given by God and Jesus<br />Travels at “warp” speed<br />To memories dear,<br />Or our latest misdeed.<br />But, not to worry<br />If we ARE Christ’s child:<br />(Both bad and some mild).<br /><br />This sound mind<br />Is God’s gift:<br />Healing that rift<br />Caused by mankind’s fall<br />When Adam lost all.<br /><br /><br />- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -</em></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#cc6600;"><strong><em>9/29/06</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-17672564540845720712006-12-27T18:12:00.000-08:002006-12-27T18:28:48.423-08:00GOD LOVES GOOD HUSBANDS<div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><strong><em>God loves good husbands<br />So, keep on living -<br />Because you ARE<br />Terribly missed<br />When you’re gone -<br />So, stay and be kissed.<br />Realize you’re loved<br />For who you are -<br />A shining star<br />In God’s Creation.<br /><br /><br />- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -<br />October 7, 2006</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-50679678664059517622006-12-27T18:08:00.000-08:002006-12-27T18:12:28.751-08:00I AM NOT<div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><strong><em>I am not<br />“Going quietly<br />Into the night” -<br />But like an old<br />Mother hen -<br />Kicking up a<br />Lot of barnyard dust<br />And clucking loudly<br />To her chicks:<br />“Following Jesus<br />Is a must.”<br />Sounding the alarm<br />To keep them from harm!<br /><br />(Yes, I do love<br />Those glorious chickens.)<br />Cluck! Cluck!<br /><br /><br />- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -<br />October 8, 2006</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-23940522301332525042006-12-27T18:05:00.000-08:002006-12-27T18:08:08.300-08:00BEING BORN AGAIN<div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><strong><em>Being born again<br />Is life’s greatest goal -<br />It makes you whole -<br />(From lost to found!) -<br />Like that proverbial<br />Lost sheep<br />That Jesus found,<br />And did keep!<br /><br /><br />- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -<br />September 24, 2006</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-67792584419779909342006-12-22T14:20:00.000-08:002006-12-22T14:25:14.512-08:00A I D S<div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;"><strong><em>AIDS, that dread<br />Word and state -<br />Driven by rebel sex,<br />And full of hate<br />For God and Jesus’ WORDS<br />And Their good sex rules.<br /><br />AIDS, the devil’s sex -<br />Killing all the fools.<br /><br /><br />- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -</em></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;"><strong><em>9/23/06</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-65245446408592458792006-12-22T14:16:00.000-08:002006-12-22T14:19:14.948-08:00THE POWER OF BELIEVINGThe power of<br />Believing<br />The Holy Spirit,<br />Manifests<br />The Power of God!<br /><br /><br />- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -<br /><br />June 30, 2006Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-43641467821237505002006-12-22T14:10:00.000-08:002006-12-22T14:15:44.636-08:00DAVID, DON’T LIVE IN THE HOUSE OF PHILOSOPHY FOREVER<div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><strong><em>David, don’t live in<br />The house of philosophy forever,<br />But in Jesus’ House<br />(The One “not<br />Built with hands”).<br /><br />It’s Jesus’ House<br />That breaks<br />Earth’s bands.<br /><br />Philosophy’s house<br />Goes only so far -<br />But HIS is the House<br />That reaches the stars -<br />Especially that MORNING STAR.<br /><br /><br />- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -</em></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><strong><em>7/30/06</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-68355380723066281422006-12-22T14:07:00.000-08:002006-12-22T14:08:30.846-08:00DAVID, MY DAVID, GODSPEED TO YOU!<div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"><strong><em>You’re a tall<br />Handsome fellow -<br />Smart, sweet and mellow -<br />Bright and quick<br />As light -<br />Mysterious as night.<br />Farewell,<br />And Godspeed to you!<br /><br /><br />- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -<br />July 28, 2006</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-27383733796229466422006-12-22T14:03:00.000-08:002006-12-22T14:06:16.473-08:00YOU CHOOSE SCHIZOPHRENIA (I pray not)<div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;"><strong><em>You choose schizophrenia, while<br />I’ll choose Christianity.<br />You choose to live<br />In this secular world,<br />Where there is good and evil -<br />I choose to live<br />Apart from evil -<br />With God and Jesus’ help -<br />For evil is strong<br />And can<br />Make the strongest yelp.<br /><br />So, I choose Jesus<br />“Narrow Way”<br />‘Til the end<br />Of my day,<br />When He brings<br />Me Home to Heaven!<br /><br />Choose His Way<br />With me<br />And leave<br />Evil’s confused, schizophrenic path -<br />(Both here and there)<br />To the “lost”!<br /><br />- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -</em></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;"><strong><em>July 27, 2006</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34740090.post-53490579324330019432006-12-22T14:00:00.000-08:002006-12-22T14:02:38.894-08:00GOD BURNED OUT THE DROSS<div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#666666;"><strong><em>God burned out the dross<br />From my soul<br />And it was NOT<br />A big loss -<br />It just gave me<br />A lot of pain -<br />But, was all for my gain,<br />Losing that junky, old “dross”.<br /><br />Miraculously,<br />Losing that “load”<br />Made my soul soar -<br />I was readier<br />For Heaven<br />Amid earth’s fierce roar.<br /><br />- Jo Jean DeCristoforo -</em></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#666666;"><strong><em>7/25/2006</em></strong></span></div>Jo Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267260532649483897noreply@blogger.com0