Posted in poetry, theology

Kay Cude Poetry: Invisible Made Visible

Kay Cude is a Texas Poet. Used with permission. right-click to open larger in new tab, or, read text below

INVISIBLE MADE VISIBLE

THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD THE SON ARE DISPLAYED
“For SINCE THE CREATION of the world
HIS INVISIBLE ATTRIBUTES, HIS
ETERNAL POWER and DIVINE NATURE,
have been clearly seen, BEING UNDERSTOOD
through what HAS BEEN MADE, so that they [mankind] are without excuse.” Romans 1:20

“HE [Christ] IS THE IMAGE of THE INVISIBLE GOD, THE FIRSTBORN of ALL CREATION. For by HIM ALL things were CREATED,
both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities – ALL things have been CREATED through HIM and for HIM. HE is BEFORE ALL things, and IN HIM ALL things hold together. HE is also HEAD OF THE BODY, The Church; and HE IS THE BEGINNING, THE FIRSTBORN from THE DEAD, so that HE HIMSELF WILL COME
TO HAVE FIRST PLACE IN EVERYTHING.” Colossians 1:15-18

BY KAY CUDE:
“But now INVISIBLE MADE VISIBLE Through broken sunlight gazed I still, through shadows dusky to the west; down paths I wandered towards the mill, to sit ‘neath bowers moss bedressed.

Pure diamonds glisten flowed the stream that feeds the wooden waterwheel; as gently tumble aerie dreams, so Waking Truth Christ’s call made real. Lush grows the grass on emerald vale, where spotted fawn and doe oft’ play; strolled I said bank and meadowed trail, and there for me God’s Love displayed.

His Love, first seen through golden wisps, then glorious bursts those Hallowed Beams; and o’er His Head a Dove persists, and by His Grace, my life redeemed… /end Kay Cude poem

ask the beasts, and let them teach you; and the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you. Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; and let the fish of the sea declare to you. Who among all these does not know that the HAND OF THE LORD has done this, in WHOSE HAND is the LIFE of every living thing, and the BREATH of ALL mankind?” Job 12:7-10


Text by author Kay Cude purposed solely for non-profit sharing/download.
kay cude, revised July 2016 ⓒ

Posted in theology

Kay Cude Poetry: Mortification of Sin

By Elizabeth Prata

All by Kay Cude, poet. Used with permission. Right click the image to see larger in new tab, or read below.

LOOKING INTO THE EYES OF THE SIN OF THE FLESH
BY Kay Cude, February 26, 2018

How do we guard our hearts if our flesh becomes the lone sentry?
How do we make wise decisions if we are its fountainhead of wisdom? How do we walk righteously if our pathway is no longer narrow?
How do we abide in Christ as His branch if we believe we are the Vinedresser?
How do we judge Scripturally if we are practicing hypocrisy?
How do we trust God’s instruction if we are dubious that in all things it applies to us?
How do we forgive a trespass if we secretly harbor anger and vengeance?
How do we discern rightly if we rely upon feelings and experiences instead of the leading of the Holy Spirit through the study of God’s Word?
BY Kay Cude, February 26, 2018

So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh,
to live according to the flesh–for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if BY THE SPIRIT you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live
.” (Romans 8:12-13)

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.”
Galatians 5:16-17, 24

THE NECESSITY OF MORTIFICATION
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth. Do you mortify; do you make it your daily work; be always at it whilst you live; cease not a day from this work; be killing sin or it will be killing you.” John Owen, 1616-1683.

BE KILLING SIN OR IT WILL BE KILLING YOU
Study Resources:
JOHN OWEN, Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers, Chapters I & II https://www.ccel.org/ccel/owen/mort.i.iv.html
https://www.ccel.org/ccel/owen/mort.i.v.html

JOHN MacARTHUR, Understanding the Believer’s Battle with Sin, Parts 1 & 2 https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/90-306/understanding-the-believers-battle-with-sin-part-1

https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/90-307/understanding-the-believers-battle-with-sin-part-2

Aggressively Attacking the Sin in Our Lives
https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/90-308/aggressively-attacking-the-sin-in-our-lives

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Posted in theology

Kay Cude Poetry: In Song and In Praise

Kay Cude is a Texas Poet. Used with permission.

Artist’s statement. She has been through an extremely rough year,

“… and yet as I’ve been brought to repentance and a deeper desire to draw close to the Lord in obedience and worship, I find that some of the greatest encouragement and rest for me comes through this beautifully simple hymn! Therefore, I am compelled to share it with the redeemed as a reminder and with the lost as an encouragement to respond to a call to salvation. I am far from how I desire to be!

Dear reader, when you go through tough times, rely on the scriptures, and bathe in good hymns, too. The older ones have scripture IN them, or are closely based on scripture. Find comfort in God’s word.

Posted in ecclesiastes, encouragement, Kay Cude

Kay Cude Art: Everything according to its season

We worship an orderly God, whose prophecies, whose seasons, whose mankind progresses according to His will. What a blessing it is to know we submit to a God who is perfect, whose mighty hand is outstretched to make Himself known and His works, including the animal world, are a wonder.

Below is a poem by Kay Cude. Right-click to enlarge in new tab. Or read below-

“Foamy crystal drops of damp, and he alights with ease;
to rest upon a liquid bed, his heart content and pleased;
To linger there and end his day, the journey hard and long;
the banks call out to lay upon, his heart by rest made strong.”

1There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every matter under heaven—
2A time to give birth and a time to die;
A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
3A time to kill and a time to heal;
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-3

Swan landing on a lake

Kay Cude is a Texas poet. Used with permission.