Poems by Royston
poem count: 130 | pages: 15 | first place: 9 times | second place: 6 times | finalist: 47 times
He chose to go alone
I woke up this morning singing "He could have called 10,000 angels but He chose to go alone"To think that one angel destroyed the whole of Sennacherib's army!To have absolute power and to choose not to use it is power indeed
I woke up this morning singing "He could have called 10,000 angels but He chose to go alone"To think that one angel destroyed the whole of Sennacherib's army!To have absolute power and to choose not to use it is power indeed
Lord, please help my unbelief
Faith and unbelief often dance together as we bring to God the poetry of our lives
Faith and unbelief often dance together as we bring to God the poetry of our lives
The full extent of His love.
(John 13:1 NIV) It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love.
(John 13:1 NIV) It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love.
The dreaded DBS Check
Galatians 2:20—I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Galatians 2:20—I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
The silence of love
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
The hour has come
This poem was written after reading the following verse in John 17:1After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you
This poem was written after reading the following verse in John 17:1After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you
A cry from the Wilderness
A cry from the wilderness exacerbated by the restrictions caused by the effects of the Covid pandemic
A cry from the wilderness exacerbated by the restrictions caused by the effects of the Covid pandemic
