IN MY DREAMS (poetry)

In my dreams 
I hear You call
I see the writing
On the wall

Mysteries 
Unfold to me
Showing me 
What soon will be

Sometimes stories
Of my past
Explains things that
I could not grasp

Forward, backward
All between
You talk to me Lord 
In my dreams

Showing me 
Just how You feel
Bringing forth
Some things so real

Until I know You 
I can’t see
Your loving kindness
Good thoughts towards me

You are my Father
Love so deep
Denied in this life
But meant to be

Pour out Your Spirit
In this hour
So hungry hearts
Can know Your power

Intimacy
With God complete
As we humble 
At Your feet

Pure hearts cry
Will sure be met
Promises
Will still be kept

Just like Joseph 
In the prison groaned
God had a plan
To soon be shown

Hold on now 
The hour here
Things unknown
Will soon be clear

Rain from heaven
Holy fire
Will soon burn up
All vain desire

Return again
To your first love
Feel His closeness 
From above

copyright  2017  Jean Chamblee

Simply Trust

	SIMPLY TRUST

If God is for us, who can be against us?
He’s always on our side

So never think to run away
There’s nothing you have to hide

Our Father loves our honesty
He loves to help us grow

He loves to give us grace and power
So in the path we’ll go

He has our interest best at heart
There’s nothing He can’t see

He’ll always lead us to the place
In truth, that sets us free

The hard thing is to trust Him
To make sure we believe

He’ll even help us in that task
As long as we receive

His perspective is far above
Anything we can see

So we are here to learn to trust
Before we have to leave


copyright  2021  Jean Chamblee Thomas

TRIAL BY FIRE (poetry)

Tear drops falling
Down like rain
Only God can
See my pain

In His arms
I often lie
Knowing He catches
The tears that I cry

Why He allows these things
I do know
It’s heat and fire
That makes us to grow

A glorious vision
Of us He sees
Like His own Son
When the work is complete.


copyright 2021  Jean Chamblee Thomas

Romans 8:28   All things work together for good to those who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose.

Zechariah 13:9
I will bring the one-third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them. I will say, ‘This is My people’; And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”

IN HIS EYES I’M KNOWN

I am poured out
Like water that flows
Hoping somehow
My life in Christ shows

Wanting to bless
Sometimes I fall short
But I get up and try again
His love to report

Mercies are new
Every morning they are
Satan tries hard
To remove mornings Star

Battle upon battle
In prayer I must go
Thanking our Father
For the Holy Spirits flow

Without Him I am nothing
Nor ever shall be
But in His arms safely
My soul shall be free

He made me uniquely
Like all of His own
It makes me smile sweetly
That in His eyes I’m known

copyright  2017   Jean Chamblee Thomas

THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE (poem)

Don’t believe the little lie 
That says you’re nothing more
Than all the sum of your mistakes
That landed at your shore

The tide rolls in , the tide rolls out
And hope just disappears
Emotions seem to swallow us
The same thing year after year

But don’t you know this very thing
The Lord God gave you wings
They’re hidden by the cloudiness
The lies the enemy brings

He gave you wings to lift you up
To rise above the lies
The kingdom of God is there for you
By faith if you will try

To move your eyes toward what He said
The path that He has laid
He’s planted hidden treasures
For you to be arrayed

Dressed in robes of righteousness
Provided by His Son
He waits for you to call to Him
The battle He has won

He waits for us to choose Him
That’s how it must be done
And when you do the cloud will lift
When you can see His son

Hope will arise as you seek Him out
He will not disappoint 
He is alive this you will see
Your head He will anoint

This life is where we choose the path
That we will walk upon
God is a loving Father
Our perceptions have been wrong

Like I said the father of lies
Satan is his name
Has followed you since you were born
To distract you is his game

But deadly is the game he plays
Our eyes must choose to see
Listen to the words of God
That lead us to be free

Open up and talk to Him
He’s waiting for your call
Try a little faith and then
A little light will fall

He’s known you from the beginning
You were the thought in His heart
Though you may see another thing
Like a caterpillar from the start

Your cocoon is inside of Him
If you will choose to trust
When you come forth and His plan is done
You are a piece of art

Will you trust a little bit
A tiny little ray
Let that hope turn heavenward
For You there’s a brand new day

Dare to try, please think it through
What have you to lose
Lift up your eyes beyond the clouds
He’s waiting for you to choose.


copyright  2021  Jean Chamblee Thomas

REMEMBRANCE (poetry)

In my deepest darkest sin
You looked at me with mercy
You looked into my heart
And saw what I could be

In the place of such humanity
Patiently you waited for me
You gave me an acceptance
Until I was ready to see

You throw away all remembrance
Of the sins I did commit
But you kept a Book of memories
Of the times when my candle was lit

You remember all the bright times
Ones I did probably forget
Times when you saw my struggle
To do the things you had said

Oh remember my dear Savior
I remember too
How sweet you were in the morning
Like the smell of fresh morning dew

Like the desert after the rain
When my time of trial came to an end
You were always growing me up
And You have always been my best Friend

I can hear You rejoicing
When I got the victory
Choosing to walk in righteous ways
From the devils grip getting free

I can see you dancing
The day that I almost gave up
But you allowed me to re-commit 
And again You filled up my cup

How it has been such a journey
I can’t wait to look back with You
To see things how you saw them
All the ways that You brought me through

I can hardly wait until heaven
It can’t come too fast
Replace the pain with so much joy
Eternal peace at last



copyright  2021  Jean Chamblee Thomas

CAPTURE A MOMENT OF NORMAL (poem)

Capture a moment of normal
Don’t forget what’s important to see
Those ones very dear that surround you
The ones in your own family

With a world that is in so much turmoil
Easy to forget to believe
That there’s still a few moments of normal
Still a few moments to breathe

So grab that grandbaby and hold her
Bounce that toddler around on your knee
Call a truce with your sister
And treasure your own family

Time is a gift swiftly fleeing
So quickly it runs away
So capture a moment of normal
And by all means, ENJOY THE DAY!!!


copyright 2008 Jean Chamblee Thomas 

Onward… (poetry)

 I don’t feel so special today
 In fact I feel quite small
 Maybe that’s how you feel too
 With your back against a wall
 
 Cornered in by circumstance
 So far out of our control
 What can we do to break out free
 Crawl out of this big dark hole
 
 There is a way, a gift of sorts
 Given long ago
 That we can step right into
 Where liberty will flow
 
 Freedom from the world of guilt
 That weighs us down sometimes
 Freedom that is born of love
 A treasure hidden by Divine
 
 As we seek to find this out
 Asking God to show
 He’ll take you on a wonderful route
 For eyes that want to know
 
 God is good and always is
 The devil tries to stomp this out
 But light comes out for those that seek
 Destiny lets out a shout
 
 You can feel it, I know you can
 It’s buried beneath the snow
 The cold and dark the world piles on
 But truth lies in your soul
 
 Like a caterpillar you must fight
 Your way out of the cocoon
 Your Father waits to hear your cry
 Then empowers you to move
 
 He waits for your invitation
 That’s just how Father does roll
 He’s not into manipulation
 He wants to see you whole
 
 If you don’t know He’s cheering you on
 Then you don’t know Him well
 Just look at those He’s chosen
 They all have a story to tell
 
 Look at Mary, a prostitute, 
 Delivered from the dark
 Became the first to see Him rise
 His choice of her was smart

 Peter was a fisherman
 Impulsive and full of self
 But when His life with Jesus was full
 He became part of the Book on our shelf
 
 Zacchieus was a cheating man
 A taxman that took too much
 But Jesus saw his heart that day
 And went to his house for lunch
 
 David was a shepherd boy
 Sitting in the fields
 But God chose him to be a king
 His life so honest and real
 
 Gideon was a chicken heart
 Afraid of everything
 But God gave him the power to lead
 To victory his people he did bring
 
 So now lets look at you and me
 Why is it failures we see?
 Cause that’s what the enemy wants of us
 His job is to cause us defeat
 
 The first of his lies is to turn us from God
 Make us think He’s who He is not
 God will never forsake us
 Once we’ve given Him our hearts
 
 Once we have invited Him in
 He’s always on our side
 Never to leave us, always there
 Whether we see Him our not
 
 You were made on purpose by Him 
 Before you were in the womb
 He made you cause He wanted you
 And He’s coming back real soon
 
 So fight through all the discouragement
 Encourage yourself in the Lord
 Watch what your mind is thinking upon
 And with help you can turn this around
 
 His Word is so we can know who He is
 Read the story of His life
 Start with the gospel of John again
 And ask Him to open your heart
 
 You are so beloved
 And I guess so am I
 I battle with this daily
 It’s something we all have to fight
 
 So I say, yes God loves you
 And yes, He loves me too
 Soon this life will be over
 No more sorrow no gloom
 
 Keep your head up, looking up
 And looking to His ways
 You have been chosen to witness this
 The very end of Days
 
 It is an honor to be here now
 The Book says the last shall be first
 He knows what it is we must endure
 To be a part of new birth
 
 New heaven, new earth is waiting for us
 So we must take our place
 Keep our hearts from sinking low
 And looking into His face
 
 Keep the faith
 I know it’s hard
 But yes, we must endure
 We know there is a kingdom for us
 So beautiful, clean and pure
 
 No more pain or sorrow
 No more brokenness of soul
 In heaven we will be given a newness
 In heaven our hearts will be whole.
 
 Don’t look back and stay in the past
 Onward you must go
 Choose to look forward and you will see
 God chose YOU, and now you know!
 

 

 copyright 2021   Jean Chamblee Thomas
 

HE THOUGHT YOU WERE WORTH IT (poetry)

 Slowly, with purpose
 He walked through the streets
 Each step He was taking
 Your life He could see
 

 Breathing in pain
 Sores on His back
 He suffered the shame
 But His heart was intact
 

 He knew that His mission
 It must be fulfilled
 There was no other way
 Except Calvary’s hill
 

 Looking at faces
 His mind must have swirled
 He kept the joy before Him
 Of saving the world
 

 Strong and determined
 As His life blood poured out
 He knew it was worth it
 He ignored hell’s loud shout
 

 As He hung on the cross
 He gave out a cry
 As He paid for our sins
 Tears streamed from His eyes
 

 Love kept Him there
 We’ll never know
 How bad was His suffering
 The three days He was gone
 

 Paying our penalty
 As He hung on the cross
 He knew what it took
 To redeem all the lost
 

 So now it’s our choice
 To believe and receive
 The beautiful gift
 For which He did bleed
 

 So never doubt
 That He loves you so
 How willingly He gave
 To make you His own
 

 

copyright 2013 Jean Chamblee

UP AHEAD (poetry)

 Wisdom of the Holy One
 Maker of heaven and earth
 His thoughts are high above our own
 And He can see our worth
 

 He made us in His image, yes
 To be His family
 To know Him in all spirit and truth
 To open our eyes to see
 

 The evil of the world came forth
 To steal what God had made
 He tricked us in the garden
 But God knew just how to save
 

 The end from the beginning
 Is how our God does see
 Even though He knows our faults
 He sees what we can be
 

 He sent His son to show His love
 To legally set us free
 His blood upon the alter seat
 Perfect sacrifice was He
 

 Such are the wondrous ways of God
 There’s so much more to know
 As we look into His Word
 And seek His truth to grow
 

 To be in Him and Him in us
 A temple for the Lord
 Can’t wrap our minds around it
 Just have to trust His word
 

 Once we come of age in life
 All of us have sinned
 It made inside our hearts go dark
 So we need to be born again
 

 When we accept what Jesus did
 He makes in us all things new
 Our heart it changes deep inside
 Then His Spirit can dwell in you
 

 Then oh the journey we can have
 As our Father grows us up
 He loves to reveal the secret things
 And to joyfully fill our cup
 

 He will also teach us to be
 A warrior in the earth
 Overcoming darkness
 That’s fought us from our birth
 
 Then one day we all will rest
 In heaven we will be
 Our Father is a Creator
 What beauty we will see
 

 We each have a destiny
 That in His heart conceived
 Nothing will make us happier
 Than to be what we were made to be
 

 So now we must anticipate
 Our eyes kept up ahead
 As this age comes to an end
 And Jesus will crush Satan’s head
 

 

 copyright  2021   Jean Chamblee Thomas