Recent Poetry of Mine

Been writing lots lately in the midst of intense spiritual warfare. Ran across some and wanted to post these for all whom wish to read. Enjoy! :)

Your Love

Your love is immensely grand;
at times it is all that makes me stand.

Your love is as close as the
air and always real
drawing me to you closer and
closer still.

Your love makes me content
and jubilant
while all the world's best
can only make me pant.

You are romantic beyond end
and have always been.
'Tis this love that compelled
your Son to intercede due to sin.

-- Amanda Kay Johnson
11 Nov. 2007

Victory in HIM


In all the messes we'll EVER make,
there is victory in HIM that they can ALL be cleaned up.

In all the pain we'll EVER taste,
there is victory in HIM that they can always taste sweet rather than bitter.

In all the joy and delight that we'll "rob" ourselves or others from,
there is victory in HIM that He will always give us himself, the only true source of joy and delight.

Though my Enemy lies to me and brings pain and sorrow in this earthly path,
there is victory in HIM to recognize that only ever does my Enemy lie to me and not my God.

Though my paths are bitterly painful now like walking on crushed glass with already bleeding soles,
there is victory in HIM that I do not walk these paths by myself as HE is ever at my side.

Though the rocks be hurled my way to stone me and ALL my friends eternally forsake me,
there is victory in HIM because nothing will ever separate me from HIS love and presence.

-- Amanda Kay Johnson
12:55 PM/20 Nov. 2007

Eternal Song Within Arising

Rising up within me there is a song
A song that I will always sing in my attempt to pour back the love and grace that's been showered upon me.

This song runs deep; it pulses in my veins, it's forever intertwined with my blood and life. It will always make me sing to a King, the King, most worthy above all.

Battered and bruised and crushed for me; He took it all and went well into the darkness for my sake going farther and giving up more than I ever can or will in this mortal skin.

Yet, fight the darkness I will and propel love and light into its midst to shake the demons and hate from their ground, the ancient strongholds and drive them back into the despised abyss called Hell.

For there my soul once dwelt bound to all that hates and destroys and kept me from my Maker; yet my Abba's grace was Before and extends Beyond and so it stretched down and rescued me from the abyss and is cleansing me.

And now my desire is for the Lover and to be like HIM. Burn desire for HIM, burn.

-- Amanda Kay Johnson
25 Nov. 2007

Plea to Redeemed Humanity

Current mood: tired

I don't usually get this way, but I am just putting this out there to those that are of the Redeemed. This morning I knew that my Abba was telling me that He is about to begin a new thing in me and that I am about to undergo some major life changes. I don't really know what all that means; I just know that I am in the midst of it as of today. I also know that Satan is playing hardcore and is throwing hardcore junk at me. I truly hate it and honestly within my heart, I don't want to keep fighting these spiritual battles ... but whether I want to or not, I know that I must fight. I honestly feel EXTREMELY weary from all of the fighting in the Spirit that has been going down within this week. I cannot carry this monstrously, titanic burden alone. So, I just put this plea out to redeemed humanity to please pray for me and ask Abba to give me the strength that I know that I need to endure and fight well.

This made me so SAD to read ...

This was next to an article on Sudan, Africa recently in my local newspaper. Needless to say, both articles caught my eye and made me incredibly sad. Please read and pray and seek how you can help to actively evoke change for the positive regarding the following ...

Abortion just as common where it's legal as where it's not, experts say (Article by: Maria Cheng, AP Medical Writer)

London, UK --- Women are just as likely to get an abortion in countries where it is outlawed as they are in countries where it is legal, according to reserach published Friday.

In a study examining abortion trends from 1995 to 2003, experts also found that abortion rates are virtually equal in rich and poor countries, and that half of all abortions worldwide are unsafe.

The study was done by Gilda Sedgh of the Guttmacher Institute in the United States and colleagues from the World Health Organization. It was published in an edition of the The Lancet medical journal devoted to maternal health.

... Abortion accounts for 13 percent of maternal mortality worldwide. About 70,000 women die every year from unsafe abortions. An additional 5 million women suffer permanent or temporary injury.

"The continuing high incidence of unsafe abortion in developing countries represents a public health crisis and a human rights atrocity," [Beth] Fredrick [of the International Women's Health Coalition in the U.S.] wrote.

The number of worldwide abortions has dipped from 46 million in 1995 to just under 42 million in 2003. But there was no change in the rate of unsafe abortions; nearly half the procedures are still perfomed illegally in potentially dangerous conditions.

... [Sharon] Camp [president and chief executive officer of the Guttmacher Institute] said that more countries are allowing women to have abortions legally, but many women only receive medical attention after a procedure has gone wrong. "I don't think women should have to hurt themselves before they get medical treatment," she said.

The vast majority of abortions --- 35 million --- were in the developing world. And nearly 97 percent of all unsafe abortions were in poor countries. Worldwide, one in five pregnancies ends in abortion and nine out of 10 women will have an abortion before age 45.*

The study defined unsafe abortions as those performed either by people lacking the necessary skills or in an environment that does not conform to minimum medical standards.

In eastern Europe, there are more abortions than live births: 105 abortions for every 100 live births, the research found. In Western Europe, there are 23 abortions for every 100 live births.

In North America, there are 33 abortions for every 100 live births, while in Africa, where abortion is illegal in most countries, there are 17 abortions for every 100 live births.

... Funds from the U.S. government, for example, cannot be used in any health services associated with abortion.

... In related papers published in The Lancet this week, experts said there has been little improvement in helping women survive pregnancy and childbirth in the last two decades, particularly in the world's poorest countries.

... "Donors love to distribute bed nets for malaria because it's simple to do and it's easy to show the progress you've made," said Dr. Lale Say, a WHO maternal health expert. "But unfortunately for women's health, there is no single strategy that will work everywhere."

* Emphasis is mine.

[Article in the Jackson County Floridan (Marianna,FL); Oct. 12, 2007]

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If you'd like to actually see what an abortion is like, check out the following website and watch The Silent Scream.

http://www.silentscream.org/video1.htm