A reminder: Colossians 2

2 I want you to know how hard I am contending for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally. 2 My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments. 5 For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.
Spiritual Fullness in Christ


6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rootedand built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.


8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces[a] of this world rather than on Christ.


9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. 11 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh[b] was put off when you were circumcised by[c] Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.


13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you[d]alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.[e]
Freedom From Human Rules


16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. 18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. 19 They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.


20 Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings. 23 Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.

Ending

The times shall come to an end,

Marked by the fires of the coming King,

Knowledge of this had already been penned,

Through John when he was dreaming,

From heaven our Saviour shall descend,

His reign on earth, the believer's blessing,

Thinkers and philosophers, the gospel will offend,

To the faithful it is surely dazzling.

Petición

Hearts asunder,

Words a blunder,

The torn gets a snicker,

By believers through slander.

Efforts totter,

As hopes stutter,

The steward in sombre,

By the words of a believing prater.

Wake up, wake up, oh you foolish slumberer,

I plead to you as a repentant brother,

Don't you see that we have only been a spoiler,

Whilst being called to be God's own vicar.

See the lies by the evil tempter,

Do not partake in the avocations of a sinner,

Lest we be disqualified by heaven's own sifter,

Repent oh repent my dear brothers and sisters.

Let us be Christ's own spotter,

The plans of the enemy we shall always sever,

Through faith in Christ our one true saviour,

And the power of the Holy Spirit as our daily skipper.

αντίμο

Faith like a child,
Can often be misfiled,
To believe even when you're beguiled,
To love despite being reviled,
To have patience whilst being riled,
All this, our very own LORD's brainchild,
Defiance of logic; against the norm of society's values of being selfish styled,
Suffering and abuse against Him it unpiled,
And yet through it all.. He still smiled.
That is, my friend, a faith of a child.

A shade of grey

Every time my hopes are high,
Always a case where fulfilment were nigh,
"Tumbling down it comes", I hear it cry,
My heart as it makes an expression so wry,
Wrenching it is but I have no other choice than to comply,
When this hope wishes to rekindle like the promise of a rainbow in the sky,
I have given up before, but my heart cannot lie,
Of the scarce but sweet memories of you in the months even before July,
Or even the way you say hi,
Leaving a taste of joy and hope which is so sly,
Burning you off when you get too close like the fire burns the attracted fly,
I sometimes wonder why'd I even try,
So do I or do I not say goodbye,
For this is the last chance I'll ever give my heart to you before it loses it foci.