Marty Reep

With kindness of heart
And effervescence of mind,
The man looked around
Into the earthen pockets of humanity
To see if there was still room for him.
When he saw that there was,
Great joy grew in his heart,
And abounding love showed forth
From his eyes,
His words,
And his hands.
The great love of the Father
Catapulted him into the hearts and minds
Of millions
Where,
While resting in the abiding presence of the Almighty
He took to calling each
By name
And by purpose.
Who was this vessel for humanity?
It was you.
It was me.
It was the passing forth of God’s pure love
Through human forms
To other
Human forms.
That bit of humanity
And that bit of transference
Met
Every time that love was shared.

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To the Sky We Seek

Posted on December 25, 2013January 12, 2014 by martyjreep in Creative Writing, Thoughts

When mortal man walks across terrestrial earth, he looks into the cosmos to see any connection between the learned and the unlearned. In the heavens, he seeks the answers to his questions. He sees them, yet has trouble putting the answers into words. He senses the completeness to his questioning, but is unable to understand. Complexity detours his understanding, yet he persists anyway, continuing his search to know the unknown.

In the nighttime hours, he walks through his own mind in search of the missing words that will fill in the blanks and complete his thoughts. He thinks back through all of the information he has poured into over the years, sifting through and sorting its immensity, knowing fully well that once the material makes sense, he can act in complete confidence. Lack of knowledge will hurt him, as it has in the past.

Yet, when the information is taken in and understood, the grappling will cease and fruition will unfold. The words are there, if he can find them. Once the picture is assembled with its stories, background, fore-focus, and imminently important details, the realization of any missing pieces will be reckoned with and acquired.

Oh, the glorious day of understanding! The joy of the journey! What a magnificent journey it has been, and what a glorious road it will continue to be!

The sky releases its answers. The hidden becomes seen. We stand before the Almighty, and glimpse into the Throne Room, where all shall be revealed.

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Rake the Coals

Posted on December 21, 2013December 21, 2013 by martyjreep in Creative Writing, Poetry

Rake the coals
Across the soul
Burn the image in

See the death
That causes all
And live the breath within

Time will stand
To test the brave
To kill the weak and old

It will portray
The oldest stance
And handle all the bold

There is a time
Within each mind
To search, to seek, to win

To hope to be there
On that day
Is the biggest grin

I will forgo
The endless tale
And wrap it up right here

To know my limit
Of the soul
Draws me ever near.

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Wheat Forecast – Dec 2013, Jan 2014

Posted on December 19, 2013 by martyjreep in Teaching / Education, Thoughts

Looks like Wheat will make a turn on about 12/27/13 near 590. Then turning again about 1/13/14 and 1/22/14.

Speak

Posted on November 26, 2013November 26, 2013 by martyjreep in Creative Writing, Missions, Motivational, Thoughts

But if we stand in the doorway, unspeaking the truth of the moment, then we have become as guilty as the tyrants inside. In those moments any concept of outside matters not, because if we are unwilling to wield the purposes and strength of God inside ourselves, then we are useless to the outside, unseeing world. We have become like them, lost and confused in the dark – unseeing the future, scared of the loss of light, yet unwilling to do what we know is right. Walking in the path of righteousness is not only what we are called to do, it is absolutely what we must do on the inside, in order for anything outside to change. We, the tyrants of our lives, will yield, when the silent doorway-standers speak.

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Thank you, Simon, for the nudge.

Been a While

Posted on November 19, 2013 by martyjreep in Motivational, Thoughts

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything on here… I’m still writing every day (’cause I still have a heartbeat and a functioning brain), but I’ve been working on some other projects that have consumed a lot of my time.

I’ve been researching the markets more and still trying to fix a pickup truck I’ve now nicknamed “Chucky”. Hey, it’s earned its new name honestly!

As the markets shape up & the truck works again , I’ll get back on here more often.

Whose Shoulders?

Posted on October 8, 2013 by martyjreep in Motivational, Thoughts

To stand upon the shoulders of the world, we wait in anticipation of what sights the vistas will bring. Will they hold for us immeasurable pleasure, or will they make us distraught beyond reason? Will they cause us to think deeply on the purposes that we serve, or will they increase our desire to be entertained?

If the end justifies the means, then why not wear cleats when you stand up on the shoulders of others and just dig in? You’d get a better grip that way. The owner of the shoulders probably won’t enjoy it very much, but hey, the means are justified, right? That’s what the world cries out as it clamors to reach higher and higher, but you and I know that there is a better way to approach the mark of success.

We shout out to the world in our souls that we are justified in our actions – that we contain the wholeness of thought in the verity of procedure. But what we really want is to mean something – to mean something in a big way and to a lot of people.

Most people are afraid of succeeding because they are scared that they will actually achieve the glory and goodness that they want to create in the world. If they do reach that pinnacle, then what? What would they have to strive for? To live for? To fight for?

To not be that way, you have to create new goals, establish new levels of achievement, and develop a deeper understanding of success. When you see success as God sees success, then you’ll have something truly worth fighting for. The depth that God can build in your life is beyond concept. There is no limit to where he can take you or how he can use you to work in the lives of others.

In order to do that though, he wants all of you in him – not just part of you, half of you, or most of you. He wants all of you. When you surrender all of yourself to the author of the universe, he will finally be able to do with you what he wanted to do in the first place. He will mold you and shape you into the vessel that he wants to use for the glory of his kingdom.

Along the way, you will see things you have never seen before and experience things so amazing that you would never have experienced them on your own. That’s just the way God works: in mighty and magnificent ways.

So, instead of standing on the shoulders of other people or the world, stand upon the shoulders of God. His might and grace will show you how to do it properly and solidly. There will be nothing lacking when he moves in his magnificent ways and shows the world through your life that he is still a powerful and compassionate God.

May you be blessed as you live out all that he has called you to do and be. His truth will shine brighter in your life as you draw closer to him each day. Be at peace, and go in strength.

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Fantastical World at Dusk

Posted on October 5, 2013 by martyjreep in Creative Writing, Thoughts

Looking out onto the evening dusk, the world opens up and lets us see into its secret places. Animals move around and go from being quiet to active. They participate in the grandness we call nature, simply by being who they are and doing what they do. No one needs to tell them what to do nor even watch them as they go about their business, because they are still who they are, regardless of our observations.

Then why do we observe? Because it helps us to become better people. It helps us to appreciate the world around us. We become better beings because of it, and in return, we are better to them and to each other.

Dusk is not just dusk. It is a time of renewal. It opens the doors to the transition period between daylight and dark. The daylight says goodbye, and the darkness calls us forward. As we step forward into the momentary blackness, we see a world we have never seen before. It becomes new to us as we open our minds and allow in the beauty of the black. Within it, mysterious shapes take on new meaning and become the steadfast points of footing that we call home. The strange becomes the familiar, and the foreign becomes home.

Fantastical creatures change into realistic people and force their way into our minds through the ready acceptance of all things strange. We do not have to deny them credence in order to define ourselves, because with or without them, we still are who we are.

Yet, their participation in our lives blends the two worlds and brings about changes manifested in the adherence to the structure of the formless formed. The fog is lifted, and the night shines forth.

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Destiny’s Lights

Posted on October 4, 2013 by martyjreep in Creative Writing, Poetry

Destiny’s lights
Do onward call
They’re after and
Before

They know what lies
Beyond the seen
And hold me down
No more

They call the way
To open up
And hapless screams
Do fill

Limelight stricken’d
Wakes the dead
And sees the world
In shrill

There is a path
That holds the light
It wakes and sleeps
To be

The holding of
The lasting hope
The joy that comes
To me.

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