Poems by Robert Hawkins
poem count: 60 | pages: 7 | first place: 6 times | second place: 8 times | finalist: 37 times
Out With the Old, In With the New
Based on the scriptures found in The Purpose-Driven Life - Day 22. For this is the secret: Christ lives in you. Colossians 1:27 Everything ... connected with that old way of life has to go. It’s rotten through and through. Get rid of it! Ephesians 4:22
Based on the scriptures found in The Purpose-Driven Life - Day 22. For this is the secret: Christ lives in you. Colossians 1:27 Everything ... connected with that old way of life has to go. It’s rotten through and through. Get rid of it! Ephesians 4:22
Fighting for Harmony
Based on the scriptures found in The Purpose-Driven Life - Day 21. Let there be real harmony so there won’t be divisions in the church. I plead with you to be of one mind, united in thought and purpose. 1 Corinthians 1:10
Based on the scriptures found in The Purpose-Driven Life - Day 21. Let there be real harmony so there won’t be divisions in the church. I plead with you to be of one mind, united in thought and purpose. 1 Corinthians 1:10
Peacemaker
Based on the scriptures found in The Purpose-Driven Life - Day 20. God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God. Mt 5:9 What causes fights and quarrels among you? You do not have, because you do not ask God. Ja 4:1-2
Based on the scriptures found in The Purpose-Driven Life - Day 20. God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God. Mt 5:9 What causes fights and quarrels among you? You do not have, because you do not ask God. Ja 4:1-2
A Nurse's Prayer
This seems appropriate for our world today as we find ourselves in the midst of a pandemic. Thank God for first responders! This was written in 1984 for my sister who had graduated from Nursing School. Technically, a newly-graduated nurse's prayer.
This seems appropriate for our world today as we find ourselves in the midst of a pandemic. Thank God for first responders! This was written in 1984 for my sister who had graduated from Nursing School. Technically, a newly-graduated nurse's prayer.
Blessings for Obedience
Leviticus 26:1-13 speaks of God's blessings IF Israel obeys. "If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, I will send you the seasonal rains. The land will then yield its crops, and the trees of the field will produce their fruit." v3-4
Leviticus 26:1-13 speaks of God's blessings IF Israel obeys. "If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, I will send you the seasonal rains. The land will then yield its crops, and the trees of the field will produce their fruit." v3-4
Accord of Three Strands
Based on the scriptures found in The Purpose-Driven Life - Day 18. Two are better than one, because together they can work effectively. If one of them falls down, the other can help him up. A rope made of three cords is hard to break. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Based on the scriptures found in The Purpose-Driven Life - Day 18. Two are better than one, because together they can work effectively. If one of them falls down, the other can help him up. A rope made of three cords is hard to break. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
The Art of Brotherly Love
Based on the scriptures found in "The Purpose-Driven Life" - Day 19. Starting with James 3:18 - You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other. . .
Based on the scriptures found in "The Purpose-Driven Life" - Day 19. Starting with James 3:18 - You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other. . .
Simon Peter
Then Jesus answered, "Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!" John 13:38
Then Jesus answered, "Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!" John 13:38
Gethsemane
Written 20 years ago, but still one of my faves. I think the lines ending with double syllables produce a breathless urgency, hurtling the story to its conclusion. After 20 years, I finally tweaked the final stanza that bothered me with extra syllables.
Written 20 years ago, but still one of my faves. I think the lines ending with double syllables produce a breathless urgency, hurtling the story to its conclusion. After 20 years, I finally tweaked the final stanza that bothered me with extra syllables.
