"God Is Light": A found poem from the Bible

GOD IS LIGHT
A found poem from the Bible:
1 John 1:5-7 (King James Version)

This then is the message which we have heard of him,
And declare unto you,
That God is light,
And in him is no darkness at all.
If we say that we have fellowship with him,
And walk in darkness,
We lie, and do not the truth:
But if we walk in the light,
As he is in the light,
We have fellowship one with another,
And the blood of Jesus Christ his Son
Cleanseth us from all sin.

"Cinquain on Love: Touch" by Monty Gilmer | Best Poems

In the lyrics of his song "Love" John Lennon wrote, "Love is touch, touch is love." Read this found poem of mine on love and touch: Cinquain on Love: Touch, poem - Monty Gilmer poems | Best Poems

This found poem of mine was first published under the title "Cinquain on Love" in the January 1999 issue of The Sow's Ear Poetry Review (sowsearpoetry.org).

Quotation: A Haiku by Mizuta Masahide

Mizuta Masahide Quote

Since my house burned down

I now own a better view

of the rising moon.

-- Mizuta Masahide (1657-1723)

From "The Excellencies of God's Law" (Psalm 119:73-80)

FROM "THE EXCELLENCIES OF GOD'S LAW"
from the Bible: Psalm 119:73-80 (King James Version)

Thy hands have made me and fashioned me:
Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
They that fear thee will be glad when they see me;
Because I have hoped in thy word.
I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right,
And that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort,
According to thy word unto thy servant.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live:
For thy law is my delight.
Let the proud be ashamed;
For they dealt perversely with me without a cause:
But I will meditate in thy precepts.
Let those that fear thee turn unto me,
And those that have known thy testimonies.
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes;
That I be not ashamed.

Quotation: F. Scott Fitzgerald on reputation

REPUTATION

     The easiest way to get a reputation is go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter.

     F. SCOTT FITZGERALD (1896-1940)

     American writer

     Quoted in the Associated Press

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Born on this day in 1896

From "The Excellencies of God's Law" (Psalm 119:65-72)

FROM "THE EXCELLENCIES OF GOD'S LAW"
from the Bible: Psalm 119:65-72 (King James Version)

Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord,
According unto thy word.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge:
For I have believed thy commandments.
Before I was afflicted I went astray:
But now have I kept thy word.
Thou art good, and doest good:
Teach me thy statutes.
The proud have forged a lie against me:
But I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Their heart is as fat as grease:
But I delight in thy law.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted;
That I might learn thy statutes.
The law of thy mouth is better unto me
Than thousands of gold and silver.