Redefined

Redefined

We live in a society today that makes its own rules.

Based on man's wants and desires and what he thinks is cool.

There is no compass of what’s right or wrong.

There's just cancellation if you don't go along.

Society believes they can change it all in a word

Just redefine morality to match their ideals that they may have heard. 

They don’t consider a God who created man in His image

They cancel that too if it goes against their values and limits.

We live in a world where black is white and white is black.

And if we are offended there's a way to change all of that.

They have redefined right and wrong.

And so many, like sheep to the slaughter, just follow along.

Look at our history just within the last few years.

The covid LIE the lockdowns and the deaths that caused so many tears.

And when people try to expose the LIE they were canceled by the masses.

Called delusional, conspiracy theorists, even terrorists by some classes.

If you dare stand out against the grain, you are a danger to others. 

So once again, they've redefined morality based on their druthers. 

They somehow think if they just say it,  it's true.

Facts are irrelevant according to their point of view

Look and see it's everywhere you turn.

If you think a man is a male you have much to relearn.

And while they call people hate groups who don't agree with them.

They are the ones that spew hate over and over again. 

Don't fall for it my friends. God did not make a mistake. 

He created man in His image and he alone decides his fate. 

He is still in heaven and unknown to most he still rules the Earth.

He's the same yesterday, today and forever, and man cannot define His worth

So when you see someone try to cancel you or redefine who you are

Just remember their opinions don't matter, you are God's shining star. 

We cannot redefine who God has created and what he has done.

So stand strong and rest in him and you will soon overcome.

© 2025 Sandra C. Johnson 

Please Don't Throw Me Away

Please Don't Throw Me Away

Please do not throw me away based on what you think my life will be.

No one truly knows my worth except for me.

Please don't throw me away because of how I was conceived.

I'm a living being growing inside of you. Please don't be deceived. 

Life is fragile and who are you to determine it's worth.

Who are you to decide to throw me away instead of bringing me to birth?

Please don't throw me away because of the stats you hear on TV.

I'm not a stat. I'm a human being that God has predestined from eternity.

Please don't throw me away I'm more than a mush of cells.

I deserve a chance to live in the world and to dwell.

Please don't throw me away if they tell you I have a hormone missing.

God is the one that has formed me, it is His will you are resisting. 

I know the world pushes that it's your choice to have a baby or not.

But it seems my choice is what the world has simply forgot.

So please don't throw me away just because it seems too hard.

If you do, this there's an emptiness you will feel and we will be apart.

You see they don't tell you these things because they don't want you to know,

That I'm not just a glob of cells I was created by God a long time ago.

And just like you I have feelings regardless how it came to be.

I want to live I want a chance to fulfill my destiny.

So I beg you Mom even though you just found out I'm here.

Don't take that pill or do that procedure that will bring many tears.

Please don't throw me away. I love you mom I want a chance,

To live with you and have experiences and to dance.

But not just for me, I don't want you to have regrets for what you've done. 

If you throw me away you'll never know what I could have become.

I may be born “normal” or I may be born with an autistic disorder

But I'm still God's child, and perfectly designed in His perfect order. 

So please don't throw me away.

Please give me a chance today.

Please don't make me another stat in abortion’s lie.

Mom please let me live a life with you. Don't let me die. 

© 2025 Sandra C. Johnson

The Best is Yet to Come

The Best is Yet to Come

The best is yet to come as we enter the Golden age. 

The day we will overcome and God is setting the stage. 

The best is yet to come my friend, so persevere.

God still rules in the earth and He is very near.

Watch the news and you may start to wonder.

Murder, death, illnesses, so many unknown blunders.

People standing for violence where right and wrong are confused.

But don't fret. This is just man hanging on to what he's about to lose.

The best is yet to come and the truth will reign.

Along with the saints of God who are now looked on with disdain.

Take it all to heart my friend because you know you're doing something right,

When the world stands in accusation and continues the fight.

The best is yet to come as you will soon see.

As all of creation learns to bend the knee

And bow and confess Jesus as King of Kings.

And true Liberty and freedom rings.

The best is yet to come. Many have unknowingly said it.

Not knowing that it was God that put it on their heart and led it. 

I am not sure what it will look like, but I trust God to write the book.

And when the chapter is finished, I can't wait to take a look.

The best is yet to come, I wait in anticipation.

As God brings about his glorious salvation.

So my friends buckle up it's all about to begin.

The best is yet to come so until then…..

We will say Amen to the plan of God and continue in our way.

Watching for his best to come about with each passing day.

And on the hard days when we wonder and we question is this real?

That's when God will whisper in our ear “My child let go and just be still.”

© 2025 Sandra C. Johnson

This poem was adapted into a song and can be viewed on my YouTube channel here:

Flush it Down the Toilet

Just Flush it Down the Toilet

Just flush it down the toilet is what they are told.

The life that was once alive but now is on the floor stone cold.  

Like garbage, the unborn are thrown away. 

With no thought of consequence with each passing day.

Just flush it down the toilet is the advice to a woman in crisis. 

They don't value life, treating the unborn as if it is a virus. 

Unknown to this woman of what she would endure. 

By ending the life of an unborn life so very pure. 

 She didn’t see it as a baby, she just knew she couldn’t take. 

An unplanned pregnancy, which was a big mistake. 

How could she bring a life into the world to see. 

The evil and all the things that were to be. 

They told her it’s just a fetus, it is not a person. 

So she hesitantly took the abortion pill based on their assertion. 

But oh the horror, the pain, as she looked around. 

She saw pieces of a life lost, never to be found. 

So she called the crisis line scared and in pain.

Just flush it down the toilet is what they had to say. 

Is that where we are today, our unborn are for the garbage heap?

The precedent was set and the price has been so very steep. 

Over 800,000 unborn die and the screams can be heard. 

They cry out to our God in heaven and He hears every word. 

These women sadly see what they have done far too late. 

They live for years living with the memories that altered their fate. 

Roe versus Wade seems so very long ago. 

We debated when life begins at conception or is it 8 weeks or so?

Today there is legislation that say it does not matter 

8 weeks, 12 weeks, full term or thereafter.

Just flush it down the toilet, the one without a name. 

Human life has no value, no love, and no fame. 

But God remembers them and holds them in His hand. 

And He watches over every loss and one day they will stand. 

There will be a throng of children singing heaven's song. 

These have been redeemed from the earth by our God all along. 

They look down upon the harsh and cruel reality down here. 

With forgiveness and love as God has wiped away their tears. 

So as these young women are told to throw a life away.

Know that God in heaven looks down on us as for these little ones we pray. 

Every life is precious in his sight 

Until then, for every one we will always stand and fight. 

© Sandra C. Johnson 2025

A Welcher, a Deserter and a Deadbeat

A preacher from my teen years is a friend on Facebook.   Some of his posts are interesting.  However, some of his posts display the reasons I no longer attend this particular church.   With that being said, I am grateful beyond words to the people who helped me develop my faith, but I am saddened that they appear to be in the same place spiritually, after over 40 years.  This particular preacher posted this from an unknown author. 

A Welcher, a Deserter and a Deadbeat

In the world of gambling, a person who refuses to pay is a Welcher. No one feels the least bit inclined to call such a person a gambling delinquent. In the armed services, one who leaves their post is a deserter,  not an unexcused absentee. In the business world, the individual who does not pay their debts is a Deadbeat. 

These terms state clearly the case of the person involved and everyone knows what is meant. But in the church there is a tendency to cover up the truth about members who are continually absent. We call them “inactive members.” This erroneous terminology spares the person involved a sense of pain because it covers up the real truth of his condition. 

What is meant by “inactive member” is that we still have their name and address in the database, even though they have not been in attendance, have not given a cent of money to the Lord, and have not shown the slightest interest in the welfare of their own soul, or the progress of the kingdom of God. 

My assertion is that if we just had the courage and were honest enough, we would give a little more accurate description of their condition. They are Deserters, Welchers and Deadbeats. At least they would know where they stand. So would the church. Their Lord already knows.  

-Author Unknown

Wow!  So much I could say here, for example, just because he is not supporting your church, does not mean he is not giving to the Lord, but, I have to to thank him for posting that, because it inspired the following. 

A Deserter, Welcher and Deadbeat

He is called a deserter because he no longer attends church. 

No one even asks why. Was he sick or somehow hurt? 

They just assumed he walked away and abandoned the faith.  

And for this lost soul they wonder and contemplate. 

He is a welcher because he refuses to pay his dues 

To a church that no longer aligns with his views.

Instead he helped a woman in the store. 

To pay for her groceries as she didn’t have a job anymore. 

He is a deadbeat because he believes.

In a truth that is different and is considered deceived.

It’s not that he doesn’t care for his brothers. 

It's just that he loves all the others. 

You see he is not limited by man.

Or what many in this church understand. 

God has led him on a different path. 

And there, he reaches many with a love that will last. 

He is a deserter of the faith, because he didn’t follow the rules. 

Going to every service and attending Sunday school. 

Didn't think outside of the box without checking with the preacher. 

Listened to God alone, without the church’s teacher. 

So when the time came, and after much prayer. 

This deserter’s pew was empty. He was no longer there. 

No one knew why, they just worried for his soul, 

He was still on the roster but his heart left a long time ago. 

Our churches are supposed to be a place of safety and love. 

One where we encourage one another to look to God above. 

It should be a place where we debate ideas and study His word. 

A place where opinions and questions all can be heard.

But those that think outside the box are not accepted.

Accused of deception and heresy, they are rejected. 

But they are not deserters of the faith. They have learned to hear God's Voice.

Choosing to hear from God and not man has been their choice.

He is called a deadbeat, the one who walked away. 

He is walking alone on God’s glorious highway. 

And walking alongside him are other deserters as well,

Here are just a few of those who supposedly fell. 

John  the Baptist walked the desert alone.

Calling men to repentance a long time ago. 

Isaiah and Jeremiah were there too.

They spoke God’s Word and were rejected by more than a few.

Jesus was rejected by the religious leaders of the day. 

Would he be a deserter and welcher put on display?

Well, that is exactly what they did to Him.

And His response was “Father, forgive their sin. 

Yes, I am a proud deserter, welcher and deadbeat. 

I know though, that I am in good company. 

If you find you are a deserter or welcher too. 

Be of good courage, continue to do what you believe to be true. 

In God’s Kingdom, it won't be those in suits at a pew every week. 

But those who follow the leading of His spirit, whose truth they seek. 

God’s Kingdom will be those whose heart is right with Him. 

Whose law is written within.

© 2025 Sandra C. Johnson 

Whitewashed Tombs

Whitewashed Tombs

Like whitewashed tombs is the righteousness of man.

Who's morality is based on what the world understands.

Standing on a high horse pointing the finger at those

Who stand for truth and their lies they expose

But like whitewashed tombs they claim to be on a Higher Ground

They claim they are the ones where true morals are found

As we stand up for what we believe

We are labeled as brainwashed and deceived. 

Wake up, they say, get out of the MAGA cult. 

They protest us in meeting places, as if we are without hope. 

And there is no discussion and no debate 

They call us nazis and fascists and spew so much hate. 

Like whitewashed tombs, they hold up their righteous banner. 

Loving immigrants while babies in the womb don't matter

They shame us when we stand up and fight. 

Calling us racists and ignorant rednecks who are not right. 

Like whitewashed tombs, they love to love and if we disagree. 

They look so good in their white apparel while we live in hypocrisy. 

You see Jesus said the same thing about those who countered him.

They are full of everything that is unclean within. 

While they show the world their nice and pretty side. 

Their protests show their true hatred that cannot be denied. 

These people love transexuals but hate us for what we believe

I scratch my head and ask who it is again that is deceived?

At the end of the day, their screaming doesn't matter. 

Because there is one God in Heaven and one day He will gather

His anointed one and they will rule and reign with Him. 

Through God's justice and not that of mere men 

Until that day, as I look out and see the war of words.

I will pray and give to God the frustration of what is heard.

Only God can change man's heart and reconcile us all again.

And purify our hearts and put His love within.

 

© Sandra C. Johnson 2025

How David Coped

 How David Coped

I wonder sometimes how David coped.

Life was not always easy but he still had hope.

He had a son whom he loved with all of his heart. 

But Absalom walked away, leaving him in the dark. 

We read of his cries to God and feel his pain. 

He was a King but at times he felt shame. 

But he always got back up on his feet again. 

David drew strength from His God and not men.

As I suffer sadness from the betrayal of my own. 

I wonder did David felt the heartache of being alone.

Did he ask himself if he failed Absalom in some way?

What went through his mind when he prayed?

We know He leaned on God through every endeavor. 

We read of his unwavering faith that failed him never.

But I often wonder if he felt as I sometimes do. 

Did he choose to walk away too?

Was it for his sanity that he had to choose?

To let go of Absalom and his ungodly views. 

Did he struggle with the guilt of letting him go?

So many things we may never know. 

We read of so many righteous men back then.

That just like us, struggled within. 

Didn't understand why and couldn't see how. 

But continued to follow their God and never doubt. 

I wonder sometimes how David felt inside. 

When he was betrayed and love was denied 

But we need only to read and we can see. 

He drew strength from Almighty God, gaining the victory. 

David, a man after God’s own heart. 

Not perfect, but sought Him from the start. 

He had enemies and people who hated him. 

But He brought it to heaven and didn’t judge or condemn. 

So as we struggle in relationships and worries in life. 

Self condemnation and times we may have compromised. 

May we, like David, get up again. 

And put our faith in God and not mere men. 

© 2025 Sandra C. Johnson