Simple Devotions

Christian inspirations and poetry

Saturday, December 21, 2024

I Believe in God Too

 I Believe in God Too


“I believe in God too” so many will proclaim. 

When they hear words of truth putting us to shame.

When they hear us say that every unborn life matters,

And are offended as all the world's lies are shattered. 


They speak up and try to cancel you for your faith.

Screaming “I believe in God too” was their first mistake.

Because these people do not truly understand.

That there is spiritual discernment and there are teachings of man.


So they fall back on man’s wisdom and they say I” believe in God too.”

And proceed to shame you for your point of view.

Don't fall for the lies my friend, but stand strong. 

Because God holds you in His hand and has vindicated you all along. 


Let them ramble, let them say what they will. 

And simply trust in God to hold you still.

You are part of a great company of believers. 

But sadly they are part of the company of deceivers. 


Yet they don't need to be shamed because we as His people are better. 

Continue to love them and pray, making that your high endeavor.

God sent His son to die for all men.

He is the one that changes hearts within. 


Remember when Jesus walked upon the earth. 

His enemies were those like us who claimed to go to church.

Visiting the temple daily, these religious leaders rejected Him. 

So is it really a surprise as supposed Christians are doing it again?


Great politicians who support worldly laws and legislation,

Say “I believe in God too” while they condone emasculation. 

Calling a man a woman and a woman a man.

Calling evil good and good evil in this land. 


So next time you stand on God’s Laws proclaimig His words. 

And others shame you and call your message absurd

Remember you stand in good company of those that came before.  

Isaiah, David, Jeremiah, Elijah, Jesus Christ and so much more. 


Yes, they believe in Jesus too of that I am convinced. 

So I will never judge and condemn them, for being on the fence.

But I will also never be shamed into not proclaiming the unfiltered Word of truth. 

And pray that my words will resonate with those of a different point of view. 


© 2024 Sandra C. Johnson



Friday, December 20, 2024

The Hill To Die On

I recently was forced to take another job due to my refusal to get vaccinated. I truly do not believe it is obedience to God to allow myself to be injected with a manufactured disease.  God is my healer and my body is not my own it belongs to God.  As such, I am His temple.  This indeed was my hill to die on.  Leigh Allen Baker was speaking at AMFest 2024 this weekend and I must give her credit for saying ."My hill to die on is my hill to not comply on."  With that in mind, I penned the following: 


The Hill To Die On


I am standing on a hill to die on

This is the hill to not comply on.

As I suffered the consequences from the woke. 

I will never regret the truth that I spoke. 


I was standing on the hill to die on. 

As they ignored facts and and made it the hill to lie on

Forcing me into their version of truth

Discarding me as well as my point of view. 


But at the end of the day, I am still on the hill to die on. 

Standing strong because of the God I rely on. 

They shot me with arrows of lies and deceit. 

But I never complied to the idiocracy. 


God above calls us to faith and not fear. 

He will hold us despite what they throw at us here. 

We are in the world where they temporarily rule. 

But that is ending soon in the final duel. 


It will soon be a hill that Jesus will reign on.

And the hill that the woke will complain on. 

Because the truth will be preached from one end of earth to the other. 

And the love of our Savior will reign above all the others. 


There will be no more tears, and no more disease. 

Healing for all nations will be evident for all to see. 

So as you stand alone on the hill to die on. 

Hold on my friends it will soon to the hill to fly on. 


I stand on a new hill, one they cannot see. 

It is a hill where people in bondage will be set free. 

It is no longer a hill to die on by their tyrannical mandates. 

But it is a hill of salvation as Jesus determines our fate. 


© 2024 Sandra C. Johnson


In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills,and all nations will stream to it.  Isaiah 2:2

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




Shut Up Racist

I am at AMFest 2024 as of the writing of the poem below.  It was Tucker Carlson talking about how the media and the left uses "Shut up Racist" to discard us regardless of whether it's true or not.  It inspired the following: 

Shut Up Racist


We try to stand on our issues and help people see. 

We want less government and to help people stay free.

"Shut up racist" is always the reply. 

They never seem to be able to answer why. 


We have been gaslighted and manipulated. 

Apologizing for being white where we are situated. 

Race baiting to them holds the key.

To keep us from speaking up and being free.


"Shut up Racist" is their byline every time. 

Accusing us of hatefulness and all sorts of crimes. 

Everytime we open our mouth.  

Shut up racist is how this dismiss us without a doubt. 


They dont need facts to dispel the truth. 

"Shut up racist" is all they have to do. 

And they are running our schools and leading many institutions 

But step aside, there is a coming revolution.


Shut up Racist is no longer going to stand. 

Parental rights are going to once again be honored in this land. 

Vaccine mandates are going away. 

And freedom is going to stay. 


Why in the 200 years plus since out nation began

Were none of these in the constitution signed by man. 

There were diseases smallpox and so much more. 

But we trusted God Almighty 200 years ago. 


We knew who decided our fate. 

It wasn't by government mandates disguised as hate. 

While they say "shut up racist" to all of the unwoke. 

They are the ones inciting hate by word that are spoke. 


So if you find yourself ousted and your friends stopped calling

Stand up and make new ones who wont find you appalling 

They are out there not far away. 

God will open new doors for you today. 


"Shut up racist" we will continue to hear. 

But we are people of faith, not people of fear. 

And we know the world and its views are fading away.

So we will stand strong until the final day. 


© 2024 Sandra C. Johnson


Sunday, December 15, 2024

The Pieces

 The Pieces 


I was broken in pieces by this world and didn't know what to do.

Trial upon trial came upon me until I was torn in two.

Piece from piece of my heart was torn away. 

Until I was alone on the floor and could only pray.


Have you been torn in pieces as well?

Well join me because I have good news to tell.

I will share how God put me back together again.

He loved and redeemed me from my life of sin.  


He didn't force me to go to Church or condemn.

He simply came into my heart and changed me within.

He took each piece and made it new every time.

Over the years I was changed by the creator of mankind.


I hung on so tightly to these pieces that I lost.

And He reminded me of the price He paid at the cross.

He lovingly took those pieces away.

And gave me a new life and new piece each day.


He created a new person with each new piece I received.

Until I soon looked upon Jesus and strongly believed.

The pieces that were broken I no longer desired.

A new person with a new heart has since transpired.


I was once broken in pieces with no hope at all.

But God put me back together and made me stand tall.

But I will only stay together by remaining in Him.

Without Him I may break in pieces again. 


Sometimes a piece of me falls off and brings pain.

Because the potter is still working and removing the stains.

But as He continues His work in my heart.

The joy within me is much more than the pain in the dark.


So my friend, are in you in pieces? Do you feel broken apart?

Call on Him, He will put back together each part.

However, He replaces the old with the new.

And gives a you a new life and new point of view.


© 2024 Sandra C. Johnson

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


The Pickle

 The Pickle


I am a pickle that has been transformed.

The process began when I was reborn.

I was lost unable to change my heart.

But God put me in His supernatural brine and gave me a new start.


I am thankful for God's pickling process.

I am His chosen, nothing more, nothing less.

I am content being a pickle because I'm more pliable.

God bending my life to conform to His will is undeniable.


There are cucumbers and pickles in the world here.

The pickles have faith, and the cucumbers have fear.

Cucumbers don't bend as easily, and seem stronger.

But the pickles have been refined and last much longer.


Being a pickle is not always fun or easy

It's not a life of prosperity or anything breezy.

The blessings of being a pickle are of a deeper kind.

It's a life of God's transformation in His brine.


I am a pickle and would have it no other way.

Which one are you have you decided today?

Will you be God's pickle until the age to come?

When we are raised to new life with Jesus the Son.


© 2024 Sandra C. Johnson

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


Saturday, November 30, 2024

Doors

 Doors


Sometimes doors close unexpectedly and we don't know why.

It brings us pain and sorrow and all we can do is cry.

It's in our pain when we can't see the road the lies ahead,

So we wake up each morning having a sense of dread.


And until the sun rises anew deep within our hearts,

We cannot see that this was God's way of giving us a new start.

We sometimes miss His voice and cannot hear,

Because we're clinging on so tightly to something we hold dear.


But God has a plan and He knows what is best.

Sometimes He just needs us to move out of his way and simply rest.

That's the only way He can do what he needs to do.

You see in His sovereignty He is taking care of me and you.


Sometimes doors close unexpectedly and we don't always know why,

But at the end of the day we see God's plan and we no longer cry.

Just as a baby in a womb can't see the beautiful world before it's born,

Neither can you or I see the future when we close our eyes and mourn. 


When these doors close God has another one for us if we will just look,

Open your eyes my friend at the beautiful landscape beyond the brook. 

Open the windows and all the doors and let the sunlight in.

The way before you is blessed if you will just rest in Him.


We are all longing for a better place and a better day,

Yet like babes in a womb we kind of like it and we want to stay.

Unknown to us that God has an eternity of beauty for us to behold.

Beyond this life Is a story waiting to unfold.


Sometimes doors close unexpectedly and it is okay

Because God holds our destiny, it's always been that way.

So hang on to tight to Him and go through the other door,

As He leads you through this life to Heaven's shore. 


© 2024 Sandra C. Johnson



Wednesday, November 20, 2024

This Has to Stop

 This Has to Stop


This has to stop! It's time to make our stand. 

This has to stop, we have to obey God's command. 

No more forcing vaccines on the masses. 

In the name of herd immunity for all classes.


This has to stop, the lies that they tell. 

Calling evil good, and good evil as well

Prosecuting someone for standing up for life 

This has to stop we need to put it in to all of the strife.


This has to stop all the name calling we see.

Calling people Nazis and demonizing Humanity.

When you have no clue what that person believes.

This has to stop it's time to unroll your sleeves.


We are better than this. We were created in the image of God

We have to follow him alone, yes this has to stop.

We need to learn to forgive our fellow man,

And agree to disagree where we stand.


We all have a right to express our point of view

And we can debate whether or not what we believe it is true

But it needs to be done in the spirit of love.

We need to learn to keep our hearts focused above.


This has to stop, the hateful rhetoric and gossip.

The name calling the accusations, we need to just toss it. 

We have to stop devaluing the United States Constitution,

And as its people, letting them get away with this revolution.


This has to stop and it starts today.

As his people get on bended knee and pray.

And we clean our own hearts and confess before him or sin.

This will stop hopefully maybe then.


In the meantime, I will stand up for what I believe.

I will not let the world or its leaders keep me deceived.

I pray that this will encourage you to stand up too

Only then can our country be renewed.


© 2024 Sandra C. Johnson