ALL POEMS OF MARY LOUISE GABUMPAVITOR

Poetry Series
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
- poems -
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Mary Louise GabumpaVitor (february 8,1975)
Mary louise Gabumpa-vitor loves to read books, even listening to podcasts'
talk and preachings.. likes to write down all the thoughts, prayers, and even
all things revealed through prayers and all that contemplated during quite
time... it started as a diary when was 10 and shifted to a journal-type of
writings.. is married to Jun and got two sons, Kamiko and Karl.. just hapend
to stumble over this site and loving it so much. Poems are like songs at the
very core of each person's heart with the rhythms of life and the melody of
our response to life.
Works:
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A Poem
To me it is a thought
A thought that came from the heart
The heart that lived a life
A life wherein we daily surrender
Surrendering to Whom it all started.
Out of the abundance of the heart,
The mouth speaks;
And as we think in our hearts,
Is what our life will be.
Those are true and faithful sayings.
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
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At Brokenness
Broken
Like a shattered glass
Mending
Is aghast
I am
Where I am
Where God knows
What day to day blows
I am broken
And hurting
Deeply sadden
In my whole being
Holding on
To Him
Moving on
Waiting for Him
I don't know how
He only knows
Somehow
Day to day I go
Vaguely I can see
Of the end of the road
Clearly I see
Him by the side of the road
For as long as
I see Him by my side
I am as confident as
A Trojan horse at site
Though I'm broken
And hurting
Deeply sadden
He keeps occuring
Amazingly!
As wounded I can go
Faithfully
His mercies anew
Nothing!
That I can boast of
All that I'm receiving
For He knows what to be sure of.
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
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Be Please
I love You and i wanna stay with You
Help me stay, no matter what
Nowhere else I'd rather be-with You
Else id be empty inside, of what
You're all i'll ever be
In what, in need, in longing
In following, in submission and obeying
Even in surrendering and laying everything-be
Do whatever, O Lord
For You are my God
More than anything-You
Everything that i am.
I really love You, Lord
I'm willing to do Your will
In my life, in all of me-do
Have Your ways.
It'll be hard-
I know, You're there-
With me, You're love-
Will keep me deeper.
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
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Christmas To Me
Christmas season, Christmas day
Christmas list of Christmas wish, ey!
Christmas gifts under Christmas tree
Christmas feasts to be shared, it's free!
Christmas is here, Christmas is there
Christmas is celebrated everywhere
Yuletide it brings yonder all
Yuletide it sings in every heart of all.
Christmas I love for all its about
Christmas I yearn that all my love is near
Christmas I hope for all my thoughts to be true
Christmas, may I... that if only I may.
Christmas to me is simply be
Christmas comes, what brings it'll be
Joy and peace among us, as ever be
With love and forgiveness that made us-be.
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
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Comforted By Grace
The dawning peace
Slowly rise up
At the scrupulous
Misery darkness of one.
Setting still in a holy hill
Of Him whose grace
Comes from-but grace
That is to one and all.
Yes, a comforting grace
That shines like a-
Dawning light-a
That brightens even a silhouette.
Though it leaves a mark
But only to see
How one gotten through
Beyond limits and... amaze.
Proverbs 24: 11 says, 'for though a righteous man falls seven times,
he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity.'
Taking the liberty
To the fullest-the liberty-
The Truth that we hold on to
But never abusing it.
Living a life in-
Fear of God is living in
Reverence before Him
And not peddling reasons.
When reasons in life
Bring odds-liberty is tested
But Truth speaks within
And Grace takes over... and comforts.
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
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Forever Grateful
God revealed of what I shall pray
and it warned me;
He revealed of what I must response
and it assured me.
God revealed that He sees and hears me
it comforted me;
He revealed what will be done
in the midst and I'm grateful.
I'm forever grateful for the victory
in His righteousness and protection
To whom truly, purely
and really dependent on Him.
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
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Funny, But Not So Funny
Funny am I
How at this point of my life
That I'll ever see such as these
That people find it humorous
Of which I don't, at least, not as much
To live a life of folly.
Funny is it
How this world evolve with things
Looking real when everyone knows
That it isn't all there is to it
Wanting 'em with their life at stake
Wishing like nothing in carelessness.
Funny, but not so funny
For people could think as such
Like no one will know of it;
For people could do as such
Like there is no a payback for it;
Funny, but not so funny.
Funny, but not so funny
When such a time comes
As the world evolves
So is what have been sown
May not be at your lifetime
But to the lives of the generation to come.
Funny, but not so funny
When given a time to live
But only not many have the thought of it
Living a life just to get by
Is not what accounted for
But living under the will of God.
Funny, but not so funny... at least, not just yet.
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
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God Assured...In The Chaos
I am happy,
For He is good.
I am good,
For He is great.
I feel great,
For His favor surrounds me.
I am favored,
For He is a Righteous Judge.
As many as the mountains
That surrounds a city
So the Lord is
To His people. (Psalm 125: 2)
For a man's ways
Are in full view
Of the Lord
And He examines all His paths. (Proverbs 5: 21)
Man is like a breath;
His days are like a fleeting shadow. (Psalm 144: 4)
All the days were ordained
And were written before came to be. (Psalm 139: 16)
God assured... in the chaos. (Luke 6: 20-23)
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
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God Said
Seek the Lord
And see what He can do
Fear the Lord
And revere His name
He is beyond
What we can know
But He does reveals
To anyone as He wills.
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
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Grow In Grace
How were the days?
When once life was lay,
As happy and fair.
Waking up, smiling as always,
The sun with a royal crowned is-
Just splendid in many ways!
Happy as I go
To the fields where green grass grow;
Run and twirl... 'till I lay low.
Raindrops! I watch,
In my windowpane, my palm they match;
Amaze at a wonderful sight as such!
At night, as I sleep,
So serene, the midnight sky peeps;
Again! Looking forward what tomorrow beeps.
How I pray
That life will not be with complacency
Now, as I grow in grace.
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
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How Can
How can one do differently
of what cannot be done?
How can one take another
if all there is should be?
How can one give
of what do not?
How can one be
when not known be?
Isaiah 6: 4
' Since ancient times no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who acts on behalf of those
who wait for Him.'
Isaiah 6: 5
'You come to the help of those who
gladly do right, who
remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin
against them, you were angry.'
How then can we be saved?
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
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Just The Same Wish
I wish
I have a big heart
Just the same
A friend of mine wishes
A heart that sees
Of what else need to see
A heart that understands
Of what more need to understand
To be able to see
Through the eyes of God
To be able to understand
Through the heart of God
For what He sees
Is non compare to what we see
For what He understands
Is beyond our knowledge can comprehend
For God
Is God
And man
Is God-made
Then, for what?
Honestly, I don't know.
This desire
Just got me humming while listening to a song
A song sang
Whom once said,
A friend of God
Is a friend of mine
It's amazing!
How one candlelight
Can spark another -
Just wish for a pure heart!
Now, for what's it's all about
Only God can fathom
He sets eternity in the hearts of men
God does it so that men will revere Him.
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
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Louiseful Of Grace
We can only give of what we have,
no more, no less.
Whatever we have is all that
will come out of us.
How depth can we spare,
or are we shallow?
The goal in life varies on what state in life we're on.
The older we are the longer the term we wait to fulfill.
Along the path, are the keys to make it happen.
It's quality really depends on our response;
our response also depends how we stick to the 'Grace'.
Wishes comes in after we feel the gravity of our needs.
When can we know of when to start,
when to hold on and when to let go?
Does the 'let go' means to give up?
what's the point of needing and wishing,
if at the end is just to give up?
Along the path, as we work through, we also wish.
Wish on the 'Grace' that will work in us,
through us and upon us.
Who knows our needs more than us?
Or would we rather say that we really know our needs.
Yes, we have our will.
It's fulfilling to use our will,
it makes us feel that we exist.
But, what makes us whole?
The purpose or our existence is what makes us whole.
Having our will directed to the purpose
is far more than just existing in this world,
which makes us whole.
Choice to will and will to choose
are choices to make in different perspectives in this life.
The truth is there are only the 'seen life' and the 'unseen life'
to choose along the path.
The reality is, the 'seen life' is only temporary
and the 'unseen life' is what you will be,
even in the temporary life, actually living it
and that is the 'power' that cannot be denied
and no one can explain it in this temporary world.
It is not easily given away, though, it's free.
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
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Marriage And Persecutions
Marriage and persecutions;
Temptations and decisions;
Life and family;
Needs, desires, and dreams.
How hard it is,
To enter the Kingdom of God! (Mark 10: 24)
It is easier for a camel,
To go through the eye of a needle. (Mark 10: 28)
Who then can be saved? (Mark 10: 26)
With man this is impossible,
But not with God;
All things are possible with God. (Mark 10: 27)
What good is it for a man,
To gain the whole world,
Yet, forfeit his soul? (Mark 8: 36)
Whoever save his life will lose it. (Mark 8: 35a)
What can a man give,
In exchange for his soul? (Mark 8: 37)
Whoever loses his life,
For Me and the gospel will save it. (Mark 8: 35b)
If anyone would come after me,
he must deny himself,
And take up his cross,
And follow me. (Mark 8: 34)
Whoever serves me,
Must follow me;
And where I am,
My servant also will be. (John 12: 26)
The man who loves his life,
Will lose it;
While the man who hates his life
In this world will keep it for eternal life. (John 12: 25)
The truth is,
No one who has left home or,
brothers or sisters or mother or father,
or children or fields
For Me and the gospel
Will fail to receive
A hundred times as much
In this present age
(homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fieldsand
with them persecutions)
And in the age to come, eternal life.
But many who are first will be last,
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And the last first. (Mark 10: 29-31)
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
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Re: Thousand Flowers
A poem was written to me in my inbox:
Heavenly winds
But for this old fashioned Bee
Why all these Taboos
From the Synod
And why did they cut my tiny wings
*I am not worthy to loosen the thongs of his sandals.
Re:
A seeing eye, a hearing ear
Only Him can give;
Blessed are those who has
A seeing eye, a hearing ear.
More of Him and less of me
Is what my heart sings;
That He alone will be glorified
Is what my heart's desire.
Beautiful are those
Who bring thoughts to ponder
Who bring stories to share
That touches the life of others.
What more beautiful, it is
If that one life has been reached
If that one life has been enlightened
And grasp a beautiful beginning.
Chances are not too many
But His grace are bounty
To all who want to see
To all who bring down their knees.
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
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Sa Imong Tiilan (in Visayan language)
Sa kanindot, sa kaanyag
Ang gugma Mo'y
Mao'y dalangpanan
Sa tanan
Nga gatinguha
Na ika'y makaplagan
Apan diha sa kangitngit
Wa' ko nimo gipasagdan
Kundi ako'y imong gikab-ot ug gisapupo
Dili gyud mausab
Sa kangitngit - ako'y
Imong makit-an
Sama sa mga kabus
Diha sa imong tiilan
Ako'y magpaduol
Ug sa imong gingharian
Duyog sa dakong kalu-oy
Ako'y imong gipakataw
Busa, diha
Sa imong tiilan
Ug wala na'y lain.
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
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Tears
Teardrops fell from my eye
As I stood there
Watching the train leaves
As if leaving the miseries behind
But what was it
Or the cause of it
Something...somewhat
Tears just fell from my eyes
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
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What Is A Friend
I
Luke 5: 20 'Jesus saw their faith and said,
'Friend, your sins are forgiven.'
The one who has faith in his friend...
II
Luke 10: 25-37 'And who is my neighbor?
... The one who had mercy on him.'
The one who gives kindness without expecting in return...
III
Luke 11: 5-10 '... though he willnot get up
and give him the bread
because he is his friend,
yet because of the man's persistence
he will get up and give him as much as he needs.'
The one who seize the value of friendship even at refusal at times...
IV
James 4: 4 '... don't you know that friendship
with the world is hatred toward God?
Anyone who chooses to be a friend
of the world becomes an enemy of God.'
The one of kindred Spirit...
V
John 15: 12-13 'My command is this:
Love each other as I have loved you.
Greater love has no one than this,
that he lay down his life for his friends.'
The one who will accept as one is and a friend through thick and thin...
VI
John 15: 14 'You are my friends if you do what I command'
The one who follows God's standard and not the consensus of many...
VII
John 15: 15 'I no longer call you servants,
because a servant does not know
his master's business.
Instead, I have called you friends,
for everything that I learned from my Father
I have made known to you.'
The one who shares the Truth on level ground and not lording over...
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VIII
John 15: 16 'You did not choose me,
but I chose you
and appointed you to go
and bear fruit-fruit that will last.'
The one who is known by his truthfulness in the inward part when being broken and at
contriteness.
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
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What Matters Most
A good name or great riches;
To be esteemed or silver or gold;
To be poor or a liar;
To do what is right and just or sacrifice;
A dry crust with peace and quite or a house full of feasting with strife;
A patient man or a warrior;
Who controls his temper or one who takes a city;
To have a little with righteousness or a much gain with injustice;
To be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed or to share plunder with the proud;
To have a little withe the fear of the Lord or to have great wealth with turmoil;
A meal of vegetables where there is love or a fattened calf with hatred;
A walk with the wise or a companion or fools;
A righteous heart or a stomach of the wicked;
A man's riches that can ransom his life or a poor man that hears no threat;
A dishonest money or a money gathered little by little;
A hope... deferred or a longing... fulfilled;
A nobody and yet have a servant or a pretentious somebody and have no food;
A reckless words or a tongue of the wise;
A kindhearted woman who gain respect or a ruthless men who gain wealth;
A worth of wealth in the day of wrath or righteousness deliver from death;
The memory of the righteous or the name of the wicked;
The wages of the righteous or the income of the wicked.
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor
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When I Smile
It means nothing,
but I endear.
It is also frightening,
because I become susceptive.
The smile I give
is a smile of hope;
A hope
that may we have the same mean.
Mary Louise GabumpaVitor