Zach Uram's Blog

  • Spiritual Combat (My 700th Blog Post!)

    Who will stand with me
    As I battle the Satanic horde
    We are nothing without the Lord

    I mount my steed
    And ride into battle
    My sword does rattle

    Bravely I engage the wicked foe
    I slash and hack
    I attack from the front and back

    I wear
    The full armor of God
    Standing before Christ I am awed

    The Satanic beasts
    Snarl and growl
    But I am always on the prowl

    In Christ
    We have total victory
    We’re immune to Satan’s trickery

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2024

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  • An Ode to Insanity

    My grasp of reality
    Is very tentative
    I lost my sanity

    Oh dear
    I am psychotic
    I feel rather queer

    There are things I see
    Which are not there
    This is sheer lunacy

    I hear voices constantly
    They are hallucinations
    Sometimes they are heavenly

    I yearn to be free
    And to have a whole mind
    Until then I have a mental malady

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2024

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  • President Donald Trump: Under Fire

    Four days ago, on July 13th, President Trump was shot in the ear at a rally in Butler, PA. It’s a short drive from my city (Pittsburgh) to the location.

    The shooter has been identified and he lived (Secret Service sniper shot him dead) in a suburb of Pittsburgh, Bethel Park.

    The shooter used an AR-15 style rifle and was able to fire off 8 bullets in just 3-4 seconds, before he was shot dead.

    The Secret Service immediately covered President Trump with their bodies to protect him.

    President Trump raised his fist in defiance and said “FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!” before being escorted away.

    When President Trump was shot, and was on the ground and bloodied he prayed to his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

    President Trump was only down for 20 seconds.

    He showed great tenacity and an indomitable spirit. President Trump demonstrated true resilience.

    I predict President Trump will win by a landslide.

    Let’s vote for President Trump and make America great again, united in faith in Christ!!!

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  • The Biblical Gospel: Grounded in Justification

    The very essence of the gospel, of Jesus Christ, is justification by faith alone. We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone. None of our good works are meritorious. We are totally undeserving of salvation. God did not condition our faith on us accepting Christ in our future (God exists outside of time). No. Our justification is not grounded in any quality, action, or work on our part. It is grounded in the righteousness of Christ, which is imputed to us, even as our sin was imputed to Him. This doctrine is known as penal substitutionary atonement. It is the very biblical gospel.

    So we see that man is not saved by his works. Rather, we are saved by Christ’s works!

    The doctrine of justification by faith alone addresses this fundamental issue of how sinful man can be at peace with a holy God. This is why it is the heart and essence of the gospel.

    John Murray

    The clearest statement of the concept of justification by faith in Galatians is to be found in Chapter 2, verses 15-16 in which Paul writes: We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; yet we know that a person is justified not by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by doing the works of the law, because no one will be justified by the works of the law.

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  • Ice Cold Drinks

    I love an
    Ice-cold drink
    It’s better
    Than you think

    When I have
    A great thirst
    An ice-cold water
    I drink first

    I like
    My drink ice-cold
    The colder the better
    They are a wonder to behold

    Give me lemonade
    And some milk too
    There is no ice-cold drink
    That I will eschew

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2024

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  • I Am Not Insane

    Everyone in the world
    Is insane but me
    I am the very picture
    Of complete sanity

    The children
    Are disturbed
    Their parents’ minds
    Are perturbed

    I am not
    A madman
    My mind is whole
    It’s not broken

    I take psychoactive
    Medication
    It’s a strange
    Situation

    I long
    To be free
    From my
    Psychiatric misery

    One day
    My mind will be whole
    I’ll be in heaven
    And I’ll go on a stroll

    I have
    The mind of Christ
    It alone
    Sufficed

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2024

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  • Divorce

    Sadly, I am a child of divorce. My parents divorced in 1989(my mother initiated the divorce) when I was 13 years old. They had been married for 16 years.

    The breakup of our nuclear family had a devastating effect on me. To be honest, I must admit that now even 35 years later, the sting from the divorce is still raw in my psyche. I never “got over it” or “grew out of it” to name two of the most unhelpful common platitudes I’ve heard.

    Most pastors are not equipped to help heal victims of divorce. Especially not when they have underlying issues like severe mental illness in my case.

    I cried myself to bed many nights. My whole world had collapsed into a heap. I felt severe anxiety and psychological torment. The pain was so intense.

    I prayed to God to restore my family. But it was not to be.

    My two sisters also suffered from the divorce, though not as badly as I have.

    Jesus says a married couple may divorce if one of them commits adultery. Even in this case, everything must be tried to save the marriage before they divorce.

    Paul says a couple may divorce if one of them is a nonbeliever.

    That’s the only 2 biblical cases where divorce is permitted. It should be noted that according to Christ those who have divorced on biblical grounds are still not free to remarry until their spouse dies. If they remarry while their spouse is still alive and have sex they are guilty of adultery.

    Married folks: please do not divorce! Do everything you can to heal the marriage bond. Marriage is serious, it’s a covenant before God, and should not be entered lightly.

    Ever since morality has worsened in the West, and with the passage of so-called “no-fault” laws that have made it very easy to get a divorce, the number of divorces has skyrocketed.

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  • Our Fur Babies: Posie, Poop Nose, and Poopy Doopy

    Vi and I love our fur babies
    They are so cute
    They love it when
    I play the flute

    In 1989 we got them
    I will never forget that day
    They fill our lives with love
    In every single way

    They are Wrinkles doggies
    So happy and lively
    They love to play
    And they are always lovely

    Our fur babies
    They are very close to us
    They never
    Make a fuss

    We have no reason
    To fear
    While our doggies
    Are near

    Thank You, Lord Jesus
    For bringing these doggies
    Into our lives
    These precious fur babies

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2024

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  • My Dearest Big Sister Vi

    Vi is so dear
    She rubs my sore feet
    She can’t be beat

    Vi cooks my food
    It’s gourmet
    I thank her every day

    Vi cleans
    The floor
    She gets groceries at the store

    Vi mops the kitchen
    And the bathroom too
    There is no dirt she’ll eschew

    Vi washes my clothes
    She folds them all until she’s done
    Vi and I love to have fun

    Vi helps me
    To organize my bedroom
    She also will vacuum

    Vi is
    So sweet
    She is my dear maleet

    Vi is
    My precious chumlay
    She loves to pray

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2024

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  • Feeling Blue

    I’m feeling lackadaisical
    I’m ill physiological

    I’m totally depressed
    I don’t want to get dressed

    I am very lethargic
    I feel neurotic

    I am full of fatigue
    I feel like I’m under the ocean by a league

    I feel so down
    I’m like a sad clown

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2024

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