Welcome to JesusMatters.art — the artistic expression of Joel Babington White

Each piece is born from Joel’s deep faith and a desire to share the hope, beauty, and truth he finds in Christ. Through artistic expression, Joel invites you to reflect, connect, and be inspired by the love and light of Jesus. Thank you for being here — may you find encouragement and inspiration as you explore.

POETRY

Praise and a Prayer

For your construction
Your balance
Your heroism
Your talent
Thank you for your miraculousness
Your beauty
Your consciousness
You’re truly
My everything
My King you bring
Intelligence
The seat of it
The Holy Ghost tells it
I believe it
All through me
You move me
You made me
Your bravery
Your creativity
Your peace
Your resurrection
Holy 3
Thank you for my dreams
And prayers answered
Your streams
And your lakes
Your oceans
Your waves
I give you praise
You save
And on my psyche you weigh
So heavy
Please let me
Continue further
Your servant
And though painful
I’m grateful
Through sickness
And hateful
Mind states so disturbing
I’m unworthy of your love
Deserving?
What I give is so damaged
Yet your plan as you manage
Words can’t express
How impressed
And so blessed
I am yes
You hold me down
Soundly
Like gravity
And profoundly
With words
In a book
That I study
You took
Time
And stepped in it
Saving mine
There’s no limit
To infinite
Life
With the Trinity
Glory be
This life you gave me
Thank God
Made me see
Humankind is family
Jah saved us from tragedy
Paid the price
For our lives
Gave me wives
And there lessons
God bless them
I’m solo
Know though
This is Praise And A Prayer
Hope to see us all there
In glory
End of story?
Not quite
Don’t ignore me
I pray you
My love true
Is first and foremost
For you
King Jah Jesus Christ
In all things that I do
My attempts
My repentance
Constant until lifes sentence
Is done.

Eclipse

As I sit in this abyss
Of ignorance that I exist
It’s her I miss
That words can’t express
This eclipse
I’m living with—out
My other half
I had a chance
But God advanced
My love even further
Through absence of love
And threats of murder
Denial over time
Strengthened my love beyond measure
From the beginning at first sight
To the encounters that I still treasure
Now it’s so deep
That even sleep
Can’t hide the inadequacies
That I keep
Her love
Did meet me
Where my heart is
Reached me
Like we were meant to be completely
Through her speech and body
She got me
And I prayed to God
As he watched me
She was brilliant and sincere
And Lord knows my mind was clear
Made up on that woman
To my life so dear

I’m a Coach

I’m not a player
I’m a coach
I’m not an angel
I’m a ghost
Housed inside this flesh mold
When satan calls plays
My God audibles
My strong safety sacrificed his physical
That’s Jesus Christ
For those who wana know
My God controls the x’s and o’s
And he’s the team owner
Running my life like the Truman Show
Im not the leader
It’s Jah I follow
Opposing team captains love rappin
But their flows are shallow
The home team spits
To avoid the pit
And help save our souls
You know we’re like caterpillars
On approach
To butterflies
When we’ll float
I’m a true love romantic
Labeled a ho
It’s cool though
I’ve learned loves lessons
I go solo
Some play romance
Pimpin their physical
Believing lies
They tell their soul
An epidemic
Called denial
Runs rampant
Through lifes trial
So when the truth
Makes its’ arrival
Emotions intensify
And humans get sui and homicidal
I write and say it
But who cares you know
Like I lie
What I wrote and spoke
For me its communication
Through poetical
Perchance I can enhance my mental
Maybe expand my playbook even
While reviewing the fundamentals
Walking this planet
In terrestrial form
Until I transform
Into a celestial
Body that lasts for the eternal
When I live with God in peace
And avoid the inferno

Jah Brought Me a Queen

Thank you King Jesus
As I breathe this
Into space
What I believe is
I will receive her love
Face to face
All knowing God
This life is so hard
You give me strength in this place
Body movement a miracle
My spiritual in physical waits
On mind blowing manifestations
That your love makes
Humans blessed
To become one flesh
Such as God procreates
Beyond brilliance describes Jah
His concepts and mind states
At times unbelievable yet conceivable
As that’s the path that life takes
My walk in time
I did find
God provided a mate
Jah brought me a queen
Passed my dreams
In reality it breaks
My heart in parts
It gets so dark
As he reveals the stakes
Set so high
My God flies
No wonder I make my mistakes
Thank you Jah for my salvation
And I’m so grateful this day
That you made love
For humankind
In your ingenious way
Then showed me through your queen
My mind blown
Though you took her away

The Infinite

In the interest of death
It’s the infinite I stress
As sure as every year is blessed
To count from his arrest
And crucifixion of his flesh
Or even yet at best
From the point where Adam did transgress
It all comes down to this
Point of living joints
And hearts beating in our chests
Bone sinew and skin
Mind soul spirit and then
The balance of our challenge
And who’s really a friend
The message Spirit sends
Is one to make amends
And yes much to humans
But more to Jah
Creation tends
To catch us ignorant
And blind to who depends
On who to make those ends
Some rob some blessed with jobs
I keep in mind that the mob
Was swayed to kill our God
Israelites cold as ice
And vicious Jah paid the price
For our perception of this life
Mine incorrect admitted I’ll run a check
On self knowing my intellect
Is suspect though I try my best
It still affects
The family the tribe
The human race until I die
But I for one surmise
That I will be happy at that time
Rising up into the sky
Into this infinite I stress
The heart beating in my chest
No more subject to arrest
Thank you Jesus Christ
That I can express this and be so blessed

1 Man's Blood

So clever
The treasures
Of this life
That 4 ever
Is a concept that seems to escape us
As we scrape 4 our measures
Of pounds or kilos
For stacks racks or c-notes
The sadness and madness
Over sex and the gladness
It can bring
The same song
That we sing
Is so old
And so vile
Who’s aware we’re on trial
And judgement will come
With a trump and no drum
Nor beats with weak speech
That teach minds that don’t seek
For complex concepts
In mic checks
1 2 3 and 4
And the more we ignore
What God shows us for sure
Will impute
And no computer can store
The file for our souls
Saved by grace with a toll
The price for our lives
The eternal Christ in sight
So savagely damaged
One man’s blood
Our advantage
Our shot
As the plot thickens
Who thought
Enough to apologize
And give thanks for the prize
As he rose from the 6
Meaning death
As we now sit
Coffins amidst this
Level of earth
What’s it worth
Our lifes birth
How will we spend forever
Our life given the treasure
A miracle
The beauty
Seems a test as its truly
Pain
With the knowledge of the yin and the yang
I feel the shame
And repent until he calls my name