One night, after reading John 4 (the story of the Samaritan) and allowing this wonderful story to work through me, the following "poem" came to me. I immediately turned on the light and wrote it down. Then, after lying back down, it dawned on me that this could be read from either perspective. Christ or the woman. Read it as if it were Christ - then as if it were the woman.
I’m thirsty
So I come here
Alone
Tired
I feel so . . .
Human
You are here
Your very presence
Stirs my soul
I cannot
Ignore you
We speak
And my heart is touched
I am broken
And poured out
By you
For you
It is a divine emptying
Of everything that I am
Finally
Someone who sees beyond
What the others see
You see who I really am
And there is salvation
Even my closest friends
Don’t always see
Who I am
There is more to me
So much more
Than they know
Because of you
Living water flows through me
Bringing healing
Freedom
Release
The others
My friends
They come
They see you
They see me
In a different way
The walls break down
They begin to understand
The harvest
Of the lost
Begins with me
2 comments:
I have no idea what that says, but I agree with all of it. Now to your poem...It works really well as a two-fold perspective. I appreciate that you are able to put something like that up for all people to read. It works. I like it a lot.
Now quit leaving duplicate messages on my blog! I got excited!!!
That was a great poem, Pastor Tom! I especailly liked this part: "Even my closest friends don’t always see who I am."
That hit home becuase it is so true. Once we have the conversion experience, people tend to think that we have changed for the worst becuase we are no longer engaging in worldly activities that we used to engage in. It is a wonderful thing to give up the world and give into Christ even if our friends and family don't agree.
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