God's Poem

In Ephesians 2:10 it says we are "God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works". So we could stretch a little and think that God has made us a poem for others to read, a sonnet of good works that show the love of Christ to everyone we meet. Every day a new verse is written that rhymes with God's will for us to do.

Yesterday I met an incredible woman in church, a recovering alcoholic who has a street ministry which has led five people to Christ in the last week or so. To say she is on fire is an understatement, but to get here she had to walk through the valley of the shadow of death so to speak. 

Her poem was like one of David's Psalms with the ups and downs of despair and joy, but all the while walking through that dark valley hand in hand with God. It might read something like this..............

Oh Lord I feel you near
   But I have so much fear
The pull of my past is so strong
   Yet I know you have forgiven my wrong
You are close you are far
   Sometimes I wonder where you are
Then I feel an unspeakable joy
   And I know that life is but a ploy
To draw me nearer to your heart
  To make me strong, make me smart
Each day I want to share so loud
   I want to tell them all, every crowd
Who you are and how you forgive
  How you have loved me and let me live
Despite my wrongs you have made me right
   And if you were to take me home to your house tonight
I would look back and my life and say
   You were with me every step every day

We are truly God's poem, what is yours to write? Folks like this woman, like me, like we who have seen the darkness first hand, know how to write a sonnet on our hearts that will be read by others. And when they do, they will see the greatest poetry mankind has ever known, one of forgiveness, redemption and grace.

Write us yours, we'd love to hear it.