Christian Poetry
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The Storm Inside
A storm swirls Engulfing all I see But a fiercer storm Awakes within me It accelerates far quicker Than the one outside Driven by anxiety At what is before my eyes Fear begins to build Lets rip with roaring thunder Panic flashes in me Lightning bolts of wonder My worries like a whisk Kept my Continue reading
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Thirst
Quench me But may I always thirst for more Increase my capacity But also my desire for You, Lord Let my heart be an ocean That forever breaks its borders Let my joy be a river That forever flows over When the well within me Becomes a cesspit of despair And the clouds of hope Continue reading
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I Burned and I Bled
I burned and I bled Was dipped in boiling water Imprisoned in damp cells My feet placed in mortar I felt the stark isolation Of a darkness ever-deepening I felt the force of water Of a tide never retreating I sang songs of woe To empty skies at night Scrawled words of agony In a Continue reading
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Truths
You are free Untangle yourself from lies Know your true worth From the ashes rise Comfort in your pain Strength when you are weary Christ is in You Overcome in His victory The ultimate sacrifice given Our enemy defeated Our battle already won In heavenly places, we are seated Continue reading
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Cry of my Heart
An empty cry From an empty heart The sound of a yearning That could never start Surging like the sea Its roar so immersive Thrashing in frustration And yet no one else sees it But You see it And You understand For You too faced pain When You came down to these lands You draw Continue reading
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Deeper
God’s passion surges In the rolling waves He waits with great longing For those He has saved But many stay by the shore Building little castles of sand Only dipping their toes in When life gets out of hand But if we sail out to sea And seek after His presence We are drenched in Continue reading
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Hunger
Fill me O God But may I always still hunger I long to know You But may I never lose the wonder May I not seek quick thrills Or spoil my mouth with cheap pleasures May Your presence satisfy me Be what I always treasure When seasons of drought And weariness blow through When the Continue reading
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Condemnation
Like a bludgeon Condemnation aims low Trying to cripple us Our progress to slow It drills in thoughts Hoping to fix them in place Telling us we’re not worthy To finish our race With every blow we allow Our self-esteem becomes distorted Our confidence fractures The supporting structure contorted But just because you fell It Continue reading
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Designed
I am designed by You God Constructed intricately Out of millions of configurations You decided on me But the world tells us we’re worthless Unless we fit its mould Submit to its image of perfection So like sheep, we follow So instead of embracing How we were made We lock our gifts away And they Continue reading
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A Prayer to God
Prayer Bring healing to my heart Peace to my distress I admit my disappointment But choose to trust Your faithfulness Take away my hurt Fill me with hope again Hold me in my brokenness Free me from my shame God I am the One who holds your heart I collect your tears in a bottle Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 