Pentecost
One hundred and twenty
Personalities waiting
Fifty days after Easter,
could have been anywhere
in a city,
an upstairs crowd of disciples
a temple
in a room,
One hundred and twenty
Minds counted
backwards over ten long days,
a waiting cluster
of fear, praise, hope, faith, prayer
minds and hearts expanding
and contracting their emotions,
Lungs expanding
and contracting on-hold breaths,
And a second ticked by
Maybe a same moment repeated
At the end of the second
time changed
ordinary phased into extraordinary
God moved
and energy danced,
Overpowering wind roared
a sound reverberating
beyond the building
Shaking those in the room
And history repeated
The Pillar of fire
appeared in the room
Awe danced in the Retina reflections
of the disciples as they looked
the fiery column Separated
into Tongues of fire
God’s glory fire
Poured over each one
Poured inward
engulfing
each person present
filling them top to bottom,
encounters exploded within
sparked by the fire of God,
Power for a people to shine
witnesses, living testimonies
empowered
inside and out
ignited with love,
Equipped for mission,
Known by Jesus
now moving
to make Jesus known.
There is something wonderful
about the power of God
Will you go to the room?
Will you pray?
Will you dream?
Will you ask?
Will you open?
Harare mai, Wairua Tapu. (Welcome Holy Spirit)
Starting Thoughts: A video spoken word poem on Pentecost. The Disciples were in a room aware that they were waiting for something to happen, following the crucifixion, resurrection and accession of Jesus. The Holy Spirit -the Helper - was about to pay them a visit.
Bible Verses: John 12:23-24 , Acts 1: 8-11
Poem Topic Tags: #celebration, #church, #disciples, #fire, #glory, #holyspirit, #mission, #pentecost, #pillar, #tongues
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Personalities waiting
Fifty days after Easter,
could have been anywhere
in a city,
an upstairs crowd of disciples
a temple
in a room,
One hundred and twenty
Minds counted
backwards over ten long days,
a waiting cluster
of fear, praise, hope, faith, prayer
minds and hearts expanding
and contracting their emotions,
Lungs expanding
and contracting on-hold breaths,
And a second ticked by
Maybe a same moment repeated
At the end of the second
time changed
ordinary phased into extraordinary
God moved
and energy danced,
Overpowering wind roared
a sound reverberating
beyond the building
Shaking those in the room
And history repeated
The Pillar of fire
appeared in the room
Awe danced in the Retina reflections
of the disciples as they looked
the fiery column Separated
into Tongues of fire
God’s glory fire
Poured over each one
Poured inward
engulfing
each person present
filling them top to bottom,
encounters exploded within
sparked by the fire of God,
Power for a people to shine
witnesses, living testimonies
empowered
inside and out
ignited with love,
Equipped for mission,
Known by Jesus
now moving
to make Jesus known.
There is something wonderful
about the power of God
Will you go to the room?
Will you pray?
Will you dream?
Will you ask?
Will you open?
Harare mai, Wairua Tapu. (Welcome Holy Spirit)
Starting Thoughts: A video spoken word poem on Pentecost. The Disciples were in a room aware that they were waiting for something to happen, following the crucifixion, resurrection and accession of Jesus. The Holy Spirit -the Helper - was about to pay them a visit.
Bible Verses: John 12:23-24 , Acts 1: 8-11
Poem Topic Tags: #celebration, #church, #disciples, #fire, #glory, #holyspirit, #mission, #pentecost, #pillar, #tongues
Posting Tags: #artist, #creativewriting, #edapp, #edchat, #edtech, #elearning, #GlobalEd, #instawrite, #lrnchat, #mlearning, #poems, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #poetryisnotdead, #poetsofinstagram, #schools, #spilledink, #spokenword, #teaching, #TT, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife