Christian Poetry and Spoken Word Media for Churches and Faith

Lines of the Word

07.06.2020 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

Descended word born learner youth
seeker heartfelt powerful revealed celebration passion
friend healer storyteller confronter
prophet betrayed rejected love death
risen grace completed eternal

Starting Thoughts: If we could string together lines of single words to describe Jesus and his purpose on Earth, what would you add to these?
Poem Topic Tags: #christ, #history, #jesus, #life, #names, #timeline, #word, #words,
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Words to describe the timeof Jesus on Earth

Tags: love, healer, grace, risen, jesus

Slippery Hope

26.04.2020 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Hope slippery like
Soap on a rope
dissolving
disappearing down
the sucking plug hole,
I summon hope
but it slips away into
thin darkness,
I pull Hope up
Clinging to it
and it circles
the drain again
disappearing tendrils of me
self immolation drip by drip
despair that focuses on despair
Pain that focuses on pain.

From distress depths
deep in the sewer
I look up, seeing

a descending anchor of hope
fastened to heaven's mercy seat
Strong in God’s love
Secure in the cornerstone
Fastened to the rock

This anchor
emerges through the
bleak suffocation above
Shining like a star
A beacon I can choose
A saviour I can choose,

Now within me
Hope rising
Heart burning
on the inside
I discover
Hope cannot be a feeling
it is a person,
Anticipation in the blackness
Passion igniting
as I see this person, Jesus
the sure hope
Foundation of faith
Jesus the hope of Glory
Jesus glories’ hope in us.

I stand on
the anchor
secured, home
Darkness surrounds
but somehow I’m
in a different place
Same time
Different place -
Hope full.

Starting Thoughts: How solid is hope? If our future hope relies on money or jobs or even others will we always have a trustworthy hope? Is it possible that only God can be the sustainer of hope?
Poem Topic Tags: #anchor, #darkness, #despair, #hope, #love, #foundation, #rock, #saviour, #security
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Heartbeat Questions

11.04.2020 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

From unnatural darkness
in the midst of loss and grief
from hell's silence came a heartbeat
light shattered dark into new belief

Born again in resurrection
Jesus simply stepped through the grave
and walked in surrounding gardens
the risen Saviour alive to save

In a whisper of salvation
Christ approached Mary near the tomb
Eyes not seeing her saviour
His words forever changed her gloom.

In the doubts of disciples meeting
In the fear and in the pain
Jesus appeared to show all
God’s kingdom would now reign.

From unnatural darkness
in a world of hurt and questions
Jesus now also asks us
can my power bring new directions?

Starting Thoughts: Simple moments in a garden against a backdrop of the powerful resurrection. Often we don't hear God's voice or recognise him in our life as we are focused on grief, pain, expectations of what God should be doing or can't do - and then He meets us!
Poem Topic Tags: #celebration, #cross, #easter, #grief, #hell, #human, #loss, #reality, #redeemed, #resurrection, #risen, #sunday, #sunrise
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Easter- Jesus risen appears to Mary, to the disciples

Between

11.04.2020 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Standing the darkness
Caught in between
Sacrifice and victory
Living now in the unseen.

Knowing grief - brokenness
Loss and confusion
Saturday’s waiting time
Awareness of being human.

Resurrection Sunday ahead
Joy and celebration
Right now stalled life
Hope seems just illusion.

Trapped in cloying dark
Time spinning to atrophy
Entangled dusk, joyful sunrise
My place of reality.

Jesus survived the same
Three Days of hell’s extremes
Then resurrection changed the game
Death to life, He redeems!

Starting Thoughts: The time between Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday seems to ebb in flow a different reality that seems closer to human life. A mix of grief and wonderment, pain and celebration, waiting and ready to move on.
Poem Topic Tags: #celebration, #cross, #easter, #goodfriday, #grief, #hell, #human, #loss, #reality, #redeemed, #resurrection, #sunday, #sunrise
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A poem reminding of us of the important moment between Good Friday and resurrection Sunday

Awareness

02.04.2020 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

stillness, holding in the moment
awaiting the voice of breaking dawn
feeling the breath of welcome
warm and full of a thousand hugs,
resting
in breath with breath
pausing
in the slowing of time
waiting
in the slowing of thoughts
lingering
in the smile from God
remaining, holding
in the love of grace

come and rest
untie the straps, let your burden fall
rise
and drift on the quiet breeze
with a thousand seeds
floating hopes living in eternity
knowing God's love in reality

live.

Bible Verses: 1 Kings 19: 11-13, Acts 17: 28, Psalm 27: 14, Psalm 139:7, Psalm 32: 7, Exodus 33: 14, John 1: 4, John 14:16, Ephesians 4: 6, Habakkuk 2: 20, Psalm 46: 10
Starting Thoughts: Finding a true awareness of God, being still in His presence, soaking in His love.
Poem Topic Tags: #burdens, #grace, #love, #meditation, #presence, #quiet, #quiettime, #rest, #slowing, #stillness, #time
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Awareness of the Spirit, of God and enjoying His presence. Spoken word poetry

Once for All

12.03.2020 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Histories appointed time
Witnesses in groups
scattered around the hill,
Centurions guarding
clutching weapons and discipline
Eyes watching cross nailed body
One of Rome’s three erected punishments,
Disciples grief clustered
mother, brother, friends, disciples
broken hopes pierced with
shards of possibilities,
strangers there just to watch
nervous after earthquakes
had thrown all to ground
and blackness cloaked the sun,
Mockers stood angrily close
Pointing fingers and bitter tongues,
Serpents in the distance
Priests and Pharisees
politicians and Sadducees
manipulators and blamers
Covering hypocrisy
Pulling the strings of greed
and charlatan history
to the skull shaped hill,
Watching in awe and dread
the risen dead
holy people from tombs
laughing and
walking Jerusalem’s streets.

And the waiting
the waiting
Starts
the waiting
the waiting...

For some this time
Pauses life
Suspends talking, hugging, futures,
For others
relief and business as usual,
For others
covering the lies
coating the death dealing
in white paint
lime wash on the bodies.

Three days journey
emotions and thoughts
questions and statements,
And Earth shifted again
And Jesus simply walked
from death’s depths,
The power to raise from
one death
once for all
One death
was risen
with the power
to bring life
eternally, always, without fail
for all.

Starting Thoughts: At the dividing time in history - a story, a fable, a truth? Jesus who walked Earth, was crucified and rose from the dead at Easter. For you, once and for all.
Poem Topic Tags: #cross, #death, #easter, #golgotha, #jesus, #pharisees, #power, #resurrection, #risen, #sadducees
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At Easter the power of God in life over death is demonstrated at the cross

Tags: love, jesus, resurrection, cross, gift

New Covenant

01.03.2020 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

A Changed life
A new covenant
a promised Hope
prophetic promises
they seem so far away,
Lost in mysteries
Lost in the past
Lost in other cultures
Lost in curses from generations
Lost in business
Lost in guilt and regret
Lost in identity confusion
Lost to the grip of death
What can I do? Nothing!

But then Jesus called
The glorious Word spoke
Called Us - called me by name...
to know Him
invited into his goodness
through believing and receiving
and now we are
Simply, wonderfully
Hidden in Christ, the Messiah
one with Christ
from the beginning,
in his searing death
In his pure righteousness
in his powerful resurrection
in his abundant grace
in his regal freedom
In his deep, deep love
in his divine power
in his eternal life.

And now we reign
as kings, queens in life
here and now
chosen sons and daughters
with the sunshine of heaven
Embedded, flowing from our hearts
Believed in by God
I am who he says I am
We are who
He says we are.

Starting Thoughts: History revolves around a split in time between the old and the new covenant where Jesus died and rose and with the plan from eternity restored us all to God, not through what we do but through what God says we are in the love, forgiveness, grace and resurrection of Christ.
Poem Topic Tags: #covenants, #cross, #daughters, #eternity, #hidden, #hope, #identity, #jesus, #lost, #love, #promises, #resurrection, #sons, #word, #works
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The new covenant promises of God Spoken Word Poetry

Grace Identity

23.02.2020 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

For your struggles
for your loss
for the questions
for the put downs
for the pain
for the striving
for the business
is the way, truth, life - Jesus
Before creation started
Before voids filled with matter
Before life was formed
Before sin darkened relationships
God’s answer was chosen
Jesus
- the precious son
- the Grace gift
Christ
- glories unfolding plan
- glories forever solution
Streaming through time’s generations
God’s answer once and for all
won us at the Cross of love.

Now
under the power of Christ
with the same love God has for Jesus
we are eternally loved
we are forever sealed
we are in glorious grace
our old ways totally nailed
to the same death cross,
abundant provision
overflowing life
kingdom authority
perfectly holy and complete
for all time
powered by His faith in me
all through the same cross,

Now
We say no to ungodliness
no to worldly passions
Yes to His Grace
Being holy for God because
we are holy
Being love for God
because we are God’s love
We are who God says we are.

Bible Verses: Titus 2:11-12, Galatians 2:20
Starting Thoughts: The answer, once and for all time, has been the glorious power in the resurrection of Christ after becoming the grace gift of God as the cross.
Poem Topic Tags: #creation, #cross, #glories, #glory, #holy, #identity, #jesus, #life, #loss, #love, #pain, #power, #sin, #time, #truth, #way
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Grace and Identity in Jesus Christian spoken word poetry

Tags: love, jesus, cross, gift, identity

Abundant

23.02.2020 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Created to be connected
to the Living God
centered through the cross,
such a richness
deep in God’s love
death by sin crossed off
forever
forgiven once for all
overwhelmed by His grace
a new world
a new covenant
a new promise
a new kingdom
a daily communion.

And now
cross changed
I believe,
Rebirth in Jesus
Holy Spirit flooded,
everything in abundance
from life’s source
beyond expectation
releasing the River
within me,
Life full and overflowing
Cascading out from my
expanded heart
Touching, awakening
others around
blessing people
my life streaming
God’s deep, deep love.

Bible Verses: John 10:10
Starting Thoughts: The cross covenant of love brings us to a new identity, released to be fully us as we realise the depth of God's favour and love from the river of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
Poem Topic Tags: #covenants, #cross, #daughters, #eternity, #hidden, #hope, #identity, #lost, #love, #promises, #resurrection, #river, #sons, #word, #works
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Abundant Life the Holy Spirit River in us- Spoken word poetry

Tags: love, jesus, holyspirit, cross, identity

Servant

24.11.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

I want the power
the Chance to do
life my way,
Yet no matter
how high I climb
how strong I feel
how much I manipulate controls
how much I persuade,
it is all really ashes
dust in the mouth-
the taste of death.

Jesus
knelt in the dirt
took the cloth
and washed tired feet
the dirt of his disciples
friends he was growing
to become the new church,
dust to dust
the taste of death cleansed
waterfalled by the living water.

And Jesus
who left the high dimensions
became a vulnerable human,
walked through the pains
the jeers, the celebrations
the laughter, the serving of others
walked, stumbled
His cross too heavy to bear,
could have in an instant
chosen from heaven’s power
release from His choice,
but allowed iron nails
to be driven into His destiny,
raised cross high
on the hill of dusty rock
The servant King
willing to encounter the ashes-
the taste of destruction.

And the mouth
of hell Swelled
consumed purity
in ashes of death,
And swallowed
the body of Christ,
The annihilation of God’s promise
And yelled, “Death”
Thunder crashed
earthquakes split,
the holy temple curtain
ripped top to bottom,
And Hell and earth
spun in the dark
with no idea
of the coming power.

Three days, nights
Russian roulette
barrel in the mouth
the Chamber spinning
with Death.

And with dawn’s
Sunshine softness,
with birds and awakening
with breakfast and dreams finished
Another earthquake rumbled,
angels appeared
fearful guards stumbled back
from a heavy rolling tomb stone
and Jesus simply rose
the bread of life rose,
the rose of Sharon bloomed,
the servant king was risen, alive
and Jesus simply walked out
into history and future
into million of lives,
Jesus simply talked
close times with friends
Jesus walked
on roads beside disciples
who didn’t recognize him,
Jesus walked life
into a world of death
bringing heaven down,
Jesus called a church
to shake off the dust
to carry love and honor
to enjoy living with hope
to go and make disciples.

Starting Thoughts: Jesus in His death and resurrection has brought heaven to earth, shown the nature of Servant King, power in a humble human form.
Poem Topic Tags: #cross, #death, #disciples, #hell, #jesus, #king, #resurrection, #risen, #servant, #tombs, #wash
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Spoken Word Poem on the resurrection of the Servant King Jesus

Tags: identity, servant, jesus, dust, cross

Boundaries

22.09.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Only through
the hardness of decision
the sweat of blood tears
the alien aloneness
in contrast to a garden’s lushness,
Only through
Setting his face
to walk, carry, suffer,
speak, encounter, die,
Only through Christ’s choice
did the boundary of the cross
linking matter to heaven
break the power
of sin and death
tearing the curtain
the barrier
between celestial and earth,
Tearing Father, Son and Spirit
Breaking resistant hearts
Breaking the chains
Breaking the masks,
Saturating love, release and potential
to the corners
of our core, of who we are.

And now
in our choices
we set new Boundaries
Stopping unhealthy risk
Bringing security to freedom,
Always safe in the Saviour,
Living out true understanding
Telling others who we are,
We grow from love
From passion
From desires to connect
Allowing others to see us
Echoing God’s love,
Allowing His reckless
overwhelming love,
to richly pour
through us
into the world beyond.

Starting Thoughts: Setting boundaries in relationships, on self, on others are an important part of life. They give security, decreasing fears, enhance communication. Why do we so often fold or keep quiet?
Poem Topic Tags: #boundaries, #cross, #curtain, #garden, #gold, #honour, #identity, #love, #resurrection, #risks, #security, #selfworth
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Boundaries choice self heaven resurrection cross poety spoken word

Tags: cross, jesus, love, random, meaning

Worship Breakers

30.06.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Carving
the storm
Cutting into the eye
of the tiger
with the light of eternity
Waves tower yet tremble
before the praise
of the people,
Hurricane winds bulk
and breeze nothing
before the worship
of the people.

We walk through
the tempest,
Stride across the waves
renewed in the unseen realms,
Carrying the creator's story
Lifting the name of Jesus
Convinced in the cross
Called to be who we are
in the grace flows,
Believing in this reality
thankfulness releases faith
And praise raises
worship in the glory,
The call to Christ released
the call of the church released
Christ Church released.

Starting Thoughts: The power of praise cutting through the icepack, through the storms, through the hurricanes of life, through the attempts and plans of evil. We have strength in the worship of God to turn all things for good.
Poem Topic Tags: #church, #eternity, #faith, #fears, #glory, #grace, #praise, #released, #storms, #water, #worship
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Spoken Word Video on the power of worship to release freedom in the heavenly and worldy realms.

Amazing

16.06.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

You heal
and we forget,
You bring new life
and we wish we could die,
You clean
And we turn roll in the dirt
You promise
We promise
and we break them.

We broke you
Scorned you
Ignored you
Spat at you,
And you forgave
Deep and forever.

Prompt
How easily do we turn our backs on the wonders from God? How are we part of those that nailed Him to the cross?
Poem Tags
#amazed, #broken, #christian, #cross, #death, #forgiveness, #life, #love, #promises, #sin, #spokenword, #turning

How we reject gods love and turn our backs Spoken Word Poem

Masterpiece

09.06.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Imagine the most unbelievable
gallery of the world,
So famous
So alive
So incredible
So full of timeless masterpieces
And there is one item
Yet somehow many
So precious
hard to price or value,
Priceless
So precious
Created layer by layer
Perfection.
Days and nights of thinking
Moments and weeks of creation
Passion and love crafted
the vision
Poured life into the creation
Chosen
Called
That item is YOU...
created as a living
much loved masterpiece,
And now He wants to show you
celebrate you
Share you with
the world,
You are God's masterpiece
You are God's generosity
You are God's goodness
You are God's blessing
You are God's life
You are his DNA masterpiece
Created for all the good
Created as a love Masterstroke
As a love demonstration.
As a love creative.

You are God's DNA treasure
Really living at last!

Bible Verse: Ephesians 2:10
Starting Thoughts: Do we understand the way God truly looks at us? What does He really see, what are his feelings towards us? Know we are His masterpieces?
Poem Topic Tags: #art, #blessing, #called, #chosen, #creation, #dna, #god, #love, #painting, #passion, #precious, #sculpture, #treasure, #value
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Tags: image, love, identity, chosen, jesus

In the Head

11.05.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

In the throng
Hidden in the crowd,
But fearful for exposure
before the community
that shunned her
marginalized her
because of her health
Seeing her as diseased
Separated life from life,
She crept forward
in the jostling tumult
of hopes, fears
And in some ways
she had come to that place
hearing of hope
heart wrapped in belief
willing to sacrifice safety
pursuing chance
not knowing she was
threading destiny,
In the sunshine, sweat stained clothes
Dust, heat, Smells, she got closer
her fingers reached out
Past her doubts
Past her worries
Past the thoughts of others
Past fears
touching the hem
of one person's garment
to encounter eternity
as power left the Messiah
revealing the healing,
"Who touched me?”
asked the Messiah
and she trembled
forward falling at His feet,
“Your faith has healed you”

Day’s dawn was her step
freeing herself from the way
people think,
Now she walked
Freed into new life
Freed for peace
Freed to encounter
Freed to celebrate.

Bible Verses: Mat 9:20-22; Mar 5:25-34; Luk 8:43-47
Starting Thoughts: Sometimes you risk. Just wanting to step out and see change, ignoring the jeers of others or what they will say about you and do it!
Poem Topic Tags: #crowds, #diseases, #decisions, #doubts, #eternity, #healing, #hope, #jesus, #miracles, #power, #risks, #worship
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Jesus heals, taking a risk pays off - video spoken word

Tags: worship, power, jesus, miracles, women

Fall Down

13.04.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

In a moment
Lightning clarity
dividing me deep
to my soul
the secrets of my heart
revealed
And I fall
worshipping the One
Who knows my all.

Starting Thoughts: Sometimes we are just hit with how amazing Jesus is, what He has done for us, His power and majesty... and we fall in awe.
Bible Verses: Psalm 139, Romans 8:28-29, Luke 17: 11-19, Mark 5:21-43, Revelation 7:11
Poem Topic Tags: #falling, #heart, #identity, #knowledge, #secrets, #self, #soul, #worship
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Spoken Word Poem on how well Jesus knows us and our response.

Tags: worship, awe, identity, jesus, worship

Far Away

07.04.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

In the midst
of the loss
in my life,
the positivity
miracles and faith
seem human words.

I am
drifting Lost
just a vapour
just dust
layered times
patinas of pain,
My spirit
surrounded and boxed
cheap traps
flimsy cardboard
and sticky tape,
life archived
and placed on the
cold metal shelf
Another carton
of forgotten records
experiences
and notes on
a life
attempted.

I know
I see only
what I see
through the holes
and tears
in my box,
My dark perspective,
But as I touch
the sides
they feel concrete.

"Box on," they say.

Who is this Jesus?
I know I exist,
complex in a world
where evil occurs because
God is the only true good,
science points to the reality
the historical figure
Jesus
who says," I am
the one you
have been waiting for.
Who do you say I am?”

Who is this Jesus?

Can I see more through the tears
and holes in my box?

Poetry Topic Tag: #box, #christian, #experiences, #jesus, #life, #loss, #lost, #pain, #perspective, #poems, #poetry, #reality, #spokenword, #trapped,#videos, #who

Spoken Word poetry on how we sometimes feel trapped in a box.

Tags: trapped, box, Life, jesus, pain

Cascading Life

21.03.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

In life's fountain
dappled reflections
shimmer
Light within light
eternity shines
Loved deep in Christ
Belonging to Jesus
the water of life.

Bible Verses: John 4:14, John 7:38-39, John 1:9, John 1:5, John 12:46, Isaiah 60:1, Luke 1:78, John 11:25-26, Romans 8:38-39
Starting Thoughts: Jesus claimed he was the Water of Life, the Living water. The thirst of our souls can only be satisfied by Him.
Poem Topic Tags: #christ, #deep, #life, #light, #love, #reflection, #water
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The Living water Jesus Christ spoken word

Hope for Life

03.03.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Hope
Creates an
ever expanding world
Options,
Possibilities,
Partner with this hope,
Lift your eyes
to hope in Christ,
You are a new creation
born from His salvation
Carrier of hope.

Starting Thoughts: Hope that lasts beyond having money in the bank, that things will work out right. Hope is something you can encounter even in the rough stuff that life throws at you.
Poem Topic Tags: #christ, #creation, #hopes, #meaning, #new, #salvation, #vision
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Could it be true that real hope, in all situations, can come from knowing Christ Poetry Spoken Word

Tags: salvation, meaning, hope, jesus, life

Significance

17.02.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Undying love
an impossibility
a romance novel
a twisted pipe dream,
Can it ever be found?
Even the closest
to perfect human -
died!
Their love, their presence
their essence, personality,
all of them random - gone
just a grass blade
weakened temporary roots
dried to a brown wisp
in nor-wester winds,
flaking, crumbling, scattered,
forever lost.
Endless days
short moments
fleeting seconds.

And love spoke
A powerful presence
on Earth,
The walking, singing, challenging
Love was birthed
in frailty,
in the midst of death
and the universe
was inexorably changed,
This extreme love
healed, restored, invoked,
spoke truth, grace, life,
Transformed society
touched the untouchable
loved those who thought
they could never be treasured,
Said, "You are sons and daughters
of God",
And then evil killed
this ultimate love
tore it down
in the fears of people,
The fears of those in power
The fears of change,
death to a love promise
Just another lie,
death to the completely innocent.

Dying, dying, grave bound
death's chains
binding love in chaos...

And on the third day
Jesus rose
Love rose
Redemption, freedom rose
death could not hold Him
the undying love
Lived on, loved on,
The sacrificed love
searching love
forever eternal love,
the worst possibility
has become
the best truth,
death has become
eternal life
in the power
of God.
Alive in Christ
we stand
Life stories rewritten,
we are
the touch of significance,
We feel
God's heart lovers,
We have become
the royal priesthood.

Starting Thoughts: The temporary nature of life, are we just random? Can we have any significance and therefore hope in life? Can we discover in the worst possibility the best truth?
Bible Passage: Mark 16
Poem Topic Tags: #alive, #chains, #cross, #easter, #eternal, #fears, #identity, #life, #love, #perfection, #priesthood, #resurrection, #significance, #stories
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Can we find significance and hope in a random world? Poetry - Spoken Word

Tags: cross, jesus, love, easter, meaning

Matrix Moments

Media Moments: Question, reflect, connect

Privacy Settings

Lines of the Word

Slippery Hope

Heartbeat Questions

Between

Awareness

Once for All

New Covenant

Grace Identity

Abundant

Servant

Boundaries

Worship Breakers

Amazing

Masterpiece

In the Head

Fall Down

Far Away

Cascading Life

Hope for Life

Significance