Hello Carla,
I would like to share some poetry I wrote when I was given the gift of
writing for a season.
His Word
When I read His Word
and store it in my heart
my life is so much brighter
I have light for my path
I know where I can go
the map becomes more clear
I'll always have a song to sing
because Jesus is so near
As a child of God
I need to read His Word
not just to know it
but to give it all I'm worth
Jesus is the way for me
even though it's tough
with Jesus in my corner
the road now is not too rough
Many have fallen from the way
let the shepherd find you today
and bring you into His special flock
and base your life upon the Rock
Jesus is Chief Corner Stone
why many founder, this I know
He's the stumbling block to many
and it does not cost you a penny
He's already paid the price
put His body up for our life
what an unselfish single act
because I was such a brat!
Thank you Jesus for saving me
by dying up on that tree
I can now have life where I had none
Because Your deed has been done
Amanda_NZ ©
19 March 2000
Picture by Erik Hollander, used with permission
This picture is simply awesome, isn't it?
I look at Jesus weeping and wonder - What is He weeping for?
Was this a picture depicted at the time when He stood
in the Olivegrove as He looked down on Jerusalem?
Before He gave His live for us on the cross of Calgary?
Or perhaps it is a more updated version for today.
Jesus is looking at the world at large, not just a small
place like America, or New Zealand where I am from,
but the whole of the world.
Do you wonder, if He might be weeping for you?
He did give His life as the greatest gift a person
can give to everyone.
Even humans who were not born back when He did this deed,
once and for all.
He did die of the most horrendous wounds from torture any
human before or after Him will ever experience.
I wonder why all the pictures of Jesus on the cross,
His face is unmarked?
Because in Isaiah 53 it is written that His face
is unrecognisable.
Many people have rejected this gift. Thrown it back.
I know if it was me and I gave a beautiful gift of myself
to another and I was rejected it would hurt me terribly.
Do you wonder, like I have that He is calling all people
who do not know Him to come and meet with Him?
Do you wonder, where you will go when you die?
Have you even wondered?
Jesus wept.
It is the shortest verse in the bible.
Such a profound sentence.
Two short words.
Jesus wept.
Amanda_NZ ©
12 April 2000