Friday, 22 February 2013

Based on The Unforgiving Debtor

Can you see Him?
Arms stretched out on
That cross
Hands nailed
Feet nailed
Sin nailed
To Him
Yes He
Personally
Carried the weight of the
World's sins in Him
So that sin died
So that we could be dead
To sin
Can you see Him?
He died for you He
Died for me
He forgave
He forgives
He gave us life by
Dying on that cross
The atonement for all sin
He took the darkness upon Him
So that when He came back to life
After those three days
His life could
and His Light could live
In us
His light
His way
He forgives so graciously
He is MERCIFUL
He gives us
a million second chances
Each day a new chance
A million yeses to forgive me
At the days end
He chooses to
Remember our wrongs
No more
So how is it that,
WE, we who live for him
Find it so hard to let go
And forgive our neighbor
For something so little
How can we harbor
Hatred bitterness and anger
When the One who died for us
The One who sends our wrongs
So far from east to west
That he no longer remembers them
He no longer dwells on them
How is it that we can be unforgiving
When our savior
Is the definition of forgiveness
The next time
You find yourself
Wanting to hold on to the
Thorny list of wrongs
Your neighbor has done to you
Remember that your never ending list
Has been forever erased
When He
Was
Crucified
On that cross
Out of love
So forever you'd be forgiven
You were set free
You were redeemed
So do the same for your neighbor
Live for and live like Jesus your Savior

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Keep Afloat and Write "Deadlier"

Quiet
Not that I choose
To keep
Lips sewn shut
I just don't
know what to say
Don't have the words
To say
Too many words to say
One question
What do I say
In return to
What you are saying
In shock
Tongue locked tighter
And so much tighter behind teeth
I come off as careless
I wish I could care less
But you see I can't
Silence is deadly
But don't be deceived
By what is shown outwardly
Though my face is emotionless as stone
Inwardly I'm searching
Inwardly I'm digging deep
Inwardly I'm solving
This equation of words
One question
What do I say
What do I say
When words are so deep
And all I have to offer are shallow
Responses
What do I say when messages
Are deeper
Deeper than
What I see on the surface
What do I say to the person
Who is inwardly doing the same
Inwardly searching
Inwardly digging deep
Inwardly solving equations of words
Inwardly just the same
Screaming for
The other party
To receive the message
Silence is deadly
But saying the wrong
Words and the wrong
Time is deadlier