Category: Christian Poems
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Upon This Rock – A Christian Poem of Grace
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Upon This Rock – A Christian Poem of Grace Upon this rock I walk Uncertain, yet composed. Not crushed beneath the veil of darkness, For with me always is a light that glows. The demons of my weakness harass me. Past failures breed doubts to future plans. But upon this rock I’m free, Caressed and…
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The Meeting of the Stoic and Romantic – A Poem
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The Meeting of the Stoic and Romantic – A Poem The stoic spoke to the romantic As they crossed paths in the Roman Forum. “How can you be so weak, so feeble, so helpless? Have you no shame to show the world your heart, to wear emotion on your face? Have you no fear, no…
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Patience – A Poem About Waiting and Trusting in God’s Timing
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Patience – A Poem About Waiting and Trusting in God’s Timing The agony of waiting, watching the hours Drains my power and leaves me bitter Filled with battered pride and endless angst. But just as it takes a season to cultivate a flower, I must keep a steadfast heart and wait. My deepest failure is relying…
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When Trouble Comes – A Poem About Faith and Enduring Life’s Pain
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When Trouble Comes A Poem About Faith and Enduring Life’s Pain Evening’s crippling darkness passes away. It’s distant vigor muted by the beauty of the morn. Hope shines forth from the sun’s mighty rays, A new spirit within us is born. I am not overburdened by life’s troubles. Though painful, they will not shackle nor…
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Hide and Seek – Godly Love of God Poem
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Hide and Seek – Godly Love of God Poem One, one-thousand. Two, one-thousand. Three, one-thousand… Ten, one-thousand. Ready or not, here I come. Just where could you be hiding? Your favorite spots could be endless Across an ever-expanding universe. Are you resting within a crater on the moon? Riding around the rings of Saturn Like…
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Narcissus and God – A Poem
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My feelings for you swing like a pendulum, driven by the forces of gravity; pulled back down by life’s realities and the weather during these ever-changing seasons of my life. I have hated you. I have loved you. I have sought you and found nothing but empty space. I have sought you and found the…
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What the Heart Heard – A Poem
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What is this sound come beating in my heart, that rattles my walls and shakes me apart? It roars with the echo of a thousand lions, always on the prowl. Stealthily seeking to devour me when its advances I finally allow. It is a soft, cool whisper like the wind howling through the trees, anxiously…
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Wandering – A Christian Poem About Guilt
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Your commandments loom over me, Blinding my eyes like a bright light in the midst of darkness. It hurts my eyes and causes me to turn away From the angelic presence of your glory. Isn’t this the essence of the human story, Locked in a constant battle with our foolish hearts Year after year choosing…
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The Tinman – A Poem
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The Tinman – A Poem Your beacon blazes with the firestormOf a thousand pyres.In your eyes I find the fires –Smoke signals that rise to the heavensAnd lead me on a journeyOut of the confinement of earthly shacklesThat have clanged like lonely church bellsRinging in the early morning,Beckoning for deliverance around my feet for countless…
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My Own Prison – A Christian Poem
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My Own Prison – A Christian Poem Your law feels like a jailer’s prisonthat constrains me in a straight jacket,unable to move within my cell.I could strip off my dirty clothesand unlock my chamber door…But what awaits me out in the free world?What of my foolish desiresif life loses all meaning and beautybecomes simply a…
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The Problem of Man – A Christian Poem
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The Problem of Man – A Christian Poem You whisper to me in shades of sadness, Silently stammering like a broken record Skipping over the same ol’ speech. What do I do with this madness – This sinful desire that corrupts my heart with each new beat? I welcome you with open arms The moment…
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…And Then the Rains Came – A Poem
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“…And Then the Rains Came” …And then the rains came, Marching and tearing up the dirt paved streets Like a herd of elephants trampling everything in its path. Brighter lightning had never flashed, Nor had louder thunder ever crashed. The storm’s wake devoured and digested the sun, Swallowing and submerging it under its pitch black…
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Umbrella – A Poem
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Umbrella – A Poem The world’s troubles pour all around me, But I am perfectly safe and dry Shielded underneath the armor of your umbrella – Rain sliding down its sides like shingles Nailed upon an angled roof. Droplets of pain drip down From the edges of your cover, But I am without a tear…
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My Conceited Heart – A Christian Poem About Turning Away From God
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Is it your will that we should become strangersThe moment I become a stranger to pain?The wind howls your lonely lullabyAs I drift on forgetting your name. Your deliverance is a selfless actWrapped up and gifted as incomparable love -Your omniscient knowledge knowing we will turn awayThe second you stop the tears of our flood.…
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Entangled in Your Love – A Poem About Intimacy With God
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Entangled in Your Love – A Poem About Intimacy With God You are the cool, autumn breeze,The great mystical force that brings me to my knees,Stupefied in awestruck wonder.I miss you when you’re not near,When your shadow no longer covers meAnd hides me beneath your wings.But I seek. But I search.And you reveal new thingsTo…
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The Battle of the Heart – A Christian Poem About Temptation
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The Battle of the Heart – A Christian Poem About Temptation Oh Lord, my heart quakes with confusion. My mind twisted with the delusions of desire. I am a boat that wanders across the sea Getting rocked by the waves day in and day out. How do I stay afloat and stand tall When the…
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The Lamb Who Sanctifies – A Christian Poem
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The Lamb Who Sanctifies – A Christian Poem What peace, what hope What incomparable growth That sprouts from the True Vine. What love, what joy To be employed – To do the work of the Divine. Oh, the rapture brought forth from your pain. Wrath appeased, the Lamb is slain. Hyssop branches sprinkle your blood…
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Christ the Redeemer – A Poem For Easter
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Christ the Redeemer – A Rhyming Religious Poem For Easter Darkness drew back in disbelief on that day,When death’s victory was thwartedAnd the stone was rolled away.What depths of love,What heights of grace,Could bear the weight of the human race?Defeat didn’t last but three days,Before the wounds were healedAnd the burial cloth was cast away.Satan’s…
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