Writing Something Of Substance!

When I sat down the other day, I heard a gentle sigh, As if my heart felt far away, Not here inside, close-by... What was I meant this time to tell? What was I meant to try? The writing hadn't gone so well, I paused to ask God why? The pen and paper close-at-hand, I hoped to start once more, Something of substance God had planned That I must not ignore... And so, inside, a new flame burned, As hope began to soar, Towards new treasures I returned, God's words began to pour... I wrote of Jesus crucified, The scars upon His skin, The last day that He lived then died, My shameful soul to win... Accepting pains that few could bear, God's Son dare not give in, Yet paused to intercede with prayer, Forgiving all their sin... I wrote of Mary and of John, Companions to the end, Until Christ's life had come and gone, To hardly comprehend... The Lord was who He said He was, Behold the Sinner's Friend, Who bled upon that blood-stained Cross, My broken heart to mend... Yet I held back that trail of tears, That I was loathe to weep, Because I knew, despite my fears, God's Son would rise from sleep... To walk again, to talk again, From that dark tomb so deep, Victorious, beyond our ken, His character to keep... That's when the poem stopped for me, Christ risen from the dead, The King who conquered Calvary, Who lived although He bled... The Lamb of God who did it all, The day His Blood was shed... Who at His feet, the angels fall, Of whom this poem's read... Denis Martindale, copyright, November 2013. This poem is about the Gospel poem I wrote this week called The Mother Of Our Lord... Several of my Gospel poems have been read out on Revelation TV and I often write about the programmes and topics on this Christian TV channel thanks to the receiving of their monthly RTIMES newsletters. You can hear the word of the Lord each day on Revelation TV on Sky, Freesat or Freeview HD, or the Roku set top box or Revelation TV online. You can search my poems for Revelation TV programmes and topics, using keywords like Jesus, God, Holy Spirit, Church, baptism and revelation tv or revelationtv.