One of my best friends wrote this poem a while ago, she's immensely talented, and showed me this wonderful poem, at a very crucial point in my faith, provoking me to wonder provoking me to think.
Darkness grows
in the hearts of men.
All love is gone
as if it'd never been.
Selfishness holds the mind.
Anger controls your words.
Hate begins all actions.
Bitterness builds and stores.
So when people who love sin,
run when they see his light.
His forgiveness knows no bounds,
but still they cower in night.
He knows all their names
has felt every pain they've nursed,
but they don't know their God,
So continue life with hearts emptied by thirst
and stained with darkness.
-Hayley Mendes
as i read this, i drew mental images of literal people running away. running away from a God who wants to hold you, especially in darkness, especially in pain, and especially wounded. i saw angry people, angry and confused people running into darkness. thinking that the darkness was whats best, was what love was and where emotions were dark and deary.
but as they're running away from God, who sits there: holding all their needs in his hands and forgiving them each and every step they take in the opposite direction, yet still they're running from a providing God into darkness, deeper and deeper, darker and darker, i futher imagine my loving forgiving, providing God, sitting there watching with love, watching with hope, and wanting them more and more wondering,
"Don't you need a flashlight?"
No comments:
Post a Comment