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POETRY INSPIRED BY WORSHIPPINGOUR CREATIVE CREATOR, COLLECTED ANONYMOUSLY

AT ANCHOR COLLEGE SERVICEAT THE GARDEN COMMUNITY CHURCH.

AVERT THESE EYES TO OBSCURE THE TRUTH

THE WALLS SPEAK OF TERROR

LIMITED FORTUNE, WITH LIMITLESS FEAR

GOD IS WHERE?

INJUSTICE GRAFTS TO GRACE

BLINDED EYES DISTORT EACH FACE

WAVES OF PASSION, YET NONE TO SPARE

GOD IS WHERE?

COMPLACENT DESTRUCTION, FRAGMENTED SELF

“IN HIS IMAGE”, THE NEIGHBOR IS SHELVED

CRUELTY RENDERED COMMON, NOT ONE WILL CARE

GOD IS WHERE?

IMMANENCE AND GLORY RULE

CREATIONS BEAUTY SPEAKS THIS TRUTH

GOD’S EYES FIXED, NOT DISTANT OR CRUEL

GOD’S LOVE DISPLACES THE FEAR

THE QUESTION REMAINS, “GOD IS WHERE?”

THE ANSWER SUSTAINED, GOD IS RIGHT

HERE.

SURRENDERSURRENDER

Y O U R B E A U T Y R E F L E C T S U S

Y O U R G R A C E C O V E R S U S

Y O U R G O O D N E S S I S G I V E N T O U S

Y O U R P U R I T Y D E F I N E S U S

Y O U R M E R C Y O V E R C O M E S U S

Y O U R T O U C H O V E R W H E L M S U S

Y O U R P E A C E O V E R T A K E S U S

Y O U R K I N D N E S S B R O K E U S

Y O U R S O N S A V E D U S

Y O U R L O V E S T O L E O U R H E A R T S

MY WONDER, YOU ARE, AS I UNVEIL MY HEART ON THE HAMMOCK OUTSIDE IN THE MOON-LIT DARK MY BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY I DESIRE TO KNOW AND SEARCH IN THE WORD AND THE TREES AND MY SOUL COME OVER ME, LOVE, AS I SUBMIT TO THE WEIGHT OF YOUR HEART ON MY HEART AND YOUR WILL ON MY FATE YOU HAVE STOLEN MY HEART IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT AS I WAKE UP IN MOURNING UNVEILED TO THE LIGHT AND NOW MY HEART NO LONGER BEATS INSIDE ME, BUT DWELLS IN THE HANDS OF MY LOVER, MY THEE I WILL MELT AT THE THOUGHT OF YOU IN THE ROOM AS YOU TAKE THE HAND OF YOUR BRIDE, MY JESUS, MY GROOM

YOU ARE MY ONE TRUE LOVE,

Ravish my very being.

The lover of my soul,

I am so in love with you.

MAY THIS HOLY COVENANT WITH YOU NEVER BE COMPROMISED, FOR YOU ARE MY LIFE, YOU HAVE MY HEART.

UNTIL YOU TAKE ME FROM THIS VESSEL, LET YOUR LOVE RADIATE.

THE FIRST LOVE OF MY LIFE.I live for you,

I breathe for you,I am yours.

THEY ALWAYS SPEAK OF GREEN PASTURES AND QUIET FLOWING STREAMS

BUT EVERY TIME I THINK I’M THERE I WAKE UP FROM THAT DREAM

I LOOK AROUND AND SEE I’M IN A JUNGLE OF COLD CONCRETE

AND IT’S STATIONARY AND MOVING AND ON ALL FOUR SIDES OF ME

THEN DWELLING ALL INSIDE MY MIND IS THAT QUIET FLOWING STREAM

AND MY IMAGINATION BUILDS A PASTURE OUT OF THE COLD CONCRETE

I CLOUD MY SADDENED VISION WITH A DREAM I WISH WAS REAL

AND MAKE IT MY REALITY TILL THE WORLD I NO MORE FEEL.

BUT LIKE THAT DREAM, I AWAKE, AND THE MASKING FADES AWAY.

AND THE SHADES OF GREEN AND BRIGHT BLUE WATERS SLOWLY SEIZE TO GRAY.

UNTIL ALAS I COME TO FIND THAT DEEP INSIDE OF ME

THE ILLUSION OF A BEATING HEART WAS REALLY COLD CONCRETE.

IS NOT THE WORLD IN WHICH I SEE THE MEADOWS BEARING GREEN

IS NOT THE RIVERS OF THIS EARTH I FIND MY QUIET STREAMS.

A HEART OF STONE CANNOT FIND THE BEAUTY CALLED TO SEEK.

THE PLACE I DESIRE MOST TO DWELL, FIRST MUST DWELL IN ME.

Take the way you are “supposed” to create, and do the exact opposite. God never gave us lines that we “had” to use to be considered creative

YOU ARE UNIQUE, AND SO IS YOUR ART.

Use color when

everything else is

black and white.

Find the border

and create until

you have passed it

c o m p l e t e l y .

DAWN AND DUSK TAKE TURNS CALLING OUT

COME AND WORSHIP

HIMMY JOY AND PAIN TAKE T U R N S C R Y I N G O U T

COME AND WORSHIP

HIM

You are myone truelove,

The loverof my soul,

The firstlove ofmy life.

I live for you, I breathe for you, I am yours.

Until you take me from this vessel,let your love radiate.

Ravish my very being.

May this Holycovenantwith you

never becompromised,

for youare my life,

you have my heart

i am so in love with you.

You whispered to me;with wind through the trees, leaves waving,shaking,

With streams flowingat my feet,Rushing Waters,

With birds singing the sweetest melodies,Whistling,“OH THE BEAUTY!”

Let me see your beauty,Your majesty,Your splendor,

In the dimness I see your face

Through my folli es you see my crown

You do not disqualify me when I fall

Instead you brush me off, you carry me back to where I belong

I long to see myself through your eyes

but my vision fails me, you never fail

I will put my crown on daily

Even when i don’t feel worthy

I beli eve your promises for me

THE GRAVITY OF THE WORLD PULLS ON MY BODY, REMIND�ING ME OF THE WEIGHT THIS WORLD BARES.

THE GRAVITY IS DARK AND PRODUCES NO LIGHT, SUCK�ING IN THE LACK OF LIGHT EACH ONE POSSESSES.

THE SON BLED LIGHT INTO THE VALVES OF GRAVITY, PUMP�ING HIM DRY TILL THE DARK BECAME LIGHT.

AND I STOOD UP TO DRINK FROM THAT SON FILLED VEIN, TO DECLARE THAT I DEFEATED THE FORCE OF GRAVITY.

AND I PROCLAIMED TO THE WORLD, THAT THE LIGHT DISSOLVED THE DARKNESS, BUT THEY LAUGHED IN MY

FACE BECAUSE I SEEMED TO BE SCIENTIFICALLYINCORRECT.

BUT AS THEY SAW ME RISE, AND THEY SAW THE LIGHT OF THE SON, GRAVITY FLED AND DARKNESS WAS CONSUMED.

THEIR LAUGHS BECAME MOURNING, THEIR PRIDE BECAME HUMILITY, OPINION BECAME REASON, AND JESUS BECAME

THEIR NEW LIFE.

JESUS BECAME THE GRAVITY OF THIS WORLD, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT BROUGHT LIFE TO SCIENCE.

3 in 1A DEEP LOVE

PERFECTIN ESSENCE& PERSON

E T E R N I T Y C A N N O T C A G E Y O UTHE GREATNESS OF THE UNIVERSE IS A BRANCH OF THE DIVINE TREE

THE MAN

STEPPEDOUT OF

ETERNITY &

WORE FLESH

Perfect inessence

& person

ETERNITYCANNOT

CAGE YOU

TRUTH INHABITEDHIS BEING.

MAY HIS NAME BE EXALTED AND SANCTIFIEDTHE APPEARANCE OF GOD'S GLORY

A TERRIFYING WONDER OF HIS BEAUTYA DISMANTLED STATIC OF TRUTH

INTO THE FLAMES OF REFINEMENT A WARMTH OF PURIFICATION

THE MOMENT OF AWARE DISPLACEMENT IN THAT ABSENCE GOD IS THERE

THE UNIVERSE CANNOT CONTAIN YOUR LOVE NOR THE STILL WIND SPEAK YOUR NAME

NOISE AND SILENCE BEAR WITNESSTHE GREAT SEA CANNOT DISPLACE YOUR FLAME

THE ETERNAL VICTIM, BARREN AND LAIDFREEDOM ELECTED A BROAD SACRIFICEA BRIEF MOMENT YOUR GLORY IS SLAIN

REDEMPTION UNBURDENED, TRIED, RECLAIMED.

FROM EXILE TO FREEDOMLIFE SWIFTLY OVER DEATH

DESTRUCTION'S SAGGING HEARTGOD'S LIVING BREATH

OUR TREMBLING CRIPPLED, A VOICE LIFTED HIGHINCLINE YOUR EAR, COMPLETE AND PRECISE

SILENCE REFINED, A VOID UNDERSTOODA PORTION POURED OUT, MERCY OVERFLOW

MAY HIS NAME BE EXALTED AND SANCTIFIEDTHE APPEARANCE OF GOD'S GLORY

A TERRIFYING WONDER OF HIS BEAUTYA DISMANTLED STATIC OF TRUTH

INTO THE FLAMES OF REFINEMENT A WARMTH OF PURIFICATION

THE MOMENT OF AWARE DISPLACEMENT IN THAT ABSENCE GOD IS THERE

THE UNIVERSE CANNOT CONTAIN YOUR LOVE NOR THE STILL WIND SPEAK YOUR NAME

NOISE AND SILENCE BEAR WITNESSTHE GREAT SEA CANNOT DISPLACE YOUR FLAME

THE ETERNAL VICTIM, BARREN AND LAIDFREEDOM ELECTED A BROAD SACRIFICEA BRIEF MOMENT YOUR GLORY IS SLAIN

REDEMPTION UNBURDENED, TRIED, RECLAIMED.

FROM EXILE TO FREEDOMLIFE SWIFTLY OVER DEATH

DESTRUCTION'S SAGGING HEARTGOD'S LIVING BREATH

OUR TREMBLING CRIPPLED, A VOICE LIFTED HIGHINCLINE YOUR EAR, COMPLETE AND PRECISE

SILENCE REFINED, A VOID UNDERSTOODA PORTION POURED OUT, MERCY OVERFLOW