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This is a poem that I want to dedicate to God through Imagine 09
His Hands
His Hands,
Stretched wide,
Pinned on the Cross.
An inviting embrace
To all who were lost.
Their Hands,
Building, shaping, moulding
Relentlessly.
Hearts set
To build a home
For the wandering lost,
Where hearts are revived and
Reconnected to
The one true and living God.
My Hands
Set free.
No longer bound
To meaningless things
They finger with the new found idea of
Significance,
Stretching out slowly
To imitate
His example of giving love.
Our Hands
Hold hearts.
Sowing, sacrificing then reaping.
Some we lost
But many were won
Each life a prophecy
Of a great future and hope.
Hands lifted high
To the One in heaven.
He reaches
To take these willing hands,
Teaching them to draw and play
In new rhythms and new ways.
Creating new visions,
Forging new unions,
Engaging new hands.
I received the inspiration to write a poem about hands during my quiet time, while worshipping God. Subsequently, the ideas that came just flowed and really, without God, I would not have been able to write anything as my ideas at first were all in a mess.
The first stanza speaks about Jesus, the second about pastors and they are a great influence in my life and I would never have the opportunity to grow so much in life without them. I could never do enough to appreciate them. The last two stanzas speak about what i feel we have been doing and are still going to do as a church. The poem is largely in continuous tense, which reflects routine, hard work, perseverance and the consistency in the things we are going to keep doing, evangelising and loving others, not losing the focus and the culture that made us Heart of God Church. From His love, to how pastors love us, and now to us loving others, the four stanzas are a reflection of how Christ's love for us will continue throughout the generations and how we will continue to give that love to the next generation.
However, no matter what or how much we can do, ultimately, it is His Hands that determine us, that puts the creativity in us, which explains the reason for the title.
I hope to glorify God through this. =)