Monday, June 15th, 2009...1:17 am
His Delight, His Applause
For the High Calling Blogs “I spied God in…” writing prompt:
The blue-sky sunlight teases guarding clouds.
I turn my back on kitchen-window view
When sudden shift envelops sky in shroud
Of clouds now gray and darkened. Thunder, too,
Announces rain abrupt on window pane.
Then, spying God not in the rain I saw
But in the rain I heard, I heard the rain
And in it heard His thunderous applause!
Applause for those in whom He takes delight:
Obeying fully, faithful, just and fair,
Not in the ones who trust in human might.
What pleases Father: thanking, praising prayer.
But why would Holy One delight in me?
It is not me; it is His Son He sees.
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(For more on the ones in whom God delights, see Psalm 69:30-31; Hebrews 13:16; Philippians 2:14-15; Colossians 3:20; Proverbs 12:22; Proverbs 21:3; Galatians 6:2; 1 Timothy 2:1,3; 2 Corinthians 9:7; John 14:23; Exodus 19:5; Isaiah 62:4; 2 Samuel 22:20; Psalm 147:10-11; 1 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Samuel 15:22-23; 1 Kings 10:9; Proverbs 11:1,20; Jeremiah 9:24. See also Ann Voskamp’s “When You Call Yourself Names…”)
...to Know-Love-Obey God
5 Comments
June 15th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
A sonnet. I’m so impressed!
I loved this part:
“Then, spying God not in the rain I saw
But in the rain I heard…”
June 19th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Touched by your words.
June 24th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
i liked “it is His Son He sees”
June 24th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Thanks for your visit to my blog. This is a beautiful, deeply meaningful poem! Growing up I was taught that God is shouting at us in His thunder and zapping us with His lightening. As a child of God and through His amazing grace I have learned otherwise! God is good! Thanks for this post. I’ll be back to read more.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Wow, Monica, what a poem! I too am impressed! And touched by it….
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