Walking beneath the firs 'a green
When a crack I hear, though nothing seen.
To turn and find an egg now hatched,
Before its time, a fall unmatched -

A force beyond its mothers own ,
Has taken its life before it was known.

The earth and its person can seem too cruel ,
the raging fire with unlimited fuel .
Consumes the lives and endlessly drives
away the spirits from bodies.

And like that fragile egg I know.
that life can come and life can go.
So I look to the One who made it.

Closer to Thee is all I can be,
The world around me is fading away.
One day I will flee into eternity
But in which destination will I stay ?

By Lakechia Jeanne
DoPoetry©

I will be merciful ,
as You are merciful .
Mercy is what I seek .

Your Hand that remained extended when turned away.
makes me wanting, makes me meek.

The meekness and mercy You showed
baffles this corrupted mind.

Oh if such a treasure on earth I could find -
the silences of Your heart despite the blows

The eternal pain that no one knows,
each time a soul turns away.

But I come to you ,
for You enabled me to ,
see Your mercies with each new day.

I want to forgive, I even declare it .
But the feelings of hardness remain.

I want to forgive, my body cant bear it .
the constant hurting and pain.

I see how You dealt, when in the ground You knelt ,
and asked for the suffering to end.
when the hands You created slapped Your sacred Face.

Yet I have been wronged indirectly,
I cannot tell anyone of this but You.

So I'm asking;
Give me the mercy that I need to extend ,
For I do not have it within.

As You forgave me may I forgive others
For I do not want to sin.

And as that person walks my way ,
May an overflowing love fill my heart.

May I reach out in genuine affection.
May it be a new start.

(Click here for the inspiration to this poem:
The High Cost of Mercy - David Wilkerson)

To the Church of whom these words will reach …

For New Years Eve I was asked to write a poem for our Churches NYE celebration , 2016 has been a very different year for our Church and I was somewhat quite unsure about what to say - so I remember thinking : what would Jesus write to our church ?
I left it till quite late, wanting to make sure I did just write what I wanted. But my heart was led to Revelation 3, where Jesus writes letters to the churches and so I began .

To the Church of whom these words will reach …

I love you,
I always have, and always will.
2016 was definitely unseen, but mighty trials of works were they.
Do not see the trials as defeat - for you are not defeated.
Do not see the setbacks as unforgivable sin, your sanctification is not completed.

Keep going.

The Kingdom of God is await for you,
When you seek Me first.
Do not take to the mammon for there is so much more, when for righteousness you hunger and thirst.
The riches in mind are not the things of this world - for there is so much greater
Do not settle for the asphalt here, there's something significant you need to remember:
See in heaven, the streets are paved with gold, and that is something one likes to repeat.
But I will be there, your gaze will be on Me, and the gold - well t’will be lowly, trodden beneath your feet.

You won't pursue it then so don't pursue it now.
Don't lean on your understanding you will find a way somehow
To get back to Me, your first love, your only love - for it is your heart that I want to see.

You see lack of knowledge can cause people to perish, but too much knowledge can do the same, to lose the power of the simple-ness of My Word, to take in vain My Name.
Do not forget so easily the lessons that were brought your way,
The battles with sin you fought, the new mercies you received each day.

You may have lost a brother, but I here gained a son,
Lean now one upon the other until the work is done.
Do not worry about tomorrow, do not fain at what is unseen.
For I will never leave you, not now nor certainly in 2017.