Anyone up for commenting on a poem?

[Anna Marta]

I am going over some of my previous work. This was written this some years ago and I have resurrected it and reworked it a few times. I ask that you do not use anything I share unless you PM me so my real name can be attached to it. Hugs, Anna Marta :D

WHERE ARE YOU?

Oh Lord,
where are you
when I am looking for You?
Why don't You
show your face?
How am I to know
is it You
to whom I speak?
Your ways are not so easy to discern
as You seem to think.
I listen to your other children
and I wonder.
Do they love You more than me?
Are they closer to your heart?
Is your language a foreign tongue
that I can't comprehend?
Is it me,
or it is You,
who is not hearing?
Is this a puzzle
I have made more difficult than it is?
I search for answers
that do not come
with questions
I do not understand.
Have I cut myself off?
Open my ears - clean my heart.
I come to You
with outstretched hands
and listen.
You are the Father.
I am the child.
I wait.

[butterfly]

:D:D:D:D:D:D I give it an A+. Anna


Your poam hit my heart because that is how I feel.

Sometimes I feel I went thru a time warp and I am sitting in the wrong pew!!::eek::eek:(:(

But I have found out that I couldn"t hear that God the S A people worshiped. He isn"t the true God.

Thank you for sharing Anna :) for posting your poem it is a blessing
shirley

[Crisol]

Hi...

That't is a beautiful poem. Congratulations!

I have so many poems and not one have my name attached..:). One day a received one poem in my email with not signature and was mine:)

Can happen in the internet, so, don't be surprise is you read your poem in other places as well. But always you have to think about it....Is God Poem is not yours:)

God Bless you

[abbey]

woah am! You took the words right out of my mouth! This my have a universal message for christians, but for the sa'ed, its close to our hearts!

Thx ab

[Willow]

Your poem made me think of an email I got today about a small child who went to bible school. A man offered him a dime if he could tell him where God is. The boy told the man he'd give him a dollar if the man could tell him where God isn't.

[mary]

Your poem made me think of an email I got today about a small child who went to bible school. A man offered him a dime if he could tell him where God is. The boy told the man he'd give him a dollar if the man could tell him where God isn't.

Amy, YESSS!!! :) :) :) :) :)

Anna Marta, the poem is beautiful. It's so evocative of so many of the psalms... Should be set to music.

Love to all,

mary

[hornblower]

I love this Anna so beautiful so true for us all so honest so real. I love it wish I had my printer here with me so I could make a copy Ill have to wait till we get back home from the lake house.

On listening to God I have found that it is a growing experience. Im not trying to teach anyone I would just like to share what I have learned maybe it can help someone but if not and if it sounds teachey please forgive me I am not a teacher and never will be believe me I dont know much of anything and i dont really think anyone does anyway, not really. Some day we will all know the truth of it all the important thing is to keep on sharing and believing He is real!
First of all I think ppl dont hear God speak to them because really they in some ways dont want to hear what He has to say..............now the truth is God is LOVE so what He really has to say is loving gentle and kind and always peaceful and brings such fruit in our souls............I say this because if I hear God talk to me and its not Him its really scarey..........and when I cant hear Him right it always ends up being because I still dont know deep down that He really REALLY loves me so very much.
The bible points this out by saying that ppl dont hear because really they are afraid of their own sins.
I for one believe that to be true for me it is. I used to always think of God as having a finger pointed right at my face condemning everything I tried to do or did not do I was always bad to Him thats the way I understood God.
When we fget hurt physically or emotionally its especially hard to hear Him speak to us because how can a loving caring GOOD Father let these things happen to His children and HE DOES let things happen.

God talks to me and tells me what I need and want to hear..........He tells me how wonderful He thinks I am...........I dont believe that about myself so right away I dont listen to it...............A few years back after my chemo and mastectomy and so many horrid years of working suffering for my family giving the church and my family all I had to give..........I took a good hard look at my relationship with God and this is what I hasve seen.
GOD is LOVE and God is GOOD so what do you want to hear from Him? Listen but when you do if its not good for you...........ITS NOT God! If its not LOVE its not God!
My problems listening are the same problem I have believing and trusting..........Are You really This way God ? Do yOu really love me this much? Do you want me to havfe good things? Have You really given me all I need because Jesus paid the price for my being the awful person I am most of the time..........I never live up to the person I want to be. So God do You really care for me the way I am?
Its hard top block out all of the vboices of others that dont belive in God being loving but nevertheless this is who He says He is................I can yell at Him strike Him even with my anger and He can take it all because He loves me...............this world is a bad place and one time God asked me to forgive Him for making people and giving them fgreedom to be whatever way they want to be............then they can hurt me.............the world also has suffered from this problem because now because of all of this horrid sin the world has wars and death and illnesses abounding starvatuion sexual abuses to little tuiny children............Its hurting gods heart more than we could ever know.............
He can take our reality because god is so real and He wants us to be real with Him. In the measure you seek and reach out to Him that same measure will come back to you this is what I understand of this subject.
He is a gentleman............He wont come unless we seek Him I dont like it but this has been my experience...........I have to get really serious and make a serious effort to get with him................just my take on this
I wish ppl would talk about this more.........
I love you anna for being real that is the best quality to ever have in my book!

[jane]

anna-

it is a beautiful poem. Do you publish?

jane

[Anna Marta]

Thanks and Jane,

HB, I want to be real. I NEED to be authentic!!! Wearing masks is too much work when you get to my age.

It is a wonderful thing to be able to communicate the realness of my journey in a way that helps other's to express their deeper feelings.

Jane,

I would like to publish some of my work. Guts, Jane, I need more guts. ;) I have written poems, short stories, children's poems and children's poems too. There is a young man we have counseled who is very talented in drawing. He is trying his hand at illustrating 2 of my children's poems. He used to be a former Satanist and continues to battle some serious personality problems. We are hoping God wants to use his talents in this way. We shall see...

Love
Anna Marta

[jane]

Anna-
if it is only about guts, start small. I wrote a short story and gave it to our church for their Lenten series- a small booklet with reflections written for people to read through out lent.

I also gave small poems to the college newsletter back when I was there.

I encourage my children at work to publish in the state foster care newsletter.......what pride when they read it!

Start there, get the courage and then go for it!

Jane

[jane]

You know,

we have a few bookstores around here--- christian in a church and secular-
that sells on consignment.

That means, you make your books through online companys and then sell them. You make your money as you sell them.

It isn't as much money as going to a national publisher- but it is a begining, and you can get feedback from people about what you are writing.....

just a thought.

jane again.