The Radiant

My dear friend, Peter, wrote this poem last semester. I hope that it encourages you. 🙂

The Radiant

Oh, the tremors I feel travelling

through my heart and mind and soul!

The tide of sounds and pulses beyond my sight

shake the very foundations of the world

God must be a lover

for with blue sky, this earth to cover,

spinning top-like stars on high.

Oh, HOW GLORIOUS!

That I, mere man, may walk

may run, drive, dive, climb, fly, fall, and

stop in amazement at the wonders of the LORD!

Deep places are like quiet sanctuaries

where leviathans shall praise you

where the blind fish wander

where the ships of man and man himself

sinks to in reverent submission

to the might of the Lord Almighty!

Everywhere is He!

How can my dust withstand?

How can I endure?

I shudder with unfettered glee

as I run with perseverance

straining to win, racing myself

faster and faster around the earth

I rejoice that I am perilously hurtling towards eternity

How can my sins keep up with me,

when they have been chained to the past?

Great is the LORD! Great is the LORD!

He is vibrant and brilliant

I am awash in his lovliness

I drown within his security

I gladly abandon my body

my heart, mind, and soul

for what need of them have I?

I am the match struck once

held up to the roaring sun; burning star

What darkness dare oppose us?

O Satan, how could you destroy this?

What can you do to me

but what is allowed by God

And then why should I complain?

If you reduce me like Job,

God has allowed it.

So GLORY TO GOD!

Great is the LORD!

His love endures forever!

Mountains, crash around me

Ocean, swallow me up

Sky, fall upon me

Earth, destroy me if you can!

I am the LORD’s beloved, betrothed

and He will always come to my rescue!

He is a mighty warrior – THE LORD is His name!

TREMBLE, all darkness, all foes,

He rises up to crush his enemies.

Oh, HOW HE DOES LOVE ME!

I am radiant because of him.

I had nothing but my sin to offer

and he claimed me anyways!

What ruthless love does drive him!

In tortured agony he bled to death

but what death could stop Love?

Sin destroyed, the bride is free,

snapped chains swing sadly

dear slaves, rejoice!
the bride is free.