"I like the moments I’m mostly sure I felt Jesus. They are rare but I love thinking about how somehow, someway, I knew he was there."
Sam, you might be interested in a poem I wrote trying to get at the somehow and someway. I'll post the link below. I wrote it during some depression early on this year, and it's also inspired by a friend's opinion (and a correct one, I think) that God personally relates to each of us uniquely, similar to how an earthly father would interact differently with each of his own children (same love, but distinct expressions of it).
I did the best that I could to put it into words, but it's one of those things that almost defies definition at all, which the last stanza laments(?).
Timothy, that's a lovely poem. I'm really drawn to the first two stanzas. Also going out on a limb but I'm getting some George Herbert vibes. Forgive that very uninformed opinion as I've only read a few of Herbert's poems.
"I like the moments I’m mostly sure I felt Jesus. They are rare but I love thinking about how somehow, someway, I knew he was there."
Sam, you might be interested in a poem I wrote trying to get at the somehow and someway. I'll post the link below. I wrote it during some depression early on this year, and it's also inspired by a friend's opinion (and a correct one, I think) that God personally relates to each of us uniquely, similar to how an earthly father would interact differently with each of his own children (same love, but distinct expressions of it).
I did the best that I could to put it into words, but it's one of those things that almost defies definition at all, which the last stanza laments(?).
https://www.soundingoutthewonder.com/post/that-they-might-lovely-be
Timothy, that's a lovely poem. I'm really drawn to the first two stanzas. Also going out on a limb but I'm getting some George Herbert vibes. Forgive that very uninformed opinion as I've only read a few of Herbert's poems.
George Herbert's poetry left an indelible impression on me when I first encountered it in 2018, and John Piper's biographical introduction to him is what got me started writing poetry in the first place. https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/saying-beautifully-as-a-way-of-seeing-beauty-the-life-of-george-herbert-and-his-poetic-effort