On Saturday my friend Alaric and I ran a poetry evening in church, which we called a Poetic Perspective on Faith. I shared a short presentation about biblical poetry (based on a talk by The Bible Project); we shared poems we had either written or enjoyed, and wrote a group poem about summer with each table writing a couplet. It was a wonderful evening.
Here is the piece I shared:
What does renewal mean when you are seriously ill? This is a question I attempted to answer based on my experience of being very ill in March, and to enter the Association of Christian Writer’s spring competition.
Isaiah 40 verses 29 to 31 says:
He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
This talks of the difference that hope in God makes; and I wanted to explore this in poetic form from my experience of getting close to my end, but it not being quite my time yet. Getting better took me 6 weeks, but it felt longer.
What renews you?
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