Poems About Faith & Love

Box Heart

Beijing 2015

The writer wants to let Jesus be in all parts of her life instead of boxing him in compartments.

 

Broken Houses

*See "Poems About Rebirth

 

Insufficient

Markham 2013

This poem talks about humankind's striving for self-worth through different atrocities, in which they hurt and kill to make themselves feel bigger. The writer wants everyone to know that they are of great value to God, who loves them even when they feel like they're not good enough.

 

Magnum Opus

Beijing 2015

The writers describes God's intention to love humans when he created them even though they chose to use their free will to hurt themselves and end their relationhip with God. It tells of how God was willing to sacrifice himself (as Jesus Christ) in order to bring life back to humans because His love will never give up.

 

Swords into Ploughshares

St. Louis 2012

This is a poem that alludes to Isaiah 2:4 in the Bible, where there is no more war on Earth and people live in peace so that they render weapons into agricultural tools.

 

The Purchase

Markham 2013

In an allegory for Christ's sacrifice for humankind on the cross, this poem tells a story where the Merchant represents the Devil while the Customer represents Jesus.

 

This Side of Glory

Beijing 2015

Inspired by an old gentleman who said to her, "See you in eternity if we don't meet again on this side of glory," the author laments how life on Earth is full of suffering.

 

Zacchaeus and the Tree

Markham 2013

In this poem, the writer connects her own feelings of guilt and shame to the story of Zacchaeus in the Bible, and wonders what it would be like to interact as he had with Jesus.