Make Way for Baby!
A Collection of Judeo-Christian Poetry
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Make Way for Baby!
*Isaiah 40:3 NIV, John 1:23 ESV
He’s been waiting patiently
for many months so long.
He’s been nesting nice and cozy
in His womb and growing strong.
And now He has decided
to come tearing out--
through cramping muscles,
burning flesh,
and spines that splinter into!
He’ll leave us shaking, trembling
‘fore His glorious task is through!
But I wonder if He’ll be upset…
or angry at a few
of His well-intentioned relatives
for whom
He’s overdue.
For some haven’t been prepared
to make an offering,
to welcome Him into this world
for all His suffering.
Some haven’t been excited
about His soon arrival…
instead we’ve wondered if
He’ll inconvenience our survival.
“Will this Baby hurt us…?
Will He demand too much…?
Time and money spent
toward all His needs and such…?”
“Will Baby make us miserable
living on the
straight and narrow…?”
Well, misery does love company
with every fallen sparrow--
into crime and rape and vicious lies
that lead us to the hearse.
I think it’s safe to say,
with Him,
we’ve done worse.
I bet we’ll be relieved
to see what joy
Baby brings…
see Him forgive
our sins,
our stains,
and all our shortcomings.
We’ll see Him comfort and love us
despite the way we are… *Romans 5:8 NIV if we repent
He’ll wipe our eyes *Revelation 21:4 NKJV
from wrongs made near and far. And now at last – He’s coming!
I feel my sides seize up!
But for all my crippling pain
I cannot drink from this, His cup. *Matthew 26:39 ESV
Can’t others feel this pressure
in all surrounding areas?
Surely, I’m not the only
sainted mother* *Galatians 4:19 NLT
in hysteria.
So soon, sweet rapture,
we’ll see His face--
all else will melt behind Him.
All fear and doubt and agonies,
His touch
will bless and bind them.
This Baby offers love, *John 3:16 NKJV
it’s what He comes to share…
along with peace eternally-- *John 14:27 NASB
if our own cross, we bear. *Matthew 16:24 ESV
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The voice of one calling in the wilderness once proclaimed, “Make straight the way for the LORD.” (John 1:23 NIV) And this Messiah would later explain, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3 ESV) Thus, the changing of a nation – the changing of this whole lost and broken world – begins with one spiritual rebirth at a time. This collection of poetry and prose is written to reflect this life-transforming glory of God. The works within will, at times, bring readers through valleys of death, doubt, and despair. But ultimately, these same works will lead them to the mountaintop of blessed assurance we can only find in the risen Savior. So...“Make Way for Baby!” In short, make way...for the reception of our LORD.
About the Author
Broken – by the age of 14 I was tormented by a mental illness that had left me institutionalized. Deprived of my home, family, and friends...I was laid bare before the LORD with nothing, not even my own sanity. Gripped, like a woman in the powerful throes of labor, I felt my own pain along with the sorrows of the whole world that would mount within me. But in these moments of weakness, Christ interceded through wordless groans on my behalf to the Almighty. Now married with children and living a wonderfully fulfilled and joyful life in the simple little town of Nederland, TX...I continue to write poetry and prose in honor of my only source of strength, the unyielding truth – yet amazing grace – of Jesus Christ.