Every Knee
Christmas Poem, 2017
Behold! The Creation!
So perfectly made to move
with us,
Bend for us,
Take us to amazing places
to prove for us…
Yet we find frustration,
gather in contemplation
To remove ourselves from
Good.
Once done, the joints ache in
the labor.
The walk is farther with no
end in sight,
Always a fight
And a longing for something
That just might…change us.
So we run, run with the
crowd, the masses,
Striving, winning and
losing, living and dying.
Our muscles tense up, yet
strong,
Full of opinions and
commentary…
Painful sad songs in what
wrongs.
Our head hangs lowered,
eyes scrolling.
Time finds a way to become
tangible
Marked now by scars, knee
bumps and bruises.
We’ve let the world’s
gravity keep us tethered
One disaster to the next.
What have we missed in all
the texts?
Hearts so vexed
A plan all along,
We remember in the Season.
A cup of hydration in our
weary run,
A sip of thirst-quenching
water on our walk.
Was He the Giver? Am I the
sinner? Can there be a winner?
The knee buckles.
We’ve carried our burdens
far too long.
Dry bones ache and slow us
down,
Temporary solutions, more
contusions, retributions.
We’ve walked with this
crutch, this open wound,
The world groans and longs
for a healing,
Something redeeming.
Fall to your knees
And He hears our pleas
From the world’s deadly
squeeze.
What does He give?
His Son for our soul’s very
core,
Oh, Come Let Us Adore!
Immanuel, God with Us
In our critical condition
He heals the infection,
bring us completion,
Transformation.
Heart replacement with
Love’s precision,
Your decision, His Hope for
our provision.
He disconnects, removes all
our mess, gives us His best.
Spiritual therapy is
guaranteed.
Peace begins with a bowed
head and bent knees.
Every knee will bow
In rebellion or submission,
in gratitude or omission
And every tongue will
confess, He came to bless.
Find Him today and walk in
His Light
Truth and grace came on
Christmas night.
Merry Christmas & a
Blessed New Year
Considerably yours,
Coleene VanTilburg
