Will You Trust Me?

Sometimes life makes me want to shout

Everything becomes clouded in a fog of doubt

I cry out and say I want out

And turn and ask God what’s all this about

“Am I wrong?” he would demand

“To put you in such a place?

Can you question me?

Who created all in the first place?”

I know I cannot answer

Job said the same long ago

Yet looking all around me

I wonder why this is so

Then a quiet voice

In a gentler tone

Asks “Do you trust me?”

“Is it you can’t or you won’t?”

I looked up but can’t reply

I am afraid of what I’ll say

But I needn’t have answered

He continued anyway

“I am the Alpha and the Omega

The beginning and the end

All things were created through me

And you are in my hands”

“The Sun rises at my bidding

But it is you that I love

So don’t be afraid in the darkness

Be secure in my love”

“I try!” I cry

“But it is harder than you say

The road stretches out before me

And I do not know the way”

Then there was a silence

An awful long one still

And he suddenly spoke

As my spirit began to wilt

“The question is my child” he said

“What will you be?

Continue to be tortured by yourself

Or will you trust me?”

Copyright © 2012 by Kwek Yi Zhen

Originally from: http://poemsforocassions.blogspot.com/2012/09/will-you-trust-me.html

First Christmas Day and Night

Many years ago on this night

Over Bethlehem a star shone bright

And God came to earth as man

To save us from death’s eternal hand

Many years ago on this day

Three men who had travelled a long way

Came with gifts for the king

And that night did angels sing

When the choir from heaven sang

Shepherds left their flocks with thanks

To see the saviour for themselves

And realise heaven’s intangible wealth

So many years ago on this day and night

The earth received a bright new light

And the hope of salvation was born that day

As the baby who in the manger lay

Happy Birthday Immanuel

God with us

Copyright © 2011 by Kwek Yi Zhen

Originally from: http://poemsforocassions.blogspot.com/2011/12/first-christmas-day-and-night.html

Christmas Time

A time to remember the gifts of the year

Of the sunlit presents in our earthly sphere

A time to remember what we’ve received

The gentle smiles like angel wings

A time to spend with those we hold dear

With friends and family all in good cheer

A time to laugh over things of the past

And ensure our bonds will always last

A time to celebrate our saviour’s birth

And remember why he came to earth

A time to keep him in our hearts

And forgive others for their deeds in the past

A time to rejoice and to celebrate

The giving and receiving we’ve had of late

And to spread around the Christmas cheer

Merry Christmas everyone and a Happy New Year!

Copyright © 2011 by Kwek Yi Zhen

Originally from: http://poemsforocassions.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-time.html