The Persecuted Bride

        (A tribute)

Walking day and night

Hidden from human eyes

Eyes of hate and despair

Against God, against her faith

She lives holding unto

The strength of Him whose

Strength is all sufficient to

Carry on her journey heaven bound


History untold holds

The windows closed

For the world not to see

Her suffering beyond human mind

Buried and burned alive

Forsaken and raped 

For the cause

Many dare not to die!


Expression

Love, I saw your appearance

You were so disfigured

In an expression so deep

Beyond comprehension

Of a human mind


Love, you touched me

Penetrating my inmost being

I noticed your suffering

And not knowing what to say

I cried my God!


The crown of thorns piercing

Through your head

Causing your blood to flow

Your eyes speaking to me

In an expression so deep


Embracing me, I heard you

Say, Father forgive her

In an expression so deep

I bowed down, touching your feet

Wanting to understand such love


The Man from Gennesaret

His name, I don’t know

But this thing I know

That for a long time

He was in bondage

To demons, I mean

Naked and destitute

From society and family

He lived in tombs


Fear ran over the town

His life a scary thought

To those all around

Until one day Someone

Greater than the demons

Within him came and

Touched his life

With love and freed him