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Lord, Save Me
From Your People!
Written by
Kerrie Graaf, Australia
The world is
watching us, and it is such a shame, that we treat each other like we do..
Where is the LOVE,
MERCY AND GRACE?
If we can't show
it to each other, how are we going to show it to the unsaved?
It grieves my
heart, that even though I am a Christian,
and I love God
with all my heart, still people have to judge, criticise and mock me
Until Christians
can learn to show, the same LOVE, GRACE, MERCY AND FORGIVENESS,
that JESUS showed
to us&ldots; how will we ever show the LOVE of CHRIST to the WORLD?
The day the
church falls on its face in
Humility and repentance
and STOPS pretending
Will be the day
we see GOD MOVE
GOD MOVES IN
THE POWER OF HIS LOVE
WHERE LOVE
IS&ldots;. GOD IS
FOR HE IS LOVE
I believe most
Christians don’t walk in LOVE
because they
don’t know what LOVE is
How can you give
what you have never received?
Maybe we need an
outpouring of GOD’ S LOVE
and then maybe, we
will offer to others
what we have been
given ourselves.
The hypocrisy
makes me sick&ldots;.. and I will admit
I am a hypocrite too
Because of the
fear, I will be judged and condemned
More than I
already have, by people in the church
I have been silent
for along time, I have not written
a poem like this
for a while
but&ldots; like a
volcano&ldots; it has been brewing
and in this poem..
the volcano erupts
I am sure I will
get a bite from this poem
I don’t
care.. I really don’t!
But I know there
will be many that feel the same
I am just ONE
voice, saying what MANY
want to say
So, don’t
shoot the messenger, okay!
I know what it is
like to walk in the shoes of the many
and that is why I
can write the way I do
I am not afraid,
to say it how it is
and not live in
denial&ldots; but face the
real TRUTH!
You may perceive
anger from this poem
Yes I am angry,
because if we cant LOVE each other
how will we LOVE
the UNLOVABLE?
The LOVE of many
has waxed cold
Even LOVE in the church
the only way the
WORLD will KNOW that we are HIS disciples is
IF we have LOVE
for one another.
FAR OUT!&ldots;.
Get it together church!
we have a world to save!
PLEASE let us
offer each other, LOVE
MERCY and
GRACE&ldots; then the world will see
THERE IS SOMETHING
AND SOMEONE
DIFFERENT IN YOU
AND ME!
Start with the
ones IN the church.. LOVE them
Before you even
begin to bring more people IN
that will want to KNOW
WHAT REAL LOVE IS
How many times do
I have to write this!
Don’t judge
where someone is at if
you don’t
understand where they have been
To truly
UNDERSTAND where someone is at
STAND next to them
and carry the
same burden they
are UNDER
Don’t tell a
depressed Christian to get the joy of the Lord!
Don’t tell a
Christian, that suffering a disease
they will be
healed if they knew how to enter into in the presence of God
Don’t! Just
don’t! STOP IT!
Weep with those
who are weeping and rejoice with those who are rejoicing
BECOME what they
are; go to where they are at
so that you may
show them the same COMFORT
God has given you
STOP being the
SALT that is rubbed into the WOUND
We are called to
be the SALT of the earth to bring flavour to the bitterness of this
sorrowful world
But we were never
asked to be the SALT that stings!
I want a reaction
from this poem&ldots; I don’t care what reaction I get. I am at
the end..
and IF there
weren’t SOME that have shown me the love of JESUS&ldots; I
don’t even want to KNOW where I would be now.
DONT JUDGE ME AT
WHERE I AM AT
READ my STORY, and UNDERSTAND
WHERE I HAVE BEEN.
I will be ONE that
will take the hand of the rejected, the misunderstood, and the
abused&ldots; WHY.. because I know where they have been.. and I
KNOW.. GOD can lead them to where I am now..
MAN HAS FAILED
ME.. But GOD has remained FAITHFUL. Even as I write this&ldots; I
know HE is with me
and I KNOW that I
KNOW.. what I BELIEVE is TRUE
even though many
have misrepresented God to me
I KNOW HIM&ldots;.
Even if every human being turned from HIM, I would still believe.
MAN will never
destroy my faith, because what God has planted in me.. no man, no
demon or devil could ever take away!
It is not until
you have held on to God
with nothing
but your fingertips, do you know
HE is strong
enough and faithful enough
to NEVER let
you go!
Lord, Save me
from Your People
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Where is the Love?
Do they even care
what is going on with me?
I am tried of
their judgement,
their insult, and hypocrisy
Lord, save me from
your people
I am drowning
under the shadow
of the church's steeple
I have been
punished for being real
I have not been
afraid to reveal how it really is
And express how I
really feel
I am sorry, Lord,
but I would be more
accepted in the
local pub
They do not accept
me, or offer grace
And I have had enough
They say, “ I
am backsliding into a dark eternity"
They have even asked
If Jesus is still
residing in me
They have
humiliated me, because of
the weakness of my past
They have even
questioned, if God does truly
Speak to my heart
Lord save me from
your people
Am I amongst sheep?
Because I feel
like I have been eaten alive by wolves
Constantly judged,
mocked and criticised, because
I just don’t
measure up
OK, sure, I stood
there on Sunday without my hands raised
But did they see
the tears falling from my face?
There is no wonder
people are not real
When they stand
under the shadow of a steeple
There is no other
place I have ever been so hurt
Than in the aisles
of a church
I have trusted in
Godly men
And they only let
me down again
Is there anyone
out there that can show me
The Love of Christ
And be an encouragement,
And comfort to my life?
Do my tears show struggle
When I bow my
knee, do they wonder
What I have to
repent of now?
Are they tired of
seeing one that wants so much
More of God, and
longs to receive it somehow?
If they knew
what has been said to me in the past few weeks
And what I have
had to endure all my life
Anyone would
wonder why,
I haven’t
changed my religion by now
Because I have not
seen CHRIST in many Christians
The only reason I
hang on to what I believe is because
Of what I have
personally experienced from God
I hang on to what
I believe, even though
My own brothers
and sisters make me
wonder if I am
truly saved
I hang on, because
only God knows.
I wouldn’t
even be alive
If it wasn’t
for Hs grace
There are so many
that have
Walked away from
the church
Why would you go
to a place, where you will only receive
More wounds and hurts?
I will dare to
write what so many feel
I will dare to
tell it how it is, and be real
Why? Because I
have nothing to lose anymore
Countless times, I
have been the one, that
Doesn’t know
why I bother,
Even walking
through the church doors
I have been going
through a deep and dark valley
And there have not
been many, that want to walk with me
There have not
been many that want to hold my hand
And stay beside
me, even if, they didn’t understand
Does anybody, who
is reading this poem
Know what it is
like to feel so alone?
Does anybody feel
like a square peg
In a round hole?
Is there anybody
out there, who has cried so hard
That your could
actually feel the physical pain
In your heart and soul
I am tired of
going to church
Having to mask my
wounds and hurts
Out of fear of
judgement, and smart comments
Making you feel
even worse, than you did
When you walked in
I am tired, of
pretending, and the false reality
That we have
somehow felt some move of the spirit
Rubbish! Is there
anyone that ever encountered
Jesus, that left
his presence the same?
Well why do I
leave church, unchanged?
Why is there no healing?
Why is there no
impact to my soul?
Why is it I leave
there more broken,
And am not made whole?
Why do I leave
there more wounded
And not healed?
Why is it that I
have to pretend, or else
I will have
judgment hurled at me
IF ANYONE IS
WITHOUT SIN
CAST THE FIRST STONE
IF ANYONE
IDENTIFIES WITH ME
PLEASE REPLY TO
THIS POEM
Cos, right now, I
feel so alone
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