Chris Gribble

Be yourself - Everyone else is taken (Oscar Wilde)

Another version of Psalm 62

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I lay awake waiting for rest to come,
The longest night that seemed to have no end,
The restless seeking ended in God’s safe hands,
I saw the glimmer of dawn’s first light.

My brokenness was seen as an opportunity,
Every advantage taken in destructive pleasure.
Surrounded by hatred’s vile curses,
My life flashed before my eyes,
The end was very close,
Life counted for nothing,
A brief flicker,
Then gone.

When everything is taken,
Even the joy of each breath,
A new truth is desired,
To bring life to my thirsty soul,

Then the final judgement is done,
No excuses, just God and I,
My safe home is found,
Eternity is lived in truth’s light,
Forever celebrating salvation’s promise.

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In the Psalms I have discovered firsthand some of the rawness and pain experienced by the Psalmist. This ebook is the first 40 Psalms that I have put in my own words. They are a reflection of what was written by the original writer and then brought to our world today. They reflect many of the themes that are common to discouraged, depressed, anxious, fearful people. At times some or all of these things have been true for me. I have used some of these experience and cried out with the Psalmist in my writing.

One definition of found poetry is, “it’s the literary version of a collage”. In finding these Psalms I have gathered together my emotions, feelings and pain and sought to “find” my understanding of what David was saying. It’s the worst possible translation methodology but it’s been a great personal re-discovery of God.

The 40 day journey is a chance to take some time out and listen to God’s voice. God’s praise will last for eternity, we have the great privilege to begin that praise now.

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