Friday, July 2, 2010

Chains

















This is a poem by my seventeen year old daughter Kelsey Anne that I want to share with you.
 Hope you enjoy!



Are you mortally gripped with sin


And the terror of this life?


No strong grasp of what you see;


Full with repulsion and deep strife?






The rest, given you freely


Has been quickly pushed away.


You rush to sin and evil,


When you should simply kneel and pray.






Such a wicked heart beheld


The dark lusting you stepped in;


Glad the flesh chose errant ways-


And strong, depressing chains of sin.






Now, look deeply in your heart;


This path- rashly you desire.


Gripped by the claws of malice-


Your path- a morbid death through fire.






Oh, the burden you must hold


Without any hope or care.


May you see-with endless joy


The love Adonai want’s to share?






Then you’d quickly shy away


From the evil clutch you see-


To the world- you could proclaim


“Now through Jehovah, I’m set free!“.






I see, instead, that you chose


A heart simply full of greed.


The flesh, I glimpse, has triumphed-


You have divided want from need.






Full with guile- the corrupt man


Will be constrained as he’ll fall,


For his strong hold on conceit-


When he should trust the Lord of all.






When life conveys some desire


To go enter in “small sin”,


Now know, Christ goes on before-


The feared takeover- He shall win.

Kelsey Hoppman





































Here are some photo's by Kelsey as well, just for your enjoyment.
(The above photo's are Kelsey's as well.)







































































Hope you have a really great week!
Jesus is LORD!
~Lydia

4 comments:

  1. wow kelsey, that's pretty deep and heavy for a young woman your age. Very well done though!
    Loved the pics too:)

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  2. Kels- I hope you are putting all your poems and pictures in a book format, so one day you can have it printed!
    I love the picture of the reflection in the puddle and the window and the rain! These should be on YOUR blog!!

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  3. Goodness, Lydia, Kelsey's poetry and pictures are beautiful! What a joy to you, as her momma, to see her gifts unfolding!
    Blessings to you, friend~
    Kathy

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  4. I agree all! Thank you for all of your thoughtful comments! Yes, I am pretty happy with Kelsey's God-given talents that are emerging full force! Praise to our God from whom ALL blessings flow!!:):)

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