Within or without you?
Here I am:
Sitting in someone else's room
By myself -
A comfortable bedroom,
Walls covered in memories,
Photos of others;
I open up a conversation -
A chat with God;
I realise how odd the scene is -
It is not in classic raiment,
This is no typical church,
Not an obviously spiritual place,
But it is still home to God.
Joy hits me
And a stupid grin spreads across my face -
God is here,
God is everywhere -
Wherever I am,
So is he,
No matter how unlikely the place may be -
He is in my heart -
Within me,
But he is also
Without me.
There is no halting God
From entering a situation -
You can be blessed in any situation:
It is those times
When sin is rampant
And God blesses me in the middle of it all
That send me crashing to my knees -
In heart if not in body also;
It is also these times
That show God's presence
In all situations.
© R. A. W. S. Clarke
This one I wrote in a friend's room when they were showering - I opened up a conversation with God as I had some spare time and it felt somewhat odd. Thus I began these thoughtings, and thus came about this poem. And just for the record, I did grin stupidly.
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