Inspirational Poetry Corner

An Outreach From the Body to the Body from New Foundations Ministries

The Trip

by Kelly Elliott

I BEHELD A MAJESTIC MOUNTAIN
 I SAID ONE DAY I'D CLIMB
SO I PACKED MY BAGS WITH NEEDFUL THINGS,
 THAT I COULD NOT LEAVE BEHIND.

I GATHERED FRIENDS AND FAMILY
 AND SAID THAT WE MUST GO,
NEVER THINKING FOR A MOMENT
THAT MY LOVED ONES WOULD SAY NO.

OH THE BEAUTY OF THE MOUNTAIN,
 IT DREW ME ON MY WAY.
COME UP HIGHER, IT WOULD BECKON,
COME UP HIGHER EVERY DAY.

SO I SET OUT ON MY JOURNEY,
 ALL MY LOVE'S I LEFT BEHIND,
FOR A VISION OF THIS GLORY, 
IN THEIR HEARTS ONE DAY THEY'D FIND.

BUT THIS BAG THAT I DID COUNT ON,
 FILLED WITH KNOWLEDGE, STRENGTH AND PRIDE,
WOULD WITHHOLD ME FROM GOD'S SUMMIT, 
LEST MY HOPE IN IT SUBSIDE.

OH FOR YEARS I KEPT IT WITH ME,
 SURELY THEY WERE THINGS I'D NEED,
BUT I KNEW THIS UPWARD JOURNEY 
WITH THIS BAG WOULD NOT SUCCEED.

MANY DAYS I LOST MY FOOTING,
 WANDERING LONELY CROSS THE LAND,
BUT A FORCE BEYOND MY POWER,
 BECKONED ME WITH SOVERIGN HAND.

"OH GOD, HELP ME LOOSE THIS BURDEN, 
QUICKLY NOW, LEST SHOULD I DIE.
YOU ARE FAITHFUL WHO HATH PROMISED,
 RAISE ME UP TO LIVE ON HIGH."

Kelly Elliott 5-23-09



  

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