[Eitan]

I wrote this pretty long poem today while praying, and I felt like God is speaking through me (please don’t get me wrong,  by no means claim my poem to be holy!). The original Hebrew poem was of course much better than the translation, with meter and rhyme. Anyway, I do think that God wants me to share it with others. If I encouraged even one of you, I’ve done my job 🙂

 

A prayer poem – Please

 

Be for me a source of peace and calm

Oh my supreme father, a God full of mercy

Oh my supreme father, you are a pure love,

Be inside me a spring of living waters

 

Father, please help me to thank all the time

So I would never complain for anything

And I will be happy, always, because complaining is a sin

Just help me to thank for everything there is

 

That happiness will fill me every day, please

And my joy will come only from you, God

Not from meaningless smoke, from the lies of Hell

But only from prayer, salvation and life

 

Father, give me the strength to be faithful

To be close to you like a belt to your waists

Father, give humility to my stubborn heart

To repent and confess my sins

 

The power to throw everything in my life

That does not glorify your name and holiness

Please give it to me lord, my Messiah, my God

So I will always dwell with you

 

Give me faith to remember in nights and days

That all those who respect and obey you have promises

That you’ll never, never abandon me

And that I’ll not lack blessings from your hands

 

Father, open my heart, that is deceitful above all things,

To absorb and accept your holy will

Please give me the strength to make for you the way

To be a slave to you, please be my head

 

And I surely know that a trouble will be

And in a day of temptation, please give me the courage

To obey you in any persecution that might come, please,

And to remember that you are sovereign

 

Please protect me from being like the Satan

That fell from the Heavens due to his pride

And remind me that in grace you came to me

And purify my heart and fill it with humility

 

Father, give me the patience to wait for you

Not to run and jump without your approval and blessing

To deeply absorb your holy will

And to obey you whatever comes, please

 

Father, give me the strength to give you

My life as a pure burnt offering

With my body, with my tongue, when I speak

To dedicate all my heart and strength only to you

 

To do for your name my acts and deeds

To make my paths straight according to the wisdom

Because the beginning of wisdom is the respect of the LORD

My deeds will be like an offering of frankincense to you

You don't need to see the wind itself in order to hear the rustling leaves.

[Dakota]

@eitan I’m so glad I found this.  Thank you so much for posting this. 🙂

 

Psalm 119:11
Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.

[Eitan]

@dakota

I’m so glad God used my words to encourage you! 😀

You don't need to see the wind itself in order to hear the rustling leaves.

[Livi Ryddle]

@eitan

A very good poem! Even if I can’t translate it back to Hebrew and enjoy its meter/rhyme then, I love it with this more of a free-verse feel 😀

“Enough! Be quiet! I can’t hear myself think! I can’t hear my teeth chatter!"

[Eitan]

@anne_the_noob14

Thank you! 😀

You don't need to see the wind itself in order to hear the rustling leaves.

[Emberynus The Dragonslayer]

@eitan

Beautiful!!! I love it. This makes me wish even more that I could read Hebrew.

This is such a beautiful and meaningful piece. Thank you for posting it. It’s something we could all pray in our daily lives.

 

Sold souls and dead promises

[Eitan]

Thank you so much!! I’m so glad God used it to encourage and help you 😀

You don't need to see the wind itself in order to hear the rustling leaves.

[Evelyn]

@eitan How beautiful. I only wish I could do it the justice of being about to read and comprehend it in it’s original language. 🙂

[Eitan]

Thank you so much!!

You don't need to see the wind itself in order to hear the rustling leaves.

[Eitan]

@kimlikesart

You asked me how am I doing. The general answer – I’m excellent! The detailed – well, yesterday I wrote this poem, after I’d had some hard hours, and in the end, God taught me a very important lesson.

By the way, your care and love are really touching. You showed me how Christians should care for their brethren. Thank you so much!

@arindown

I remember one of the advises you gave me – that the silence of God doesn’t mean that he doesn’t hear me – and that you were praying for me. Well, yesterday God answered your prayers.

I also want you two to know that I were praying for you every day from the time you helped me. I didn’t know really what do you need, but I prayed that God will help you to become like him, walk in the example he showed to us all, and continue in your amazing love and care for the brethren. I were also daily praying for those who I know are writing a book right now – @daeus-lamb , @claire-h , @katja-r and @beth-20 . If I already say, I’ll say everything 😀

 

I wrote this poem in Hebrew, of course, and in the original it had meter and rhyme. Of course I lost it in the translation, and my English isn’t good enough to write artistically good poems anyway, but if I’ll encourage even one of you to trust Him even when you feel in the dumps and don’t think your prayer has any meaning, then I’ve done my job. I will be also very happy for grammatical and lexical corrections!

All the Biblical references are taken from the ESV.

And I know – I’m terrible in choosing names for my poems.

 

The trial of the heart-clouds

 

When I was painful and isolated from you,

When I felt forsaken, depressed and far,

And my weary heart heavily limped,

Trying to drag itself to a prayer,

When all happiness left my soul,

And I was abandoned by the love I had had at first –

You said to me gently, your Holy spirit whispered to me:

”Eitan, go on a walk around the neighborhood”.

 

And you slowly untied the tongue of my heart,

And cleaned me from the filth of my guilt.

I was trying in essence to pray,

But my heart still was confused and sad.

Then you said to me: ”Eitan, my beloved child,

Open your ears, listen to me,

For my words will restore the calm to your heart,

And give you peace – if you will listen to me.

 

I gave you this temptation, my little son,

So you will learn how to stand against the Satan.

And so, you will be a tree that yields its fruit in its season,

And that its obedience does not rely on the wavering heart.

You know from your past experience

That I had always seen, heard and answered you.

Your eye will not always see it immediately,

But truly, you shall not want, for I am your shepherd!

 

And God, the righteous, YHWH, the holy,

Gave peace and calm to my soul.

Even when clouds will invade my heart,

I will lift up my head, I will sing in prayer.

YHWH my shepherd will answer my prayer,

Even though I will not necessarily feel and see it.

He will give me the strength to willingly obey,

And to always trust in his sovereign power.

You don't need to see the wind itself in order to hear the rustling leaves.

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