Cell Poem

This is a poem we made in our cell - each person putting together a few lines based around a word taken from an alphabetical list of names for God. This is the (alphabetised!) result.

I really enjoyed the result and was impressed by how creative a group we are :)


Forgiver of debts;
Everything we owe
You paid yourself.

Glorious God, do we see you in your full glory?
If we saw your glory could we stand?
How overwhelming, Lord, that we can, like Moses, see you in your glory
and live.

Your awesome Holiness is so beautiful,
Revealing your pureness; showing your love
In the greatest way possible.
You are Holy; you are like no other.

Immanuel
God with us.
God: huge, universe-creating, nation-toppling, miracle-causing God
with us
In our weakness
In our pain, our brokenness
In our joys & in our sorrows
In our humanity.
Now alive within us,
Bringing life to dead bodies,
Light to dark recesses.
Immanuel.

Teacher: patiently explaining,
Gently upbraiding;
Sharing understanding,
Righteously demanding.

Unchanging One
You are still the mighty God
That spoke the world into being.
Forever you will be powerful.
You are still the merciful God
that sent his Son to die for us .
Forever we are yours.

Lord, you are the
Unchanging one.
From everlasting to
everlasting you are God. Unshakable,
dependable, always faithful.
Circumstances change, but you
remain the same.