For my last Thankful Thursday of 2011, I thought I’d write a poem about how thankful I am for the opportunity to blog and the technology that makes it possible. I am also thankful for my fellow bloggers, this wonderful community that I have become a part of over the past two years.
[Note: Imagine my surprise when I went to dVerse Poets Pub during lunch today to find a wonderful article by Gay Cannon about couplets in poetry! So I linked this one. 🙂 ]
Blogging
Words once rambled in my head,
cluttering my mind like rising bread
I might dump them on a journal page,
where they’d grow dusty and dim with age
Lonely, they were, with no one to read,
no one to ponder the thoughts I’d freed
Enter the Internet and WordPress blog platform,
allowing my writing to fly, be transformed
Sharing my faith in Jesus and His grace,
what a blessing it is to seek His sweet face
Telling the world the truths I had learned,
the mercy God offers, wholly unearned
Still only words on a page it might seem,
until there were readers, fulfilling a dream
Now I was sharing my ideas, each thought,
considered by one a search engine brought
Then there were comments posted in reply,
a dialogue started between readers and I
Soon my new friends, all heaven-sent,
offered truth, faith, and encouragement
Brothers and sisters in Christ, worldwide,
friends in whom my fears I can confide
New readers, future friends, daily connected
as the circle of believers grows as expected
The Holy Spirit drawing us closer each day,
using the Internet in a most awesome way
Strengthening His church as together we meet,
praising in cyberspace, His plan is complete
Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:25 (NIV).