The Conversation: When Faith Becomes Poetry in Motion
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Have you ever found it difficult to put your faith into words? Have you ever been inspired by a message from church or a scripture you've heard or read, but you just didn't know how to put your reaction into words? If your answer is yes, then welcome to my world! I've found myself in these positions a number of times. So what do I fall upon when Im in this position? Poetry. And many of those results are in this book.
The Conversation is meant to be inspiring, as it was inspired by the Holy Spirit, its entertaining, and it is evenat timeshumorous. So go ahead, check it out. I pray you will be provoked to examine your walk with God and strengthen your relationship with the Savior. God bless and be blessed.
Les Williamson
Les Williamson is a retired factory worker and serves as deacon at Abundant Life Christian Church in New Albany, Indiana. He is from Jeffersonville, Indiana, so he grew up and still lives in southern Indiana. He served as a volunteer firefighter in his community for fifteen years.
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The Conversation - Les Williamson
The Conversation: When Faith
Becomes Poetry in Motion
When the day comes that a person totally submits his or her life to Christ, many things happen. I now know he desired to be my Savior even before he went to the cross for me. Going to the cross and rising from the tomb on the third day was the culmination of his Father’s plan. Yes, his Father, the one who created all things, which makes him our heavenly Father also. Of course, we call him God. And he had a plan and a reason for creating man.
For many years I thought that his reason was complex and that I might never really understand. However, a life submitted to Christ also means his spirit now lives in my heart. And it is through this Holy Spirit that my eyes were opened to the truth. The first and most important truth is that the reason he created mankind, simply, was for fellowship. Yes, our creator desires fellowship with us—not just some of us, not just special ones, but everyone. But he leaves it up to us to choose whether or not we wish to have fellowship with him. And he sent his only Son not just to die for our sins but to bridge the gap between himself and us. How do we get to God? We get to him through his Son, Jesus Christ. Does it have to be more complicated than that? No, it does not have to be, and it isn’t.
I was raised in a Christian home. We went to church every Sunday. I believed in God and in Jesus. When I got old enough to make my own decision, I quit attending church altogether, except, of course, on special holidays when my mother was able to get me to go with her. I was misguided; I believed that believing in God was enough. Well, it’s a good place to start, but there is more than just believing. I did not live to serve, and I did not seek God or his Son, for that matter. I lived by the false impression that while yes, God exists, I was on my own to do right and be the best I could be, and that this effort was good enough no matter how far short I fell. But as all who try to live in this manner find out, it does not work out well. Christ longs to be our guide, but as long as we feel we can manage on our own we actually shut him out of our lives. I learned this the hard way.
It was September of 2009 that it all came to a head for me. Being upset and angry with God because my life had not been going as I had planned, I finally decided to actually talk to him. Lo and behold, that is when Jesus came into my life—or should I say, when I finally realized it was important to let him into my life. Once I did, and I allowed him to walk side-by-side with me throughout my life, it became clear just how much I needed him. And with a life finally submitted totally to Christ I found that many doors swung wide open in front of me.
I have always had a passion for writing, especially poetry. But once I started using this