Faith

Faith

Fuel unseen

known intimately like blood,

gusts not burning

but saving…

tears flurry within them

never extinguishing them,

one overwhelming surge:

love–

when not divided or hoarded,

another word for “faith”.

Jesus 

My pursuer through the pain and

anger that nailed You back on that

wood; 

my resurrection from

self-imposed deaths; 

my deep-sighed confession that

You are my Lord and Savior; 

my freshwater sea

cradling the renewal of my baptism;

my confirmation that I

and my life have always

been Yours. 

The sin

Born and trapped in my mind,

leaking to only one gesture,

fulfilled,

a stinging prophecy

run down my face

in gentle rivulets…

it is finally lost

from that river and prostration

as pain held by Love

finishes teaching

and ready when You say,

I return to You,

enfolded and saved.

Jordan River Crossing

Before our people, Yehoshua,

You part the Jordan in which

You would be baptized: 

the water a wall but no wall

between footsteps on the

riverbed carrying the Ark–

Your Commandments of

love– and You, Adonai,

Yeshua… 

no wall between my

inheritance and faith,

Your miracle and

promise.

About the Author: In October 2022 Rebecca wrote in Italian and published her first book, Tre raccolte poetiche (Midgard Editrice). It was born in Perugia, Italia, where she lived on and off for almost one year. Since September 2023 she has lived in Sakartvelo (the country of Georgia), where she came to and has been transformed by Christ. She has two works in progress: Journey on my knees, another free-form book; and Oneness of Love, poetic wisdom in the feel of Kahlil Gibran. Additionally, she wrote the Christian song "I Know" along with her Testimony, which is in Heart of Flesh. Individual poems are in Cosmic Daffodil Journal, Trampoline: A Journal of Poetry, and Everscribe (with an interview forthcoming 1 June). She also has four poems forthcoming in Spirit Fire Review. Rebecca is Founder and Editor of Outside the Box Poetry (OtB).

Image: Unsplash, downloaded (https://unsplash.com/photos/foot-prints-on-beach-sand-iRyGmA_no2Q) 20. 3. 2025.

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