Inspirational Poem

Hope, Gratitude, & Miracles

Jeremiah 29:11–14

Inspirational Quotes That Inspired My Poem

• NIV — Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you,” declares the LORD
• “And out of that hopeless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history”money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery”the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.” — C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
• “I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: “Go down again — I dwell among the people.” — John Henry Newman

Photo of a seagull gliding over the surf, NC OBX c. 2010
I applied filters to create a oil painting treatment in Adobe Photoshop, by the author

Jeremiah 29:11–14

I’ve been stretched out
Broken on the rack of life
Had the pieces picked up
And put together again
Only to be wrecked once more