Erling Thu

Category: Poems

  • Longing for God

    To be somebody is longing for God

    -above everything else

    Longing for God is not longing for an experience

    It is longing for a true relationship

    It is not about having some knowledge of God

    But it is about knowing him

    -as a person

    -as a friend

    -as a confidant

    -as a companion

    Not to become high on him

    But to be conformed to his image

    Not to learn more, to increase knowledge

    But to love him more

    I am somebody when I realise

    -I am created to be a God-lover

    I am somebody when the very purpose of my life

    -is to love God

    I am somebody when I am longing for God

    -only because of love

  • Life long learning

    To be somebody is to learn as long as one live

    -receiving new insight every moment

    -gaining deeper appreciation

    -going awake through life

    -enjoying the present

    -loving the people coming our way

    To be somebody is actively taking part

    -in life long learning

    -in life long personal growth

    -in life long corporate development

    To be somebody is paying the prize

    Of learning by personal change

    -of attitude and actions

    -of habits and motivation

  • Docta ignorantia

    I am somebody because I understand

    -how ignorant I really am

    If I say I know the truth

    -I only deceive myself and expose

    -my own ignorance and pride

    The more I know Him who is the Truth

    -the more I realise how little I know

    The better I know the truth

    -the more I seek to know Him

    The truth is always greater

    -greater than all my images

    -greater than my understanding

    -greater than my faith

    -greater than my knowledge

    -greater than my experience

    -greater than my explanation

    -greater than my insight

    -greater than my thoughts and mind

    -greater than my heart

    He who is the Truth is always greater!

    Still this is my testimony:

    I know Him and I love Him!

  • My life

    Blessed be the Lord!

    He is the music of my life

    He is the song of my life

    He is the melody of my life

    He is the lyric of my life

    He is the text of my life

    He is the poem of my life

    He is the word of my life

    He is my life

    I am somebody in Him

  • Being a poem

    I am somebody because I am a poem

    Everyday I can enter into human lives

    -at the workplace and in the neighbourhood

    With grace from God to bless

    I can come as a poem

    A poem that is touching the inner longings

    -conjuring up dreaming melodies of the heart

    -painting colourful images of the soul

    A poem that is putting words on the sprouting faith

    -calling forth cries for salvation

    -giving birth to prayer for forgiveness

    I am a poem written by God

    I am a work of God

    I am a masterpiece of God

    I am God’s own masterpiece of art

    I am somebody

  • I am born again

    I am somebody because I am born again

    I have been born twice

    I have been born through my parents and by the Spirit

    Humans can only reproduce human life

    That which is human falls short of God’s glorious standard

    That which is born of the Spirit is spirit

    Only those born from above can enter the Kingdom of God

    I am born again by the Holy Spirit

    I am born into the family of God

    I am a child of God, the Eternal Father

    I belong to the Kingdom of God

    I am a Kingdom person

    I am a Spirit person

    The invisible Spirit moves me

    -through new life from heaven

    I am somebody when I am moved by the Spirit

  • Seeing people

    To be somebody is to see people

    For what they are and love them

    To see people is to care

    It is taking interest in persons you never met before

    When you see people you give them time and attention

    Seeing people is to see the visible needs

    and to do what you can to meet the invisible needs

    Seeing people is to touch them with your hands,

    as you silently pray for God's blessing upon them

    Even though others will say that they only need a doctor

    Seeing people is not treating them as patients

    But touching them with care

    And bestowing dignity on them

  • Valueing relationships

    To be somebody is to value relationships

    above politically correct opinions

    or orthodox teology and right confession of belief

    Living in a good relationship

    with my Creator and my fellow man

    make me a human person

    Political opinions or religious theories

    have a tendency to make me a political animal or a religious beast

    Being a friend is more important

    than having the best argument

    When you care for people

    by showing love through acts of mercy

    you far exceed the greatest philosopher

    in his clever definition of love

    When you live in proper relationships

    you are really somebody

    even though you can't explain love

  • Because of my birth

    I am somebody because of my birth

    I am born into the most prestigious royal family

    My father is the Sovereign Ruler

    -of the entire universe

    Because he is the almighty creator

    -of everything that exist

    My brother is the Redeemer

    -of the human race

    Because he conquered death,

    The evil powers of darkness,

    Selfishness and sin in all its fashions

    My personal assistant is the Sustainer

    -of the whole world

    Because he is the eternal life-giving spirit

    He assisted my father

    -in bringing the world into being

    He assisted my brother

    -in bringing him back from the death

    I am somebody because of my relationship

    With the mysterious triune Being

    Who loved me, chose me, and planned me

    Even before the universe existed

    Only because of his marvellous grace

    I am born into the Kingdom of Love

    Friendship with the Living One

    Turns a nobody into a real Somebody

  • Knowing the Invisible

    To be somebody is to know the Invisible

    By living in a personal relationship

    Through everyday life with him who walks with you

    -when no one else is there for you.

    You touch him

    -even though you can’t feel him with your hands

    You hear his tender voice of thunder

    -even though your ear don’t register a sound

    You see him clearly

    -even though your eyes only see the natural world

    By faith only you know the Invisible

    -for faith is the art of hearing him

    Through hope you cling on to the Invisible

    -for hope is the art of believing him

    Through love you get close to the Invisible

    -for love is the art of trusting him

    To be somebody is to hear, believe and trust

    In him who no one can see

    -even though he is ever present

    -even though he constantly reveals himself

    The Invisible can only be known in an intimate relationship

    (Inspired by some phrases in Summoned to Lead by Leonard Sweet)