This poem was written as a personal testimony and summary of Jeremiah 15:16-21.
“Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts” Jeremiah 15:16 NKJV
Part 1
Your words were found
They were discovered
They were encountered
And secured
Your Words were found
And I did eat them
I them devoured,
I fed on them
Your Words were found
And they became
A joy to me
My heart’s delight
Your Words were found
And they sustain me
And joy they bring
Delight my heart
Part 2
And by Your Name
I’m called Lord Jesus
I’m glad to bear
Your Name O Lord
I have been called
By Your great Name
O Lord of Hosts
Master, Great King
Your Name, Your Name
So Great, so Mighty
The King of Kings
And Lord of Lords
Lord God Almighty
Jehovah Jireh
The Lord that Heals
Lord- Adonai
I bear Your Name
By Your Name called now
Help me to never
It disgrace
“I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers, Nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because of Your hand, For You have filled me with indignation. Why is my pain perpetual And my wound incurable, Which refuses to be healed? Will You surely be to me like an unreliable stream, As waters that fail?” Jeremiah 15:17-18 NKJV
Part 3
I did not sit
With all the mockers
I didn’t rejoice
I sat alone
Why has my pain
Been so perpetual
Why does the wound
Refuse to heal?
Will You to me
Be as a liar
And as the waters
That just fail
It seems You failed
In time of need
The pain won’t cease
The wound won’t heal
You have allowed
Those persecutions
It seems they won’t
Cease to hurt me
The Living Water
-Did He fail me?
Why do I hurt
So deeply still?
Part 4
Then the Lord answered
To me replied He
If you return- repent, come back
Then I will bring you up again
Give up your doubt,
Repent, trust God
Give up this attitude you have
Give up despair, Give up self pity
If you return- I will restore you
And you will stand before Me still
As representative of Mine
Obedient and purified
And if you take precious from vile
You’ll be My spokesman, as My mouth
And don’t allow them to influence you
Turn to them not, but be the light
“Therefore thus says the LORD: “If you return, Then I will bring you back; You shall stand before Me; If you take out the precious from the vile, You shall be as My mouth. Let them return to you, But you must not return to them” Jeremiah 15:19 NKJV
Part 5
Extract the precious
From the worthless
Take what is precious
From the vile
In all your trials
Persecutions
Take what is precious
From the vile
And from the wound
That hasn’t healed yet
And from the pain
That is still there
Take what is precious
From the vile
Separate precious
From the worthless
Examine now
Your heart so closely
Get rid of doubt
Wrong attitude
Find precious faith
Find gold, endurance
Find Word of God
And to it cling
Take away doubt;
God’s Word find precious
And you will be
God’s mouth again
Part 6
Take what is precious
From the worthless
It is a Word
To follow still
In every person
Find what’s precious
Looking at evil
Find the gold
In every circumstance
Great trouble
Find what is precious
And take it
Separate precious
From the worthless
Focus on precious
Not the bad
And even if
The circumstances
Are very evil
People too
Find in your heart
That which is precious:
Endurance
Perseverance, patience
In midst of evil
And the vile
You will find people
Who have strength
And they don’t bow
To circumstances
But they trust God
On His Word stand
And that is precious
Very precious
Focus on that
Not on vileness
Part 7 -Summary-
Your Words were found
And I devoured them
They me sustained
Brought joy to heart
But then in life
There came great problems
That tried to steal
God’s Word from heart
There was this pain
That would not leave me
There was this wound
That would not heal
I started doubting
And I questioned
Did the Word fail
And is there hope
“Return, repent
Stop doubting daughter
Take what is precious
From the vile
Find Word of God
As precious always
The Word of God
Is Precious still
It’s promises
They are so precious
Find them, by faith
Stand on them child”
Y. Gorelova
10/28/2023
