Subtle yet poignant
Is what You are;
Out of Jacob, Numbers 24:17 says,
Shall arise a Star.
I’ve prayed for a sign
In many different ways:
In your characteristic manner
You have subtly shown them in my days;
You haven’t parted seas
Or dropped manna from the sky;
But you’ve sustained and provided for me
To always get me by.
I haven’t seen lightning
Or heard thunder from above;
But each day I live on
I am wrapped in Your love.
When You walked the earth
You were humble and direct;
Garnering from Your followers
Honor and respect.
Your signs to me are subtle
Yet poignant for sure;
Giving me wisdom, strength, willpower
And the perseverance to endure.
Little but meaningful
Is what You stressed;
The nothings and nobodies of the world
Are to whom You addressed.
I have learned
That as Hebrews 13:8 says;
You are the same yesterday, today
And the same always.
Dear Yeshua/Jesus
You are my friend, king and Lord;
Since You entered me in the hospital nine years ago
We have been entwined into one strong cord.
When you embed a file
Inside your computer hard drive;
You can never delete it
No matter how hard you strive.
It's the same with You
As it says in Romans 8:39:
Once Christ comes into your heart
You become one with the Divine.
When the Pharisees or Pilate
Asked for a sign from You;
You responded in Your subtle manner
Without showing off like prideful people would do.
You spoke with authority
Yet no arrogance was in Your voice;
You presented the word of God
And let people make their choice.
Unappreciated and scorned
Was Your milieu on earth:
Yet anger and revenge
Was not Your girth.
A paradigm You established
In how we should act;
Subtle yet poignant
Your life to extract.
I love You dear Rabbi
For You have tutored me;
Not only with Your written word in scripture
But through life’s experiences in my adversity.
Your ways are higher
As it says in Isaiah 55:9:
So I strive to grow in wisdom
And defer any ways of mine.
Thank You Lord
For drawing me unto You;
You’ve taken this old dog
And are teaching him higher ways of things to do.
Subtle and poignant
A combination in today’s world rarely seen;
You displayed it for us to follow
The only sinless Man ever seen.
I pray all or part of this poem speaks to you all.
Ilan Mann
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