Send Your holy fire
to flare up the ashen embers
in my soul.
Send Your healing oil
to sooth the gashes
in my heart.
Send Your fiercest wind
to stir up the giftings
hidden under my stubbornness.
Send Your cleansing rain
to saturate
my hardened thoughts.
Only You can inspire me.
Only You can heal me.
Only You can chase out the foolishness.
Only You can revive me
once again.
Author notes
This is based on Kent Henry's song "Send Your Fire" which is the cry of my heart today.
I can't stop praying this for me, my family and loved ones, the Church, my neighborhood, state, country and the world.
I really think the Lord wants us to ask for ALL He has to offer us - not just a piece of His glory here and there - but all His power and might and magesty all at once - the fire, oil, wind, and rain. God bless you!
This won the gold trophy in Josie's "Honest Views" contest 5 25 05.
This wond the bonze trophy in CrownedJewel4 Jesus' contest "Pick a picture - any picture" contest 7/8/05.
graphic from www.digitalblasphemy.com/dbnew.shtml
Written May 10th, 2005
In a list
A contest entry
- ~Fire Element~ by Frozentearz.
300 points, ended August 12, 2006, 8 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
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Thank you for entering my contest.
Oh! I like this.
Love how you incorprated both spiritual, emotional and physical elements so postivily!
Nice flow and imagery.
Good work
PS~ Wild pick -
Wow
This poem was amazing. I love the imagery you used in this. Great job and good luck.
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Thanks so much! - jo
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I loved how you used different elements and objects to explain exactly how you feel and the last bit really tied it all together. Great write and good luck!
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wow... this is amazing... great job and good luck in the contest...
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Thank you for entering this in our contest
and sharing with us,
best of luck in the contest
warm thoughts
Frozentearz -
Beautiful piece! It goes pretty well with the picture. It's wonderful to have someone who loves God so much! Thanks for the entry. Keep it up!!
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beautifull poem
it's great to see that God means so much to you! This is a real strong poem, you've got my applause 
very much succes in the contest!
~blessed be~
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Lovely Lovely
Well I must say this is very lovely... you have had alot of aplause on this..I can see why. like how you downloaded the pic to it too. i dont think I am able to do that....I do like your writing very much. Heal the soul by light and rain. let the night fall to the cleansing of your soul. Bring the suns burning ray of new dawn. walk in the glorious shadows of its blue sky. seek the shelter of its clouds dotting its awe.
Malabu -
excellent
Praise God!! As always your poetry is such a bless to read I love this poem very. It all has to start within. BRAVO -
A very nice powerful piece of work. I also really like the way you ended the piece with "once again" I dont know why but that seems to give an jolt to everything you said previous to saying that last line.
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WOW,that poem was just wow I think I need to put you on my fav
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You must really believe in this one person to help you, lol! I loved this though. So simple, but so complicated! I loved how you made me relate to you though, I can relate to some of the emotion in this. Great job!
-Aselle
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This is a very powerful plea. Wonderfully penned and filled with emotion. This part got to me:
Send Your cleansing rain
to saturate
my hardened thoughts.
I completely identify with that. Well done poet. I truly enjoyed the read. Blessings.
~Lyrical
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majestic!
Writer's block? don't worry. It seems it has passed.
I myself could use a bit of that right now, I'm feeling myself slowly ossifying inside out. Let's hope it won't last.... -
The creativeness in this write is really inspiring. It's really an incredible piece. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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So stunning. At first I had no idea it was God related whatsoever and then the more I read the more it all made more and more sense to me. Everything strings together rather well in this piece. A very good work of art.
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It's beautiful and romantic! I love it!
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Beautiful!! If i had more applause, i'd give you ten! this is really good. simply written, but has powerful words. God Bless you!
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This is very powerful
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Glad you won.
I have to admire your skill too and I find it so refreshing to know that others stay in prayer as well as I. Sometimes it is difficult to explain why we feel as we do in our views about christianity and the beliefs of what we perceive God to be. But the fact remains that prayer has always been the answer to problems as far as I am concerned and yes I am glad you won the gold. It deserved the trophy for that. -
if i had more applauses left i would. this is beautiful. keep ur faith :-)
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Worth remembering
Sweet prayer to remember even on the road. -
woot woot!!! a very well written poem!!! the picture added very much too it and fit in perfectly!!! wonderful job and great last stanza...2 words...so powerful...great job and keep up the good work
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absolutely wonderful. So much power yet so consice. I really like, "Send Your healing oil
to sooth the gashes
in my heart."
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Amazing write
Wow and double wow this is good and I always look forward to your writes. This is amazing -
I knew there was a reason that your name came to mind for my list at the last moment. It was like this was written especially for me, even though I know it wasn't. I just about cried when I read this. It really moved me and not much has lately. Thank you sooo much for entering. I am so glad I asked you especially
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Wonderful rise in tone. You really heated me up and the climax was strong. The poem itself was very intense and at the same time soothing. My favorite:
"Send your cleansing rain
to saturate
my hardened thoughts."
You soak the reader with a soft succulent voice and chizel a new profound prospect of need, longing, and (in my opinion)dark forbidden love.
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I really enjoyed reading this. It was so beautiful and powerful. Good write.
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Nice one!
I wanted to put a piece to this competition, but was stumped on any material to give, You do this with utmost skill. The word 'stir' was just needed with an image like this. pulling out a centrifugal force, your words depict a border between heaven and hell. Heavenly by way of, 'soothe the gashes in my heart." and hell, "hidden under stubborness", and I guess the last stanza answered which way! lovely visual! -
Amen! Wonderful. Which is also the cry of my heart and my prayer for all mankind.
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amazing!
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Great
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Once again I was moved buy your words you are truly a very gifted writter and I thank you for letting us share your gift with such wonderful writes like this.
Keep up the good work. James R
Edited on May 13, 11:29 p.m. because ''. -
Glorifying
Wow! this is awesome! i love it! i can just feel the emotion. i got chills when i read it! good job! -
Your great talent shines through once again with this piece. Very well done. Inspirational and a pleasure to read.
Thank you for entering the contest.
Sam
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Hi Joanne,
Marvelous write you have here! Only God indeed can heal our wounded souls. Thanks for the good read! Eris -
It's very good, very straight forward and well written. Leaves a very strong message.
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So true, so true! I like the last stanza in particular, because it's so true and you've written in such a way that it's the climax of the poem so it has the greatest impact. Great job, well done! And good luck in the contest
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What a beautiful and touching write, I needed to read something like this today, it sparked a bit of hope in me...I feel the passion and applaud you on sharing your feelings sometimes people just aren't brave enough to voice their feelings or innermost thoughts!
BRAVO!!!
Tisha -
An awesome write.
I think this is a very well written piece. Great imagery! Yes we are all dependent on God whether we want to recognize it or not. They're will come a day when we will see the error in our ways. Hopefully that day will not be too late. This is an awesome write. It makes my thoughts look very dim and grim. Best of luck. Love and hugs...
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Amaranth816 said it all. It's amazing and just...wow. I love it
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I don't agree with your religious views, but hun, that was some pretty amazing imagery. Your ideas and statements were so passionate and so eloquently worded that they were very convincing and sincere. I especially love the first four stanzas. You kinda lost my attention on the last part because it had little imagery and it's not what I believe, so you might want to consider adding more imagery to make that part more appealing to others. Other than that, great write!
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wow this is really really good.Im thinking about backing out of the contest now. You have such a way of describing things..i love how you not only describe the picture but also how you feel...that is truly remarkable...and i appluad you for that -
Wow, I like the feelings this evokes. It shows how greatly dependent we are on God.
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This is wonderful.....a sincere prayer to pray. I would have to agree with the previous comment. You do a great job of expressing yourself.
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Beautiful
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Excellent
This is such a wonderful poem, Joanne! It says it all. . . all the things God and Christ will do for us, if we but allow them. And, of course, you know I'm going to want a copy of this sent to me for the TSaS NUTS! due to go out next Monday.
So, I expect to find this in my emailbox.
Well done, dear one, and I already know you will do well in the contest!
Lots of love and hugs, B♥nnieQ
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a very romantic read
wow this is very good...your words are very uplifting as you ask for a new lease of life...thats the way i see it, others may see it differently...anyway i think it is a delight to read...very nicely written...good luck -
Wow, I really liked this poem, is a nice cry of the heart in itself.
I like Kent Henry too, and the Tigger-ish laugh he does.
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A good poem.
A little too religion specific for me, but I liked the style, almost a chant.
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