Standing in awe, gazing up at my God.
Scared and trembling, I quickly realize I am in no position to be standing.
His majesty is too much to bear, His presence permeates my every being.
Dropping to my knees, and then falling on my face I begin to weep.
"Woe is me," I cry, "For I have seen the King, the Lord Almighty."
I want to speak more, but the words do not come.
I want to praise Him, worship Him, but I can not force the words out of my mouth.
I am so unworthy, here in His presence.
I am so unworthy, my every flaw stands out like never before.
I never thought that it would be like this.
Here, now, in this place--I always imagined it different.
Who am I? That I should be before the maker of the Universe?
Who am I? That I am not immediately thrown into the lake of fire for my wrongdoing?
Tears stream down my face and begin to puddle on the floor.
Every sin I have ever committed comes to my mind.
How unworthy I am--how can I even exist here?
I can barely breathe...unable to move I lay prostrate and cry.
Suddenly a creature comes to me, touching my mouth with a coal from the altar.
Somehow it speaks to me..."Your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for."
I feel a burden rise off me. My soul feels cleansed; pure.
A voice speaks out--"Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
My Lord is speaking! At the mere sound I want to cower and hide from this perfect being.
But I can not.
"Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
The words echo in my head.
"Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
I want to be sent. I want to go.
With this realization, I humbly try to speak
This time the words flow freely from me.
Pouring out of my mouth, I know this is my destiny
"Here am I. Send me!"
Author notes
This is a poem about the call of Isaiah. It is found in Isaiah 6:1-8
Written August 25th, 2004
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powerful as the true scripture
nothing but WOW you took this from isaiah 6 1-10 which is my favorite scripture to read i think you for makeing this piece it was so astonishing to read i am in awe of this write you say in you info you dont know how to define your self as a poet but clearly to me you are one of the best spiritual writers on the site. your peiece makes me want to repent .and it reminds me of one year ago i said her am i send me and a couple months later i was called to the ministry i thank you and i want to say keep letting the holy spirit guide you . i dont even know you but i think in spirit i can call you my friend again thank you -
WOW
It is wonderful indeed. SO many times I've felt this way. I wonder how powerful the real feeling of seeing Him, just being in his presence will be...Thank you for this. -
well done for your more up to date interpretation of this. It's great. I can imagine it being used in church somewhere. Hey if you can write lots of stuff like this I bet you could get them published and they'd be well used.
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amazing
omig. wow. you have no idea how powerful this is. i am so glad you wrote it down... wow. i am seriously...speechless and breathless and totally blown away all at one time. i mean, i barely breathed throughout the entire poem and at the end i just sat here wide-eyed and...in awe. it's so perfect. this is your best write ever. one of the best writes i have ever read in a REALLY REALLY long time. WOW!!!!!!!!!! and the message is INCREDIBLE! i love it. i really do. every single word and every line speaks out to me and reflects some of my own heart.
this is how it is for all of us who have been saved. we are reduced to a puddle of refuse before the Living God, and yet He chose to cleanse us from all our filth. and it is after what He has done that we in turn cry out, "use me!" but your words have expressed it far more eloquently than I can. ok what passage in Isaiah inspired you to write this? i'll have to go read it now.
awesome job!!!
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