I Scared Myself Thinking of You, God

in poetry •  7 years ago  (edited)



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I scared myself tonight
Thinking of you, God,
Watching me


I don’t mind you
Watching over me,
But I get scared
When you come close

I’ve heard you
Speak out loud to me—
Not many can say that
And I don’t take it lightly

But somehow it seemed easy
And didn’t scare me at all—

Maybe you did that to me
So I wouldn’t run
But listen to your call

I know it sounds crazy
But you scare me

I know you made me
And I’m okay with you
Up on that Moses Mountain
But not the way you’re near me now

Don’t frighten me by staring—
Talk or illumine a page
The way you did
When I was seventeen

But don’t make me crazy, God,
By watching me so closely.



© 2018, John J Geddes. All rights reserved



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It sounds like God IS speaking to you. You need to not be afraid or so self conscious. There isn't anything you can hide from Him anyway.Let Him speak to you on His terms, not yours. There is nothing to be afraid of.

Remember He's already told you -

Also, the fire you fear is not a consuming fire, it's the Refiner's Fire.

I know...I hate being so fallible. Nice photo, btw :)

If you weren't fallible you'd be the Pope. lol.....ugh. We have all sinned and fallen short....you are part of the "all". Think about it. :)

God, when we're afraid of him, we go to him.

Yes, we do when we're afraid, but what do we do when we're afraid of him?

Get close to him and ask for forgiveness.

Yes!!! Great answer!!!!

Thanks for sharing this, the sky behind the tree reminds me of a burning bush, which you probably planned. God bless.

I did - thank you :)

This reminds me of a character in the novel “love in the time of cholera” when he was asked
“Do you believe in god” he said “ No, but I am afraid of him”

Beautiful - I love that :)

I think they say something about fear being the only enemy.

In every kind of love there is fear

When we are afraid to lose it ... I suppose. But I do not think you can lose the love you speak of in this poem.

Why should you be afraid, it is a process that can make you successful

Fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom

I understand now, if there is time please help me @johnjgeddes yes

The picture is good

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The relationship with God, the attitude to God - it's so complicated, it's not easy ... For me, at least ... Thanks for the poems, for the thoughts ...

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I love your style of art and poetry.
Deep words god is everywhere!
Never see it coming up my dear...
Best hidden place is the heart...;-)
And a great photography!
Colors and light were perfect.
Steem on

The voice of the Lord.
His mightiness can't be compared with anything or any one. I appreciate the fact that you have a good relationship with God. I understand your fear because there is power in his word, it can scare and also console you.
What a great God.

I remembered that story of Samuel when God first spoke to him. Blessed are you when you here the voice of God because he will never let you go astray if you obey him.

I think this is the right time to tell you about this good news, because in the last few days I was a sinner, has slowed down the social project of the church in Indonesia. The target of this project is to help Christians in this country whose social and economic rights are deprived. I felt diminished on that basis. And I am committed to each of the postings I use for the charity once before in Indonesia. And here I am compiling and forming structures with some other steemians.

Comment spam will get you flagged. If you want to succeed on Steemit find a way to make posts on your blog . When you comment on someone else's post make it about the poetry or art or photography, not what you want to promote.

I have reported you to !steemcleaners.

Praise God, thank you for your generosity .. Hope you are in god's protection. And I personally apologize to you for my mistake.

I know I am bad at commenting, but please know I read your poems every day and keep on loving it - Keep them coming

Beautyful poetry, You Express your feelings , God is always with us and love us all.

Cool picture!